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  • July 18, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Watchtower III
    Watchtower is a monthly digest compiling interesting developments in speed, heavy, and...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • July 11, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0
    BONGRIPPER – Terminal
    I know I say a lot that these metal reviews are not...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • July 10, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Life Beyond The Real: The Legacy of John Bauer
    If you have paid attention to the Dungeon Synth scene within the...
    Art Featured 
  • July 4, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Casual Magic: The Philosophy of Group Hug
    This is perhaps one of the first deck explorations I have written...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • July 3, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0
    OBSCURA – Diluvium
    Oh Obscura. Why are you so entertaining? It was in 2011 when...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
MTG / D&D: The Ruins of Zendikar

MTG / D&D: The Ruins of Zendikar

June 27, 2018 0
Weirding Ways

Weirding Ways

June 21, 2018 0

Metal Reviews

  • Viktor Mukhin Final Land
    July 18, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Watchtower III

    Watchtower is a monthly digest compiling interesting developments in speed, heavy, and doom albums on Bandcamp. to fit the theme of the site, these albums were chosen for their recent release and also for potential interest with people who are already adventuring in the worlds of fantasy. this...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • July 11, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    BONGRIPPER – Terminal

    I know I say a lot that these metal reviews are not fitting of the site...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • July 3, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    OBSCURA – Diluvium

    Oh Obscura. Why are you so entertaining? It was in 2011 when I really got into...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • July 2, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Watchtower II

    Watchtower is a monthly digest dedicated to seeking out interesting and new releases that encompass the...
    Featured Metal Reviews 

Gameplay Videos

  • Vampyr
    June 28, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Vampyr

    Join the hosts of the night in Vampyr and watch as we play with our food.
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • June 19, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    DARKEST DUNGEON

    Darkest Dungeon appears, at first glance, to be a game so simple as to be generic;...
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • Dark Souls Remastered
    June 13, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Dark Souls – Remastered

    Dark Souls - Remastered ...A soft and kind game about exploring cool ruins and trying to...
    Featured Game Reviews 
  • Bloodstained Curse of the Moon
    May 29, 2018 Luke Maudsley 0

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    Curse of the Moon is a retro-action monster masher from Koji Igarashi, one of the dudes...
    Featured Game Reviews 

Dungeon Synth

  • June 21, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Weirding Ways

    Out of the Dungeon I believe it is time to say farewell… for now. Since the close of the Dungeon Synth Compilation project, I have found myself unable to harbor the same zeal for discovering new projects associated with this scene with the same frequency as before. This...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • Dungeon Synth Digest XXXVI
    May 23, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    DUNGEON SYNTH DIGEST XXXVI

    Yes, I know. That picture is amazing. The above image is from the Basic Dungeons and...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • April 20, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    DUNGEON SYNTH DIGEST XXXV

    BASIC DS. Life on the Frontier I have been trying to come up with a name...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 
  • Dungeon Synth Digest XXXIV
    March 15, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    DUNGEON SYNTH DIGEST XXXIV

    For weeks, you’ve been looking for adventure in this forsaken wilderness, with nothing much to show...
    Dungeon Synth Featured 

Tabletop & RPG

  • July 4, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Casual Magic: The Philosophy of Group Hug

    This is perhaps one of the first deck explorations I have written for this site and it comes from years of tinkering and playing with a specific EDH strategy called Group Hug. To catch everyone else up, EDH is a format for Magic the Gathering where multiple people...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • June 27, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    MTG / D&D: The Ruins of Zendikar

    Zendikar is a dangerous world of lethal risks and priceless rewards. From the perspective of its...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • May 30, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Casual Magic: The Fate of Brawl

    I wrote the title a few weeks ago after attending the Star City Games Open in...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 
  • Magic the Gathering BRAWL
    April 30, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Casual Magic: Brawl

    Fun VS Function I am struggling to think about what this series is and could be...
    Featured Tabletop RPG 

Post Archive

  • HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD [Ercole al centro della terra] (1961)HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD [Ercole al centro della terra] (1961)
    As we approach the fourth Peplum review it is important to note that we will be skipping in continuity. I understand that the adventures of Hercules, played by different actors and with non connecting storylines, may already feel disconnected, but for the sanctity of criticism we will mention the break in sequence. Ercole al Centro della Terra, translated Hercules in the Center of the Earth but for some reason titled, Hercules in the Haunted World, is the 6th film released in the Hercules series. Our hero is played by another...

