Tag Archives: 8/10

Rioghan – Kept (2025) – Review

Posted on by — Leave a reply
RockmusicRaider - Spotify Logo
Rioghan - Kept - Album Cover

I never thought we would cover Leprous ever again. After all, Einar Solberg took his almost picture-perfect prog act down a windy road of whiny, high-pitched, and soft-balled tunes. Suddenly, the progressive cojones went missing and the outcome wasn’t something we could stomach for more than five minutes at a time. But wait, what? This ain’t Solberg?

Right.

Meet Rioghan, a very talented Finnish artist with a pig-headed, out-of-the-box approach to her music. And that landed her with an inordinate amount of attention on this zine to this day. The last time the RMR crew had her seriously on … [...] Click to raid more!

Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun (2025) – Review

Posted on by — Leave a reply
Apple Music Logo
RockmusicRaider - Spotify Logo
Nite - Cult of the Serpent Sun - Album Cover

Back in 2020, the RMR crew heard about a “…newly formed band…” hailing from the Californian desert with some pig-headed take on how to mold their metal. Alas, both of Nite‘s first records – Darkness Silence Mirror Flame and Voices of the Kronian Moon – never reached far enough into our review pipe to get the attention of the sump rats down there. There was no particular reason for that, either. The last years were filled with loads of great rock, metal, and folk. So, as the saying goes, we had many other fish to fry.

But here, their … [...] Click to raid more!

Marko Hietala – Roses From The Deep (2025) – Review

Posted on by — Leave a reply
RockmusicRaider - Spotify Logo
Marko Hietala - Roses From the Deep - Album Cover

Marko Hietala, one of the only artists out there holding the RMR crew’s unwavering respect. He – of course – will remain forever famous as one of Nightwish‘s main pillars. Until he chose to retire from the band back in early 2021, that is, done with a statement that made for somewhat grim reading.

Now, in the meantime, Hietala popped up here and there in a variety of venues and roles. Raskasta Joulua’s 2022 x-mas piece was – surprisingly – the first time he reappeared on our radar already. And this told us that he definitely would stay … [...] Click to raid more!

Saor – Amidst the Ruins (2025) – Review

Posted on by — Leave a reply
RockmusicRaider - Spotify Logo
Saor - Amidst The Ruins - Album Cover

Looks like this will be Nordic week. The RMR crew just covered some Scandinavian mystique. And now there’s a different North on the menu a tad more to the West. We’re talking about the good ol’ Scottish warriors that used to howl down South to torment the Aenglish beyond that big wall. A modern and metal-laden version of them, more or less.

You guessed it. Saor‘s the name and their newest piece Amidst The Ruins is currently on the chopping block over at the RMR Review Desk. The band behind Andy Marshall with an affinity for standing stones … [...] Click to raid more!