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From Dulles to Kyoto
Friday, December 5th, 2025
https://www.rovingsun.com/2025/12/05/from-dulles-to-kyoto/We flew from #Dulles to #Haneda on United, arriving in the late afternoon. We went right to Shinagawa Station to take the Shinkansen over to Kyoto. We then checked into the Courtyard, which just opened in August, and ended the long travel day with Tsukemen for dinner.
#IAD #HND #UnitedAirlines #CourtyardKyotoShijoKarasuma #コートヤード京都四条烏丸 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #日本
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https://www.alojapan.com/1486360/3-must-try-restaurants-at-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-haneda/ 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #haneda ##TourGuideInJapan ##visitjapan #Haneda #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #haneda 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ If you’re looking for your first meal after arriving in Japan — or your last meal before leaving — definitely check out
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https://www.alojapan.com/1486360/3-must-try-restaurants-at-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-haneda/ 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #haneda ##TourGuideInJapan ##visitjapan #Haneda #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #haneda 3 Must-Try Restaurants at Haneda Airport✈️ If you’re looking for your first meal after arriving in Japan — or your last meal before leaving — definitely check out
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https://www.europesays.com/sk/66868/ Cestujúci rozhodli, ktoré letiská ponúkajú najlepšie služby #AirportsCouncilInternational #biometria #Cestovanie #Changi #fiumicino #Haneda #Heathrow #Helsinki #HongKong #KanárskeOstrovy #Kodaň #LeteckáDoprava #Letiská #mníchov #News #praha #Rím #Singapur #SK #Slovak #Slovenčina #Správy #Svet #Tokio #UmeláInteligencia #viedeň #World #WorldNews #zurich
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https://www.alojapan.com/1483096/ich-hatte-mehr-erwartet-ich-teste-japan-airlines/ Ich hätte mehr erwartet… | Ich teste JAPAN AIRLINES #AlNipponAirways #ANA #Delhi #enttäuscht #FlightReview #FlugJapan #FlugreviewJapan #FlugzeugReview #Haneda #Japan #JapanAirlines #JapanAirlinesReview #JapanFliegen #Narita #test #tokio #Tokyo #TokyoDestinations #TokyoTour #TokyoTravel #TokyoTrip #TokyoVacation #東京 Ich hätte mehr erwartet… | Ich teste JAPAN AIRLINES JAPAN VIDEOS: Tokio: https://youtu.be/aaxUsi5DdFg Skiurlaub in Japan: h
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https://www.alojapan.com/1483096/ich-hatte-mehr-erwartet-ich-teste-japan-airlines/ Ich hätte mehr erwartet… | Ich teste JAPAN AIRLINES #AlNipponAirways #ANA #Delhi #enttäuscht #FlightReview #FlugJapan #FlugreviewJapan #FlugzeugReview #Haneda #Japan #JapanAirlines #JapanAirlinesReview #JapanFliegen #Narita #test #tokio #Tokyo #TokyoDestinations #TokyoTour #TokyoTravel #TokyoTrip #TokyoVacation #東京 Ich hätte mehr erwartet… | Ich teste JAPAN AIRLINES JAPAN VIDEOS: Tokio: https://youtu.be/aaxUsi5DdFg Skiurlaub in Japan: h
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https://www.alojapan.com/1480526/top-3-souvenirs-to-buy-at-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-hanedaairport/ Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport ##TourGuideInJapan ##visitjapan #Haneda #hanedaaiport #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ Too many amazing souvenirs and not sure what to choose? If you’re traveling through Haneda A
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https://www.alojapan.com/1480526/top-3-souvenirs-to-buy-at-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-hanedaairport/ Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport ##TourGuideInJapan ##visitjapan #Haneda #hanedaaiport #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport Top 3 Souvenirs to Buy at Haneda Airport✈️ Too many amazing souvenirs and not sure what to choose? If you’re traveling through Haneda A
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3202976/celebrity/ 京本大我 – KOYOI (from BLUE OF LIBERTY 2025.06.18 Zepp Haneda) #京本大我PROT30 #ARTPUT #20250618 #ART_PUT #ARTPUT #BLUE #Celebrities #Celebrity #Haneda #KOYOI #LIBERTY #TaigaKyomoto #Vlog #Zepp #ミュージックビデオ #京本大我 #京本大我_PROT30
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https://www.alojapan.com/1476362/3-easy-ways-to-get-from-narita-airport-to-tokyo/ 3 Easy Ways to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo ##visitjapan #Chiba #ChibaDestinations #ChibaTour #ChibaTravel #ChibaTrip #ChibaVacation #Haneda #japantips #Narita #naritaairport #Osaka #Tokyo #tokyotravel #travel #千葉 3 Easy Ways to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo ✈️ Just landed at Narita Airport and wondering how to get to Tokyo easily? Here are the simplest, fastest, and most budget-friendly options to reach the city from the airport 🗼 🚄 N
