Suffering – Things Seen But Always Hidden (2025) – Review

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The RMR crew liked this metaphor of the red door. The entrance you never want to use, but some compulsive urge takes you there no matter what. It is a bit like this overused Hotel California theme of long times past. You can run, but you can never leave, that kind of thing. And wherever you go, suddenly you see that red door appearing out of the poisoned mist. Do you remember the age-old movie The Shining? ‘Xactly, there is a feeling of dread with them doors, colored any which way, that you should never enter.

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The Reticent – please (2025) – Review

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The Reticent is known to wallow deeply in the rough seas of mental disturbances. Already, On The Eve of a Goodbye got us a taste of suicidal urges brought to fruition and the aftermath experienced by those left with the living. The Oubliette broke the news about Alzheimer’s in intricate detail. And I could relate to that, given that I have been relentlessly exposed to both issues. Not first hand, mind you. I wouldn’t be writing reviews, else. But close enough to get a real taste of the inner workings of them.

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DarkTribe – Forgotten Reveries (2025) – Review

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Should we let you in on a dark secret? DarkTribe‘s last record, Voici L’Homme, never quite synced with us. Apart from the pretty snazzy title track, the piece was a true struggle to review. Meaning, well-elaborated but always kinda bland in nature, the record was always one small step away from generating a rant. Which, in all honesty, it did not deserve.

Fast forward to 2025, and Forgotten Reveries just made it onto our review pipe. First listens revealed the typical DarkTribe sound yet again. Soaring Power Metal roaring in on the mother of all smooth productions with … [...] Click to raid more!

When Nothing Remains – Echoes of Eternal Night (2025) – Review

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It is true. Somehow, the reviews over at the RMR Review desk don’t seem to match the mood of the year in question. In 2024, the reviews were somber, virulent, and abrasive when the year was in relative control. In contrast, 2025 caught itself a mellower clutch of albums over at the RMR review desk, when these endless 12 months are a fucking disaster to put it mildly.

And that mellowness manifests itself in a bunch of folk pieces and a load of often excellent doomy excursions such as this one. Good quality Metal o’ the Light also made … [...] Click to raid more!