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Dawnwalker – The Unknowing (2024) – Review

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Dawnwalker record progression: Ages, 2020, 58 minutes, Black/Death/Prog/Post, all still somewhat metallic. House of Sand, 2022, 43 minutes, Post Metal, Progressive Rock, loads of ambient musings, and some psych. And lastly, this year’s The Unknowing, 38 minutes, mostly alternative and psych/prog rock, a wee bit of hidden ambients, and a few Post Metal moments. Interesting, isn’t it?

Dawnwalker is a free-wheeling act, to say the least. One that seems caught in the good ol’ 2-year Loop ov Creators’ Purgatory of ever-recurring new releases. And they have been at that particular game since 2016. However, the Law of … [...] Click to raid more!

Black Sites – The Promised Land? (2024) – Review

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Ah yes, Black Sites are back. Once they released Untrue in 2021, this record was one of contradictions for the swampy underground creatures over at the RMR Review Desk. Allegedly, they had some trouble getting into the record and securing a good grip on its innards. And that wasn’t because of bad quality or a sucky production, much to the contrary.

Instead, the main complaint was that the piece was ‘too smooth’ and almost ‘too well constructed’. Go figure, right? Everybody and their aunt asks you to deliver some pristine production – or else. And if a band does just … [...] Click to raid more!

Weltenbrandt – Transzendenz Schatten Romantik (2024) – Review

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Ellende is on our minds a lot these days. Todbringerin is their newest record and it’s ear-catching. And to no-one’s surprise, it messed up our turntables for way too long. A style we have trouble resisting, even if the doom ‘n’ gloom can weigh heavily on one’s soul.

And speaking about which. Lo and behold, out of nowhere Weltenbrandt loudly made its presence known. Yet another band wallowing in the murky depths of an almost gothic sadboi melancholy that roars forth in some established blackened splendor. An underground band that only the initiated will recognize. But then, mainstream fame never … [...] Click to raid more!

Black Absinthe – On Earth Or In Hell (2024) – Review

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Ah, yes, we’re back in Punk Rock’s dirty backyard. And this, just after the RMR review desk finally finished with that infamous Bokassa riot. A record rich in velocity and missing pieces.

So, here, the Montreal / Toronto punk rock scene got back onto our radar. And that’s a good thing, the RMR crew usually gets a kick out of its rowdy feistiness. Black Absinthe, the ambassadors of this formerly forbidden fairy drink that comes in at 85% alcohol,1 are again on the prowl. Since their short blurb Early Signs of Denial, the band didn’t produce much … [...] Click to raid more!