James DePaolo, Author at INFRARED MAGAZINE

New Music Review: CHELSEA WOLFE ‘Abyss’

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

REVIEW – If ‘Pain is Beauty’ was the uncomfortable calm that fans like me wanted out of CHELSEA WOLFE, Abyss is the storm that we all had to see coming and we were anxiously awaiting for it to […]

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New Music Review: IRON MAIDEN ‘The Book of Souls’

September 10, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] REVIEW – In 2014, AC/DC put out their best cd in ages with “Rock or Bust”. A band like AC/DC who seem to have the same sound cd to cd, putting out music […]

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New Music Review: ANNIHILATOR ‘Suicide Society’

September 3, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 7.0 text=true] REVIEW – Annihilator to date has released 15 studio albums and has had numerous lineup changes. The running joke with fans was that when Annihilator was releasing a new record we would […]

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New Music Review: LEAVES’ EYES ‘King of Kings’

September 3, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

Rating: 10 / 10 Stars REVIEW – Liv Kristine and Alexander Krull are to me the best of this so-called, “beauty and the beast” vocal style, where you have the operatic voice of Liv and […]

Movie Review: THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW

May 4, 2014 James DePaolo Comments Off

THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW Director: Pete WalkerWriters: Alfred ShaughnessyStars: Ray Brooks, Jenny Hanley, Luan Peters REVIEW – This slasher is about a theatrical group that is hired by some anonymous person and sent to […]

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New Music Review: GYSPYFINGERS ‘Circus Life’

May 3, 2014 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.5 text=”true”] REVIEW – GYPSYFINGERS debut record Circus Life is something quite impressive, it’s very buzz-worthy. When it seems like almost all music these days comes across as the same old, same old, here […]

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New Music Review: STEEL PANTHER ‘All You Can Eat’

April 25, 2014 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 7.0 text=true] REVIEW – STEEL PANTHER is back with their 3rd album All You Can Eat. If you loved the humor of Feel The Steel and the catchiness of the follow-up of Balls Out, […]

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New Music Review: LACUNA COIL ‘Broken Crown Halo’

March 24, 2014 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.00 text=”true”] REVIEW – LACUNA COIL’s latest album Broken Crown Halo is more mainstream than Dark Adrenaline and Shallow Life combined. It seems that the metal and goth aspect of this band before the […]

Movie Review: DRUG WAR

December 7, 2013 James DePaolo Comments Off

DRUG WAR Director: Johnnie ToWriters: Wai Ka Fai, Yau Nai Hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu XiStars: Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang REVIEW – Drug War is the latest film from Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To. […]

Movie Review: HORROR STORIES

October 21, 2013 James DePaolo Comments Off

HORROR STORIES “Horror Stories” (Moo-seo-woon I-ya-gi) was a 2012 anthology horror movie that tells the tale of a teenager (Ji_Won Kim) who is abducted and forced to tell the scariest tales she knows, leading to […]