Surprises 2009: Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds...

Band: Crimfall
Album: ...As The Path Unfolds (first album)
Genre: Symphonic Power-Viking-Folk
Country: Finland

After the demo recording in 2008 "Burning Winds", Crimfall was inmediately recruited by Napalm Records for their first album, "As The Path Unfolds...", which was released one year after. The band was formed by Jakke Viitala, composer of all the music, and later he decided to bring 2 different kind of singers to finish the line-up: Helena Haaparanta (ex-Tacere) and Mikko Häkkinen (also singer of Twilight Ophera).
The music of Crimfall is an original mix of many different styles. You can find from those folkish moments closer to Moonsorrow or Finntroll (they had also the Finntroll & Moonsorrow bass player Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali as a session musician), and others closer to power metal, but always with those orchestral arrangements behind that gives an overall impresssion of epic soundtrack. The variety is also palpable in the rich kind of melodies, from northern folk to oriental, where Helena proves to be one great singer at the same level of Floor Jansen or Simone Simons, and those atmospheric interludes joining epic folk metal are amazing.

http://www.myspace.com/crimfall

1. Neothera Awakening / 02:55
2. The Crown of Treason / 05:01
3. Wildfire Season / 05:24
4. Where Waning Winds Lead / 04:27
5. Sun Orphaned / 02:04
6. Ascension Pyre / 04:06
7. Shadow Hearth / 04:55
8. Non Serviam / 05:01
9. Aubade / 03:41
10. Hundred Shores Distant / 05:58
11. Novembré / 03:15

Total playing time 46:47

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... and the fans started the search for the ring

Dende o estreno de The Lord of The Rings, parece que a xa de por sí lexións de fans que tiña Tolkien se incrementou exponencialmente co traballo de Peter Jackson. Tal é o punto de fanatismo que un grupo de seguidores "cérrimos" se están a dedicar nos últimos tempos a imitar a forma de rodar e contar de Jackson con outras historias derivadas do imaxinario de Tolkien. Eso sí, cun presuposto bastante máis axustado que o do australiano. Pero o que está claro é o arte e ganas que lle poñen.

The Hunt for Gollum

Titulo original: The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Año: 2009
Género: Aventura/Fantasía
Duración: 38 min.
Idioma: Ingles
Subtitulos en Español integrados.
País: UK
Productora: Rickety Shack Films
Director: Chris Bouchard
Guión: Chris Bouchard
Reparto: Adrian Webster, Pat O'Connor, Arin Alldridge, Gareth Brough, Rita Ramnani, Greg Draven, Jason Perino, Max Bracey, Christopher Dingli

Sinopsis:
Trata de la busqueda de Gollum por parte de Aragorn, años despues de los relatos de ‘El Hobbit’, y antes de los acontecimientos descritos en ‘La Comunidad del Anillo’, para recabar mas informacion sobre El Anillo único. Pelicula independiente hecha por fans y que se situa justo antes de "La comunidad del anillo", con un presupuesto de 3.000 libras. Al igual que "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning", es una pelicula sin fines comerciales y que se distribuye a traves de Internet de forma gratuita.

Calidad: DVDRIP
Formato: RAR (339 mb)

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http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/


Born Of Hope

Título Original: Born Of Hope [2009]
Director: Kate Madison
Guión: Alex K. Aldridge
País: Reino Unido
Género: Aventura/Fantasía
Duración: 01:08 Hr aprox.
Idioma: Ingles C/Sub. Español
Productora: Actors at Work Productions
Distribución: DailyMotion
Presupuesto: menos de £ 24.000
Reparto: Christopher Dane, Beth Aynsley, Beth Aynsley, Danny George, Iain Marshall, Andrew McDonald, Howard Corlett

Sinopsis: El film está inspirado en un parejo de párrafos escritos por Tolkien en los apéndices de Lord Of The Rings, donde se nos cuenta un poco sobre la vida de Arathorn y Gilraen, y de cómo se conocieron por primera vez durante una etapa trabajoso en la historia de los Dúnedain, situando el film antes de la guerra del anillo.

