Harakiri For The Sky – Scorched Earth (2025) – Review

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Harakiri for the Sky‘s latest piece Maere left quite a splash over here back in 2021. Even if some of the crew had reservations about the piece. Since then, much water flowed under the bridge and the RMR crew remained stuck in this endless waiting loop.

Albeit that J.J.1 here famously appeared on Weltenbrandt’s unwieldily named Transzendenz Schatten Romantik and Ellende’s Ellenbogengesellschaft. To sweeten our waiting time, I reckon. As an aside, I am unsure if you smoked it. Many of these players in these specific murky metal waters seem to have fallen for the mystique of … [...] Click to raid more!

Harakiri for the Sky – Maere (2021) – Review

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Harakiri for the Sky - Maere - Album Cover

The time element is commonly used to move a storyline along. And often it is a ticking clock that serves this purpose well. Because music – by definition – moves along those ticks that transform it into some sort of mathematical equation.1 And that usually makes for a crisp and effective record overall.

The runtime of an album is another matter. Its length can easily turn into some sort of bloatware from hell. A gummy thing that is difficult to define because the term ‘too long’ is flexible. And it definitely is in the eyes of the beholder.

So, … [...] Click to raid more!