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‘Rogue Moon’ Examines The Stress Of Being Human
Rogue Moon (1960) by Algis Budrys is a deeply human story that revolves around a perplexing mystery. Using his own experiences for inspiration Budrys tells story of deeply damaged people. Rogue Moon, while not intentionally didactic, has much to teach about what it takes to be human and what we can endure.
An ancient artefact has been discovered on the moon. A hyper-dimensional structure that has a strange property. It kills anyone who enters it who strays from a ‘path’ of discovery.
Dr. Edward Hawks has developed a way to transmit a copy of an astronaut instantly to the moon. The problem is finding a man who can withstand the process over and over again until a safe path through the artefact is found. Only once they work out this path then the true work on the artefact begin.
Al Barker is that man. A reckless adventurer, Barker courts death at every turn. Barker’s thirst for death seems unquenchable. Edward Hawks will satisfy that thirst over and over again. Hawks will kill Barker as many times as it takes to get what he wants.
Rogue Moon has something that almost all readers will relate to. People who are far from perfect trying to discover themselves and their place in the world. What Budrys does with Rogue Moon is use SF to create difficult situations outside the norm. This allows him to expose the inner humanity of his characters and perhaps ourselves.
Rogue Moon takes place at an undisclosed time but it is clear the the Soviets are ahead of the U. S. in rocket technology. Budrys counteracts this by creating technology that far exceeds chemical rocketry. However, this technology has deeply philosophical and psychological implications.
The central techology allows people to be duplicated and physically transmitted great distances. This is a precursor to the transporter technology Star Trek uses. Unlike Star Trek, though, Budrys asserts that the person undergoing duplication dies each time. This raises questions about whether the duplicate is the same person or not.
As interesting as the technology and its implications are it’s the secondary part of the story. Rogue Moon is a story about people. And the characters Budrys creates are at once intriguing and discomforting.
Algis Budrys (1931-2008)All of Budrys’ characters are all unquestionalbly damaged. Much of the story is about the exploration of these characters and their pasts. In each case those pasts contain trauma of one sort or another. Despite this, the characters all desperately want to overcome those traumas. They seek a sort of redemption, whether personal or professional, in order to justify their existence.
The plot surrounding the lunar artefact isn’t about what it is. Rather it’s about what is that makes a person human and what it takes to see ourselves that way. Budrys understands that most people doubt themselves. The question is what does it take to see ourselves in a positive light? However, Budrys offers a conclusion that may not be what readers are expecting.
Rogue Moon is a story of dark emotions and difficult pasts. Budrys explores that darkness with conviction. Whether readers can face that darkness with the same conviction is up to them. Rogue Moon has some terrific SF moments but the deeper story lingers long on the heart and the mind.
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The other night we watched the 2022 movie Rogue Agent, based on true events (spice up a bit of course). Wow.
It's an absolute tour de force for actor James Norton, a real flex of his acting skills. How can such a sweet face hide so much malevolence? Quite easily, it seems. Gemma Arterton brilliant as the woman scorned.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/rogue-agent/2413955139745
https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-agent-2022
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731386 -
The other night we watched the 2022 movie Rogue Agent, based on true events (spice up a bit of course). Wow.
It's an absolute tour de force for actor James Norton, a real flex of his acting skills. How can such a sweet face hide so much malevolence? Quite easily, it seems. Gemma Arterton brilliant as the woman scorned.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/rogue-agent/2413955139745
https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-agent-2022
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731386 -
The other night we watched the 2022 movie Rogue Agent, based on true events (spice up a bit of course). Wow.
It's an absolute tour de force for actor James Norton, a real flex of his acting skills. How can such a sweet face hide so much malevolence? Quite easily, it seems. Gemma Arterton brilliant as the woman scorned.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/rogue-agent/2413955139745
https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-agent-2022
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731386 -
The other night we watched the 2022 movie Rogue Agent, based on true events (spice up a bit of course). Wow.
It's an absolute tour de force for actor James Norton, a real flex of his acting skills. How can such a sweet face hide so much malevolence? Quite easily, it seems. Gemma Arterton brilliant as the woman scorned.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/rogue-agent/2413955139745
https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-agent-2022
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731386 -
hey hey heyoooo, heyooo! I hope you are all well today. I'm just chillin, you know, doing what i do best #reading. #graphicAudio #rogueAngel bbut, after this, i'm going back to #virginRiver #boyHowdy :;) I just started this series and already, i'm on book 31. Anyway, I hope you all have a great rest of your day, and/or night
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Doing a clean install on macOS is a LOT of work. But @RogueAmoeba give me joy when I register my licenses. I smile every single time. And it’s even accessible!
Honorable mentions to @KeyboardMaestro for audibly saying, “thanks!” and to @[email protected] for throwing confetti (but no sound!)
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#HappyStarWarsDay, folks! I just got done with #TheSimpsons #RogueNotQuiteOne on #DisneyPlus (delightful!) and now I’m continuing the #StarWarsDay celebrations with #TheForceAwakens #StarWars #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Ein altgedientes Software-Studio hat die teils seit Jahren ausstehenden Updates für Macs scharf kritisiert – es sei beängstigend. www.heise.de/mac-and-i/meldung… #Apple #Mac #RogueAmoebaSoftware -
Rogue AI agents - or just poor judgement/lack of diligence by the WetWare???
