El Gore’s competition!!!

Even Diego is excited as hell! To celebrate El Gore’s 5000th visitor, we’d like to invite you to our anniversary contest!

Here is the deal: Post a movie we have to see and get the chance to win a nice little present!

Stuff we like to read/see:

  • “weird” and/or “strange” titles
  • Japanese/North Korean/Scandinavian movies. Trash or alternative, independent stuff (if you made a movie, submit that one!)
  • Make us suffer

Stuff we don’t like to read/see:

  • Modern Hollywood stuff (please no sawesque shit movies)
  • Snuff or any other illegal perverse shit!

El Gore choses 1 winner and  reviews the movie.

Start: Now

End: 21st April 2012

Submit us your suggestion (2 titles/person) via comment, mail (elgore1(at)hotmail.com) twitter or Facebook.

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Super Crate Box

Platform tested: iOS (iPad)

Developed by: Vlambeer

This one is quite simple, guys. 3 different levels, one easy task. Collect as many crates as possible. But beware! 3 different types of enemies will try to impede your crate collecting and each level has got 1 precipice at the bottom that turns your enemies into rabid destroyers, once they have fallen into. And this is the interesting part of the game, as it gets more and more challenging and fast-paced each time a new enemy falls into the precipice. But fortunately, a new collected crate means a new weapon for your character, be it a machinegun, rocket launcher or flamethrower. Let the rampage begin!

There really isn’t much more to add about “Super Crate Box”. It is so simple yet enjoyable to play. The perfect time waster and no-brainer. Just as I like it. Maybe the controls suck a little as it is not possible to play a jump’n run platformer properly on a touchscreen, but it’s manageable.

Go get it on your iOS device now! Vlambeer are a indie-game studio based in the Netherlands and you know you should support indie developers, don’t you?

Grab it while it’s hot! You don’t need your financial consultant’s opinion for this 2 bucks investment. Trust me.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3QP9K110U]

(Video is delivered by TouchGamePlay)

Eric

Rest

A few weeks ago my old pal jagaland (check out his blog here) sent me a link via direct message on twitter. I love this guy but as he has, amongst a few others of my friends, the shittiest taste in movies, I immediately thought that the short he sent me would be catastrophically ass. Nevertheless I clicked on the link and baaam I was right! Yet an other over-saturized modern bullshit zombie movie, where some people try to milk a dead cow, which in this case doesn’t come back to life.

Don’t get me wrong here. I love zombie flicks like Re-Animator, Dead Dudes In The House, Braindead, Dawn of the Dead (original), Day of the Dead (original), Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and stuff. I even really appreciate Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake and Land of the Dead. But for me the cult is over, the genre is dead, dead as Punk is dead (a bad allusion again).

I nearly immediately stopped watching the movie. But as it only lasts 10 minutes and as I was quite bored I gave it a try, and against all odds I was positively surprised! The short bases on an incredibly long build-up until it gets to an ending I would never have expected! I do not want to spoiler so I shut my mouth and command you to be patient and watch the film to the end. There are only three movies which made me cry like a little baby. First there is Braindead (biggest love story of all-time), then there is Tim Burton’s masterpiece Edward Scissorhands and finally there is Rest. I don’t even give a damn that the piece uses this modern over-hyped style of filming I don’t like and I don’t care that the story is at some points a bit questinable and unlogic (besides of that there is a dead man standing up out of his grave). Because in the end, all this stuff doesn’t matter anymore.

Certainly one of my favorite short movies this year!

-Luc-

LaFaro – Easy Meat

LaFaro aroused my curiosity a few weeks ago, so I decided to buy their two releases blindly. Was it a good decision? Yes, Sir!

With their second album, Easy Meat, the boys from Belfast just lift off like a rusty rocket. Their sound compromises Thrash and (Post-)Hardcore elements, mixed with a pinch of Metal and Queens of the Stone Age. I somewhere read that this work was like QOTSA if Nick Oliveri did all the songs. I can’t really confirm this, although a few Queens-traces are not deniable, especially in Wingers + Chips, which sounds like a descendant from Quick and to the Pointless.

The most important thing is: LaFaro have developed their very own sound, which was essential, as I found the mixing of their debut too piercing and ordinary (damn, I’d love to hear Chopper is a Fuckin Tout in the new sound!). When Easy Meat hits your ears, it automatically feels more authentic, combining evil guitars with rusty agro-vocals with a crazy drumming that sounds like someone going postal at a junky yard. Lot’s of 90s music here too in my ears.

Boring? No, Sir!

As for the interludes (after nearly every single song), it seems that they are a matter of opinion. I think they’re quite annoying and unnecessary. Lots of energy is lost because of them. No Songs-For-The-Deaf-feeling here, if this was the intention. If you created a scrap press like Easy Meat, please mates, do not stop it when it has already started wrecking! As for the rest: we now know that the vocalist (is it even possible not to play the guitar in a rock band when your name is Jonny Black?) and the drummer are insane. Leave the metal part a bit aside and concentrate more on madness, then this could be huge!

