Spotlight: The Campaign

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When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district.  Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As election day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from "Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach that takes today's political circus to its logical next level.  Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there's room to dig a whole lot deeper. The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Jim Denault (Emmy nominee for HBO's "Carnivàle"); production designer Michael Corenblith (Oscar® nominee, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Apollo 13"); editors Craig Alpert ("Knocked Up," "Borat") and Jon Poll ("Meet the Fockers"); and costume designer Daniel Orlandi ("The Blind Side"). "The Campaign" will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, Anchoroman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Camden "Cam" Brady

Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover, Due Date, Dinner for Schmucks) as Martin "Marty" Huggins

Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story, The Practice, Wonderland) as Tim Wattley

Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses, Hall Pas, The Rocker) as Mitch Wilson

Brian Cox (The Escapist, Zodiac, Troy, Adaption) as Raymond Huggins

John Lithgow (Footloose, 3 Rock from the Sun, Dexter) as Glen Motch

Dan Aykroyd (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters, Exit to Eden) as Wade Motch

Katherine LaNasa (Valentine’s Day, Alfie, Schizoplois) as Rose Brady

Sarah Baker (Go On, Bones, In Gayle We Trust, Free Radio) as Mitzi Huggins

This movie really was never a dull moment at all, with its crude humour and entertainment the whole way through. Zack Galifianakis is awkwardly funny as always and does it to perfection. Seeing him with clean cut hair is definitely a weird change from the dirty Hangover look. Will Farrell is great and brings in his kind of comedy as he does funny things like punching babies and dogs. The slow motion baby punch was especially hilarious, even though it was obviously computer animated, it looked too good. Dylan McDermott plays a very sly neutral agent and Jason Sudeikis makes a good partner as Will Farrell’s head of campaign. Dinner table scene at the Huggins’ house, had the funniest lines in the movie and were increasingly raunchy. The fact that this movie actually satirizes John Edwards and the Koch brothers makes this movie even more entertaining. I really like that this movie was only an hour and a half long, they didn’t drag it out with boring drama and stuck to the chase. I definitely recommend watching this movie.

Review of “Effigies of Evil” by Hooded Menace

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1. Vortex Macabre

2. Effigies of Evil

3. In the Dead We Dwell

4. Curses Scribed in Gore

5. Crumbling Insanity

6. Summoned into Euphoric Madness

7. Evoken Vulgarity

8. Retribution in Eternity

“Finland’s doom/death-lords Hooded Menace make their Relapse debut with ‘Effigies of Evil’, a brutally ripping album of slow-paced, down-tuned ultra-heaviness.  Combining the grooving riffs of High on Fire and early Cathedral with the fire of classic Autopsy and Dismember, ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is an instant metal classic.  ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is the peak combination of Hooded Menace’s fascination with classic 90s death metal, prototypical 70s doom and cult horror flicks-----a collection of obsessions that any heavy-music fan proudly wears for life.  ‘Effigies of Evil’ is a triumphant album of filth, sludge, riffs and groove that transforms cult heroes Hooded Menace into legitimate heavy metal icons.one of the most intimidating and unforgiving metal albums of the year" - Decibel

Eerie winds and guitar starts off the album and begins the first track “”Vortex Macabre.” The vocals are very Mikael Åkerfeldt feeling when he does his harsher vocals. The guitars keep it fresh and aren’t boring at all. They definitely have an old school death metal feel to them and it shines through in the solos and harmonized riffs. Some parts felt thrash-like as well which was interesting and the ending groove bit with lead over top was a nice way to end the track. If the prior riff played right into “Effigies of Evil” the transition would have been beautiful. I really like the sludge in the opening riff and the solo a minute in was pretty cool. The lead riff that follows had a great vibe to it as well.  The main riff on this track is very catchy and the solo with the lead three quarters of the way through is much better than the earlier part.

The sound clip at the beginning of the next song about vampires with the guitar fading in on top of it is really awesome sounding in the next song. The guitar in “In the Dead We Dwell” really reminds me of Tyr in a way, it just has a little bit of their folk vibe. The lead sounds superbly groove feeling and make this song. Starting of with a menacing growl, is “Curses Scribed in Gore.” This track definitely shows off their old school death metal vibe the best on the album. The slow lead and harmonization was really badass sounding. The main riff is really catchy and I can hear a little slam on the end, that is almost not noticeable but I caught it.

