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Elf Queen – Requiem (2022) – Review

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The RMR crew gets a ton of well-crafted records delivered to its virtual doorsteps. Excellent material that we need to sift through and make painful decisions about what to cover and what not. And sometimes they’re not the right choices. But what can you do, right?

Now, to complicate matters, in this day and age, you can start making music and market it to large audiences with virtually no equipment, skill, or outside assistance. And nobody’s here to vet the material or to – at least – try to correct the worst sins and instincts on stark display. But believe … [...] Click to raid more!

Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture (2022) – Review

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Didn’t we state many times over that those out-of-the-box records are really down the RMR upper echelon’s proverbial alley? Indeed we did. So why did Ashenspire‘s latest album not click right away when it was released?

Well, guess what? Extreme musings in many shades of dreary grey about concrete urban structures and social impurities really don’t work too well when the sun shines outside. In other words, July is summertime. Hot temperatures, nice breeze, beach bar, and fun. Not the time of year for us to dwell on the smelly dregs of urban lifestyles and sprawling crimes against the … [...] Click to raid more!

Arrayan Path – Thus Always to Tyrants (2022) – Review

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2022 was a pretty proliferate year for Power Metal. A remarkable number of records made it onto our review roster, some with pretty excellent fare, others – well – didn’t quite convince.

So, into this lusty fray, Arrayan Path decided to add yet another of their records. The RMR review committee actually vowed to abandon the quest to wring some sense out of this band’s musings. You know, those Power Metal folks from Cyprus that will drive Kiske to tears with their cheese-dripping fare.

Now, the 2020 piece The Marble Gates to Apeiron didn’t quite impress us1… [...] Click to raid more!

IATT – Magnum Opus (2022) – Review

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Every year, you get those bands that once arrived in good order in our inbox for further treatment. Only to be surpassed time and again by other records. And this for no particularly good reason. Or at least that is what we thought.

Now, late (very late) in the year, the RMR recovery team rummaged about the dregs of undead records way down in that overheated section of our musty review pipe. And IATT‘s1 Magnum Opus finally crawled out from under a few others and made itself known to us.

And that’s a good thing. Because you’ll get … [...] Click to raid more!