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!

Lacuna Coil – Comalies (2002) – Review

The RMR crew just covered Lacuna Coil‘s 2025 Sleepless Empire piece. And the merciless judges over at the RMR Review Desk found the band’s newest chunk of alloy quite to their taste. Now, if you remember, the last two records, Delirium and Black Anima, found effusive praise from all corners of LC‘s fan universe. And these two pieces were indeed quite impressive.

In contrast, the aforementioned Sleepless Empire got a somewhat mixed reception from critics and fans alike. And that made us reach into the past to understand the present better. So, let’s get a closer look … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: I Wish You Were Dead, Lacuna Coil’s fatal desires!

Lacuna Coil - I Wish You Were Dead - Video Cover

Just one day before Lacuna Coil‘s newest album Sleepless Empire released mid February 2025, the band dropped a bomblet of a new video. At first, the RMR crew was somewhat unimpressed. The clip was based on I Wish You Were Dead, the most commercially accessible track on the whole album after all. Yet, this is also the most gothically tainted song on this album.

And sure enough, you’ll find a clip telling an almost stereotypical goth story of the beloved wanting to dispose of her mate in a colorful variety of creative ways. But all sorts of trouble … [...] Click to raid more!

Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire (2025) – Review

Nobody over here needs to be reminded who Lacuna Coil is. The band has been a staple of this zine for all its existence. At first, the RMR crew covered the somewhat conflicted mid-tens offerings such as Dark Adrenaline or – again – Broken Crown Halo.

Things started to improve by 2016 when the disturbing yet pretty excellent Delirium appeared out of nowhere. That one clearly marked a change in energy levels, posture, and attitude of a band finally capitalizing on their many talents. And this trend continued with the succulent Black Anima of 2019 that made it onto … [...] Click to raid more!