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https://www.alojapan.com/1476362/3-easy-ways-to-get-from-narita-airport-to-tokyo/ 3 Easy Ways to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo ##visitjapan #Chiba #ChibaDestinations #ChibaTour #ChibaTravel #ChibaTrip #ChibaVacation #Haneda #japantips #Narita #naritaairport #Osaka #Tokyo #tokyotravel #travel #千葉 3 Easy Ways to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo ✈️ Just landed at Narita Airport and wondering how to get to Tokyo easily? Here are the simplest, fastest, and most budget-friendly options to reach the city from the airport 🗼 🚄 N
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Japan’s Narita Airport expansion revives row over forced land sales
The operator of Japan’s Narita International Airport is considering comp…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Chiba #CiriumAscendConsultancy #Haneda #MasajiIkuta #NAA #NaritaInternationalAirport #news #SanaeTakaichi #Sanrizuka-ShibayamaUnitedOppositionLeagueAgainstNaritaAirport #TakaoIchito #Tenjinmine #Tokyo #ToshimitsuSogabe #YasushiKaneko
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Japan’s Narita Airport expansion revives row over forced land sales
The operator of Japan’s Narita International Airport is considering comp…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Chiba #CiriumAscendConsultancy #Haneda #MasajiIkuta #NAA #NaritaInternationalAirport #news #SanaeTakaichi #Sanrizuka-ShibayamaUnitedOppositionLeagueAgainstNaritaAirport #TakaoIchito #Tenjinmine #Tokyo #ToshimitsuSogabe #YasushiKaneko
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https://www.alojapan.com/1475799/japans-narita-airport-expansion-revives-row-over-forced-land-sales/ Japan’s Narita Airport expansion revives row over forced land sales #Chiba #CiriumAscendConsultancy #Haneda #Japan #JapanNews #MasajiIkuta #NAA #NaritaInternationalAirport #news #SanaeTakaichi #SanrizukaShibayamaUnitedOppositionLeagueAgainstNaritaAirport #TakaoIchito #Tenjinmine #Tokyo #ToshimitsuSogabe #YasushiKaneko The operator of Japan’s Narita International Airport is considering compulsory acquisition of farmers’ land to complete a plan
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https://www.alojapan.com/1475799/japans-narita-airport-expansion-revives-row-over-forced-land-sales/ Japan’s Narita Airport expansion revives row over forced land sales #Chiba #CiriumAscendConsultancy #Haneda #Japan #JapanNews #MasajiIkuta #NAA #NaritaInternationalAirport #news #SanaeTakaichi #SanrizukaShibayamaUnitedOppositionLeagueAgainstNaritaAirport #TakaoIchito #Tenjinmine #Tokyo #ToshimitsuSogabe #YasushiKaneko The operator of Japan’s Narita International Airport is considering compulsory acquisition of farmers’ land to complete a plan
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https://www.alojapan.com/1472380/3-hidden-spots-near-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-hanedaairport/ 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport ##hanedairport ##visitjapan #Haneda #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ There are three unexpected spots near Haneda Airport. Especially the third one—you wouldn’t guess it’s near Haneda just by looki
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https://www.alojapan.com/1472380/3-hidden-spots-near-haneda-airport%e2%9c%88%ef%b8%8f-japantravel-japantrip-hanedaairport/ 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport ##hanedairport ##visitjapan #Haneda #JapanDestinations #JapanTour #JapanTravel #JapanTrip #JapanVacation #JapanTravel #japantrip 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ #japantravel #japantrip #hanedaairport 3 hidden spots near Haneda airport✈️ There are three unexpected spots near Haneda Airport. Especially the third one—you wouldn’t guess it’s near Haneda just by looki
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/854409/ Cruel Force – Haneda Review #2026 #45 #CruelForce #Entertainment #Exciter #GermanMetal #Haneda #HeavyMetal #JudasPriest #Mar26 #music #Review #Reviews #Riot #RiotV #ShadowKingdomRecords #Slayer #SpeedMetal #ThrashMetal #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Cruel Force – Haneda Review By HoldeneyeEvolution. It’s one of those principles that seems to undergird just about every aspect of existence in this universe. As students of our most favorite of genres, we often speak about the “evolution of heavy metal” and how it has birthed a plethora of subgenres of varying degrees of viability. While some of these subgenres carry enough useful traits to become long-lasting pillars in the monument of heavy metal, others seem to serve the role of transitional forms or “missing links” between more well-known styles. Case in point: speed metal. Often seen as a momentary stop on metal’s journey from traditional to thrash, relatively few bands have built a career on speed alone. Acts who start with speed metal (many early thrash bands and power metal bands, especially) often incorporate other elements or transition to something else entirely. While this may be the general trend in metal’s history, Germany’s Cruel Force says, “Fuck that.”
