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English TV Series, The Prisoner, Doesn't Live Up to Iron Maiden's Hype


Iron Maiden bassist, Steve Harris, and vocalist, Bruce Dickinson, were supposedly obsessed with the British 60s TV series The Prisoner. So much that they wrote two songs about it: The song "The Prisoner" off of Iron Maiden's 1982 Bruce Bruce debut The Number of the Beast and "Back in the Village" off of 1984's Powerslave.

Note: The lyrics in "Back in the Village" even use the maxim used in The Prisoner: "Questions are a burden and answers are prisons for oneselves."

"Making of The Resistance" DVD Comes with the Limited Edition of Muse's Newest Album and is Well Worth the Watch


After watching one of these "Making of..." documentaries I usually come away feeling guilty for being critical of the outcome of any musical release. It's quite amazing watching all that goes into creating an album, and watching the creativity at work can be exciting.

Not Thrilled While Watching the DVD, "I'm Not There"


I didn't have the patience to make it through Todd Haynes' I'm Not There. And I had the DVD from Netflix sitting around the house for two months or so.

Emperor - Live @ Wacken 2006 DVD


Review by Marc Garrison

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Troll, and its newest released destined for obscurity

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Mnemic retains electro-metal supremacy with Sons of the System

As many might know, Danish metallers Mnemic have been in the scene for a while now, and in their latest effort Sons of the System, they have made their presence known. Since the band's last effort, 2007's Passenger, Mnemic has been hard at work writing new material, promising loyal fans a great album. They succeeded.

Before the Dawn's new EP a surprisingly dense affair

It should be no surprise for anyone who knows anything of Tuomas Saukkonen, finish multi-instrumentalist and composer for numerous Finnish metal bands, that with another year comes another release. As one of the most hard working entities in the genre today, his track record for putting out consistently high quality releases is second to few, and his most recent release with melodic dark metal band Before the Dawn, the Decade of Darkness EP is no exception.

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