Bartleboom

DeRank : 35,89
DeAge™ : 7613 days • Here since 9 august 2005
Death Death By Metal
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Honestly, I didn't really understand the meaning of the sentence: "Without the first releases from Death, extreme metal would have stopped at Venom." Scream Bloody Gore is from '87. And before that, there was a ton of stuff, both American, British, and German, quite a bit extreme. Even Schuldiner, before his debut with Death, tried to play with Slaughter, and just listening to their Strappado gives you an idea of the extreme music that was around even before Scream Bloody Gore. If the reference is to this demo, well... then we also need to consider the demos, for example, from Hellhammer, which were a good couple of years earlier.
Elio Petri La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso
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I remember seeing it shortly after "Indagine...": Volontè's transformation is incredible. An over-the-top, hallucinatory, sad film.
Martin Scorsese Shutter Island
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Seen this week, after reading the book. Personally, I didn't like it very much. It goes without saying that a good part of the negative judgment is due to already knowing the "plot twist," but even from a technical point of view, it didn't particularly convince me. Alongside some rather effective scenes (the sequence in Pavilion C), others seemed even hastily done (e.g., the one with the questioning of the attendants). Plus, I agree with those who say that the clues are a bit too explicit. And then DiCaprio really disappointed me: I liked him in The Departed, but here he’s got that doll-like face back. What a shame.
High on Fire Snakes For The Divine
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@Algol: look, I don't think I'm a valid reference! :) I mean: for me, High On Fire stopped making what truly interested me pretty much right after the first one. What I liked was their "metal-non metal" vibe: they fulfilled my desire for big guitars and double bass drums, keeping me at a distance from the mainstream metal crowd that drools over Trivium. Since "Surrounded," they've started making metal. Gloomy, heavy, nasty, and a lot of other nice things. But still metal. And there are more bands that play metal than there are penguins in Antarctica. Aside from that, their previous albums were great metal records. In this one - I say this without exaggeration - I found things that reminded me of Grave Digger and the heavier Running Wild + the same elements they had in "Death is this." For me, that's enough to crown it a solid album! :))
Venom Black Metal
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This album deserves a 5 just for teaching millions of headbangers how to pronounce the words "metal" (that is: "medaaaallll" pronounced with a twisted mouth and a Robbosh grimace), and "rock'n roll" (that is: "ruocchenruuuooooollll"). There’s also the line "Satan records the first note," but for that, you have to wait until you can score 6 dots.
Luca Manzi e Carlo Mazzotta Boris - La fuoriserie italiana
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Since I don't have Sky, I had never heard of this series. After reading the review, I took a look on YouTube and... it rocks!! :D! The sketch "di che partito è tuo padre?" had me in stitches. Well done, desade!
High on Fire Snakes For The Divine
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The problem, in my opinion, isn't even a more or less significant "softening." Especially since they didn't start making electro pop; they have maintained a certain attitude, etc., etc. The problem – I repeat: in my opinion – is the banalization of the musical proposal, the fact that they have reduced themselves to making "a genre." The Art Of Self Defense was brilliant precisely because it could NOT be classified into a genre. It wasn't stoner, it wasn't sludge, it wasn't metal, it wasn't thrash, etc., etc. As far as I'm concerned, their decline began with the subsequent album. Death Is This Communion was at least a good metal album: one of those few metal records you can listen to without feeling embarrassed even if you’re over 18. This is certainly inferior to Death, so...
High on Fire Snakes For The Divine
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As far as I'm concerned, it's a solo album 2010 (unless, of course, there are updates in the coming months). Really bad. At some points, my balls rolled down to the cellar: it almost sounds like some kind of melodic power/thrash band (?!?) that has listened to too much Motörhead. The protagonists of one of the saddest downward spirals in the history of extreme music. And to think I even bought Mike Pike's tank top...
Bill Evans You Must Believe In Spring
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Wonderful album, of rare poetry. The kind that you know won't hurt you. A true balm against certain pretty rough times.
Grave Digger Ballads Of A Hangman
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I would like you in the chewing gum, while I take the tram to work. I would like you, I would like you, I would like you even if you were a ghei.