Interviews
September 18, 2024
Furiously thrashing Surabaya (an interview with FETTER)
Interviews
September 15, 2024
“Gacoan” in my speakers happened simply because once again I’d felt the urge to focus my attention to Indonesian lady rockers of the 1990. Well, they were good looking (and they still have the look!)…and the music was great too! And because I remember the good old 1980s and 1990s well, I am revisiting the music of that era quite often to see what I have missed back then (quite a lot, as we’ve had…
First, the confession. I watched Kung Fu Vampire today – again. For the third time. Not that it’s that good, the simple reason behind it is …it’s quite forgettable and I couldn’t recall what it was about. So, yeah, to get you that knowledge, I’ve sat down and watch it again. Let’s have a look together! Starring Chun Yu Shan Shan as somewhat idiotic and not-really-funny male lead Yong and Wong So-Saan as his female…
The Energy from Hell. The title of the debut album from Makassar black metal commando, Kemenyan, doesn’t lie. Am I late with this one… yes, I am. But as I always say – better later than never, right? No, there’s no excuse from my part for criminally neglecting this great album. And yes, I call it great. Although I prefer atmospheric black metal, I am definitely not against the blasting fury of the hell unleashed,…
Travelling through West Asian landscape, Indokult looks at the 2011 release of the Syrian black metal duo, Despair.
Thanks to Netflix there seems to be quite a nice supply of Asian cinema and TV coming into households of the West. And that’s definitely a good thing. Sure, some of the movies are not as good as one would expect them to be. That rings true also for the Western production, so this is not something to be used against various Asian productions. Stuff happens. As we all know, Asian cinema is not just…