Post Archive

  • FAERY- LEGENDS OF AVALONFAERY- LEGENDS OF AVALON
    It was something, in this world of endless press releases and instant news, that the first I ever heard of Faery: Legends of Avalon is when it popped up on the steam store. Faery advertises itself as a series about exciting, pitched and old-school turn-based combat against gigantic and terrible monsters, and I’m sad to say that if that were its intention, it fails in almost every area. In its defence, I will say that it’s turn-based, and would have been considered awkwardly old-school about ten years ago . Almost...

Post Archive

  • THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE (1904)THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE (1904)
    A few years ago, for the months of Autumn, I ran through the highlights and gems of early Horror beginning at the Phantom of the Opera in 1925 all the way to the early 60’s Hammer films and the revitalization of classic monsters. It was during this point that I found myself drawn to early cinema as a bold frontier in film-making, as many aspects that have become commonplace in cinema were still being toyed with and experimented. Take this and add the theme of fantastic storylines and one has...

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  • This Year in Traditional Heavy MetalThis Year in Traditional Heavy Metal
    There has been a term that has been floating around for a few years and it is a little bothersome. The New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal has been given to bands that both play in the style of traditional heavy metal as well as embody a traditional aesthetic in either dress, album art, or just general attitude.The term is bothersome because the same term was applied to a new wave of old school death metal some years back and eventually just became death metal. It is also the same...

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  • HEAVY METALHEAVY METAL
    If the tagline for Heavy Metal isn’t “Titties, Lasers, & Heavy Metal,” I am going to be upset. I feel that a perfect way to end my tour of 1980’s fantasy films is to end with Heavy Metal. I do this for a number of reasons. For the first reason, …

Comic Review

  • MOUSE GUARD – The Black AxeMOUSE GUARD – The Black Axe
    This is a review of the third volume in David Petersen’s Mouse Guard. It also may be a possible summary and introduction for others not familiar with one of the more interesting fantasy comics in recent years. If one hasn’t read this story, stop here and go out and read …

Game Review

  • Dark Souls – RemasteredDark Souls – Remastered

Metal Review

  • GARDEN OF SHADOWS – Oracle MoonGARDEN OF SHADOWS – Oracle Moon

Dungeon Synth

  • Imaginations Wander: An Interview With ErangImaginations Wander: An Interview With Erang

Art & History

  • Fantasy Art: A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS by Frank FrazettaFantasy Art: A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS by Frank Frazetta

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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 
  • March 13, 2015 Kaptain Carbon 1

    CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN

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

Comic Reviews

  • 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...
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  • 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...
    Comic Reviews Featured 
  • arion lord of atlantis
    February 28, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Arion: Lord of Atlantis (1981)

    I know what you are thinking. Yes, Arion is from Atlantis. Yes Aquaman is also from...
    Comic Reviews Featured 

Art

  • John Bauer Dwarf
    July 10, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Life Beyond The Real: The Legacy of John Bauer

    If you have paid attention to the Dungeon Synth scene within the last few years, you...
    Art Featured 
  • February 26, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Weird Stories: The Life and Work of Hannes Bok

    Stumbling on Hannes Bok was much like anyone other random run in with a fantasy artist....
    Art Featured 
  • September 4, 2017 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Diminished by Nightmare: The Phantasmal Architectures of Monsù Desiderio

    Throughout my writing tenure at Hollywood Metal, I have always been into art — specifically fantasy...
    Art Featured 

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