SANCTUARY- Refuge Denied
Sanctuary’s debut record is inevitably tied to its producer Dave Mustaine, who worked on this record in the space between... View Article
Author Archives for Kaptain Carbon
GODZILLA (2014)
YES! There is nothing that gets me more excited than gigantic monsters throwing each other into buildings while shooting radioactive... View Article
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Fantasy filmmaking has had various iterations through the decades. I have spent a considerable amount of time with the films... View Article
SABATON – Heroes
For the longest time Sabaton was always the power metal band who sang about battle. This isn’t a stretch for... View Article
EPIDEMIA – Treasure of Enya [Эпидемия – Сокровище Энии]
Name: Эпидемия. Genre: Power Metal. Location: Moscow. Lyrical Themes: Fantasy, Tolkien, Elves. Alright, this is amazing. Review over. I would... View Article
TROY (2004)
I know what you are thinking, “Why in the world would you review Troy when there are so many other... View Article
FRANK FRAZETTA FANTASY ILLUSTRATED #1
Frank Frazetta was born in 1928 and left this world in 2010. He was survived by a career and legacy... View Article
CIRITH UNGOL – King of the Dead
Note: I thought it would be interesting to take a tour through the history of power metal classics and underrated... View Article
THE MAGIC SWORD
Looking over the different decades of fantasy films seems to show a pattern. The 1980’s is the decade that usually... View Article
QANTICE – The Phantonauts
Qantice, on the surface, appears to be just another power metal band whose destiny lies in the symphonic exploration of... View Article
THE PHAROS AT ALEXANDRIA (1975) – Roy Krenkel
Roy Krenkel was an American illustrator who was a contemporary, and colleague of fantasy titan Frank Frazetta. Krenkel, along with... View Article
MOUSE 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... View Article
BLACK SAILS [S1 E6-E8]
I have always been under the impression that my lukewarm feelings for the Starz original drama Black Sails would change.... View Article
VESPERIA – An Olden Tale
I absolutely love the hype surrounding Canadian melodic death metal act Vesperia. This hype, of course, is mostly self generated... View Article