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

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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 of 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.

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 … [...] Click to raid more!

Intermittent Digest – Tome III

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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.

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Felt waves of Black or blackened Metal are coming our way. I am … [...] 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!