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Skade – Gudinnen (2022 / 2023) – Review

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The RMR crew won’t touch re-releases with a flagpole. Usually. You know, records that somehow got launched into the ether earlier by some band and now get a revamp by a label. And as often happens, said labels carry a much more powerful marketing punch than standalone artists. But – exceptions rule the world. And Skade‘s Gudinnen1 is one of them.

The record indeed crossed our hawse in 2022. But for some reason, it got some tough love dished out by the masters of grump over at the RMR review desk. Reasons? Unknown, the silence of the lambs … [...] Click to raid more!

Drott – Troll (2023) – Review

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Drott‘s 2021 opus Orcus didn’t quite make it onto the RMR must-write list. That was unfortunate, but the rampant complexity of the piece and its weird out-of-the-box feeling turned it into a victim of the dreaded guillotine. 2021 was indeed a busy year full of excellent metal. And the time wasn’t right for this band’s dark musings. In the meantime, however, the folks over at the review desk had a go at the backlog – and found much to like on Drott‘s debut album. So, here we go. New world order @ RMR? Not quite. But some appetite … [...] Click to raid more!

Vvon Dogma I – The Kvlt of Glitch (2023) – Review

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The RMR review pipe of early 2023 seems to attract all types of abstract or out-of-the-box pieces. Records that usually should not co-exist with all that metal over here. But somehow, they still do. Funky, huh? But – you see – comfortable metal tropes are good for the soul. Yet sometimes you need to push the boundaries until you meet the glitch. Kvltish technocrats brutally unchained!

Back in 2017, Vvon Dogma I‘s Communion fascinated us in a geeky yet disturbing kind of way. This one was so out of the box, it almost didn’t make it onto our … [...] Click to raid more!

Kahrmalia – Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia (2023) – Review

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It’s a rare event when a record makes us stop and return to start and listen to the damned thing in its entirety without distraction. This only happens when we have that instant visceral connection like Neo hitting the matrix for the first time. A hint of something juicy. Not a play to be missed on that big plane of events that 2023 still is for extreme music.

Meet Gabriel Cavazzini‘s new project Kahrmalia and its debut album Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia. Usually, we ain’t too fond of one-man projects. This jack-of-all-trades thing often backfires on quality and production. … [...] Click to raid more!