Panzerchrist – Last of a Kind (2023) – Review

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After all that gallivanting about the shiny realm of the Metal o’ the Light, it is time to descend to the 10th circle of hell yet again. Doesn’t exist, you say? Well, wait until you taste the fare the new Panzerchrist record will slam onto your turntable.

And believe you me, this band will try to prove their point with a relentless attack of vile metal. Looks like all those staff changes paid off and the 10-year wait for new material wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Down to the torture chamber with you. Gory fun and games with … [...] Click to raid more!

A Dark Halo – Omnibus One (2023) – Review

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Ah, the woes of Pop Metal out there in the alloy-infested wild. Some of it is good, and most of it is bad. But they all are energetic to a point, somewhere up there with the Power Metal folks. Only that the majority of those records feels like a maniacal Barbie Cheesefest for grownups with a metal twist. And that netted some big bands like Amaranthe the might of our terrible banhammer. Theirs is just too much of a money grab with overdone tropes1 that we all heard a gazillion times before.

So, the RMR review desk’s loath to … [...] Click to raid more!

Mammuthus – Imperator (2023) – Review

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Mammuthus. That’s one helluva band name. It speaks of big-boned animals, heavy in tusks and voracious appetites. A menace and food source to early humans that desperately roamed their ice-infested hunting grounds during the last cold spell. Until some unknown event brought about their extinction a few thousand years ago, that is. The when or why nobody quite knows and opinions sharply diverge.

But let’s take this lumbering beast one step further. Mammuthus Imperator, the second word being the name of the record, is the full name of the piece. And whilst this ain’t the current description of … [...] Click to raid more!

Gravefields – Tetragrammaton (2023) – Review

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By the Dark Lord and his glowing trident. This is the week of Black and Death Metal hybrids. The RMR crew just reviewed one – and it wasn’t all that pretty. It is difficult to sync both styles and not kill the essence of the record in the process.

Thus, along come GravefieldsTetragrammaton. Yet another outfit with a band logo straight from the shrubbery in my backyard. Question is, though, will these transcontinental boys fare better than their German brethren? Let’s step right into the brawl. Measuring sticks out, this is gonna be hot as hell. … [...] Click to raid more!