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Dusk – Bunker (2026) – Review

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Blackened, disjointed, and unsettingly smelly items already graced our review pipe in the past, no doubt. Need an example? It was only last year, to be precise. Magnadur was the act’s name, and they hit rock bottom with us not once, but twice in 2025. An anal avalanche of Synthwave-imbued pseudo metal shards to crush yer opponents. Or something. You really need to let that one sink in for a while. Utter self-destruction, because of – well – an inability to harness one’s own psychedelic ideas and turn them into something coherent.

And that’s all the more frustrating because the … [...] Click to raid more!

Magnadur – Punishment of Hamlet (2025) – Review

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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!

Magnadur – Beautiful Nightmare (2025) – Review

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This is what happens when you select your records to review based on the smart looks of the album cover only. And it is indeed a sublime piece of art glaring back at you from Magnadur‘s latest concoction.1

Other considerations surfaced as well, of course. Such as this band hitting the metal underground out of nowhere in 2024. And with two full-length records under their belt that same year, they concocted a third one – Beautiful Nightmare – this early 2025. The RMR crew saw similar action before, and it wasn’t pretty. So, what’s the deal here? … [...] Click to raid more!

Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture (2022) – Review

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Didn’t we state many times over that those out-of-the-box records are really down the RMR upper echelon’s proverbial alley? Indeed we did. So why did Ashenspire‘s latest album not click right away when it was released?

Well, guess what? Extreme musings in many shades of dreary grey about concrete urban structures and social impurities really don’t work too well when the sun shines outside. In other words, July is summertime. Hot temperatures, nice breeze, beach bar, and fun. Not the time of year for us to dwell on the smelly dregs of urban lifestyles and sprawling crimes against the … [...] Click to raid more!