Taking the listener and their imagination on a journey through infernal realms, Inferno is the new album from dark electro-goth collective DISPEL. It is a concept album based on Dante’s literary masterpiece and seeing the US trio following Dante and… Read More ›
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Pink Turns Blue – Tainted Tour-2022 EP
As we pen these words darkwave-postpunk pioneers PINK TURNS BLUE are into the early dates of their long-awaited Tainted 2022 tour across North American leading to select shows in Europe. The opening day of the adventure also saw the Berlin… Read More ›
TRAITRS – Horses In The Abattoir
It is fair to say that Horses In The Abattoir has been one of the most eagerly anticipated encounters this year here at The RR thanks to a series of singles before it which have involved the senses and imagination… Read More ›
Ropes Of Night – Impossible Space
One of many wondrous things about music is that from time to time and quite out of the blue comes a release that perfectly fits every want and instinct within one’s personal appetite, an encounter that truly stokes the fire… Read More ›
Pink Turns Blue –Tainted
Born of a world in decline and on a course of self-destruction, Tainted is the new album from German post-punk/darkwave outfit Pink Turns Blue. Created in a year of lockdown which offered further evidence of abhorrent man made neglect or… Read More ›
Bleeding Raven Interview
BLEEDING RAVEN is the aggrotech/dark tek project from Dean Mason of Gnostic Gorilla. Recently he released its debut album via Cleopatra Records. We had the pleasure to chat with Dean about the album, his latest project, a career and life… Read More ›
SΔCRED ΔPE – Self Titled
We are among many claiming Sligo based songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer John Bassett as one of the most inspiring and refreshingly imaginative composers/songwriters around today and the first album from his new project gives no reason to pull back on that acclaim. SΔCRED… Read More ›
Estetica Noir – Purity
There is no need of any written text to realise the inspirations to the sound of Italian band Estetica Noir, strong flavours which openly line each song within their debut album Purity. They weave haunting and atmospheric, frequently addictively infectious,… Read More ›
BLiNDNESS – Wrapped In Plastic
It may have been a long time coming but the debut album from BLiNDNESS makes time immaterial as it sizzles on the senses from start to finish spreading a dark wave electro pop seduction which is just as likely to… Read More ›
Vulturium Memoriae – Nato per ragioni ignote
Dark shadows and melancholic immersions can be quite meditative, certainly in the hands of Vulturium Memoriae. This is exactly what the one man project of Italian musician/composer Mirg reveals with new album Nato per ragioni ignote, which translates as “born… Read More ›