Tamaño: 269 MB aprox.
Formato: Rmvb

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http://www.bornofhope.com/Credits.html

El Imperio Contraataca en Santiago de Compostela

Do blog do Pepetrola collín este post que me pareceu do máis hilarante que vín últimamente.
Copio-pego o que se pretende facer:

En qué consiste:

El 21 de mayo de 2010 es el 30 aniversario del estreno de El Imperio Contraataca. Para celebrarlo, queremos reunir en Santiago de Compostela el mayor número posible de fans de Star Wars, vestidos con uniformes, armaduras o trajes de personajes da Saga. Tendrán preferencia los personajes del Imperio Galáctico (los malos) porque al fin y al cabo en El Imperio Contraataca ganaron ellos ;)

Estamos preparando un gran desfile de soldados imperiales en la zona histórica de Santiago de Compostela. Este desfile terminará en la Plaza de la Quintana (junto a unha de las más hermosas catedrales de toda la Galaxia), donde todos los soldados imperiales estarán de pie en posición de firmes mientras un grupo de gaiteiros interpreta la Marcha Imperial y Darth Vader pasa revista a las tropas.

Queremos ver esta asombrosa imagen en todos los medios de comunicación y llenar Internet de fotografías y vídeos de este evento. Santiago de Compostela es una hermosa ciudad, declarada Patrimonio Cultural da Humanidad por la UNESCO. En 2010 celebraremos el Xacobeo, y miles de peregrinos harán el Camino de Santiago para llegar aqui.

Santiago de Compostela es el escenario perfecto para este evento!!

http://imperialstormtroopers.com/

No link tamén tedes instruccións para facervos o voso propio traxe estelar. Chegarase a facer? Eu personalmente teño as miñas dudas...

Hala! ahora sólo falta que chegue o Papa e listo, festa montada XD

Surprises 2009: Kalisia - Cybion

Band: Kalisia
Album: Cybion (first album)
Genre: Progressive Melodeath
Country: France

CYBION is an anticipation concept-album. It is only composed of one epic piece. We strongly insist on this point: its structures and audio tracks are here to provide reference points to the listener, but CYBION must be considered as a one and only piece. It may only make sense in its entirety, exactly like a movie. Music and lyrics are very closely connected, developing atmospheres trying to provoke various emotions to the listener (oppression, happiness...), proposing (and not imposing) him a succession of pictures and feelings corresponding as closely as possible to the development of the story (but everyone is free to interpret it in a different way… as each person feels music in a different way). A million miles away from the idea of an easy-listening or disposable music, like those records you listen to once or twice before they get lost and dusty on a shelf (if they were even bought...), this piece can be difficult to understand at first, but will reveal itself time after time to those who’ll strive to listen carefully, and will always surprise them, even after dozens of listening.

A universal language
In order to provide more credibility, weight but also more poetry to the language imposed by the League, another genuine language called Kal was created for this record. Far from being just a simple translation of French or English with different words, this articulated language possesses its own grammar, semantic and etymology, and its calligraphy is also unique. Kal results from the study of different living, dead or imaginary languages such as Sanskrit, Latin, English, Arabic, Greek, German, Japanese, and even Quenya and Tengwar. It required, its creator Brett Caldas-Lima acknowledges, "a totally stupid amount of working hours in regard to the few times it is used".

Epic. It's all I could say about this project worked for years (their previous demo was released 15 years ago!). I dont mind so much about concept albums or about lyrics, so I will go straight to what interest me the most: the music. Cybion was thought to be just like one song divided in several parts, each one thought to mark a different feeling in the listener. The result is a really varied album where we can find many genres, from power metal, to death metal, to industrial, some jazz/classical interludes, some opera choirs.. all surrounding the main one: progressive metal with a harsh touch. It could be just another one of those progressive melodeath releases of another band copying Opeth/Dream Theater, but this album is enough original, with good riffs and melodies and you can feel there was so much effort and work in it.
Indispensable.

http://www.myspace.com/kalisia


1. Introduction / Domination / 01:49
2. Reception / Translation / 02:00
3. Union / Construction / 03:24
4. Declaration / Revolution / 02:41
5. Division / Integration / 03:52
6. Fusion / Rebellion / 05:41
7. Violation / Condemnation / 03:34
8. Education / Deification / 05:04
9. Isolation / Liberation / 03:39
10. Destination / Alteration / 03:06
11. Damnation / Seclusion / 05:09
12. Illusion / Desperation / 02:06
13. Resolution / Protection / 04:08
14. Reconstruction / Intrusion / 02:03
15. Confrontation / Communication / 03:23
16. Activation / Production / 02:54
17. Confusion / Resurrection / 03:09
18. Realisation / Penetration / 03:52
19. Disconnection / Comprehension / 05:29
20. Salvation / Connection / 03:02

