Last updated on 10 July 2020
Just think back to the outstanding ’96 album Elegy or the 2015 piece Under The Red Cloud, perhaps with the … [...] Click to raid more!
Last updated on 10 July 2020
Just think back to the outstanding ’96 album Elegy or the 2015 piece Under The Red Cloud, perhaps with the … [...] Click to raid more!
Last updated on 4 October 2020
Here I am going to hunt – for once – well outside of my usual haunts and dark forests of yonder badlands. Lost at sea, like Jack Sparrow with his compass pointing to nowhere. And this lands us back in spice trade nirvana, with creaking planks, and salted beef for supper.
This new endeavor all started when I heard about a double-concept album called The Diary. Released under the name of The Gentle Storm, featuring Anneke Van Giersbergen (a long time ago with The Gathering, Devin Townsend, Ayreon, and solo… [...] Click to raid more!
Last updated on 10 July 2020
The first full year for RockmusicRaider went by and a great many records were reviewed. A wild ride it was and still is, with challenges galore, some overcome and some still lurking nearby. This list covers records that got released in 2015. And who would have thought that the black section of metal would be getting such attention during this year. Certainly not me. I am looking forward to an even more eventful 2016 and the pipeline does look pretty much filled already – but this is only the beginning.
Last updated on 10 July 2020
Eventful was the time: From flamers attacking us with comments displaying a level of stupidity I never thought possible, to full-blown hacker attacks on the site, one total breakdown of the site with subsequent reloading and salvaging the server contents. This last one was quite heavy, barely avoiding losing months of writing.
Wondrous things were … [...] Click to raid more!