Posts from the ‘Metal Movies’ Category

  • Metal Movies: Black Death Review

    April 8th, 2011 | Metal Movies | steff | 7 Comments

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    One day, while I was angrily emptying my bank account at the local ATM (I’m always angry whilst extracting money), CDH spied a poster on the local Video-EZY window for this film, Black Death. It had a picture of Sean Bean, who we love in the Sharpe’s series and practically everything else he does, and [...]

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  • The Promised Land of Heavy Metal Review

    February 4th, 2011 | Metal Movies | steff | No Comments

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    Port O Call: The Promised Land of Heavy Metal, a documentary about Finland, the only country where heavy metal has become mainstream (read more at the Promised Land of Heavy Metal website) Mateys: Kimmo Kuusniemi/Tanja Katinka Karttunen, Double Vision Interactive Ltd/Sarcofagus Ltd, UK. Starring Alice Cooper, Mr. Lordi, Ville Valo, a smarty-pants psychiatrist, and thousands [...]

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  • Interview with Kimmo Kuusniemi and Tanja Karttunen of Sarcofagus / Promised Land of Heavy Metal

    February 1st, 2011 | Brutal Tunes, Featured, Get a Real Job, Metal Gods, Metal Movies, Metal News, Tr00 Metal Life | steff | 2 Comments

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    Maybe you’ve heard of Sarcofagus – the Finnish band that broke ground during the 80s with their classic heavy metal sound, then moved to England when it was clear the Finns weren’t quite ready for metal to broach their shores. Now Kimmo Kuusniemi and his wife Tanja return to their homeland to explore the metal [...]

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  • Metal History: Bela Lugosi

    October 21st, 2010 | Metal History, Metal Movies | steff | No Comments

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    I’ve been remiss in my Metal History posts lately, and for that I can only beg your forgiveness and cite extreme busyness and over-indulgence of chocolate. But today happens to be the birthday of someone dear to my heart. Indeed, anyone who loves horror owe a debt of thanks to this man for helping to [...]

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  • HP Lovecraft Horror Film Roundup

    September 9th, 2010 | Metal Movies | steff | No Comments

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    Lovecraft – like Stephen King – doesn’t translate well to screen. So much of his effect relies on the choices and shapes of words on the page, on the reader’s own interpretations of “unspeakable” horrors, that “seeing” the horrors in a film context renders them no longer frightful. Directors struggle to capture the mood of [...]

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