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Lords of Chaos (2018)
Lords of Chaos (2018)
2018 | Drama
ANARCHY!
Every once and a while a film comes along that truly surprises you (I love it when that happens) and Lords of Chaos did that for me tonight. I was thinking going in was going to be a metal version of This is Spinal Tap maybe or an anti version of Bohemian Rhapsody, or definitely a film I would have to keep the volume turned down as not to annoy my wife with the extremely booming soundtrack, but none of those were true.

Instead we get a supposedly true, or mostly true, story of the 90s Norwegian Black Metal band, Mayhem, its members, its music, its tragedy. I knew there would be horror and it delivered on that for sure. There are some truly graphic scenes which are not for the squeamish or for those who get offended easily. Having said that, it is also about friendship, mental illness, bullying, fitting in, being different than the rest, anarchy, paganism, relationships and how true (or fake) are your convictions.

For those that enjoy the out of the ordinary, I would highly recommend.

  
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Andy K (10823 KP) Dec 14, 2019

Let me know what you think when you watch it.

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Versusyours (757 KP) Dec 14, 2019

I will need to watch it when the darkeness of the twilight hour is upon us for full satanic efffect

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd
Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd
1978 | Punk
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I prefer Metal Box, but this is a wonderful album and it just shows you where Lydon was culturally at that point in time. And he was obviously a bright fella. In interviews he was always talking about bands like Hawkwind and Can, so you always knew he was going to come from the left field, but the album didn't sound like anything else. I mean, Wobble's bass, Donut [Jim Walker]'s drumming, Keith Levene's guitar. I saw them play and Keith Levene had that metal guitar and he broke string after string during every song, Wobble was just sat down, and the whole thing just captured the bedlam but it just wasn't delivering what people were expecting. If you listen to 'Religion', it is just so cutting and stark and amazing; he channelled all of the anger that he had in a way that he couldn't with the Pistols because he wasn't being manipulated. He was cynical by this point because of the way he'd been treated and all the bullshit, and it all came out on this album. It was a game changer, this album."

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
2016 | Drama, History, War
Fantastic War film (1 more)
Stylish and slick
Some select casting (0 more)
Unexpected, Explosive rollercoaster of a film
Contains spoilers, click to show
Mel Gibson is back to form behind the camera in this War film of epic proportions. Standard is similar to Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, but the second act outdoes Kubrick's with its intensity and full on violence portraying war. And boy once it starts it does not stop until the end.
I've never been a huge War movie fan but I must say I will quite happily revisit this film again at some point
  
Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox
Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox
2001 | Hip-hop, Rap
10
9.3 (3 Ratings)
Album Rating
Groundbreaking (0 more)
They didn't release a second with El p (0 more)
Revolutionary
Before they all fell out, El P got rappers Vast Aire and Vordul Mega together, with their slow lolloping flows over beats that still sound ahead of their time now to make The Cold Vein. So groundbreaking even extreme metal magazine Terroriser had it in their albums of the year. It crossed boundaries, changed what hip hop should sound like and set a benchmark for new music. They then all fell out and never did it again. Stupid as they could be very rich.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated Aggretsuko- Season 1 in TV

Jan 21, 2019 (Updated Jan 21, 2019)  
Aggretsuko- Season 1
Aggretsuko- Season 1
2018 | Animation
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
I wish this show had been around when I totally worked a terrible office job, but alas, it wasn't. Retsuko vents her anger by singing metal karaoke, and raging. I totally felt her rage, and wish I would have had an outlet like that. I can't wait until there are more episodes this year.

My only complaint, which is towards Netflix, is that the dub and the subtitles did not match at times, and sometimes, the characters were having different conversations. Dude, Netflix, just match the dub and subs.