Moon Haven – Monochrome Reflections – Review

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At times my metal-sore ears just give up the ghost and are in dire need of something more melodious and less harsh. So, there is no better treatment than slapping some progressive and alternative Band-Aid on them.

And indeed, the RMR deck crew finds that those undercurrents finally take on some steam. Luckily so, as the officescape kind of worried about what was about to come still in 2017. Apart from blackened pieces of scorched metal, of which there is plenty these days. Yet still, some doubts persist on what exactly is to come.

Thus any good and technically outstanding [...] Click to raid more!

Xaon – The Drift (2017) – Review

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The RockmusicRaider officescape likes drama. Especially a loud drama with a lot of boom and bang. And we have remarkable drama queens around the Gothic and Symphonic Metal universe, blackened and death-oriented ones included. Just think about Dimmu Borgir or Fleshgod Apocalypse to name just two of them.

Now, here we can add another one: The Swiss outfit Xaon rumbles onto the scene like Mad Max on a bad day. They already gave us a first broadside of what they can do in 2016 with their EP Face of Balaam. And they are back with a hammer blow of [...] Click to raid more!

Zeit – Konvergenz (2017) – Review

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The old provinces of Eastern Germany seem to be a hotbed for interesting bands of all kinds. Indeed of all things cultural – and beyond. And this goes for theatrical endeavors as well as music of all flavors. 

The RMR crew had the pleasure to cover special underground bands like Antyra from Leipzig already. You know, these guys with their rough and eerily weird, yet fascinating story-telling techniques. With an extremely epic, but very down-to-earth metal taste. I love them, but they are so out of the mainstream that not many RMR fans will follow. It is a special kind [...] Click to raid more!

Noumena – Myrrys (2017) – Review

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Should we call this the law of physics of metal music? Sometimes it appears that good Melodic Death Metal can only originate from the Finnish cold plains. The reason is probably buried somewhere in the wastes of the North up yonder. Mixed with the dark, icy weather breeding melancholy and a language that nobody understands but themselves.

All this invokes an atmosphere that many bands know to exploit only too well. Just think about InsomniumWolfheart, or – again – Marianas Rest.

But when it comes to doomy Melodic Death Metal with a beastly streak, the somewhat unknown [...] Click to raid more!