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Veilburner – All that Glimmers is Gloam (2026) – Review

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Well, we’re back to liminal spaces, a fleeting glimpse of transitory moments of unhinged unease. Passthroughs in a world that seems to have lost all sense of order. 2026 and the year prior have been comparatively full of records talking about it. At least on the RMR zine, they were.1

On Veilburner‘s latest piece, the RMR crew didn’t find anything liminal. On the contrary, this specifically messy record got blacklisted by the RMR Review Desk for a long time. Until somebody here finally picked it up earlier this year. Not that the review improved anything, apart from … [...] Click to raid more!

Pâenil Era – A Wilting Fountain (2026) – Review

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The RMR crew received a message from a guy in Romania. Erwin Weber wrote about his project Pâenil Era. At first, confusion reigned. Romania, the band’s funky moniker, and the artist’s name just didn’t sync. Half of the crew here speak German. So, judging by the sound of the artist’s name, this should have been a Teutonic act, in our minds at least. Well, no, of course not. Pâenil Era are hailing from the vast Romanian lands alright, and reached us through Weber‘s very own vanity label Neuronoir.

And now that this crew’s neuronal missteps have been cleared … [...] Click to raid more!

Finsterforst – Still (2026) – Review

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Mach Dich Frei was the first Finsterforst piece to grace this fledgling zine’s pages back in 2015. Rastlos provided that firm foothold into the RMR roster necessary for repeat reviews. Now, it’s been 7 years since the mysterious, Greta-infested Zerfall hit us in 2019. A kinda weird blackened record that didn’t really land on our best side for long stretches. But it finally managed to convince in a few obscure ways. Somewhat.

Now, the mudfaces of Finsterforst are back with Still. The name would translate into ‘silent’, as in ‘total silence’ or ‘still’, as in deadly silent. Pun intended, … [...] Click to raid more!

Duir – Catarsi (2026) – Review

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At first, the RMR crew thought we were getting yet another of them gnarly Italian Black Metal albums, such as this one. You know, the storytellers who describe features of the arid land they live in. And truly so, an abundance of tales and legends can be found throughout the Italian countryside.

Well, gnarly it’s going to be this time as well. But you won’t be getting any legends. Instead, it is war stories yet again, and more precisely, WWI, the first war of (modern) mass destruction of human history. Y’know, the one starting with cavalry trying to ride … [...] Click to raid more!