Inferi – Heaven Wept (2026) – Review

Posted on 10 April 2026 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

Hell’s calling. Sounds about right these days, doesn’t it? Inferi, meaning hell in Italian and kind of the same in Latin, the band called their outfit, first seen around these parts in 2006. And yes, I heard the theories that the band moniker derives from some Harry Potter fantasy. And if true, they need to grow up. But otherwise, ’tis yet another long-standing metal band that eluded the RMR crew for long years.

There goes Archspire was the RMR crew’s first mutual thought when Heaven Wept led off into the metallic yonder. And we weren’t all that wrong with … [...] Click to raid more!

Voidchaser – Interstellar I (2026) – Review

Posted on 9 April 2026 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

Voidchaser - Interstellar I - Album Cover

RMR isn’t Prog Central, true. But the crew has visited its share of prog pieces of all couleur to at least have an inkling of the genre at large. The old geezers at the review desk fondly remember the times when Steven Wilson wasn’t yet the electronica dude, but did some real outstanding progressive work. Or when Haken’s animalistic urges blew us away with finely-chiselled technical artistry and pure savoir-faire. Caligula’s Horse visited a few times as well. But, finally, their early work mostly stuck with us. I could go on.

So, here Voidchaser hit the RMR detection radar. … [...] Click to raid more!

Towers, an essay by The Machinist!

Posted on 7 April 2026 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

I know we brutally ignored them in 2025. The Machinist‘s sophomore album Contempt for Life kinda flickered about our peripheral vision last year. But it finally got nowhere near our review pipe. And we regret that. But, as always, hindsight is always 20/20.

But fear naught. Towers, the latest blurb from Manchester-based The Machinist, will nonetheless try to make its point. Sincerely so and with all due wiolence the RMR crew can stomach. And what’s up with this Northern English city? Methinks, it regurgitates brutality with abandon. Case in point, the RMR crew just enjoyed some bastardly encounters… [...] Click to raid more!

Lion’s Share – Inferno (2026) – Review

Posted on 5 April 2026 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

By the mighty Gawds ov Metal, this album cover of Lion’s Share‘s Inferno here is simply atrociously bad. This blue pseudo-alien looking like a deranged shrimp feels so cliché that the prospect of what kind of music might be found inside this blurb here makes me shudder. And not in a good way.

That Lion’s Share already appeared on this zine in 2017 speaks for them, though. This was for a then-brand-new clip for their single, Another Desire. We reckon it will be the same track with this moniker on Inferno‘s Heavy Metal list. That’s impossible to … [...] Click to raid more!