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  • April 22, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    TWISTED TOWER DIRE – Wars In The Unknown
    Getting into Twisted Tower Dire maybe more complicated than most people are...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • April 15, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Dungeon Synth Meditations: Chaucerian Myth
    A few weeks ago, Out of Season contacted me to write a...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • April 9, 2019 Henrik Thøgersen 0
    Witchlords – Demons in the Dark
    The debut album by Belgian outfit Witchlords is more or less tailor-made...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • March 13, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    WARRIOR PATH – Warrior Path
    When I read Greek power metal band Warrior Path featured vocalist Yannis...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • March 5, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    RHAPSODY OF FIRE – The Eighth Mountain
    Walking into the 12th studio album from Italian symphonic power metal band...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
Ravnica Underworld: Beginning The D&D MTG Campaign

Ravnica Underworld: Beginning The D&D MTG...

January 22, 2019 0
Thor the Conqueror (1983)

Thor the Conqueror (1983)

January 30, 2019 0

Metal Reviews

  • April 22, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    TWISTED TOWER DIRE – Wars In The Unknown

    Getting into Twisted Tower Dire maybe more complicated than most people are willing to venture. This of course doesn’t matter if you have already been into the band prior to 2019 or never hearing anything from this band except for this record. Twisted Tower Dire has had a...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • April 9, 2019 Henrik Thøgersen 0

    Witchlords – Demons in the Dark

    The debut album by Belgian outfit Witchlords is more or less tailor-made for a Hollywood Metal...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • March 13, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    WARRIOR PATH – Warrior Path

    When I read Greek power metal band Warrior Path featured vocalist Yannis Papadopoulos from Beast In...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • rhapsody of fire the eigth mountain
    March 5, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    RHAPSODY OF FIRE – The Eighth Mountain

    Walking into the 12th studio album from Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire can...
    Featured Metal Reviews 

Gameplay Videos

  • Mana Spark
    January 23, 2019 Luke Maudsley 0

    Mana Spark

    Mana Spark Developer: Behemutt Released: Sept 27 2018 Website: Official Half an hour of pixelvision murder or your money back.
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • Below
    December 25, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Below

    Below Developer: Capybara Released: Dec 14th 2018 Website: Official BELOW is a game about going BELOW.
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • ashen
    December 25, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Ashen

    Ashen Developer: A44 Released: Dec 2018 (preview) Website: Official Ashen is another indie soulslike, but good...
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • Thronebreaker
    December 6, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

    Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Developer: CD Projekt Red Released: November 9th, 2018 Thronebreaker is a cardgame...
    Episodes Game Reviews 

Dungeon Synth

  • April 15, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Dungeon Synth Meditations: Chaucerian Myth

    A few weeks ago, Out of Season contacted me to write a reflection on Chaucerian Myth’s The Canturbury Tales. This 2016 record is seeing a CD reprint and the label wanted thoughts and musings about the record for the booklet. I was more than happy to take a...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • Gargoylium
    November 29, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    GARGOYLIUM – Chroniques de la Citadelle

    The title for this review comes from the last of the Gargoylium releases but in reality...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • The Obsolescent Arborist
    November 26, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    The Obsolescent Arborist – Tree, Timber and Forest

    One of my favorite aspects about dungeon synth was the sense of quiet escapism the genre...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • November 25, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    OLD TOWER – The Rise Of The Spectral Horizons

    “Old Tower is perhaps dungeon synth’s biggest contemporary success story. From playing along aside of Mortiis...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 

Tabletop & RPG

  • February 9, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Ravnica Underworld: Krenko’s Way

    This is a continuation of my thoughts and feeling about the D&D MTG campaign my group is beginning. My group is comprised of interested players who have had little to no experience with the system. What they do have, however, is knowledge about the campaign world which is...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • ravnica
    January 22, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Ravnica Underworld: Beginning The D&D MTG Campaign

    The Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica (GMGTR) is perhaps one of the best things which could be...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • Ravnica Island
    November 25, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Life After Brawl and the Birth of Rogue Formats

    I have written a lot about Magic the Gathering and spent a big part of summer...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • November 22, 2018 Henrik Thøgersen 0

    Dungeons and Dragons – Art and Arcana: A Visual History

    ”If you thought that was cool, wait till you try the real thing.” A friend told...
    Art Featured Tabletop RPG 

