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Locus Noir – Shadow Sun (2026) – Review

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2026 seems to turn into an interesting year in rock ‘n’ metal. And it may well be the out-of-the-box section of our musical universe that will take on some weight this time. And in truth, sometimes one needs a hefty counterweight to the endless supply of beastly metal that the underground ceaselessly regurgitates.

So, why not some gothically tainted rock (and metal) that seems to reach us straight from the past? Melancholy writ large on yet another canvas of the dead and dying, with a whiff of that graveyard smell. Shadowy greetings from a sun weeping tears, but not of … [...] Click to raid more!

Nattradio – The Longest Night (2025) – Review

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You get the joke, don’t you? Nattradio boasted that all songs were written and recorded between 1 AM and 5 AM. Hence, also the album cover with the lonely, brightly lit window in the dark shape of the nightly high-rise. The RMR crew will, of course, never know how many night sessions of writing and recording were needed to get to the final product. But the sum of all hours would indeed be The Longest Night on record by earthly standards. It may be different in other planetary systems, though. But, let’s move back to the endless Northern night, shall … [...] Click to raid more!

Marilyn Manson – One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1 (2024) – Review

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Any band with a piece of ‘Manson’ in it should probably be banned outright in RMR’s top secret List ov Unforgivable Extremes. You know, acts so daft or ideologically challenged, we’ll ban our very own fucking reviews. Like one of them idiot monks enjoying a flagellation attack and the terrible cilice until the white mana spews forth, that kind of thing. But back to the Manson curse. You got Charles Manson, of course, the guy who didn’t know what sorry means and is now burning in hell. A phrase famously covered by Paradise Lost on their 1995 album Draconian Times… [...] Click to raid more!

Inver – On This Earth (2024) – Review

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It’s the bleak album cover that made it happen. The successful arrival of Inver‘s debut album On This Earth at our review pipe’s doorstep, that is. And – I guess – the fact that the record aired mid-January when everything is should be frozen helped a bit, too. Melancholy galore, no end in sight for the ceaseless wintery depression. So, we got ourselves fertile grounds for doomy musings on sunless days, one would think.

But then – nada. The record continued to fester unmolested by prying eyes in the sumpy realms of our datafeed. Because whenever we fired the … [...] Click to raid more!