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Convocation – No Dawn for the Caliginous Night (2023) – Review

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No dice! That was the very first verdict on Convocation‘s No Dawn for the Caliginous Night. The record bounced off the RMR review desk like those terse one-line rulings the Supreme Court likes to issue. And this probably was a knee-jerk reaction, some sort of overdose of too much Raise to the Sky and Shores of Null.

But then – luckily – came the inevitable ‘wait a minute’. A welcome moment of reason. The roaring doomy soundscapes, the spectacular atmosphere, and the overall artistic delivery of No Dawn just cannot be missed after all.

Yet – it … [...] Click to raid more!

Axenstar – Chapter VIII (2023) – Review

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2023 boasts a pretty good crop of all things Power Metal. This is a trend that the RMR crew has already observed since the beginning of last year. From veiled madness to frozen objects, refreshing PM geekery provided us with hours of freshly grated cheese and boundless sugar-filled energy.

So – late in the year – Axenstar makes an entry with their new piece Chapter VIII. The band’s been around for some 24 years or so and should be able to provide some true olde Power Metal that will have us rocking in a second. After all, the … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: Final Coil deliberate Chemtrails! Wait, what?

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Whoa, folks! Rendition in Dystopia right here in a video. Pain and suffering in dirty cellars, complete with waterboarding. That’s what Final Coil’s latest clip Chemtrails depicts. The band landed one hardened metal blow that I didn’t quite expect from an outfit with an out-of-the-box yet refined style of Alternative and Progressive Rock and Metal.

Somnambulant II, the ghostly rendering of olde songs, placed Final Coil firmly on our radar. And now they’re gearing up to release their new record The World We Inherited in early ’24. So, here they are with a clip that didn’t quite click … [...] Click to raid more!

Dawn of a Dark Age – Transumanza (2023) – Review

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I am going to make a bold statement. Those who don’t fancy Myrkur1 and her metal machinations won’t appreciate Dawn of a Dark Age. The RMR reviewers just came across a band so out-of-the-box that the famous crate already disappeared in the haze somewhere. An outfit that has put the term ‘pig-headed’ to shame – and then added a few layers to the meaning of genre fusion.

Case in point, the critiques about the band’s past works I was able to find range from overflowing exuberance to – mainly – darkly ominous mutterings about abject noise pollution. In … [...] Click to raid more!