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Orden Ogan – The Order of Fear (2024) – Review

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Alright. We gotta further the cause of Power Metal some more. Veonity just aired a few days ago. And that makes – together with Hammerfall – all but two PM records on RMR for 2024. So, why not kick it up a notch or two and have a go at another one? After all, Orden Ogan and their new piece The Order of Fear waited patiently on the sidelines for a few months now.

A band with more active years under their belt than most readers can count as their own. Or let me put it that way: In 1996, … [...] Click to raid more!

Opeth – Still Life (1999) – Review

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For some time, the RMR crew wanted to expand on Opeth. The Swedish prog band of some (a lot of) notoriety captured our attention last with their 2019 piece In Cauda Venenum. A record that didn’t have us all enamored almost five years ago. The poisoned tail was indeed one of those love/hate pieces that will have the hardcore fanboi wallow in the highest praise. Whereas more critical spirits might beg to differ somewhat.

So, not that long ago, RMR covered The Moor‘s latest full-length record, an Italian (wannabe) prog band gone Modern Metal. Some feedback about … [...] Click to raid more!

Panzerchrist go all in with All Witches Shall Burn!

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Panzerchrist‘s Last of a Kind kicked up a ton of dust over here in 2023. To the point that all this brutally vile debauchery landed straight on the RMR Top 10 of that very same year. Somber and terrible – as was the Year of the Dark Lord 2023. Now, we got new beginnings and all, and already we’re looking for the real thing. Like that slab of burnin’-hot metal that will soothe our frayed nerves. Looks like 2024 doesn’t bode well – already.

Well, good that PC didn’t comfortably lean back against their black altar, but sent … [...] Click to raid more!

Omnivortex – Circulate (2023) – Review

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A webzine like RMR gets a ton of review requests every day of the week, Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays included. And this often leads to difficult decisions about what and who to review. So, once a first selection is made and the files are secured in the review vault, things start to go South. Priorities take over, good records may get the cold shoulder, and – suddenly – the end of the year is here and we just missed out on a memorable piece or twelve. Thus, more decisions need to be made and some select few records will … [...] Click to raid more!