Formed back in the late aughts as a blackened thrash/speed metal band, Cruel Force regrouped after a long hiatus, reinventing themselves as a pure and simple speed metal band with 2023’s Dawn of the Axe, an album that impressed me enough to earn a spot on my list of honorable mentions for that year. Well, if that was the dawn of the axe, 2026’s Haneda is the reign of the axe, an axe that has been meticulously honed and polished to the point of being as beautiful as it is lethal. I’d suggest doing a proper warmup before pressing play on the embedded “Whips-A-Swinging,” because severe neck damage is all but inevitable.
In fact, Haneda should have come with a warning from the surgeon general stating something like, “May cause permanent stank face. May cause carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive involuntary air guitar. May cause the user to run through walls, laugh maniacally at inappropriate times, or punch strangers in the face. Do not use while operating motor vehicles, as dangerous and irreversible acceleration has occurred. User may also feel the urge to destroy said vehicle with their bare hands, Street Fighter style.” And that’s just my experience with the record these maniacs have produced. Guitarist Slaughter absolutely lives up to his name, slaying all before him with unbelievable rhythm skills and classic metal leads, while Spider’s fingers crawl across his bass fretboard in an effort to keep up. Carnivore feasts, delivering a timeless, thrashy vocal performance that suits the music oh so well, but MVP honors go to drummer GG Alex, whose incessant fills have managed to become a hallmark of Cruel Force’s sound.
The prospect of 42 minutes of speed metal probably doesn’t sound all that special or exciting, but in Cruel Force’s capable hands, Haneda has managed to transcend the genre’s ham-fisted, beer-guzzling stereotype to create something truly special. The compositions are incredible, ranging from 4-minute rippers like “Whips-A-Swinging,” “Savage Gods,” “Sword of Iron,” and “Black Talon,” stretching into more complex work like “Warlords” or the album’s instrumental centerpiece “Crystal Skull,” and finishing in grand fashion with the epic, 9-minute, Song o’ the Year-frontrunning title track. Every song features wild, yet somehow graceful transitions and killer grooves, and the production is simply beautiful, proving that an album can sound authentically old and brutal while simultaneously feeling cultured and refined. I’m honestly still in shock from how hard this album hit me; what on first listen felt like just a really good speed metal album has revealed itself to be utterly excellent.
To finish my musings on evolution, Haneda sounds like a handful of speed metal bands become isolated on an island that drifted away from mainland Metal millions of years ago (let’s call this island ‘Metalgascar’) and whose progeny have spent the intervening time adapting and mutating without any other external musical influence. Where mainland Metal achieved heaviness through ever more extreme vocalization, down-tuning, and genre bastardization, Metalgascar developed its heaviness through ever-increasing speed and compositional quality. Far from being some hunched-over figure towards the beginning of heavy metal’s March of Progress, speed metal, in the form of Cruel Force, has achieved its final form, becoming Homo deus, the Übermensch, the Gigachad, or as the kids say these days, “he’s him” (or “she’s her,” or “they’re them,” if you prefer). This fantastic record will undoubtedly be on my year-end list (if not atop it), because I doubt that 2026 can produce something that’s more quintessentially metal.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
#2026 #45 #CruelForce #Exciter #GermanMetal #Haneda #HeavyMetal #JudasPriest #Mar26 #Review #Reviews #Riot #RiotV #ShadowKingdomRecords #Slayer #SpeedMetal #ThrashMetal
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Websites: cruelforce.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cruelforce
Releases Worldwide: March 27th, 2026 -
Cruel Force – Haneda Review By HoldeneyeEvolution. It’s one of those principles that seems to undergird just about every aspect of existence in this universe. As students of our most favorite of genres, we often speak about the “evolution of heavy metal” and how it has birthed a plethora of subgenres of varying degrees of viability. While some of these subgenres carry enough useful traits to become long-lasting pillars in the monument of heavy metal, others seem to serve the role of transitional forms or “missing links” between more well-known styles. Case in point: speed metal. Often seen as a momentary stop on metal’s journey from traditional to thrash, relatively few bands have built a career on speed alone. Acts who start with speed metal (many early thrash bands and power metal bands, especially) often incorporate other elements or transition to something else entirely. While this may be the general trend in metal’s history, Germany’s Cruel Force says, “Fuck that.”
