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Another album from Brew Records goes under Rob’s scrutiny.
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We take a journey back to the mid sixties and shoot things, lots of things with the latest addition to the Battlefield Bad Company family, Vietnam.
film REVIEW: Battle Royale Limited Edition DVD Box Set
“Could you kill your best friend?” This was the odd and distressing question asked of us by director Kinji Fukasaku in 2000. Before anyone had a chance to wrap their head around it and come up with a reasoned answer, we’d been collectively splattered with the blood of 40 [mostly] terrified school children.
game NEWS: Eyesight to the Blind: A Story of Silliness, Semantics and Scoring
Review scores – relied upon by many to influence the games they buy, but how useful are they and what do they mean? Kit Harrison takes a look.
film REVIEW: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Had enough of all this commercialisation of Christmas and Santa Claus? Check out Jalmari Helander’s horror-comedy film which shows just how wild and ruthless old Saint Nick used to be…
music REVIEW: Kataklysm – Heaven’s Venom
William takes a look at the 10th studio album by Canadian exponents of the “Northern hyperblast”, Kataklysm.
music REVIEW: Motörhead – The Wörld Is Yours
Is it a Bomber, or just Overkill? Rob picks up Motörhead’s latest and gives it a ruddy good listening-to.
film REVIEW: Walking Dead Season One
Paul Hunt looks back on Season One of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Beware of spoilers within. And, of course, zombies…
game ARTICLE: Coming Soon: Dragon Age II
Bioware’s follow up to the critically acclaimed Dragon Age: Origins is due for release in March next year. What can we expect from the sequel? OneMetal’s Rachael Griffiths takes a look at the material and news released up until now.
music ARTICLE: Undiscovered Underground: Dredg
Dredg – a fairly new discovery of Rachael Griffiths, and one of her favourite bands of the moment. Read on for an explanation why, and a brief overview of the band and their discography, together with a review of their most recent album “The Pariah, The Parrot and the Delusion”.
game ARTICLE: Motion Sickness: Some Christmas Alternatives to Kinect & Move
With Christmas looming, Onemetal’s Kit Harrison says “Bah humbug” to fancy motion controllers with a plea to return to traditional gaming.
film REVIEW: Aaah! Zombies!! AKA Wasting Away
There have been zombie comedies before, but Aaah!! Zombies casts the zombies as the heroes. Will it be enough to set it apart in a genre already packed shoulder to shoulder with the rotting undead?
film REVIEW: Skyline
Big budget, special effects laden sci-fi blockbuster, or horrible, painful disaster? Paul Hunt finds out.
music LIVE REVIEW: Municipal Waste, Saviours, Ramming Speed, London, 17/12/2010
Municipal Waste return to London and completely destroy the Islington Academy. Sound engineers note: please turn up the volume!
music REVIEW: My Ruin – Ghosts And Good Stories
My Ruin return with their sixth album of metallic outpourings of righteous indignation – Dani Hawkins casts judgement.
music REVIEW: Parkway Drive – Deep Blue
Aussie metalcore trailblazers quash any beliefs that they’re ‘just another metalcore band’ with their latest heavy and evocative release.
music REVIEW: Atlantean Kodex – The Golden Bough
German epic heavy metal quintet Atlantean Kodex unleash their highly-anticipated debut album The Golden Bough.
music LIVE REVIEW: Shrinebuilder, Wolves In The Throne Room, London, 02/12/2010
OneMetal’s newest music writer Rich Etteridge braved the snowy climes to catch performances by doom supergroup Shrinebuilder and black metallers Wolves in The Throne Room at London’s Scala venue.
book REVIEW: Kraken by China Miéville
Just in time For the season of goodwill, peace on earth and tentacles, Will Lakeman reviews the paperback edition of Kraken by China Miéville.
book REVIEW: Age of Misrule by Mark Chadbourn
Can The Age of Misrule trilogy keep us hooked for over 1,350 pages? Dave Doyle finds out.