mementomori

An interesting examination of the evolution/devolution of metal over the last thirty years, which largely reflects my opinions on the matter. The fact is that thrash metal in the eighties was truly innovative, perhaps the most creative phase in the history of metal... today, metal evolves through crossovers, while back then, a certain type of language was genuinely something new, stylistically speaking: innovative riffs, above all, but also Lombardo's drumming made history... when Metallica and Megadeth started to get serious, I think we really reached a peak. The language was innovative, and the bands were inspired enough to write good songs... then, as often happens, clichés took over, and the songs were no longer that good... this is why thrash died, and this is why it doesn't revive now, because it simply rehashes the language of the past, but the quality of the songs has truly faded. There’s a desire to resurrect a great era, but restoration never leads to anything good. Peace, everything dies, we must accept it, and I feel sorry for those who didn’t live through that moment, witnessing a constant but unforced evolution, driven primarily by brilliant ideas. The world is less reassuring than yesterday, but I think other genres better reflect today’s times, with post-hardcore, drone, and depressive black metal leading the way. I find the thrash revival ridiculous compared to what it once was, and just as I prefer listening to Led Zeppelin albums over the Black Crowes, I prefer to remember the magical moment in the great classics of the eighties. One shouldn't linger on the past but rather embrace what each era has to offer. And there’s always something good to grasp... and I could go on for hours, but for now, I prefer to stop.

Come on guys (I'm including myself here since I (almost) never post), we need to check out this review 666 times, then that's it. I left these Finns with this album, which wasn't bad, but I remain attached to the first sonasegaio norz norz norz... only to rediscover them live years later with the great masters opening the show... a concert that was truly "fast." They seemed like fools back then, but in their old age, their early albums don't seem as idiotic as they wanted to appear... sadu satanaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

nes: don’t talk to me about the coil, especially since christopherson has also died these days, and it makes me feel bad... I don’t even have the aborted soundtrack of hellraiser (for now), so it will be hard for me to review it anytime soon... but you can console yourself, if you want, with the reviews of the latest album by current 93, which I sent a few days ago, and the one of the latest by death in june, which I just sent...

never listened to spiral insane, sorry....

Hi Ale... I haven't listened to the latest of Current (which should be a reworking of the latest - or the last - work/s) yet... it's tough keeping up with all the releases from Tibet... I'll definitely make it mine soon and let you know... More than that, the latest from Death in June has come out, which at the moment is grabbing my attention the most (haven't listened to that one either)... In short, let's hear it first, then we'll see...

First of all, an appreciation to the reviewer, who wisely didn't provide details about the plot to avoid spoiling the surprise for those who haven't seen the film. Speaking of the film: Inception is a great entertainment piece, and Nolan is a master, perhaps the best today at making this type of cinema. The director clearly understands the cinematic mechanism perfectly; he guides the viewer through incredibly complex developments while holding their hand, allowing them to follow the story with bated breath until the end, without falling into the banal nonsense that the dreamlike theme can easily inspire. The machinery is so complex and demanding that Nolan cannot afford anything else, from character depth, humorous sketches, moments of reflection, slowdowns, to openings of beautiful cinema, much less conveying messages (political, ideological, existential, etc.). Inception is an empty film; the psychological principles on which it is built are superficial, the motive from which the entire plot arises and evolves is elementary, a simple device to get the machine going, and the explanations (essential) are didactic, with the need to describe and explain crushing any other poetic/artistic concession: the film lives only on its complex structure, but only Nolan could manage it... this is why I fear insipid clones who will want to replicate the success of this film. The same Matrix (which still shines with a good idea and an intelligent sociological message) is childish nonsense in comparison: here, the layers are multiple and have specific relationships that bind them, the mechanism is terribly more complex, and to make it work required a capable director, with clear ideas and perfect mastery of the means. I repeat, it was impossible for anyone else to make a film like this, and this is a merit of Nolan. Setting aside Proust, I would more readily bring up Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker, obviously reinterpreted in the light of a film that has no existential ambitions, only entertainment. To those who say they got lost: watch it again with greater attention; even if there are a few rough edges here and there, everything is subject to interpretations that are not too cryptic: Nolan is not Lynch; he does not investigate the dark sphere of the psyche but simply adopts it as a - simplified - backdrop to construct a formidable weave of events, which, I repeat, are not meant to provoke reflection but to be experienced for a couple of pleasant hours. And to those who think that the architect is a simple device to explain the mechanisms, I say no: she has a fundamental role in the story... I would have a clear idea about it, but obviously, I reserve myself not to reveal it so as not to spoil anything for those who haven't seen the film.

Thanks, psycho, for the tip, but I already knew this... I don't know, it's summer, and I'm going on vacation soon; I need cooler reads... I don't rule out that I might read it one day, but maybe that day is a long way off... Why don't you review it in the meantime, so I can see if it's worth embarking on the endeavor?

Hi Ale, I sent the review of the latest Current just last night....soon you'll read what I think...bye

my children, with time everything gets done...

I know who they are and what they do, but I've never listened to them... if I'm not mistaken, they’re gothic/ethereal like Dark Sanctuary, right? In that case, they're not really my style... let me know if I'm wrong...