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My Silent Wake – Damnatio Memoriae (2015) – Review

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Doom Metal is one of the most fascinating genres in the metal multiverse. Ranging from clear voice and female-fronted outfits, like Draconian, over the Peaceville Three to the slow marches of Funeral Doom.

And it is all about emotion. Some project tear-drenched sadness. And others again go for angry desolation, fueled by everyday issues and concerns.

And this is the emotional scale My Silent Wake project in their album Damnatio Memoriae. Doom Death Metal to be consumed with a pinch of desolation and powered by general anger, even fury. And they deliver it well.   

Damnatio Memoriae literally means Damnation of Memory … [...] Click to raid more!

Karma Rassa – Talks to Innerself (2016) – Review

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It sometimes seems, as if we preferred the heavy, blackened thumping of any extreme metal flavor throughout the RockmusicRaider office landscape.

But not so!

At times something more laid back is in order. And for that, we have the folks from the Progressive and Avantgarde field. 

Now, you usually find well-known bands like Leprous, Steven Wilson, or the gang around Arjen Lucassen on your radar. But these guys are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The community is huge. 

Whilst this is so, you will find loads of them progressive folks out there just djenting away until there is no tomorrow. And many of those often sound … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Moanaa are on Passage for new LP!

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Tired of having your ears assaulted by harsh metal sounds? Wanna switch to something quieter, but not necessarily weaker? Something pretty complex, not the usual thumping you get? If the answer is yes, then you need to go to Poland. And try out Moanaa and their new full-length record Passage.

Their strangely progressive and blackened Post Metal style showcases nicely throughout the record, moving from relatively soft beginnings through steady progression towards a pretty cool closure at the end of the record.

And they pull out all the stops. It’s indeed a predominately progressive style they sport. Yet you’ll get your fair share of … [...] Click to raid more!

RockmusicRaider’s Intermittent Best of… – Tome II

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It for sure feels like a gazillion months since I first wrote the Tome I Best of… earlier in 2015. But we are only a few months down the road and already a new one is due.

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 happening, too!

For example, Anneke van Giersbergen almost jumped onto the hood of … [...] Click to raid more!