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Book Review : Robert Dean - Existential Thirst Trap (2023)
Jun 6

Jun 6 Book Review : Robert Dean - Existential Thirst Trap (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Robert Dean is the most interesting guy at the bar.

Movie Review : Saint Maud (2019)
Jun 2

Jun 2 Movie Review : Saint Maud (2019)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A "Where is your God now?" type of movie.

Album Review : Khanate - To Be Cruel (2023)
May 31

May 31 Album Review : Khanate - To Be Cruel (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

You might've heard extreme music, but you’ve never heard anything extreme like Khanate is.

A Subjective History of Heavy Metal
May 29

May 29 A Subjective History of Heavy Metal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads

An apocryphal crash course in Black Sabbath and why they’re so foundational to metal history.

Book Review : Bret Easton Ellis - The Rules of Attraction (1987)
May 25

May 25 Book Review : Bret Easton Ellis - The Rules of Attraction (1987)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

An ideological offspring to Less Than Zero

What I've learned from trying to write a novel for fifteen years
May 23

May 23 What I've learned from trying to write a novel for fifteen years

Benoit Lelievre
Essays
Album Review : Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite (2023)
May 20

May 20 Album Review : Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

A lean and mean face scorcher that pleasantly clashes with Death Atlas

Classic Book Review : Roberto Bolaño - 2666 (2004)
May 17

May 17 Classic Book Review : Roberto Bolaño - 2666 (2004)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

This review is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Isaac Kirkman.

Movie Review : The Black Phone (2022)
May 15

May 15 Movie Review : The Black Phone (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Well shit. That was kind of great… and scary

Book Review : Jessica McHugh - Hares in the Hedgegrow (2022)
Apr 28

Apr 28 Book Review : Jessica McHugh - Hares in the Hedgegrow (2022)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Not quite what I expected of the sequel to Rabbits in the Garden

Movie Review : Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Apr 26

Apr 26 Movie Review : Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Some movies are better at being bad than others.

Planned Service Interruption
Apr 24

Apr 24 Planned Service Interruption

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

Creative break

Book Review : Max Booth III - Abnormal Statistics (2023)
Apr 20

Apr 20 Book Review : Max Booth III - Abnormal Statistics (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The terrors of Max Booth feel utterly personal and unavoidable.

Movie Review : Marlowe (2023)
Apr 18

Apr 18 Movie Review : Marlowe (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

A Philip Marlowe movie made by people who don't enjoy Philip Marlowe.

Movie Review : Beau is Afraid (2023)
Apr 14

Apr 14 Movie Review : Beau is Afraid (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

This movie almost gave me a panic attack.

A Subjective History of Protometal
Apr 12

Apr 12 A Subjective History of Protometal

Benoit Lelievre
Essays, Long-Ass Reads
Book Review : Charlene Elsby - Bedlam (2023)
Apr 10

Apr 10 Book Review : Charlene Elsby - Bedlam (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

I would bet on Charlene Elsby in a fistfight against Sylvia Plath

Album Review : Hellish Form - Deathless (2023)
Apr 8

Apr 8 Album Review : Hellish Form - Deathless (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

One of the best, most creative funeral doom records I’ve heard in a couple years

Book Review : Sam Wiebe - Sunset and Jericho (2023)
Apr 4

Apr 4 Book Review : Sam Wiebe - Sunset and Jericho (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

The (not so) sympathetic curmudgeon Dave Wakeland is handing a righteous ass-kicking to idealists.

Album Review : Festerdecay - Reality Rotten to the Core (2023)
Mar 31

Mar 31 Album Review : Festerdecay - Reality Rotten to the Core (2023)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

One of the most layered and fun goregrind records in some time.

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