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New Music Review: STRYPER ‘Fallen’

September 19, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – I am shocked that when people talk about classic records, they hardly ever mention To Hell With The Devil. The record from the once “yellow and black attack” that changed the way […]

New Music Review: TOADIES ‘Heretics’

September 19, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10 “text=true”] REVIEW – 21 years ago a record came out called Rubberneck by an American alternative band called The Toadies. College radio at the time embraced their song Possum Kingdom, and the song got them […]

New Music Review: SLAYER ‘Repentless’

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – It has been 6 years since we heard from the mighty Slayer. In that time we had the heartbreaking passing of Jeff Hanneman and the addition of Gary Holt. Like most metal […]

Movie Review: LOVE & MERCY: THE LIFE, LOVE AND GENIUS OF BRIAN WILSON

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

LOVE & MERCY: THE LIFE, LOVE AND GENIUS OF BRIAN WILSON Director: Bill PohladWriters: Oren Moverman, Michael A. LernerStars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Giamatti [usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – People tend to forget […]

Movie Review: SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-90)

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-90) Director: Scott CrawfordWriter: Scott CrawfordStars: Fred Armisen, Brendan Canty, Dave Grohl, Tim Kerr, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, George Pelecanos, Henry Rollins, Tom Sherwood [usr 8.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – […]

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 […]

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New Music Review: I PREVAIL ‘Heart Vs. Mind – EP’

December 18, 2014 Jason Crews Comments Off

Rating: 8 / 10 Stars I PREVAIL is: Brian Burkheiser (clean vocals), Eric Vanlerberghe (unclean vocals), Steve Menoian (lead guitar), Jordan Berger (rhythm guitar), Tony Camposeo (bass), Lee Runestad (drums) REVIEW – You only get […]

EXIT 8

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THE YETI

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DO NOT ENTER

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DIE LIKE A MAN

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MAN GOES ON RANT

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Movie Review: THE SLEEPER

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Movie Review: SÉANCE: THE SUMMONING

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Movie Review: THE DEAD ONES

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Movie Review: THE MUMMY

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JAMES DEPAOLO’s Worst 10 Horror Films of 2022

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