The Green Goblins – The Green Goblins (2026) – Review

The Green Goblins - Self-Titled - Album Cover

The Green Goblins. I daresay, the name has been passed around, and they’ve been popping up here and there on our mighty radar. But so far, liquor-crazed, fake pagan, and often medievally-tainted fun rockers have had a hard time here on the zine. They often get off to a good start, but then they sail right over the curvature of the beer barrel, and crash violently into the rushes to disappear in that particular meaningless mush. Put differently, after a while, the relentless retelling of the same corny dad jokes, leaky clichés of all flavors, and too much repetition … [...] Click to raid more!

Tygers of Pan Tang – Electrifyed (2026) – Review

Tygers of Pan Tang - Electrifyed - Album Cover

You know what made us pick up this record? It is this statement made by the metaller-in-chief over at Tygers of Pan Tang. And it says: “This is a brand new Heavy Metal album from us, steeped in the late 70s, flavoured from the 80s, and ready for consumption right now!” Sold, the RMR crew cannot withstand that kind of swagger. Electrifyed just landed in our review pipe, no questions asked. Welcome to the sump!

And how could we resist? The good ol’ tygers of the realm were all around us for many a decade. More precisely, they have … [...] Click to raid more!

Taake – En Skog av Nidstang (2026) – Review

Taake - En Skog av Nidstang - Album Cover

Taake is a decade-old, well-established band of the Extreme Metal arts. Yet another renowned act that bypassed our review pipe time and again, and will thus unwillingly qualify for appearing on our n00b list. But this time it wasn’t because somehow the terrible mainstream got the better of us. It was – a wretched reputation preceding them. Same as other Black Metal bands from Bergen in Norway,1 the outfit’s notoriety was starkly apparent, even before the RMR crew had a chance to look at it.

You know, the usual culprits. Right-wing afflictions, psychopathic behaviour, violence of all couleur, purported … [...] Click to raid more!

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!