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Flashback: LDDSM take a Breath!

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Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel - Breath - Album Cover

Here’s to one small blurb I wanted to cover for a while. Back in 2021, Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel got some mileage out of RMR for their Polaris record. Not the easiest of fares and somewhat difficult to get into. But it was worth it and sufficiently out of the box to keep our interest levels up and sharp.

But since that particular record hit our review pipe, nothing much happened. So, very late in 2023 and in full listing season, LDDSM launched Breath at the public. At the worst possible moment, I might add. Unsurprisingly, the EP lost … [...] Click to raid more!

The Funereal EP, a lament by – Funeral!

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Ô Solitude, Ô Eternal Misery!

Didn’t get enough doom ‘n’ gloom from the news lately? Well, we’re happy to serve you a large portion of tribulation and woe with your breakfast cereal today. Funeral famously appeared on our radar with their 2024 piece Gospel of Bones that made quite a dent in our obsidian, tear-drenched wastes of melancholy central. A band that – allegedly – gets its lyrics from a psychologist. A disturbing thought, if you think about it. They’re supposed to help people, not wallow in grief themselves.

But the fact is, their newest blurb, The Funereal EP, … [...] Click to raid more!

One Eternal for Stortregn!

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Usually, the RMR crew doesn’t respond to shoutouts to cover very short blurbs like that one. But here Stortregn appeared on our radar with a pretty loud bang. Impermanence of 2021 was the latest piece the review desk picked up, and it was a feisty one. For some reason, Finitude didn’t make it onto our review pipe, and it probably should have.

Now, we’re hearing that Romain Negro is seriously out the door and a new vocalist – Franck de Luca – is now in charge of destroying any sense of reasonable clean singing. And that is where the main … [...] Click to raid more!

Alien Realms, as imagined by Vortex!

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Ah, so many vortices out there in the Metal Multiverse. It’s a fascinating choice for a band name, as you never know where you will end up once the vortex sucks you into its terrible embrace. And theories are legion out there, with the most likely outcome that you will simply die if the thing is lethal enough. No mystery there.

So, this here Vortex is the Canadian pendant from Quebec. A band born back in 1998 with a penchant for Melodic, Symphonic, and Blackened Death Metal and an urge to discover uncomfortable Alien Realms. And would there be … [...] Click to raid more!