Voidchaser – Interstellar I (2026) – Review

Voidchaser - Interstellar I - Album Cover

RMR isn’t Prog Central, true. But the crew has visited its share of prog pieces of all couleur to at least have an inkling of the genre at large. The old geezers at the review desk fondly remember the times when Steven Wilson wasn’t yet the electronica dude, but did some real outstanding progressive work. Or when Haken’s animalistic urges blew us away with finely-chiselled technical artistry and pure savoir-faire. Caligula’s Horse visited a few times as well. But, finally, their early work mostly stuck with us. I could go on.

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Video: A Ritual for Fabienne Erni!

Fabienne Erni - Ritual - Video Cover

Fabienne Erni has crossed our hawse a few times since she abruptly appeared on Eluveitie‘s roster in 2017. And from that moment on, she embarked, with this outfit and a couple more bands, on a widely recognised and critically acclaimed musical career.

Now, in the run-up to her first solo album, Starveil, out later this year, she released a first clip worth mentioning. Same as the new piece currently in prep, Ritual is a pigheaded little blurb. The song kinda sails close to what early Symphonic and Melodic Metal did in the ’00s and tweens. You’ll get a

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Magnadur – Punishment of Hamlet (2025) – Review

Magnadur - Punishment of Hamlet - Album Cover

Didn’t we tell these guys to stay off our feed and not return? After this Beautiful Nightmare, Magnadur was good for the scrapyard. So, we turned the page and moved on. A waste of space in our music library. At least, this is what this crew thought.

Because, lo and behold, another manic piece of this Perrakoski dude threw itself into our feed. And that burning sensation brought about unfinished business with this band. It ain’t smart to mess with the geezers at the review desk over at the RMR office tower. Never, ever.1 So, here we go … [...] Click to raid more!