Category Archives: Reviews

(review) Shutdown – ‘Still…Against All Odds'(Equal Vision Records)

NYHC nineties old school champions Shutdown are back with new release! This one contains five songs of old school fast and groovy hardcore like it was done in the nineties and my personal favorite on this one is ‘We Won’t Forget’ featuring guest performance by none other than Sick Of It All’s Craig Setari. This is all about old school. Fast drumming, hardcore anthems, shouted and screamed vocals, great lyrics and hardcore played from the heart for hardcore hearts out there. This one really made my skin crawl with goosebumps and hardcore heart beat faster with every song that I listened to on this one, wishing there are more. Who knows, perhaps there will be new full length album some time in the future. In the meantime, check this one out and I would love to witness this band play live, I am sure they are a blast!

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(movie – horror) Butterfly Kisses(2018.) – found footage iz gornjeg doma

Svi koji čitaju ovaj webzine znaju da mi je found footage horror uz slasher iz zlatnog doba i Hammerove horrore najdraži podžanr omiljenog mi žanra. No, kao i uvijek došlo je do poplave found footage filmova i svakako smeće se prodavalo u taj podžanr na krilima uspjeha Blairwitcha i još nekih odličnih filmova kao što su Paranormal Activity, Ghost Encounters i još nekih, Moram priznati da sam malo zapostavio taj podžanr u zadnje vrijeme, a nisam ni primijetio nešto snimljenih filmova u tom stilu.

No, nedavno sam pročitao pozitivnu recenziju za Butterfly Kisses koji mi je promakao ispod radara kada je izašao, pa rekoh sebi idem pogledam o čemu je riječ. Počinje kao skoro svaki found footage, filmaš u usponu pronađe kutiju za cipele punu kazeta snimljenih kamerom u crno bijelom stilu. Riječ je o dvoje mladih studenta filma koji su željeli snimiti i istražiti lokalnu urbanu legendu Peeping Toma. Filmaš koji je pronašao kazete je s ekipom snimao dokumentarac o tome kako sastavlja film kako bi otkrio što se zapravo dogodilo s dvoje kolega koji su naprosto nestali s lica zemlje kao i većina ljudi koji su sudjelovali u njihovom filmu. Tu bi bio prosječan found footage film, koji se po ničem ne razlikuje od ostalih filmova istog žanra, no varamo se. Riječ je o filmu unutar filma unutar filma, trostrukom kvazi dokumentarcu found footage stila koji je donio pravu svježinu redatelja i scenarista Erik Kristopher Myersa. Šteta što je dotični u međuvremenu preminuo, jer tko zna kakve horror dragulje bi još napisao i snimio. Glumci su meni većinom nepoznati, no dobro odrađuju posao, a pozdravljam i cameo pojavljivanje Eduarda Sancheza, jednog od tvoraca i redatelja Blairwitch Projecta koji u filmu glumi samog sebe i govori o marketingu iza found footage horrora. Što se tiče spooky i horror scena film bi bio neki prosjek i ništa posebno, ali upravo zbog ovih twistova možemo ga smjestiti u gornji dom found footage podžanra.

Zaključak: 7/10 sjekira – jedan od boljih found footage horror filmova koji su u opticaju trenutno.

(review) On Thorns I Lay – On Thorns I Lay (Season of Mist)

Death/doom veterans On Thorns I Lay released their new album with Season of Mist. There are only six songs on this album which lasts a little under 45 minutes long. What do we have here? The mixture of doom and death metal with occasional funeral doom thrown in the song structures. Sombre melodies, topped with growling and anguished vocals, rolling doom drums and atmosphere that sometimes meets death metal aggression but main and best part of this album are the melodies, main guitar hooks and melodies which get into your ear as a listener and make you want to listen to over and over again. Although some of the songs are long, there is absolutely no boring part in any second of this album, there are no filler songs, I can only imagine how this material sounds live. So, if you are into crushing doom/death metal go get this one.

8/10 axes