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(review) Caedeous – ‘Malum Supllicium’

Horror and metal go hand in hand so this combination fits perfectly to extreme metal genre. Portuguese Caedeous released their third opus revolving conceptually around horror, whether it is cosmic horror atmosphere in the vein of great H.P. Lovecraft, or more meaty body horror of Clive Barker or esotherica of Dante, this band delivers with their new opus. This one contains nine songs, one being intro using samples which I always condone and love. Music of Caedeous is a mixture between high energy death metal full of blast beats and growling death metal vocals sometimes mixing with black metal screams, technicality meeting brutality and also symphonic black metal where symphonic and keyboard passages with their eerie melodies add to the overall horror and murky darkened atmosphere of the record as a whole. I also love the use of melodic, clean female vocals in ‘Obscura Ascensions’. If I must choose some songs as highlights for me, that would be ‘Cruxis Inferni’, ‘Pandemonium’ and the title song. If you are looking for brutality with added horror and sympho passages this one is the right one for you.

8,5/10

(little movie secrets) Dark Places(1974) – odlična misterija i priča

Negdje stoji podataka da je ovaj film iz 1973., a na IMDB-u da je iz 1974., no nije ni bitno, jedino što je bitno je da je dobar film. Ovaj film ima odličnu glumačku postavu, ali u sporednim ulogama, kao što su Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom i Jane Birkin, no zapravo je glavni glumac Robert Hardy koji igra Edwarda Fostera, čovjeka koji je naslijedio imanje od kolege, prijatelja koji je preminuo u psihijatrijskoj ustanovi praktički Edwardu na rukama. On dolazi na imanje, počinje živjeti u velikoj samotnoj kući i priviđaju mu se životi, odnosno likovi zbog kojih je pokojni vlasnik poludio, ubojstva i vriskovi. Za to vrijeme brat i sestra Mandeville, igraju ih Lee i Collins, pokušavaju plesti zavjeru i isprepadati toliko Edwarda da naslijede imanje, pošto je negdje u zidovima skrivena basnoslovna svota keša u tisućama funti. Kako to biva, umiješaju se nadnaravne sile i događaji se zakoturaju nepovratno. Ovaj film je ustvari gotički ghost story sa nekoliko twisteva u radnji koji su neočekivani, moram priznati da me kraj filma poprilično iznenadio, a nagledao sam se horror trilera dovoljno da sam oguglao i mogu predvidjeti neke twisteve u radnji, no ovaj me zatekao. Uglavnom, ovaj film spada u slatke male filmske tajne i super ga je pogledati, zato moja preporuka svima.

(review) Deimos’ Dawn – ‘Anthem Of The Lost’

German metal scene is strongest in the world and this is relatively new band but its members have been around in the scene for a long time. Deimos’ Dawn released their brand new opus. This band is fronted by none other than extreme metal veteran singer Marc Grewe(ex-Morgoth, Insidious Disease), but this time is not death metal, but thrash metal in its great form. This opus contains twelve songs of thrash metal mayhem done as only Teutonic Thrash Metal bands can do. The music is a perfect mixture of old school German thrash metal with darkened atmosphere, hint of melody in guitar solos and a bit more modern thrash metal with some tempo changes and a bit of groove. Marc’s vocals are a bit different, not only death metal growling, but also thrash metal shouting and also singing, so it only shows again how talented singer Marc is. Songs and heavy hitters like ‘The Final Illusion’, Too Much Pain Is Not Enough’ or ‘Deathstar Spangled Banner’ are sure to make you pump your fist in the air and wish to be in moshpit at these guys gig. Great album for Euro thrash scene.

8,5/10