Blasts from the Past 2025: Echoes of the Eons!

Blast from the Past 2025 - Two skeletons with a horse cart full of electric guitars.

At first, nobody believed in a comeback of the Blasts from the Past series for 2025. The RMR crew found itself buried under a mountain of contemporary material after all. And nobody thought of switching off the faucet. Which is – come to think of it – a good thing. But that left relatively little room for that cartload of old ‘n’ torn notesheets to be read yet again after all these eons of nobody checking them out anymore. Boy, RMR himself even had to peddle some of his electric guitars to the local chapmen down at the market square … [...] Click to raid more!

Flashback: LDDSM take a Breath!

Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel - Breath - Album Cover

Here’s to one small blurb I wanted to cover for a while. Back in 2021, Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel got some mileage out of RMR for their Polaris record. Not the easiest of fares and somewhat difficult to get into. But it was worth it and sufficiently out of the box to keep our interest levels up and sharp.

But since that particular record hit our review pipe, nothing much happened. So, very late in 2023 and in full listing season, LDDSM launched Breath at the public. At the worst possible moment, I might add. Unsurprisingly, the EP lost … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: Breath, or the lack thereof. By Rioghan!

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Rioghan - Breath - Video Cover

Pretty much one year ago, Rioghan appeared on our radar with her 2021 blurb Blackened Sky. The RMR crew was greatly impressed by the insane talent on display from someone so young. So, our valiant scouts kept a sturdy lookout for that first album that certainly should drop at some point.

And indeed, Different Kinds Of Losses has been announced for later in 2022.1 This is splendid news. Apart from the apparent involvement of one Einar Solberg, whose new-found style clearly didn’t garner any brownie points over here.2 At all. Let’s just hope that those annoying … [...] Click to raid more!