It’s a little strange to think that only a year ago, The Rise of Skywalker was released in theaters. It seems so much longer ago, doesn’t it? I’d venture to guess that the fact that the year 2020 has seen so few theatrical releases (and even fewer that made any money), the idea of going …
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) film review
Disney’s new trilogy of Star Wars movies this decade may well go down as the biggest missed opportunity in cinematic history. Most reviewers right about now will preface with statements about how they ‘grew up with Star Wars’, or they’ve been ‘fans since day one’ and that the saga has meant so much to them …
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) movie review
You should probably know now that quiet movies like this which aren’t sequels, reboots, or remakes and have nothing to do with the current obsession with comic book adaptations or origin stories of uninteresting characters tend to fill my list every time I start to think what movies I’m most excited about in the upcoming …
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Baroness – Gold and Grey (2019) album review
Track listing: Front Toward Enemy (3:45) I’m Already Gone (3:51) Seasons (4:27) Sevens (2:05) Tourniquet (5:46) Anchor’s Lament (1:40) Throw Me an Anchor (4:01) I’d Do Anything (4:10) Blankets of Ash (1:04) Emmett: Radiating Light (4:12) Cold-Blooded Angels (5:38) Crooked Mile (0:52) Broken Halo (4:24) Can Obscura (2:02) Borderlines (6:16) Assault on East Falls (2:19) …
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Dream Theater – Distance Over Time (2019) album review
Track listing: Untethered Angel (6:15) Paralyzed (4:18) Fall Into the Light (7:05) Barstool Warrior (6:43) Room 437 (4:24) S2N (6:21) At Wit’s End (9:21) Out of Reach (4:05) Pale Blue Dot (8:26) Viper King (4:01) [Bonus track] I previously posted this review on social media, before I started this blog. This album was released in …
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Avantasia – Moonglow (2019) album review
Track listing: Ghost in the Moon (9:52) Book of Shallows (5:01) Moonglow (3:57) The Raven Child (11:15) Starlight (3:39) Invincible (3:08) Alchemy (7:29) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (7:21) Lavender (4:31) Requiem for a Dream (6:09) Maniac (4:27) [Michael Sambello cover] I previously posted this review on social media earlier in the year, …
Elvenking – Reader of the Runes: Divination (2019) album review
Track listing: Perthro (1:24) Heathen Divine (4:58) Divination (3:11) Silverseal (3:40) The Misfortune of Virtue (5:18) Eternal Eleanor (4:06) Diamonds in the Night (1:22) Under the Sign of a Black Star (4:13) Malefica Doctrine (4:58) Sic Semper Tyrannis (3:55) Warden of the Bane (4:43) Reader of the Runes – Book I (10:44) There are only …
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Tool – Fear Inoculum (2019) album review
Track listing: Fear Inoculum (10:20) Pneuma (11:53) Invincible (12:44) Descending (13:37) Culling Voices (10:05) Chocolate Chip Trip (4:48) 7empest (15:43) So I turn 26 in October, which means that the last time Tool released a new album (in April, 2006) was half my life ago. I remember the time a little differently from most Tool …
Killswitch Engage – Atonement (2019) album review
Track listing: Unleashed The Signal Fire (feat. Howard Jones) Us Against the World The Crownless King (feat. Chuck Billy) I Am Broken Too As Sure As the Sun Will Rise Know Your Enemy Take Control Ravenous I Can’t Be the Only One Bite the Hand That Feeds You can probably tell by now that I’m …
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Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind (2019) album review
Track listing: Insert Coin (1:38) Unsainted (4:20) Birth of the Cruel (4:35) Death Because of Death (1:20) Nero Forte (5:15) Critical Darling (6:25) A Liar’s Funeral (5:27) Red Flag (4:11) What’s Next (0:53) Spiders (4:03) Orphan (6:01) My Pain (6:48) Not Long for This World (6:35) Solway Firth (5:56) What the? A new Slipknot album? …
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The King's Speech 