Formed back in the late aughts as a blackened thrash/speed metal band, Cruel Force regrouped after a long hiatus, reinventing themselves as a pure and simple speed metal band with 2023’s Dawn of the Axe, an album that impressed me enough to earn a spot on my list of honorable mentions for that year. Well, if that was the dawn of the axe, 2026’s Haneda is the reign of the axe, an axe that has been meticulously honed and polished to the point of being as beautiful as it is lethal. I’d suggest doing a proper warmup before pressing play on the embedded “Whips-A-Swinging,” because severe neck damage is all but inevitable.
In fact, Haneda should have come with a warning from the surgeon general stating something like, “May cause permanent stank face. May cause carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive involuntary air guitar. May cause the user to run through walls, laugh maniacally at inappropriate times, or punch strangers in the face. Do not use while operating motor vehicles, as dangerous and irreversible acceleration has occurred. User may also feel the urge to destroy said vehicle with their bare hands, Street Fighter style.” And that’s just my experience with the record these maniacs have produced. Guitarist Slaughter absolutely lives up to his name, slaying all before him with unbelievable rhythm skills and classic metal leads, while Spider’s fingers crawl across his bass fretboard in an effort to keep up. Carnivore feasts, delivering a timeless, thrashy vocal performance that suits the music oh so well, but MVP honors go to drummer GG Alex, whose incessant fills have managed to become a hallmark of Cruel Force’s sound.
The prospect of 42 minutes of speed metal probably doesn’t sound all that special or exciting, but in Cruel Force’s capable hands, Haneda has managed to transcend the genre’s ham-fisted, beer-guzzling stereotype to create something truly special. The compositions are incredible, ranging from 4-minute rippers like “Whips-A-Swinging,” “Savage Gods,” “Sword of Iron,” and “Black Talon,” stretching into more complex work like “Warlords” or the album’s instrumental centerpiece “Crystal Skull,” and finishing in grand fashion with the epic, 9-minute, Song o’ the Year-frontrunning title track. Every song features wild, yet somehow graceful transitions and killer grooves, and the production is simply beautiful, proving that an album can sound authentically old and brutal while simultaneously feeling cultured and refined. I’m honestly still in shock from how hard this album hit me; what on first listen felt like just a really good speed metal album has revealed itself to be utterly excellent.
To finish my musings on evolution, Haneda sounds like a handful of speed metal bands become isolated on an island that drifted away from mainland Metal millions of years ago (let’s call this island ‘Metalgascar’) and whose progeny have spent the intervening time adapting and mutating without any other external musical influence. Where mainland Metal achieved heaviness through ever more extreme vocalization, down-tuning, and genre bastardization, Metalgascar developed its heaviness through ever-increasing speed and compositional quality. Far from being some hunched-over figure towards the beginning of heavy metal’s March of Progress, speed metal, in the form of Cruel Force, has achieved its final form, becoming Homo deus, the Übermensch, the Gigachad, or as the kids say these days, “he’s him” (or “she’s her,” or “they’re them,” if you prefer). This fantastic record will undoubtedly be on my year-end list (if not atop it), because I doubt that 2026 can produce something that’s more quintessentially metal.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
#2026 #45 #CruelForce #Exciter #GermanMetal #Haneda #HeavyMetal #JudasPriest #Mar26 #Review #Reviews #Riot #RiotV #ShadowKingdomRecords #Slayer #SpeedMetal #ThrashMetal
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Websites: cruelforce.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cruelforce
Releases Worldwide: March 27th, 2026 -
Cruel Force – Haneda Review By HoldeneyeEvolution. It’s one of those principles that seems to undergird just about every aspect of existence in this universe. As students of our most favorite of genres, we often speak about the “evolution of heavy metal” and how it has birthed a plethora of subgenres of varying degrees of viability. While some of these subgenres carry enough useful traits to become long-lasting pillars in the monument of heavy metal, others seem to serve the role of transitional forms or “missing links” between more well-known styles. Case in point: speed metal. Often seen as a momentary stop on metal’s journey from traditional to thrash, relatively few bands have built a career on speed alone. Acts who start with speed metal (many early thrash bands and power metal bands, especially) often incorporate other elements or transition to something else entirely. While this may be the general trend in metal’s history, Germany’s Cruel Force says, “Fuck that.”
