Interviews (and new Reviews) - Page 4

wm_crash · February 14th, 2011, 04:16 PM

Don't be reluctant to voice your opinion or to water it down by reckoning that others might disagree or have other opinions. Just say it, make an obscene gesture to those who disagree, and then take another sip of beer. You go girl! I actually did Google translate the piece. The reviewer seems to like uptight metal from people who never smile. He shouldn't review anything else . . . same reason I don't review jazz singers.

I wanted to get a feel of what kind of reviews this guy actually writes, and stumbled upon the following (translated) piece in his Korpiklaani review:

"After "Beer Beer", "Vodka" and several other titles that are already involved directly on previous albums with the consumption of alcohol, now comes with "Tequila" an ode to the South African spirits."

This dude knows his stuff!

cheers,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan

Cari · February 14th, 2011, 04:25 PM

you know, at times it´s wiser to keep thoughts for oneself because certain areas in which you can work are smaller and tighter packed with connections that one might think at the beginning.
plus, the internet never forgets - what was once there, will always be there, somewhere.

but for my taste the reviewer shouldn´t have focussed on writing a "funny" tale about the album but more on describing the songs...

Ana156 · February 15th, 2011, 11:31 PM

the writer has a great imagination, you have to give him that

anyway, every review is basically someone else's opinion on what they heard, so we can't expect everyone to like what we do or think it is great

Cari · February 16th, 2011, 03:44 AM

no but reviews aren´t about telling tales as far as I am concerned LOL

Cari · February 16th, 2011, 03:49 AM

but I found this German interview with Olli, I really liked it much so I think using google translator or other translation things wouldn´t be a waste of time:
http://www.metal.de/stories.php4?was=story&id=2113

kilon · February 17th, 2011, 08:13 AM

I'm pretty sure this is a joke review but a 'review' (except not really) nonetheless
http://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/20110...d-up-and-fight

Cari · February 17th, 2011, 09:32 AM

that writer could team up with that german dude from the bottom of last page and they could write tales together. i don´t get the points of such reviews.

Cari · February 17th, 2011, 09:36 AM

and here a (I guess it is) fully positive review from hungary (10/10 points):
http://www.kronosmortus.hu/node/27392

EDIT
and just in this secnd another english review showed up on twitter:
http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com...and-fight.html

Ostrobothnia · February 17th, 2011, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cari

and just in this secnd another english review showed up on twitter:
http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com...and-fight.html

"The whole thing is nothing but neo-Aryan fantasies"

Cari · February 17th, 2011, 01:41 PM

oh man, i didn´t evenr ead the review at first, maybe I should have o.O

the whole passage creeps me out:

Quote:

Some other songs are about the Byzantine Empire, the political fractions that existed by that time and how the Varangians fought on their side either to control the empire or against the Arabs. Maybe for the latter they have chosen them as the songs will surely be embraced by the neo-Nazis around the world. The whole thing is nothing but neo-Aryan fantasies of heroism and battle suitable to make kids rave-up for war.

I feel irritated somehow.
so let me summarize: the band´s lyrics state that they´re against Arabs and neo-nazis around the world will, because of this, like the songs very much and...okay, let me take a break and correct me if I am wrong or misinterpreting o.O

AndreasS · February 17th, 2011, 04:26 PM

What's the negative historical connection between Arabs and (Neo)Nazi's to begin with? (sure, the Nazi's didn't think of 'em as "übermenschen" but there were Islamic Bosnian volunteers in the Waffen SS even! Not too mention that the Nazi's supported an anti-Zionist pre-WWII attempt to form an Arab (!) state of Palestine at the time, since both the hard-liner Arabs and the Nazi's didn't exactly like Jews)

I suggest this reviewer takes history-lessons. lol. Also, since Finns are an Uralic people, and thus not "Aryan" in the way Hitler meant it (since he thought of Slavonic people (ok, Finnic is close but still a tad different from Slavonic) to be almost as "low" as the Jews - this is all not my opinion mind you!). I find racial issues bullshit, personally, but it you want to use it as an argument you better know what the hell you're on about (and this reviewer clearly doesn't).

And what about the lyrics is anti-Arab, exactly? o_O

Sounds like *yet another* fucktard mixing up pride of your past and culture with narrow-mindedness and xenophobia...

Cari · February 18th, 2011, 05:19 AM

maybe that´s why in the promo text it was written to open the history books again...I don´t know, I am just speechless about so much obvious mix-up with history things... :/

i really hope noone believes the stuff being written there, that would be very bad :S

Cari · February 18th, 2011, 08:49 AM

another brand new review:
http://www.angrymetalguy.com/turisas...-fight-review/

NovembersDirge · February 18th, 2011, 03:41 PM

Hey, that's me! Yeah, I loved the record. Just been going through the reviews here and am disappointed with 'em. But hopefully you guys will enjoy my review as much as I enjoyed the record (which is very much).

Cari · February 19th, 2011, 04:03 AM

why are you disappointed? Because not all are positive or...?

