Ova anarhoidna horror komedija mi je bila pravo osvježenje za pogledati, pogotovo kada sam vidio da Dave Grohl i Foo Fightersi glume sami sebe u ovoj ludoj gore/trash horror komediji. E, pa priča ide oko toga da Foo Fightersi moraju snimiti deseti studijski album, a nemaju inspiracije. Tu uleće šef studija koji im rezervira kultni Encino da bi na miru napisali i snimili album. Ono što oni ne znaju je da u Encinu nije sve kako treba. Ovdje je već devedesetih boravio jedan bend koji je bio obećavajući, ali jedan član je opsjednut knjigom od ljudskog mesa pobio sve ostale članove. Pogađate, demon opsjedne Grohla i one počne biti opsjednut dovršenjem paklene pjesme i ubijati ostale članove benda i susjede. Kreće ludilo prepuno dobre zajebancije, gore scena na kojima bi pozavidio i ozbiljan horror i loše glume članova benda hehe. Bilo je pomalo tužno vidjeti bubnjara Taylora Hawkinsa koji je preminuo nakon što je film snimljen u ovoj ulozi. Kao što mi je najsmješniji i član bend koji se nekako najlošije snašao kao lik u filmu Pat Smear, legendarni gitarist, a Grohl je sam po sebi dobar kao glavna uloga i main man benda što je u stvarnom životu i u filmu. Završetak filma odgovara nekakvom nastavku jednog dana, a i ne mora biti. Dobra horror komedija kakvu već dugo nisam gledao.
Wishing Well are hailing from Helsinki, Finland area and this is their new, fourth album released with help of Inverse Records. The album contains eleven songs of nice and varied classic heavy metal sometimes bordering with power/true metal and sometimes hard/heavy rock. I love the use of Hammond keyboard which makes songs so rich and also a bit retro sounding, but original with sometimes main melody being keyboard themed. I love almost power metal written ‘In The Line Of Fire’ sounding fast, melodic and so powerful. But, as in all Finnish bands, there are lots of great and almost sad, melancholic melodies. Only Suomi bands can create such beautiful melodies like main guitar melody and chorus of more hard rock oriented ‘Soul Rider’. Vocals are very important in bands such as this one, and singer Pepe Tamminen sounds like a perfect mix between Ralf Scheepers and Michael Kiske/Kai Hansen having such powerful and voice that can sing just everything. Songwriting is perfect and whether a ballad like ‘Dancing Across The Stars’ or ‘Flying Finn’ – (is it about Finnish Formula One drivers?) which is more progressive metal oriented have that something making this album great. I can also hear lots of eighties metal and also seventies prog rock influences and that makes this album a little gem in the underground.
Dark Sanctuary from France are one of the original purveyors and legends of dark atmospheric music scene. Now, thanks to Avantgarde Music, they release their brand new full length opus, and this is the first one in fourteen years. The title of the album means a lot. Cernunnos is an ancient Gaulish god who symbolized cycle of nature, from birth to death, thus symbolizing the death and re-birth of Dark Sanctuary. This new opus contains eleven songs of beautiful dark ambiental atmospheric music. This borders between dark wave and neoclassical with such excellent and beautiful female vocals which vary from chanting to delivering almost opera dramatic melodies thus adding to the already dramatic orchestration and songwriting. This is indeed music which takes you as a listener to the whole another level, some other dimension, when you open your heart and ears and listen to this beautiful album. My personal favorites on this one would be ‘Yksin’, ‘Mater Oceanum’ and ‘Asphodele’ but as I turn and listen to this opus over and over again I hear in some songs what I didn’t hear upon previous listening so that is another plus for this excellent opus. Great, great album!
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