Formed back in the late aughts as a blackened thrash/speed metal band, Cruel Force regrouped after a long hiatus, reinventing themselves as a pure and simple speed metal band with 2023’s Dawn of the Axe, an album that impressed me enough to earn a spot on my list of honorable mentions for that year. Well, if that was the dawn of the axe, 2026’s Haneda is the reign of the axe, an axe that has been meticulously honed and polished to the point of being as beautiful as it is lethal. I’d suggest doing a proper warmup before pressing play on the embedded “Whips-A-Swinging,” because severe neck damage is all but inevitable.
In fact, Haneda should have come with a warning from the surgeon general stating something like, “May cause permanent stank face. May cause carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive involuntary air guitar. May cause the user to run through walls, laugh maniacally at inappropriate times, or punch strangers in the face. Do not use while operating motor vehicles, as dangerous and irreversible acceleration has occurred. User may also feel the urge to destroy said vehicle with their bare hands, Street Fighter style.” And that’s just my experience with the record these maniacs have produced. Guitarist Slaughter absolutely lives up to his name, slaying all before him with unbelievable rhythm skills and classic metal leads, while Spider’s fingers crawl across his bass fretboard in an effort to keep up. Carnivore feasts, delivering a timeless, thrashy vocal performance that suits the music oh so well, but MVP honors go to drummer GG Alex, whose incessant fills have managed to become a hallmark of Cruel Force’s sound.
The prospect of 42 minutes of speed metal probably doesn’t sound all that special or exciting, but in Cruel Force’s capable hands, Haneda has managed to transcend the genre’s ham-fisted, beer-guzzling stereotype to create something truly special. The compositions are incredible, ranging from 4-minute rippers like “Whips-A-Swinging,” “Savage Gods,” “Sword of Iron,” and “Black Talon,” stretching into more complex work like “Warlords” or the album’s instrumental centerpiece “Crystal Skull,” and finishing in grand fashion with the epic, 9-minute, Song o’ the Year-frontrunning title track. Every song features wild, yet somehow graceful transitions and killer grooves, and the production is simply beautiful, proving that an album can sound authentically old and brutal while simultaneously feeling cultured and refined. I’m honestly still in shock from how hard this album hit me; what on first listen felt like just a really good speed metal album has revealed itself to be utterly excellent.
To finish my musings on evolution, Haneda sounds like a handful of speed metal bands become isolated on an island that drifted away from mainland Metal millions of years ago (let’s call this island ‘Metalgascar’) and whose progeny have spent the intervening time adapting and mutating without any other external musical influence. Where mainland Metal achieved heaviness through ever more extreme vocalization, down-tuning, and genre bastardization, Metalgascar developed its heaviness through ever-increasing speed and compositional quality. Far from being some hunched-over figure towards the beginning of heavy metal’s March of Progress, speed metal, in the form of Cruel Force, has achieved its final form, becoming Homo deus, the Übermensch, the Gigachad, or as the kids say these days, “he’s him” (or “she’s her,” or “they’re them,” if you prefer). This fantastic record will undoubtedly be on my year-end list (if not atop it), because I doubt that 2026 can produce something that’s more quintessentially metal.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
#2026 #45 #CruelForce #Exciter #GermanMetal #Haneda #HeavyMetal #JudasPriest #Mar26 #Review #Reviews #Riot #RiotV #ShadowKingdomRecords #Slayer #SpeedMetal #ThrashMetal
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Websites: cruelforce.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cruelforce
Releases Worldwide: March 27th, 2026 -
Cruel Force – Haneda Review By HoldeneyeEvolution. It’s one of those principles that seems to undergird just about every aspect of existence in this universe. As students of our most favorite of genres, we often speak about the “evolution of heavy metal” and how it has birthed a plethora of subgenres of varying degrees of viability. While some of these subgenres carry enough useful traits to become long-lasting pillars in the monument of heavy metal, others seem to serve the role of transitional forms or “missing links” between more well-known styles. Case in point: speed metal. Often seen as a momentary stop on metal’s journey from traditional to thrash, relatively few bands have built a career on speed alone. Acts who start with speed metal (many early thrash bands and power metal bands, especially) often incorporate other elements or transition to something else entirely. While this may be the general trend in metal’s history, Germany’s Cruel Force says, “Fuck that.”