Total playing time 01:10:05

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Surprises 2009: Karlahan - A Portrait of Life

Band: Karlahan
Album: A Portrait of Life (first album)
Genre: Sympho-Folk Melodic Death Metal
Country: Spain

Karlahan started in 2006, with a different drummer (Victor Marín) and a synth player (Ivó Castells). In 2008, Aleix Valverde took over the role as drummer and Ivo also left in 2008 due to the increasing complexity of the orchestrations.
Karlahan released a short demo called "Twilight" in 2007 with just two songs. After this release, they started playing gigs in Barcelona and surroundings and they even played at the Helion Festival in Munich, Germany. It wasn't until the 1rst of October of 2009 that they released their first album under the name of "A Portrait of Life". It was totally self-produced, and it recieved very good critics by the international audience.

In the last 20? years I could rarely say that I have found a nice surprise in relation with spanish music. This time, the band from Barcelona, Karlahan, have gained my favour with a not so common metal style in this land. They are playing a kind of Sympho-Folk Melodeath in the vein of Equilibrium. I'm sure with a better production and more support, they can make a great next album. The main bad point I find is in this "A Portrait of Life" is the lenght: 29 minutes included an intro of 3... the album finishes too fast.
Let's hope things can start changing in Spain because many of the spanish bands that are (and always were) known between metal public dont deserve that status at all under my point of view.
An interesting band to follow.

http://www.myspace.com/karlahan

1. A Portrait of Life / 03:28
2. Remnant / 05:38
3. The Harvest / 04:35
4. Involution / 06:49
5. Twilight / 04:53
6. Reverie / 04:51

Total playing time - 29:24

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The Initiation - Colombian Style (Asses of the Caribbean)

I just found this video few days ago in a blog of bizarre stuff/terror movies. After watching I can say that nor my friends nor me are the same as before XD
Never thought I would watch such thing in a documentary, pay special attention to the last 2 minutes and the happy guy Martín.

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-sex/asses-of-the-caribbean#

Surprises 2009: Onheil - Razor

Band: Onheil
Album: Razor (first album)
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Country: Netherlands

It is march 2007 when “The New Onheil” arises. Formed by the fusion between “The Old Onheil”, a well known band in the Benelux underground with 1 MCD, and Martyr, a melodic Black Metal band, having released 2 albums on American recordlabels.This new line-up has 3 guitarists and 2 lead vocalist giving them more possibillities to expand their own unique Blackened Metal sound.
The return started with some great live-shows, including opening for Norwegian Black Metal cult-band Mayhem and a show with Polish Death Metal Legends Vader. In the end of october of that same year Onheil released a new song, “As Hope Dies”, available on mp3 and as a self-made videoclip. This videoclip got a lot of attention on the internet making the song a small underground “hit”.
In february/march 2008 a promoCD was recorded and send to a small list of suitable recordlabels. Several labels showed their interest after receiving the promoCD and in the end Cyclone Empire from Germany was chosen to work with for their next album.
In July Onheil played at the the highly acclaimed open air festival Stonehenge with internationally known bands such as Entombed, Belphegor, Sadist and Burden Of Grief. Later that year Onheil started working on their album “Razor”.
“Razor” as finished march 2009 and released the 15nd of may. The album is officially presented to the world the 7th of June in Baroeg, Rotterdam(NL), when playing a show with Rotting Christ from Greece.

In spite of carrying the flame of black metal for more than 10 years in the underground, Onheil releases their first album on 2009 and it was one of my favourite personal surprises. Razor is not a truly original album of black metal, but it has great riffs and melodies that can remind us to other bands like Naglfar, but I'd say the dutch band made a better album than the last ones of Naglfar. Good vocals, great melodies, fantastic blast-beat moments and good production. If you like black/melodic black.. what else could you ask for?

http://www.myspace.com/onheil

1. Out Of The Darkness It Comes 01:13
2. Nemesis Light Fading / 04:08
3. As Hope Dies / 04:48
4. Final Redemption / 04:39
5. Day Of Departure / 03:58
6. Razor / 06:56
7. The Fallen Kingdom / 03:19
8. Pad Der Verdoemenis / 03:28
9. Penetration Of Innocence / 05:02
10. Rain Of Fire / 04:42
11. From Above / 04:42

Total playing time - 47:00

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