The Chronicles of Israfel – A Trillion Lights, Tome II (2016) – Review

Posted on 31 December 2016 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

RockmusicRaider review - The Chronicles of Israfel - A Trillion Lights, Tome 2 - Album Cover Methinks that 2016 was not exactly a great year for the alternative and progressive scouts out there. You know, the ones holding the torch, while rushing forward into the unknown. And whilst some them are still out there lurking in the RMR review pipeline, a few made it into the blog. This so happened with The Chronicles of Israfel (correctly spelled, I assure you) and their newest full length A Trillion Lights, Tome II via BOH Records.

The band is actually an (almost solo) project of Dominic ‘Israfel’ Cifarelly (ex Pulse Ultra, Billy Ray Cyrus, Scars on Broadway) with the help of his brother Vincent aka Veloel. Now, almost a decade ago Israfel and the band issued a first record called Starborn.… Got hooked? Raid this some more...

Intermittent Digest – Tome III

Posted on 4 April 2016 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

RockmusicRaider - Intermittent Digest - Tome III Howdy, fans and friends! Months have passed again way too fast since the last point of the situation (as we say in French) and already it is time to halt the horses again and take stock. The first full year @ RockmusicRaider – 2015 – has passed and we start to approach mid-year 2016. By Loki, things are moving fast and I am not getting younger. So, what happened since Tome II. I can say one thing: Dark, dark is the going, when the going gets tough.

Felt waves of Black or blackened Metal are coming our way. I am amazed – seems to be a sign of the times. Just check out Rorcal with κρέων (Creon) that visited the RockmusicRaider site real brutally.… Got hooked? Raid this some more...

RockmusicRaider’s Intermittent Best of… – Tome II

Posted on 1 November 2015 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

It for sure feels like a gazillion of months since I first wrote the Tome I Best of… earlier in 2015. But we are only a few months out 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 loosing months of writing.

Wondrous things were happening too: For example Anneke van Giersbergen almost jumping onto the hood of my car when crossing the road right in front of me with her family in a little town by the Lake of Geneva and poor old RockmusicRaider struck speechless, sitting dumbstruck in the car.… Got hooked? Raid this some more...