Formed back in the late aughts as a blackened thrash/speed metal band, Cruel Force regrouped after a long hiatus, reinventing themselves as a pure and simple speed metal band with 2023’s Dawn of the Axe, an album that impressed me enough to earn a spot on my list of honorable mentions for that year. Well, if that was the dawn of the axe, 2026’s Haneda is the reign of the axe, an axe that has been meticulously honed and polished to the point of being as beautiful as it is lethal. I’d suggest doing a proper warmup before pressing play on the embedded “Whips-A-Swinging,” because severe neck damage is all but inevitable.
In fact, Haneda should have come with a warning from the surgeon general stating something like, “May cause permanent stank face. May cause carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive involuntary air guitar. May cause the user to run through walls, laugh maniacally at inappropriate times, or punch strangers in the face. Do not use while operating motor vehicles, as dangerous and irreversible acceleration has occurred. User may also feel the urge to destroy said vehicle with their bare hands, Street Fighter style.” And that’s just my experience with the record these maniacs have produced. Guitarist Slaughter absolutely lives up to his name, slaying all before him with unbelievable rhythm skills and classic metal leads, while Spider’s fingers crawl across his bass fretboard in an effort to keep up. Carnivore feasts, delivering a timeless, thrashy vocal performance that suits the music oh so well, but MVP honors go to drummer GG Alex, whose incessant fills have managed to become a hallmark of Cruel Force’s sound.
The prospect of 42 minutes of speed metal probably doesn’t sound all that special or exciting, but in Cruel Force’s capable hands, Haneda has managed to transcend the genre’s ham-fisted, beer-guzzling stereotype to create something truly special. The compositions are incredible, ranging from 4-minute rippers like “Whips-A-Swinging,” “Savage Gods,” “Sword of Iron,” and “Black Talon,” stretching into more complex work like “Warlords” or the album’s instrumental centerpiece “Crystal Skull,” and finishing in grand fashion with the epic, 9-minute, Song o’ the Year-frontrunning title track. Every song features wild, yet somehow graceful transitions and killer grooves, and the production is simply beautiful, proving that an album can sound authentically old and brutal while simultaneously feeling cultured and refined. I’m honestly still in shock from how hard this album hit me; what on first listen felt like just a really good speed metal album has revealed itself to be utterly excellent.
To finish my musings on evolution, Haneda sounds like a handful of speed metal bands become isolated on an island that drifted away from mainland Metal millions of years ago (let’s call this island ‘Metalgascar’) and whose progeny have spent the intervening time adapting and mutating without any other external musical influence. Where mainland Metal achieved heaviness through ever more extreme vocalization, down-tuning, and genre bastardization, Metalgascar developed its heaviness through ever-increasing speed and compositional quality. Far from being some hunched-over figure towards the beginning of heavy metal’s March of Progress, speed metal, in the form of Cruel Force, has achieved its final form, becoming Homo deus, the Übermensch, the Gigachad, or as the kids say these days, “he’s him” (or “she’s her,” or “they’re them,” if you prefer). This fantastic record will undoubtedly be on my year-end list (if not atop it), because I doubt that 2026 can produce something that’s more quintessentially metal.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
#2026 #45 #CruelForce #Exciter #GermanMetal #Haneda #HeavyMetal #JudasPriest #Mar26 #Review #Reviews #Riot #RiotV #ShadowKingdomRecords #Slayer #SpeedMetal #ThrashMetal
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Websites: cruelforce.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cruelforce
Releases Worldwide: March 27th, 2026 -
Cruel Force – Haneda Review By HoldeneyeEvolution. It’s one of those principles that seems to undergird just about every aspect of existence in this universe. As students of our most favorite of genres, we often speak about the “evolution of heavy metal” and how it has birthed a plethora of subgenres of varying degrees of viability. While some of these subgenres carry enough useful traits to become long-lasting pillars in the monument of heavy metal, others seem to serve the role of transitional forms or “missing links” between more well-known styles. Case in point: speed metal. Often seen as a momentary stop on metal’s journey from traditional to thrash, relatively few bands have built a career on speed alone. Acts who start with speed metal (many early thrash bands and power metal bands, especially) often incorporate other elements or transition to something else entirely. While this may be the general trend in metal’s history, Germany’s Cruel Force says, “Fuck that.”