NovembersDirge · February 19th, 2011, 09:34 AM

Well, yeah, they seem to be not as hot on the record as I certainly was. They also seem like they didn't give the album the kind of time it deserves to grow. Though, I could just be biased. If you read the review, which I assume you did, you'll see that I thought it was fairly questionable in the beginning as well. The flow wasn't as good; but like a lot of my favorite records, once I got into it it's excellent. It just takes time when a band is doing things that are a little unorthodox, and reviewers don't usually make that time.

So yeah, that's why. Oh, and the quality of the English reviews wasn't the best, either.

Cari · February 20th, 2011, 01:29 PM

No sorry, I did not, because I have much to do and know the songs, so I don´t need reviews

A french interview with Mathias:
http://www.lagrosseradio.com/blogs/p...e-Turisas.html

and on the same site, a french review:
http://www.lagrosseradio.com/blogs/p...and-Fight.html

Cari · February 21st, 2011, 07:19 AM

found another german review: 15/15

http://www.powermetal4ever.de/%5BRev...-And-Fight.htm

Cari · February 21st, 2011, 07:46 AM

another german review, which I hopefully hadn´t posted already:
http://www.metalglory.de/reviews_neu.php?nr=20742

Cari · February 21st, 2011, 03:12 PM

and an English review:
http://thenumberoftheblog.com/2011/0...ontent=Twitter

Cari · February 22nd, 2011, 10:10 AM

German review:
http://allschools.de/record/1287507

Cari · February 22nd, 2011, 11:17 AM

another german one (I feel like not having a life except for posting those links):
http://www.burnyourears.de/reviews/c...d-up-and-fight

Cari · February 22nd, 2011, 03:50 PM

and a short dutch one:
http://folk-metal.nl/turisas%20cd.php

kahvi · February 22nd, 2011, 04:40 PM

And a review in Finnish: http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=11606

Cari · February 23rd, 2011, 12:04 PM

two more german reviews:
http://neckbreaker.de/cd-reviews/410...d-up-and-fight
http://www.mega-metal.de/cdreviews/b...pandfight.html

and a french one:
http://heavysound.fr/Turisas_StandUpAndFight.aspx

February 14th, 2011, 04:16 PM	#76 (permalink)
wm_crash JaKoo-Zee MC Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wilmington, DE - USA Posts: 501	Don't be reluctant to voice your opinion or to water it down by reckoning that others might disagree or have other opinions. Just say it, make an obscene gesture to those who disagree, and then take another sip of beer. You go girl! I actually did Google translate the piece. The reviewer seems to like uptight metal from people who never smile. He shouldn't review anything else . . . same reason I don't review jazz singers. I wanted to get a feel of what kind of reviews this guy actually writes, and stumbled upon the following (translated) piece in his Korpiklaani review: "After "Beer Beer", "Vodka" and several other titles that are already involved directly on previous albums with the consumption of alcohol, now comes with "Tequila" an ode to the South African spirits." This dude knows his stuff! cheers, wm_crash, the friendly hooligan __________________ yo yo yoooo, this is JaKoo-Zee Doctah Big G Double LL Kool-Aid BlingBling BB Gun T-Stain Dawg in da haus!! Last edited by wm_crash : February 14th, 2011 at 04:24 PM.

February 17th, 2011, 09:36 AM	#83 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	and here a (I guess it is) fully positive review from hungary (10/10 points): http://www.kronosmortus.hu/node/27392 EDIT and just in this secnd another english review showed up on twitter: http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com...and-fight.html Last edited by Cari : February 17th, 2011 at 09:39 AM.

February 17th, 2011, 04:26 PM	#86 (permalink)
AndreasS Dutch Demon Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,295	What's the negative historical connection between Arabs and (Neo)Nazi's to begin with? (sure, the Nazi's didn't think of 'em as "übermenschen" but there were Islamic Bosnian volunteers in the Waffen SS even! Not too mention that the Nazi's supported an anti-Zionist pre-WWII attempt to form an Arab (!) state of Palestine at the time, since both the hard-liner Arabs and the Nazi's didn't exactly like Jews) I suggest this reviewer takes history-lessons. lol. Also, since Finns are an Uralic people, and thus not "Aryan" in the way Hitler meant it (since he thought of Slavonic people (ok, Finnic is close but still a tad different from Slavonic) to be almost as "low" as the Jews - this is all not my opinion mind you!). I find racial issues bullshit, personally, but it you want to use it as an argument you better know what the hell you're on about (and this reviewer clearly doesn't). And what about the lyrics is anti-Arab, exactly? o_O Sounds like yet another fucktard mixing up pride of your past and culture with narrow-mindedness and xenophobia... __________________ LastFm Last edited by AndreasS : February 17th, 2011 at 04:30 PM.

