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Steven Wilson – The Overview (2025) – Review

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Steven Wilson‘s 2023 piece, The Harmony Codex, didn’t quite work for us. And that came as a shock to some of the RMR crew over here. Because even the feisty and pop-laden The Future Bites managed to get into our good graces, and for cause. But it also garnered a lament of Wilson and others turning their mutual backs on prog.

Yet, in 2023, Wilson‘s latest piece of work felt like some very watery and – yes – boring material. Good for some background music in a bar, but not much more. Shocking indeed, for an

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Newsflash: Nebula Nine and The Last Sky Piercer!

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I found a new genre. Sublime Progressive Rock is its name and Nebula Nine adorned themselves with it. Already the word ‘sublime’ should melt on your tongue like that Café de Paris served on a perfect steak in a French 5-star eatery. Dreams of otherworldly rock delights that will surely dethrone the long-defunct Genesis of times long gone. Or others, such as Yes, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, the list goes on and on. So, have we just found funny bones with egos larger than the Indian subcontinent? Or is Nebula Nine‘s The Last Sky Piercer worth every … [...] Click to raid more!

Marko Hietala – Roses From The Deep (2025) – Review

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Marko Hietala, one of the only artists out there holding the RMR crew’s unwavering respect. He – of course – will remain forever famous as one of Nightwish‘s main pillars. Until he chose to retire from the band back in early 2021, that is, done with a statement that made for somewhat grim reading.

Now, in the meantime, Hietala popped up here and there in a variety of venues and roles. Raskasta Joulua’s 2022 x-mas piece was – surprisingly – the first time he reappeared on our radar already. And this told us that he definitely would stay … [...] Click to raid more!

Bergthron – Neu Asen Land (2025) – Review

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Any modern management nerds around here? I got the perfect team-building case study for you. Meet Bergthron.1 A German Nature Metal act, created in 1994 and unleashing new albums occasionally. Very occasionally. Meaning, their last record aired back in 2010. That’s nothing extraordinary so far, agreed. Apart from the fact that the RMR crew – unsurprisingly – never heard of them.

But here it comes: Seemingly in search of their perfect sound, this band of brothers went on seven (7) expeditions from the endless forests to the Arctic Circle over the last decades. And upon their return, Bergthron… [...] Click to raid more!