Formed back in the late aughts as a blackened thrash/speed metal band, Cruel Force regrouped after a long hiatus, reinventing themselves as a pure and simple speed metal band with 2023’s Dawn of the Axe, an album that impressed me enough to earn a spot on my list of honorable mentions for that year. Well, if that was the dawn of the axe, 2026’s Haneda is the reign of the axe, an axe that has been meticulously honed and polished to the point of being as beautiful as it is lethal. I’d suggest doing a proper warmup before pressing play on the embedded “Whips-A-Swinging,” because severe neck damage is all but inevitable.
In fact, Haneda should have come with a warning from the surgeon general stating something like, “May cause permanent stank face. May cause carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive involuntary air guitar. May cause the user to run through walls, laugh maniacally at inappropriate times, or punch strangers in the face. Do not use while operating motor vehicles, as dangerous and irreversible acceleration has occurred. User may also feel the urge to destroy said vehicle with their bare hands, Street Fighter style.” And that’s just my experience with the record these maniacs have produced. Guitarist Slaughter absolutely lives up to his name, slaying all before him with unbelievable rhythm skills and classic metal leads, while Spider’s fingers crawl across his bass fretboard in an effort to keep up. Carnivore feasts, delivering a timeless, thrashy vocal performance that suits the music oh so well, but MVP honors go to drummer GG Alex, whose incessant fills have managed to become a hallmark of Cruel Force’s sound.
The prospect of 42 minutes of speed metal probably doesn’t sound all that special or exciting, but in Cruel Force’s capable hands, Haneda has managed to transcend the genre’s ham-fisted, beer-guzzling stereotype to create something truly special. The compositions are incredible, ranging from 4-minute rippers like “Whips-A-Swinging,” “Savage Gods,” “Sword of Iron,” and “Black Talon,” stretching into more complex work like “Warlords” or the album’s instrumental centerpiece “Crystal Skull,” and finishing in grand fashion with the epic, 9-minute, Song o’ the Year-frontrunning title track. Every song features wild, yet somehow graceful transitions and killer grooves, and the production is simply beautiful, proving that an album can sound authentically old and brutal while simultaneously feeling cultured and refined. I’m honestly still in shock from how hard this album hit me; what on first listen felt like just a really good speed metal album has revealed itself to be utterly excellent.
To finish my musings on evolution, Haneda sounds like a handful of speed metal bands become isolated on an island that drifted away from mainland Metal millions of years ago (let’s call this island ‘Metalgascar’) and whose progeny have spent the intervening time adapting and mutating without any other external musical influence. Where mainland Metal achieved heaviness through ever more extreme vocalization, down-tuning, and genre bastardization, Metalgascar developed its heaviness through ever-increasing speed and compositional quality. Far from being some hunched-over figure towards the beginning of heavy metal’s March of Progress, speed metal, in the form of Cruel Force, has achieved its final form, becoming Homo deus, the Übermensch, the Gigachad, or as the kids say these days, “he’s him” (or “she’s her,” or “they’re them,” if you prefer). This fantastic record will undoubtedly be on my year-end list (if not atop it), because I doubt that 2026 can produce something that’s more quintessentially metal.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
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DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Websites: cruelforce.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cruelforce
Releases Worldwide: March 27th, 2026 -
In Haneda now, got through security etc - not totally unscathed. I suppose international works differently - bag got flagged and I had to discard the small packs of misos I had stuffed in. 😑 I tried saying these were not liquids but young lady kept staring at me with sad eyes till I said ok please take it. Oh well not a huge loss.
Oh hey not just 7-11 there's a Soradonki here in terminal 3 in Haneda. Ok kit kats for lab and also class procured.
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In Haneda now, got through security etc - not totally unscathed. I suppose international works differently - bag got flagged and I had to discard the small packs of misos I had stuffed in. 😑 I tried saying these were not liquids but young lady kept staring at me with sad eyes till I said ok please take it. Oh well not a huge loss.
Oh hey not just 7-11 there's a Soradonki here in terminal 3 in Haneda. Ok kit kats for lab and also class procured.
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In Haneda now, got through security etc - not totally unscathed. I suppose international works differently - bag got flagged and I had to discard the small packs of misos I had stuffed in. 😑 I tried saying these were not liquids but young lady kept staring at me with sad eyes till I said ok please take it. Oh well not a huge loss.
Oh hey not just 7-11 there's a Soradonki here in terminal 3 in Haneda. Ok kit kats for lab and also class procured.
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In Haneda now, got through security etc - not totally unscathed. I suppose international works differently - bag got flagged and I had to discard the small packs of misos I had stuffed in. 😑 I tried saying these were not liquids but young lady kept staring at me with sad eyes till I said ok please take it. Oh well not a huge loss.