The opening guitar riff in “Crumbling Insanity” is very entertaining because it feels like it belongs in the accompanying sound clip. There is a very melodic, groove like lead on this track and also has a trash bit about two minutes in that is really mosh inducing.  Definitely another slam type riff in this song, which sounds awesome with the solo. The lead after that is very evil sounding. “Summoned into Euphoric Madness” had some really catchy, groovy guitar in it. The solo and lead a quarter the way through was well done. When the guitar started chugging with the lead over top of it sounded great. The harmonized sludge sound is really dirty.

I really digged the guitars in the beginning of “Evoken Vulgarity.” They were very chug and groove like and when the lead comes in over the top, it all sounds like a masterpiece. The harmonized part sounds very mellow but in an eerie way. Three quarters of the way had some great solos, especially the second one with the guitar effect. To end the album we have “Retribution in Eternity,” which is just very eerie feedback and guitar that makes for a creepy but mellow outro with sound clips.

This was a very well rounded album and though it also had death metal vocals on top of doom style riffs, I find it had more substance than Surprise Path. With vocals like Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitars taking from every genre of metal, Hooded Menace really prove to be not just you run of the mill doom metal band. This album is an obvious by

Review of "S/T" by Serpentine Path

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1. Arrows

2. Crotalus Horridus Horridus

3. Bats Amongst Heathens

4. Beyond the Dawn of Time

5. Obsoletion

6. Aphelion

7. Compendium of Suffering

8. Only a Monolith Remains

“With a pedigree that boasts all three members of New York’s cult doom band Unearthly Trance PLUS founding Electric Wizard and Ramesses bassist/guitarist Tim Bagshaw, Serpentine Path’s debut self-titled album should immediately top any doom-metal fan’s want-list.  Sounding like way more than just a sum of its parts, Serpentine Path’s debut is an absolutely crushing album which both references and reinterprets its members’ previous bands but with a decidedly more punishing death-metal approach.  Vicious vocals combine with downtuned guitars that rip out punishingly killer riffs to create an overall evil vibe that’s equal parts Paranoid and Severed Survival---Serpentine Path is way more than just a super group of underground icons, they are one of the best new death/doom outfits to emerge in many years.”

A very satanic conspiracy theory sound clip opens up the first track on the album, “Arrows” and leads right into the epicosity of the doom metal. I like the more brutal vocals for doom bands, its change from the Pilgrim and other’s I’ve been listening to for the past while. The death metal doom style is quite enjoyable. The second track is “Crotalus Horridus Horridus,” and I have come to the conclusion it means timber rattlesnake rattlesnake. It’s a very slow, sludgy, and doomy track. The guitar is a little repetitive, but that’s to be expected. The guitar on the next track, “Bats Amongst Heathens,” is really catchy. This song is pretty short for a doom band, the screams near the end were very dirty and menacing sounding.

When the drums have more notes than the guitar, like in the beginning of “Beyond the Dawn of Time,” you know it is going to be a very gnarly track.. The vocals are great, when there are some. While it was a great song, it was a little uninspiring. The guitars, on ““Obsoletion”, are more apparent and alive than the track prior. The lead guitar in the beginning was a nice change, along with the little snare march thing going on. It quickly goes back to the slower doom style but the guitars don’t get to slow which keeps the song interesting.

“Aphelion” is probably one of the more alive tracks on the album and being three minutes long I’d hope so. The solo in this song is nice and the guitar is catchy especially closer to the end of the track. The guitar riff half way through “Compendium of Suffering” is a really great one and is pretty much the highlight of this track. Finishing this album up is “Only a Monolith Remains.” The drumming in the beginning is really great the way it builds up. The guitar has really nice groove to it the whole way through. This was a nice track to finish the album. The ending was epic with the cymbal and guitar.

I recommend this album if you like death-infused doom metal. The only reason I gave this a seven is because while they do the sludge sound well, with how over saturated the doom genre is this album just didn’t appeal to me as much as I was hoping. Serpentine Path are great but hearing so much doom lately, its just not enjoyable.