Thursday July 17, 2003 Online Since 1996 Vol. 77 No. 53
The Appalachian | Entertainment
Eighteen Visions redefines metal scene By Kevin DeLury
Senior Staff Writer

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Underground metal act Eighteen Visions uses drug references in many of its songs, but the group considers themselves “straight-edged.”
     The realm of underground metal music has generally been one that thrives on a bare-bones mentality of music for music’s sake.
   In the 1980s while Bon Jovi and Poison brought metal into the limelight as a bunch of pretty boys, lurking not too far off in the shadows was the rest of the metal world, waiting for the eminent downfall of metal’s pretty boys.
   Years later, the same morals hold true. Yet could it be possible to try and forge an alliance of showmanship and musical integrity?
   California hardcore act Eighteen Visions certainly states a convincing argument.
   Touring with bigger acts such as Kittie, Mushroomhead, and Lamb of God, Eighteen Visions started out basically enough as a run-of-the-mill hardcore group.
‘28 Days Later’ refreshes zombie films
    Reinventing something in film usually means one thing: a long, drawn-out bore of a film that takes a great opportunity to do something worthwhile and blows it in some of the more spectacular ways imaginable.
    Take a look at some films that claim to reinvent the spy movie, the love story or what have you. In the end, these films only reinvent ways for you to waste you money.
I approached “28 Days Later” skeptically, first and foremost because many critics said it would “reinvent” the zombie film.
    As far as I’m concerned, the zombie film didn’t need reinventing.
    The plots usually followed in the same fashion: virus gets out, the entire population turns to zombies, a handful of survivors fight their way to temporary safety until some stupid mistake kills off all but two or so of them.

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