Insomnium – Netherworlds (2026) – Review

Insomnium - Netherworlds - Album Cover

So, we are at Ze Number Ten. The sleepless ones have been at that Melodeath thing for almost 30 years and produced a critically acclaimed record every 3 years on average. And the fire still burns bright. The RMR crew covered all records from somewhere around 2009 to this day. 2016’s Winter’s Gate was without a doubt the strongest piece this band produced under our watch. That’s not to say that Heart of a Grave and Anno 1696 weren’t great records in their own right.

And that begs the question: has the act around Niilo Sevänen kept the high-octane levels … [...] Click to raid more!

Veilburner – All that Glimmers is Gloam (2026) – Review

Veilburner - All That Glimmers is Gloam - Album Cover

Well, we’re back to liminal spaces, a fleeting glimpse of transitory moments of unhinged unease. Passthroughs in a world that seems to have lost all sense of order. 2026 and the year prior have been comparatively full of records talking about it. At least on the RMR zine, they were.

On Veilburner‘s latest piece, the RMR crew didn’t find anything liminal. On the contrary, this specifically messy record got blacklisted by the RMR Review Desk for a long time. Until somebody here finally picked it up earlier this year. Not that the review improved anything, apart from confirming … [...] Click to raid more!

Shores of Null – Homesick (2026) – Review

Shores Of Null - Homesick - Album Cover

2026 has turned into a Year Ov Doom over at the RMR Review Desk. And I wonder why that is? It ain’t the RMR crew in depression mode, though. So, is it just that the melancholy pieces passing through here are simply legion? Nobody really knows. But the crew also found quite a few albums studded with woe-infested diamonds strewn over the long, hot summer months of tribulation and despair. So, it may well be that the overall quality of melancholy vinyls has improved ever since we last checked.

And it’s funny how each year can turn out differently when … [...] Click to raid more!

Stoned Jesus – Songs to Moon (2026) – Review

Stoned Jesus - Songs to Moon - Album Cover

They were peddled to us as The Monsters of the Stoner Trade. Alleged substance-fueled, blasted-into-space fare that should somehow remind us what the ’70s were like. A record written by people who never visited because – well – they weren’t invented yet. So, the RMR crew expected some sturdy, syrupy sludgefest heading our way. And some were already rushing to dig out that old, blackened peace pipe from wherever they stored it decades ago. That the band is tastily called Stoned Jesus probably hastened the overall fogginess even further along. Some of the crew started to have visions by that … [...] Click to raid more!