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  • 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 
  • February 27, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Watchtower IX
    This month’s Tim White image is a gorgeous image depicting two figures...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • February 22, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    SAOR – Forgotten Paths
    Even though Andy Marshall began his Saor project in 2013, it was...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • February 20, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0
    Rotting Christ – The Heretics
    To begin this review, I think it is safe to stay in...
    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)

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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 Black, I was embarrassed. I was embarrassed since I did not know who Beast in Black was and it was being used as a selling point for Warrior Path. I was also...
    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 
  • February 27, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    Watchtower IX

    This month’s Tim White image is a gorgeous image depicting two figures reveling in their apparent...
    Featured Metal Reviews 
  • February 22, 2019 Kaptain Carbon 0

    SAOR – Forgotten Paths

    Even though Andy Marshall began his Saor project in 2013, it was not until 2014, with...
    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

  • 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 is about everything released in 2018. Dungeon synth comes as a trickle or flood and the release cycle for artists can be at the whim of its creator. In the absence of...
    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 
  • October 31, 2018 Kaptain Carbon 0

    CHAUCERIAN MYTH – The Faerie Queene

    This is the first article I haven’t written after a brief hiatus from the dungeon synth....
    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

  • Fantasy Art: Éowyn and the Witch-King of Angmar by Michael KalutaFantasy Art: Éowyn and the Witch-King of Angmar by Michael Kaluta
    Michael Kaluta – Éowyn and the Witch-King of Angmar (1994) – “Her eyes, grey as the sea were hard and fell, and yet tears were on her cheek. A sword was in her hand, and she raised her shield against the horror of her enemy’s eyes.” This is the point in battle of the Pelennor Fields where Éowyn smacks the undead shit out of the Lord of the Nazgûl. This scene was the October spread in a 1994 Kaluta Tolkien calendar and holy fuck, I need to cancel my annual…

Post Archive

  • Bandcamp Power Metal Roundup #6Bandcamp Power Metal Roundup #6
    Sometimes finding recent and new power metal is tricky. This goes especially true when bands keep releasing old material on Bandcamp and set their album in a strange middle ground between old to the world but new to most of the audience. This Bandcamp Power Metal Roundup is dedicated to a wide net of bands that have released great albums that may have gone unnoticed. Though I enjoy listening to all forms of power metal, the four collected here today share the same lineage of US power metal and good…

Post Archive

  • Quiet Dreams: The Work of Arnold BöcklinQuiet Dreams: The Work of Arnold Böcklin
    This article continues my exploration into the use of the supernatural and fantastic within the world of art. From the trivial to the classical, fantasy within art has been employed in various fashions and through numerous means. We have looked at the work of the symbolists as a delver into fantastical imagery. The life of Arnold Böcklin is not something of great note as this Swiss artist came through life most like other artists of the same period, studying at an academy and under different tutors, and with time to…

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  • DUNGEON SYNTH DIGEST XVIIIDUNGEON SYNTH DIGEST XVIII
    This Year in Dungeon Synth As the end of the year approaches, Dungeon Synth is perhaps one of the styles which will not care when its albums are released. I believe that myself and a new acquaintance Boss the Ross from Toilet OV Hell are the only ones doing any sort of end of the year list. I feel in a scene this active and this small, one can perhaps travel towards and objective evaluation of this year in dungeon synth. Before that however, we still need to sort through…

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  • MERLIN – PART IIMERLIN – PART II
    The second part of Merlin is…well…different than the first. After showing the first part of the review to people the general consensus was that: A. The film held a certain nostalgia or at least good standing in people’s memory. B. Sam Neill really didn’t do anything after this of note …

Comic Review

  • THORGALTHORGAL
    Well. Holy shit. If there was a comic that could capture the essence of Hollywood Metal, I think I have found it. If there was a comic that could also capture the spirit of genre bending, I think I have also found it. Atlantean viking scifi historical fantasy activate. I …

Game Review

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Metal Review

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Dungeon Synth

  • Dungeon Synth Compilation IX: Trials in the Shadow RealmDungeon Synth Compilation IX: Trials in the Shadow Realm

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 
  • 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

  • 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...
    Comic Reviews Featured 

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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