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Bokassa – All Out of Dreams (2024) – Review

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Alright. I am joining Bokassa‘s club-friendly universe from nowhere-land. RMR, the revenant who has no idea what horse this band rode in on. Because – for some reason – our review pipe failed us and All Out of Dreams eloped to somewhere else. Until today, that is. So, same as the motley selection of RMR n00bs in 2023, this here band will be looked at without regard to what it was up to in the past.

Of course, an outfit having the gall to name itself after an infamous (mad) African dictator with links to cannibalism1 and their … [...] Click to raid more!

Lionheart – The Grace of a Dragonfly (2024) – Review

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You gotta love the promo dude. “LIONHEART (ex-IRON MAIDEN)…” in huge letters. The headline shrilly hollers its wares at the audience like some seethingly bright neon sign over at Times Square. So, naive RMR fully believed that staged Heavy Metal would grace our turntable and started looking for Iron Maiden‘s newest clone or something. But upon a closer look, the situation is a tad different.

Dennis Stratton indeed once rocked with Iron Maiden back around 1980 before Dickinson was even invented. And he only plied the one and only self-titled debut album. So, THAT’s the sole claim for fame … [...] Click to raid more!

Iterum Nata – From The Infinite Light (2024) – Review

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Do you know why I like myself a session with Leonard Cohen from time to time? Because this long-departed artist exudes a calm and welcome respite from the hectic search-and-review missions across all those metal genres out there. His age-old records offer some private time of respite and introspection. Something we should have more of in these dangerous times.

Now, Cohen’s style might sound somewhat similar to some of Dark Folk outfits on this zine. Some of the more ethereal pieces of similar ilk firmly had their stakes in Black Metal before and suddenly feel the need to call upon … [...] Click to raid more!

Corpus Diavolis – Elixiria Ekstasis (2024) – Review

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The RMR crew covered Halphas not that long ago. Aggressive German Black Metal fare that found quite an echo over here. They offered sermons, very dark sermons to you-know-who. And they must have summoned something in the process. Because here – suddenly – Corpus Diavolis appear on our radar with yet another ritualistic piece, darkly glowing in the colors of the flesh.

An offering that’s atrociously salacious and prone for demonetization by the social media whackos. But who are we kidding? The putrid juices are spewing forth, fueled by a vile elixir. Elixiria Ekstasis, they called it. Some sort … [...] Click to raid more!