Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise (2026) – Review

Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise - Album Cover

It has been a long time since a true Melodic Death Metal piece crossed our hawse. The RMR crew discovered a bunch of ‘-ish’ guys but nothing as strongly forged as any Insomnium piece would be.

But what about some refreshing new sound that should dig this (tired old) genre out of its hole and let it soar again? They do exist, you know. The US act Fires in the Distance appears to be one of them. They kinda flew by our review pipe in 2023 when their piece Air Not Meant For US was released. But for some reason, … [...] Click to raid more!

Flykt – Sinister Strain (2026) – Review

Flykt - Sinister Strain - Album Cover

2026 hasn’t really regurgitated a great crop of dyed-in-the-wool, daemon-infected Black Metal records. At least on the RMR webzine, it didn’t. There’s no sign of the feisty French branch of heretical metal to date. Apart from this act, perhaps. And they’re from Sweden, which fits the current contender’s profile pretty well. But even if nothing much has been happening in the filthy old realms where the stinking breath reigns, we want moar, much moar.

But never fear, there’s always something cooking in the Scandinavian outback. And here we found ourselves a devilishly good bonfire in the Swedish outfit Flykt[...] Click to raid more!

Destructor – Tales of Glory (2026) – Review

Destructor - Tales of Glory - Album Cover

You know, when I looked at Destructor‘s band pic, the members’ somewhat fossilized countenances looked ancient to me. So much so that the geezers at the RMR Review desk looked them up. And indeed, this is a band ravaging stages since 1984. This is the year when Steve Jobs, yes THAT guy, invented the Macintosh computer, Indira Gandhi was cancelled, and the Soviet Union boycotted the US Olympics. And – drumroll – Iron Maiden hitting the market with Powerslave. Early Heavy Metal on full display.

So, we found ourselves another act, being carved up as the perfect fodder … [...] Click to raid more!

Non Serviam – La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine (2026) – Review

Non Serviam - La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine - Album Cover

Non Serviam. An anarchistically driven chaos troupe masquerading as a metal band. Their last record, Le Coeur Bat, was so atrociously underwater that it didn’t even make it to publication over here. And perhaps we should have let it air on the RMR zine. This would mean that two zero-rated records would dwell in our statistics today. Not the greatest idea, by the way. It is not desirable to collect those if you run a webzine like ours. But I digress.

Back to Non Serviam, the French band. It always amuses me when riotous and probably atheistic … [...] Click to raid more!