Counting Hours – The Wishing Tomb (2024) – Review

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‘Tis the Month ov Doom? We’re not sure yet. But some excellent slabs of woe dropped in this short month of February. And that’s encouraging. A month that should be cold, dreary, and frozen, sublime in its desolate splendor. Fertile grounds for misery and tribulation, right?

And yet, a sickly uncanny warmth has greeted our shores this early 2024. And that might be cause more depression, too, for some at least. Add to that all the geopolitical troubles afloat these days. And there you have it: Sumpy, festering, and fertile grounds for more sorrow and melancholy. So, let us quake … [...] Click to raid more!

Xaon – The Lethean (2022) – Review

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By the end of 2022, the RMR reviewers realized that Xaon‘s latest record – The Lethean – never quite made it onto our swampy review pipe. And in truth, what record in its right state would want to dwell in that steamy sump just to be lost forever, right? So, with enough material to last a lifetime, we concocted the 2022 top ten list, sadly without Carson’s boyz.

Fast forward to late 2023. A few weeks back we tortured our eardrums with the Black Metal act Félonie, and happened across Red Beard Studios. Another of Rob Carson‘s … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Where The Silence Reigns, by As The Sun Falls!

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I just watched Omnium Gatherum’s latest video and was – no surprise there – struck all over again with the closeness to the sleepless ones. And indeed, Insomnium and their somewhat stereotypical brand of melodeath often stands for the law by which all shalt be measured.

Good that we have new folks on the block who will hopefully challenge that (alleged) supremacy. Anima Hereticae just sent a serious warning that things may be about to change. And now we just met up with As the Sun Falls. And this band sports a pretty sturdy brand of Melodic Death Metal. … [...] Click to raid more!