Recommendations: Full Tilt, Wingers + Chips, Boke, OFF THE CHART

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jYhQK7aVM]

Dirty Crows Studio Update II

Here you have the last part of the studio diary from our beloved Dirty Crows. Enjoy!

Tuesday: Recorded the bass, edited the drums, which took lots of time. Not a very productive day, did a bit percussion afterwards. Marc caught a cold, so we’re a little worried about his voice because there’s still lots of vocals to record. Mauro’s girlfriend Liz brought him something from the drug store, we bought him a Playboy magazine. Let’s see what helps more (no comment. -elgore-). We made a little video greeting message for our friends from Angel at my Table for their release on Saturday.

Wednesday: Bass recordings, drum edits, only cold water in the shower (use the Playboy! -elgore-), but hey, that’s rock’n’roll! Had a cool evening with our studio neighbour, a dude who records an album on his own.

Thursday: Bass recordings (are you Death From god damn Above 1979 or what? -elgore-). Played the Fender Jaguar over the bass amp plus octaver. Recorded Marc’s guitar and his vocals and then again drum editing. Felix from The Lost Ways passed by, very cool guy, lots of music talk and had a beer together. A whole case to be honest (yep, we can imagine! -elgore-). Started talking French only so that Jan was thinking that we’re drunk, but we weren’t (mmh mmh -elgore-). Daniel did some background recordings until 2am.

Friday: Bass recordings (oh really?! -elgore-), only one song left for Mauro. I (Phillip) recorded some hard and crazy guitar sounds and Marc did his guitar and vocals. Daniel did some backround vocals again and then we worked on a special feature (will be a surprise for you) until 5am. The Lost Ways were here today, we had lunch together and talked about potential concerts for the summer. Stay tuned!

Saturday: Finished the bass (hallelujah! -elgore-) guitars, percussion and background vocals. Recorded two new features (another surprise) and also recorded an organ. Marc’s voice still causes worries.

Sunday: Back home again! Thanks for reading and stay tuned! And thanks to Liz for her excellent cooking!

Check out part one.

Trash Monday VI


Were you born in the late 80′s? Have you experienced the Euro-Trash epoch in the mid-90′s? Do you remember? Do you want to reminisce your fond memories of the best music genre there ever was? Here it is, K2 with “Der Berg ruft”.

In case you watch a certain Munich-based TV channel on a daily basis you will probably recognize the sexy background dancer. Music could not have been greater back then. Or, to quote the top comment on youtube: “Breasts, techno, reggae, yodeling and Schlager combined in a piece of art for eternity.”

Der Hosenträger is ma abgerissen! BOOYAH!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r53Ao-Y5_2Q]

Dirty Crows Studio Update I

Yesterday we received the first sign of life from our buddies from Dirty Crows right out of the studio in Bavaria. Seems to be a huge productive mess. Check out what Philippe wrote us:

Saturday: Meeting at half past one in the afternoon, packed our stuff together and headed for Germany. No problems on the road, left the motorway after 450 km. After passing a creepy village we decided to stop at a gas station to grab some beer for the evening (would have had that idea way earlier! -elgore-). After having unloaded our stuff, Jan went for a sleep and we went for a Nintendo 64 session and a few beers inside the studio. Daniel went to bed quite early but we wouldn’t let him sleep. Sleeping-time at 4 am.

Sunday: Got up way to early, Daniel didn’t sleep very well because I was snoring like a motherfucking bear. I myself didn’t find it that dramatic. Like a good toilet, Daniel was the first to get pissed, because the drum recording was first on the list. Time to relax for us after the short night. But we recorded some background/alternative percussion (more cowbell! -elgore-).

Monday: Started recording the bass ( what about the night?! -elgore-) Quote from Jan: “Haven’t heard such a pussy-shit for a long time!” Recorded three songs and discussed a lot about them. We kicked the last part of Got no Chance and decided to use it as the intro for the album ( if they won’t change everything again and again and again…. -elgore-).

Later Marc decided to record his guitar and in the night it was my turn. During that session Jan hit my guitar to create some crazy sounds ( Jan, coffee overdose again? -elgore-). Everything already sounds pretty awesome. Quote number 2 from Jan: “Dirty Crows sound like Marilyn Manson playing Led Zeppelin songs on a LSD trip!” (whatever that means. -elgore-)

Fleshy greetings from Rotenburg, ehrm sorry, Röttenbach!

El Gore is really looking forward to checking out their new stuff. Hope to see you guys soon and have a rocking time.

For more information about Dirty Crows, check out our pre-recording reports (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) and our live EP review.