The Vicious Head Society – Call of the Void (2026) – Review

The Vicious Head Society - Call of the Void - Album Cover

The Vicious Head Society and the RMR crew go way back together. Graham Keane‘s outfit already cratered our runways in 2017 with Abject Tomorrow. A pretty rough-hewn first attempt at delivering a one-man show’s idea of prog. Now, Extinction Level Event brought us that same fare at a much-improved level of geekery. Yet another tale of doom, brimstone, and fire.

And this made us pick up this third iteration, Call of the Void. And as the saying goes, the leopard does indeed not change its spots (easily). This new record latches on where the extinction piece left … [...] Click to raid more!

Vol I: As in Life, by Red Method!

Red Method - Vol I: As In Life - Album Cover

Detonate, Red Method called one of their songs. And this is how you feel once their newest EP As in Life sets its sights on you. You’ll face a series of hardly controlled explosions without cover for your sorry ass. Or let me freely steal someone’s opinion, saying that every song of this band “…feels like a shotgun blast to the face.” We quite agree.

Now, those with some knowledge of the inner workings of the old geezers over at the RMR Review Desk will remember that whatever ‘core has in store usually don’t sit too well. It’s just … [...] Click to raid more!

TodoMal – Graveyards of Joy (2026) – Review

TodoMal - Graveyards of Joy - Album Cover

TodoMal, all is wrong. Talk to me about announcing your intentions in a rock ‘n’ metal setting. Already, the album cover positively screams misery and desolation without a note having been played on our music machine yet. It is actually an extract from a painting by Lluís Rigalt, titled Landscape with Ruins or simply Ruïnes, dated 1865. Yup, melancholy and decay date back eons already. Who would have thought that?

But what really drew us to this record was this oxymoron of a moniker called Graveyards of Joy. There’s usually nothing joyful about them cemeteries, unless you … [...] Click to raid more!

Duir – Catarsi (2026) – Review

Duir - Catarsi - Album Cover

At first, the RMR crew thought we were getting yet another of them gnarly Italian Black Metal albums, such as this one. You know, the storytellers who describe features of the arid land they live in. And truly so, an abundance of tales and legends can be found throughout the Italian countryside.

Well, gnarly it’s going to be this time as well. But you won’t be getting any legends. Instead, it is war stories yet again, and more precisely, WWI, the first war of (modern) mass destruction of human history. Y’know, the one starting with cavalry trying to ride … [...] Click to raid more!