We can expect more of these type situations as AI Agents are unleashed inside of corporations large and small. And we can expect corporations to try to bury reports of incidents like this! https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents/ #AI #Agents #RogueAgents #WetWare #Moltbook #OpenClaw #AgenticAI #Meta #ChatBots
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CD-Review - STARLIGHT RITUAL - Rogue Angels
https://www.hooked-on-music.de/review/cd-review-starlight-ritual-rogue-angels/16494
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
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So #BBC3 hat ein spannendes Programm zu #Railways200, dem 200. Jahrestag der ersten #Eisenbahn (Stockton-Darlington) live gesendet aus dem längsten Britischen #InterCity (Inverness-London Kings Cross).
Leider gibts die Aufnahme nur im #BBC Online als Stream, auf den man nur per VPN kommt. Daher nun #RogueAmoeba #AudioHijack, der nimmt den Stream im google Chrome (mit BBC Account) auf und speichert das in eine MP3.
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🐜🎉 "Congratulations! Your company's secret sauce is a glitch from 2002! Who knew all you needed was a time machine and some catastrophic coding errors to succeed? 👨💻🚀 Keep up the good work, and remember: don't fix bugs, celebrate them!" 🎊
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CW: Rogue seal terrorises coastline
If the tale of the Blairgowrie Robber Seal—a 500kg elephant seal that's been smashing windows and the like in multiple Victorian locales—doesn't get adapted into a COCAINE BEAR sequel, I'll be disappointed.
#Blairgowrie #MorningtonPeninsula #ElephantSeal #TerrorSeal #CocaineBear #RogueAnimal #WhenAnimalsAttack
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@amerpie Haven't heard of this one. Will check it out! I use #SoundSource by @RogueAmoeba to do similar things like running a compressor fx on my Teams audio to make the volume disparities less irritating.
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@uliwitness @storiesofapple On the #Mac you can find this in the #macOS Control Center in your menu bar. You can even have a special menu item appear when something is playing: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-control-center-settings-mchlad96d366/mac
#SoundSource by @RogueAmoeba goes further by optionally displaying app-specific mute-able volume meters in the menu bar, as well as controlling per-app volume, effects, and audio output destinations: https://RogueAmoeba.com/support/manuals/soundsource/?page=menubarcontrols#details-on-menu-bar-meters
Modern enough for you?
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I either need to write a tool that tries to play (and simultaneously record) an audio sample and if it get's silence runs
`sudo killall coreaudiod audiomxd`
..or hope it's something #Apple knows about and will fix in future #macOS updates.
Or hope it's related to @RogueAmoeba
's #SoundSource still using their old ACE kernel extension and that being somewhat incompatible with recent Sonoma updates (they're moving away from it - SoundSource is the last app on my system that still needs it).In the meantime it's getting old to lose my system sounds randomly every other day or sometimes multiple times a day with no known reason and the internet only telling me "yeah me too”
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If, like me, you are a user of more than one @RogueAmoeba product, you might want to know that, while the move to a new capture backend in #AudioHijack is great news for the future, right now, since it’s the only product that has been updated for this, there is a conflict with other RA products. Namely, if you try to capture the sound of app that is also controlled via #SoundSource, SS affects the volume level of the capture itself, and you need to quit it first.
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While looking for a good EQ to adjust my headphone signatures, I stumbled upon #SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba. While the application looks good and I trust its publisher, lowering my security settings in recovery mode to allow signed extensions from third parties is no option for me (and doesn't work for my company MacBook anyway). Any other good suggestions?
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So #BBC3 hat ein spannendes Programm zu #Railways200, dem 200. Jahrestag der ersten #Eisenbahn (Stockton-Darlington) live gesendet aus dem längsten Britischen #InterCity (Inverness-London Kings Cross).
Leider gibts die Aufnahme nur im #BBC Online als Stream, auf den man nur per VPN kommt. Daher nun #RogueAmoeba #AudioHijack, der nimmt den Stream im google Chrome (mit BBC Account) auf und speichert das in eine MP3.
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So #BBC3 hat ein spannendes Programm zu #Railways200, dem 200. Jahrestag der ersten #Eisenbahn (Stockton-Darlington) live gesendet aus dem längsten Britischen #InterCity (Inverness-London Kings Cross).
Leider gibts die Aufnahme nur im #BBC Online als Stream, auf den man nur per VPN kommt. Daher nun #RogueAmoeba #AudioHijack, der nimmt den Stream im google Chrome (mit BBC Account) auf und speichert das in eine MP3.
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Is there an equivalent to Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack for macOS, but for video?
I suppose OBS could do it, but is there something specific to the task?
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🤔 Any other #AudioHijack users notice that since some recent update it's no longer able to fully capture the System AirPlay Receiver application input? The AirPlay source input is always audible no matter how much I tinker with the various advanced options, causing unpleasant delay effects because it is mixed with audio processed by the session's blocks. @RogueAmoeba anything I am missing?
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🤔 Any other #AudioHijack users notice that since some recent update it's no longer able to fully capture the System AirPlay Receiver application input? The AirPlay source input is always audible no matter how much I tinker with the various advanced options, causing unpleasant delay effects because it is mixed with audio processed by the session's blocks. @RogueAmoeba anything I am missing?