February 18th, 2011, 03:41 PM	#89 (permalink)
NovembersDirge Angry Metal Guy Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 1,332	Hey, that's me! Yeah, I loved the record. Just been going through the reviews here and am disappointed with 'em. But hopefully you guys will enjoy my review as much as I enjoyed the record (which is very much). __________________ Most Recent Reviews: Lacuna Coil // Dark Adrenaline Opera IX // Strix Maledictae in Aeternum Alcest // Les Voyages de L'Âme Zebulon Pike // Space Is the Corpse of Time The 11th Hour // Lacrima Mortis Forefather // Last of the Line Mythological Cold Towers // Immemorial Primal Fear // Unbreakable Loch Vostok // Dystopium Illogicist // The Unconsciousness of Living Nader Sadek // In The Flesh

February 19th, 2011, 09:34 AM	#91 (permalink)
NovembersDirge Angry Metal Guy Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 1,332	Well, yeah, they seem to be not as hot on the record as I certainly was. They also seem like they didn't give the album the kind of time it deserves to grow. Though, I could just be biased. If you read the review, which I assume you did, you'll see that I thought it was fairly questionable in the beginning as well. The flow wasn't as good; but like a lot of my favorite records, once I got into it it's excellent. It just takes time when a band is doing things that are a little unorthodox, and reviewers don't usually make that time. So yeah, that's why. Oh, and the quality of the English reviews wasn't the best, either. __________________ Most Recent Reviews: Lacuna Coil // Dark Adrenaline Opera IX // Strix Maledictae in Aeternum Alcest // Les Voyages de L'Âme Zebulon Pike // Space Is the Corpse of Time The 11th Hour // Lacrima Mortis Forefather // Last of the Line Mythological Cold Towers // Immemorial Primal Fear // Unbreakable Loch Vostok // Dystopium Illogicist // The Unconsciousness of Living Nader Sadek // In The Flesh

February 14th, 2011, 04:25 PM	#77 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	you know, at times it´s wiser to keep thoughts for oneself because certain areas in which you can work are smaller and tighter packed with connections that one might think at the beginning. plus, the internet never forgets - what was once there, will always be there, somewhere. but for my taste the reviewer shouldn´t have focussed on writing a "funny" tale about the album but more on describing the songs...

February 15th, 2011, 11:31 PM	#78 (permalink)
Ana156 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 43	the writer has a great imagination, you have to give him that anyway, every review is basically someone else's opinion on what they heard, so we can't expect everyone to like what we do or think it is great

February 16th, 2011, 03:44 AM	#79 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	no but reviews aren´t about telling tales as far as I am concerned LOL

February 16th, 2011, 03:49 AM	#80 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	but I found this German interview with Olli, I really liked it much so I think using google translator or other translation things wouldn´t be a waste of time: http://www.metal.de/stories.php4?was=story&id=2113

February 17th, 2011, 08:13 AM	#81 (permalink)
kilon I told you! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 895	I'm pretty sure this is a joke review but a 'review' (except not really) nonetheless http://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/20110...d-up-and-fight

February 17th, 2011, 09:32 AM	#82 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	that writer could team up with that german dude from the bottom of last page and they could write tales together. i don´t get the points of such reviews.

February 18th, 2011, 05:19 AM	#87 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	maybe that´s why in the promo text it was written to open the history books again...I don´t know, I am just speechless about so much obvious mix-up with history things... :/ i really hope noone believes the stuff being written there, that would be very bad :S

February 18th, 2011, 08:49 AM	#88 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	another brand new review: http://www.angrymetalguy.com/turisas...-fight-review/

February 19th, 2011, 04:03 AM	#90 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	why are you disappointed? Because not all are positive or...?

February 20th, 2011, 01:29 PM	#92 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	No sorry, I did not, because I have much to do and know the songs, so I don´t need reviews A french interview with Mathias: http://www.lagrosseradio.com/blogs/p...e-Turisas.html and on the same site, a french review: http://www.lagrosseradio.com/blogs/p...and-Fight.html

February 21st, 2011, 07:19 AM	#93 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	found another german review: 15/15 http://www.powermetal4ever.de/%5BRev...-And-Fight.htm

February 21st, 2011, 07:46 AM	#94 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	another german review, which I hopefully hadn´t posted already: http://www.metalglory.de/reviews_neu.php?nr=20742

February 21st, 2011, 03:12 PM	#95 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	and an English review: http://thenumberoftheblog.com/2011/0...ontent=Twitter

February 22nd, 2011, 10:10 AM	#96 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	German review: http://allschools.de/record/1287507

February 22nd, 2011, 11:17 AM	#97 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	another german one (I feel like not having a life except for posting those links): http://www.burnyourears.de/reviews/c...d-up-and-fight

February 22nd, 2011, 03:50 PM	#98 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	and a short dutch one: http://folk-metal.nl/turisas%20cd.php

February 22nd, 2011, 04:40 PM	#99 (permalink)
kahvi Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 47	And a review in Finnish: http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=11606

February 23rd, 2011, 12:04 PM	#100 (permalink)
Cari Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,861	two more german reviews: http://neckbreaker.de/cd-reviews/410...d-up-and-fight http://www.mega-metal.de/cdreviews/b...pandfight.html and a french one: http://heavysound.fr/Turisas_StandUpAndFight.aspx