RMR’s Rating System Explained!

Bullseye - Perfect Rating

You’ll truly find a gazillion of different ways to slice and dice a record. It seems to me that every blog, webzine, or magazine has its own rating method or none at all. Some count to 10 points for their ranking. Others still sport those terrible star things or go for the five-point system.

And – again – others go for the same solution but with half-point ratings in between. The accountants and die-hard statistical nerds will probably fancy the count by the hundredth. Easy for the percentage count. But bitch, please.

And RMR?

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Witch Piss – The Devil Doesn’t Burn (2026) – Review

Witch Piss - The Devil Doesn't Burn - Album Cover

Ah, the Satanik Panik is back amongst us yet again. Allegedly. At least judging by the flame-ridden album cover and the entry monologue on the first track. All of that comes from a band geniusly called Witch Piss, no less. A work of ‘art’ that’s so typically late ’70s, I want to go find a time machine and correct this ever-returning theme.

And then, their album moniker bluntly states that The Devil Doesn’t Burn. Doesn’t it, now? Mankind has yet to find out, methinks. But I digress. Let’s see if this message of fire, brimstone, and social depravity … [...] Click to raid more!

At The Gates – The Ghost of a Future Dead (2026) – Review

At The Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead - Album Cover

Ah, the RMR n00b carousel is turning again in 2026. Who would have thought that? This time with At The Gates, destroying metal objects since 1990 with some significant absences in between. Yet another band with a proven track record furthering the metal cause. But one that – for some reason – did not make it onto our roster until now.

Now, this here record, ominously called The Ghost of A Future Dead, is going to be a weird one to review. RMR will be commenting on a record interpreted by a dead man. At The Gates lost … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: Somewhere Far Beyond, by Zornheym!

Zornheym - Somewhere Far Beyond - Video Cover

An early iteration of the RMR crew covered a first version of Zornheym‘s video, The Opposed back in 2017. But for some reason, the old geezers at the RMR review desk missed both full-length records following the clip, Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns, and The Zornheym Sleep Experiment. Don’t ask, we have no idea why no coverage was found over here twice in a row.

But fear naught, this time things worked out. The new clip, Somewhere Far Beyond, struck a chord and strongly so. And it is yet again the elaborate storyline propped on a … [...] Click to raid more!