Butcher Babies- Take it Like a Man (2015) Groove Metal/Crossover Thrash/Mallcore Century Media Recordings So, women have pretty much had a solid history in heavy metal since the days of Doro and Lita Ford. Sex appeal has often times been a part of that success, but never the absolute defining element. Doro and Lita both […]
Read more "Butcher Babies- Take it Like a Man review"Housebound (2014, Gerald Johnstone) Ghosts/Dark Comedy Starring Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, and Cameron Rhodes Housebound is an odd little film, one that weaves a tale of equal parts intrigue and offbeat comedy. First-time director Gerald Johnstone has created a New Zealand horror film that harkens back to Peter Jackson’s sense of dark […]
Read more "Housebound review"Nekrogoblikon- Heavy Meta (2015) Melodic Death Metal/Progressive Metal Mystery Box Los Angeles-based act Nekrogoblikon is an anomaly. They just released their third full-length album, entitled Heavy Meta, and that should give you an idea of their mindset towards making music. That and the name, of course. Some death metal bands just don’t understand how bizarrely […]
Read more "Nekrogoblikon- Heavy Meta review"You’re Next (2012, Adam Wingard) Home Invasion/Slasher Starring Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn Modern horror is fraught with remakes/reboots, found-footage bandwagoners, and teen supernatural jump-scare-paloozas nowadays. It isn’t that there aren’t good, solid underground films and independent productions produced every year- there are. But the fact that they remain hidden […]
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