ALBUM REVIEW: Rwake – The Return of Magik


After a thirteen-year break between albums and a hiatus, the band Rwake is back with a new cut titled The Return of Magik (Relapse Records). Sonically, Rwake has always been a band that fits into no specific genre and that is on full display on this newest effort. The musicianship on display only adds to the tremendous songwriting that has this feeling of a grand saga playing out before the listener.Continue reading


RWAKE Shares a New Single and Video for “You Swore We’d Always Be Together” – First New Album In Over 13 Years Coming Soon


After 13 years of silence, an unsettling sound that is strangely familiar yet somehow even more haunted re-emerges from the Arkansas depths. There is no mistake as to what this is. RWAKE has released a new transmission. The Return of Magik has arrived. Today, RWAKE share the second single and official visualizer video for “You Swore We’d Always Be Together”, the opening song from The Return of Magik, out March 14, 2025 on LP/CD/Digital via Relapse Records. Watch on YouTube and listen to and pre-save on all streaming platforms below.Continue reading