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Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015) – Review

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2015 is over and now I continue to unearth all these hidden gems that somehow went missing last year. And I am unhappy to say that I really missed that one.

Hand. Cannot. Erase. from Progressive Rock and Metal adept Steven Wilson is a very special piece of work. In fact, you will find a lot of early progressive hooks on this disk, sometimes with flavors of old prog masters mixed into all that. But I was not very confident that Steven Wilson could indeed release a new album that would blow the 2013 The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Hard Reset rock about Machinery & Humanity!

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Hard Reset‘s 2015 and first full-length album Machinery & Humanity released on CD in Europe in February of 2015.

The band hits you with some sort of a subdued, but very refined style of their own brand of rock. Often in the vein of their punk brethren with a distinct grungy flavor at times. Like some seriously toned-down mix of Nightmen and Nirvana combined.

The inclusion of some prog elements is sometimes surprising, but at a much less flashy level than their partners in crime of this very particular universe. 

Their music has got soul, however. Well thought through and refined, whereas the lyrics for sure would need … [...] Click to raid more!

Bear Bone Company – Bear Bone Company (2015) – Review

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Well, you gotta give it to them: The Swedish band Bear Bone Company sport a swagger that lets them strut about the scene to a point that they risk stumbling over some of their body parts. When I saw their somewhat meager, but decidedly juicy bio, I thought this better be THAT good. And you know what? I kinda like it.

The band joins us from Örebro in Sweden but brandishes a real California-gone-New-Orleans look and feel. That southern scratchy sound that just calls out for feisty bikes and leather boots.

The band formed back in 2012 and they are now (finally) ready to go … [...] Click to raid more!

RMR’s 2015 Top 10 Records

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The first full year for RMR went by and a great many records were reviewed. A wild ride it was and still is, with challenges galore, some overcome and some still lurking nearby. This list covers records that got released in 2015. And who would have thought that the black section of metal would be getting such attention during this year? Certainly not me. I am looking forward to an even more eventful 2016 and the pipeline does look pretty much filled already – but this is only the beginning.

Let’s begin.

#10 – Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei

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