After the album called Coat Of Arms, drummer, both guitarists and keyboard player of Sabaton left the band and formed another, called Civil War. Swedes continued in a way where they left off with their previous band, but also continued in a bit less melodic and bit more metal oriented harsher war metal style. Lyrics deal with warfare and battles throughout the centuries with some keyboard based melodies on top of guitars like in Dead Man´s Glory which kind of reminds me also of folk metal songs. Musicianship is awesome, especially keyboards, courtesy of former Sabaton man Daniel Myhr. This is the first full length album with new singer Kelly Sundown Carpenter, who replaced Nils Patrik Johansson and sounds high pitched, yet melodic and versatile enough for such music not to be sunken among all the mediocre ones. Songs like Andersonville, Warrior Soul, Battle Of Life or the title song, Invaders are sure to make your old metal warrior´s heart beat faster. This is great metal record by great band.
There is a flood of quality and less quality tv series in recent years, so it is really nice being able to find something for everyone. Even us horror fiends out there craving for great mixute of horror, gore and comedy. This HBO´s eight part series was a bizarre experience to watch, sometimes too slow and I just waited to end and sometimes I enjoyed it so much.
The premise is about demonic mysterious baby whose seeming mother kills herself in a brutal way and our main character Natasha in a weird mix of circumstances takes baby and tries to solve the curse and why the people surrounding the baby die in horrific ways and what are origins of this baby. Well, this is basically comedy horror series with some grotesque scenes and folk horror influences thrown here and there for good measure. Although the episodes last no longer than 30 minutes each, there are couple that I considered very boring and waited only to end so in my opinion five episodes could be just enough, no more needed. Story ends kind of lame and there is a window for another season left open, but I am not really sure if I want another season, because this one is under the radar and will leave no fond memories for me. Characters are irritating and sometimes I really wish they were dead, also story hooks and lines become confusing and sometimes just too fast and not really clear.
Chief State are hailing from Vancouver, Canada and this is their first full length release. It consists of ten songs and the music is sweet and more modern influenced pop punk, melodic punk rock with some nods to the old school masters and forefathers to the genre. But, this one is a keeper, although I am not an avid fan of modern version of pop punk. The music is inspiring and uplifting, energetic and vocals are sweet and not too snotty and not too mellow, just like they need be for these bunch of songs. Backing vocal harmonies are nicely done, guitar work and melodies fit perfectly to the day to day lyrics garnered with some humor and auto irony. But, I can relate and find my highlights in Out For Me, Drown and Losing Sleep. This is a beautiful, nicely done pop punk record and I enjoyed every single minute listening to it.
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