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(book review) Jason Korolenko: Relentless 30 years of Sepultura

When I was a hardcore/metal kid growing up back in the nineties my highschool days, I loved Sepultura. Albums like Arise, which I heard first when I was hanging out with my friend at his place, were important parts of my music upbringing. Especially Chaos AD which I knew by heart and know it still. Then came Roots and I felt somehow betrayed with Ratamahatta and all that shit. Afterwards Max Cavalera exited the band, later on also Iggor Cavalera exited so there was no reason for me to follow what they are doing with Derrick Green as new singer and those new drummer(s). After I read this book I will definitely check the newer albums because I think there are couple of really fresh and original ideas on them, or my taste changed with years haha. This book offer insight into respectable career of probably biggest Brazilian metal band ever, from the humble and poor beginnings to biggest success, only to fall down, pick up again, then heartbreak and let down, then picking itself up again like metal Phoenix from the ashes. It is written like a biography but has couple of really great stories in there. I wish there were more interviews and stories from members and less storytelling and pure biography writings, but this is great and interesting book nonetheless. Also, book contains many photographs previously unseen and unreleased from personal collections. A must for every metal fan.

(knjiga) Keiji Nakazawa: Bosonogi Gen 1:Strip o Hirošimi

Dugo nisam pročitao jedan ovako dirljiv i jak strip kao što je ovaj. Keiji Nakazawa je u serijal o dječaku Genu iz Hirošime unio podosta svog autobiografskog štiha, pošto je rođen u doba atomske bombe i sveg zla kojeg je donijela Japanu i tamošnjem nevinom stanovništvu. Dakle, ovo je prva knjiga, tvrdih korica u izdanju odlične domaće kuće Fibre. Strip je crno bijel i hrvatsko izdanje je napravljeno u skladu s originalom, dakle čita se s desna na lijevo. Prva knjiga govori o zadnji mjesecima 1945.prije tog sudbonosnog kolovoza i bacanja atomske bombe na Hirošimu. Dječak Gen i njegova obitelj pokušavaju preživjeti, odnosno nadvladati svakodnevnu glad i neimaštinu, nositi se sa susjedima koji su oca, koji se izrazio javno protiv rata, proglasili izdajicom, a policija ga je pretukla više puta. Gen i njegova braća se nerijetko upuštaju i u sitne kriminalne radnje kako bi prehranili sebe i sebi bliske. Isto tako, opisane su i dječačke igre i stremljenja, nadanja i želje običnih stanovnika Japana koji su želelji samo da taj usrani rat prestane. U zadnjoj trećini knjige dešava se i taj trenutak i bačena je bomba, nako koje ništa više neće biti isto. Gen gubi dio obitelji u jednom od najmučnijih, najdirljivijih i najemotivnijih krajeva knjige koje sam do sada u životu pročitao. Stvarno sjajno i jedva čekam da se bacim na daljnje nastavke ovog legendarnog i odličnog serijala.

(book review) Kim Newman´s Video Dungeon: The Collected Reviews

Kim Newman is know for incredible movie review columns in Empire magazine, so these are his reviews collected in giant book 560 pages of movies, b-movies, some trash, lots of gore, blood, weirdness but mostly cult and legendary movies. Being an avid movie fan and watching lots of horror and b movies, I must admit that I have never heard for some of these movies and am glad that I got this book which serves me as guide what to watch in the near or less near future. The book is divided into chapters of found footage, crime, adventure movies, sci fi and fantasy, torture porn and cryptids/animal attack. There are over five hundred reviews for you to read and choose from to put on your watching list, also they are easy and nice to read, so go get this one if you are a movie fan, you will not regret it. I got mine in Rockmark bookstore in Zagreb.