Post Archive

  • LUCA TURILLI – Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis DivinusLUCA TURILLI – Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus
    I believe I gasped a little when I found out Luca Turilli was coming out with a new album. I would probably do this for anything related to the house of Rhapsody. Before I get into this review, I would like to note that I will be making multiple mentions of another band that sort of shares the same name, Rhapsody of Fire. This is another band from whence Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody was born. I will also mention that I will be using flowery language befitting of the more obscure…

Post Archive

  • THE SWORD AND THE SORCERERTHE SWORD AND THE SORCERER
    Well, it looks like I have a long line of sword and sorcery films from the 1980’s so let us pray that one of them is halfway decent. This is why I am reviewing the 1982 American fantasy film The Sword and the Sorcerer rather than the 1983 Argentinian film Deathstalker. I have been to dark places with 80’s fantasy films and some of the places are filled with things I’d rather not write about that are covered in mud. Albert Pyun is an American director best known for his…

Post Archive

  • AMARANTHE – The NexusAMARANTHE – The Nexus
    When I first heard of Amaranthe, I thought to myself, 3 vocalists seems a bit excessive for a normal band, doesn’t it? I mean, Avantasia and the newly formed Avalon have as many vocalists as they want, they’re special super groups. But Amaranthe is a normal band, and they’re songs rarely break 4 minutes. Surely there isn’t enough room for all three of them to get a fair shot? It all gets a bit hectic, but that’s the way I like my it. You get fast drumbeats and heavy riffs,…

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  • WINTERSTORM – CathyronWINTERSTORM – Cathyron
    I feel it is important to note that Winterstorm has always had decent album artwork. The band’s third and newest release, Cathyron showcases their most professional looking cover to date. I lead with discussions on artwork because, as a band, I feel Winterstorm has not had a fair enough start when compared with the endearing qualities of their music. All these guys want to do is sing about battle and winter. I can never fault anyone for doing that. Winterstorm is a band from Germany with a penchant for epic…

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    It is hard to think of anyone who hasn’t at least heard of World of Warcraft. The fourth installment of the video game franchise produced by Blizzard became a cultural phenomenon following its release in 2004. World of Warcraft and the idea of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) …

Comic Review

  • THE WARLORDTHE WARLORD
    Let us just preview what Warlord is all about. Huh. Fighter Pilot gets shot out of the sky. Alright. Plummets through the center of the earth. Sure. Arrives in a mythical land where prehistoric beasts, pirates, half naked women, and wizards all have crazy ass adventures. Yes. I am already …

Game Review

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Metal Review

  • WITHERFALL – Nocturnes and Requiems (2017)WITHERFALL – Nocturnes and Requiems (2017)

Dungeon Synth

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Art & History

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History

  • June 14, 2015 Kaptain Carbon 0

    THE VARANGIANS

    History is filled with tons of drama, blood, gore, and probably more blood. It is no...
    History 
  • April 30, 2015 Kaptain Carbon 0

    BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

    History is filled with tons of drama, blood, gore, and probably more blood. It is no...
    History 
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    CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN

    History is filled with tons of drama, blood, gore, and probably more blood. It is no...
    History 

Comic Reviews

  • Spelljammer Comics
    September 30, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Spelljammer

    For as unrecognized and obscured as Spelljammer has become, it is a wonderful scale at which...
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  • June 19, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    The Tomb of Dracula

    Alight, before we begin let our get our bearings of what Dracula comic we are talking...
    Comic Reviews Featured 
  • Sword of Sorcery
    March 16, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Sword of Sorcery (1973)

    Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is the name of two characters created by Fritz Leiber as...
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Art

  • December 17, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Artwork 18: The Year in Heavy Metal Art

    Faster than Sound. I enjoy art. Obviously. I enjoy heavy metal. I enjoy heavy metal art...
    Art Featured 
  • November 22, 2018 Henrik Thøgersen 0

    Dungeons and Dragons – Art and Arcana: A Visual History

    ”If you thought that was cool, wait till you try the real thing.” A friend told...
    Art Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • October 30, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Quiet Dreams: The Work of Arnold Böcklin

    This article continues my exploration into the use of the supernatural and fantastic within the world...
    Art Featured 

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