Oh hey not just 7-11 there's a Soradonki here in terminal 3 in Haneda. Ok kit kats for lab and also class procured.
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In Haneda now, got through security etc - not totally unscathed. I suppose international works differently - bag got flagged and I had to discard the small packs of misos I had stuffed in. 😑 I tried saying these were not liquids but young lady kept staring at me with sad eyes till I said ok please take it. Oh well not a huge loss.
Oh hey not just 7-11 there's a Soradonki here in terminal 3 in Haneda. Ok kit kats for lab and also class procured.
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Stand Dezember 2025 zeigte sich #Godzilla in #Tokyo (#Japan) am Airport in #Haneda und sogar (das aber schon viel länger) auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses in #Shinjuku. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Tierische Begegnung'
Hmm....Ist es ein Tier oder ein #Monster oder einfach nur eine nerdige #Sehenswürdigkeit? 🤔😁
Stand Dezember 2025 zeigte sich #Godzilla in #Tokyo (#Japan) am Airport in #Haneda und sogar (das aber schon viel länger) auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses in #Shinjuku. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Tierische Begegnung'
Hmm....Ist es ein Tier oder ein #Monster oder einfach nur eine nerdige #Sehenswürdigkeit? 🤔😁
Stand Dezember 2025 zeigte sich #Godzilla in #Tokyo (#Japan) am Airport in #Haneda und sogar (das aber schon viel länger) auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses in #Shinjuku. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Tierische Begegnung'
Hmm....Ist es ein Tier oder ein #Monster oder einfach nur eine nerdige #Sehenswürdigkeit? 🤔😁
Stand Dezember 2025 zeigte sich #Godzilla in #Tokyo (#Japan) am Airport in #Haneda und sogar (das aber schon viel länger) auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses in #Shinjuku. -
#FotoVorschlag 'Tierische Begegnung'
Hmm....Ist es ein Tier oder ein #Monster oder einfach nur eine nerdige #Sehenswürdigkeit? 🤔😁
Stand Dezember 2025 zeigte sich #Godzilla in #Tokyo (#Japan) am Airport in #Haneda und sogar (das aber schon viel länger) auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses in #Shinjuku. -
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THE HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF COMPLETION EVENT
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THE HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF COMPLETION EVENT
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THE HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF COMPLETION EVENT
The King of the Monsters Becomes a Cinematic Welcome and Farewell, Showcasing Japanese Entertainment to Millions of International Travelers at Japan’s Global GatewayThe HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT officially launched a mega-scale initiative to broadcast...
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THE HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF COMPLETION EVENT
The King of the Monsters Becomes a Cinematic Welcome and Farewell, Showcasing Japanese Entertainment to Millions of International Travelers at Japan’s Global GatewayThe HANEDA GODZILLA GLOBAL PROJECT officially launched a mega-scale initiative to broadcast...
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https://www.alojapan.com/1427555/tokyo-bound-united-flight-returns-to-dulles-airport-after-engine-fails/ Tokyo-bound United flight returns to Dulles airport after engine fails #DullesAirport #EngineFailure #Haneda #HoumanDavidHemmati #NationalTransportationSafetyBoard #news #Tokyo #TokyoNews #UnitedAirlines #東京 #東京都 A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed and a brush fire ignited near the runway, officials said. No injuries were reported among t
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https://www.alojapan.com/1427555/tokyo-bound-united-flight-returns-to-dulles-airport-after-engine-fails/ Tokyo-bound United flight returns to Dulles airport after engine fails #DullesAirport #EngineFailure #Haneda #HoumanDavidHemmati #NationalTransportationSafetyBoard #news #Tokyo #TokyoNews #UnitedAirlines #東京 #東京都 A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed and a brush fire ignited near the runway, officials said. No injuries were reported among t
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https://www.alojapan.com/1420918/toilet-turmoil-hits-tokyos-haneda-airport-terminal/ Toilet turmoil hits Tokyo’s Haneda airport terminal #airport #Haneda #Hits #news #terminal #toilet #Tokyo #TokyoNews #tokyo's #turmoil #東京 #東京都 TOKYO — Passengers faced an uncomfortable wait for their flights at one of the world’s busiest airports on Friday, with up to 70 percent of toilets at Terminal 2 of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport reportedly out of order. A spokesman for airport operator Japan Airport Terminal confirmed the plumbing problem to
