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!

In This Hell – Bliss (2026) – Review

In This Hell - Bliss - Album Cover

This zine’s 2026 supply of truly malevolent records has not been at a standstill. But it has slowed to a trickle, that’s for sure. Instead, the doom squad took the baton from the devil’s advocates this year. And it is indeed so that the bigger names on the Blackened Beat stayed mute this year.

But that doesn’t mean that we cannot reach into the underground and grab ourselves some truly raw fare. Metal that feels like the fiends’ steely claws reaching for your immortal soul. Even when your time hasn’t come quite yet. Or at least, that is what we … [...] Click to raid more!