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Enslaved – Heimdal (2023) – Review

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For those not in the know, the RMR crew started a series catering to metal mainstream bands that never quite made it onto the ‘zine. For some reason, the powers that be over at the RMR office tower decided that the ignored ones needed some unwanted attention. So, here we are scouring the enlightened depths of established metal bands that didn’t quite reach n00b status in our review pipe to date. And 2023 turns out to be one rich source of those outfits.

So, welcome yet again to a review desk unencumbered by the richly embroidered pasts in metal lore … [...] Click to raid more!

Shores of Null – The Loss of Beauty (2023) – Review

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Shores of Null forcefully hit our pipeline with their one-liner Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying) back in 2020. The somewhat clunky title hid a pretty snazzy piece of doom, spiced up by Elisabetta Marchetti‘s ethereal wails. And it turned out to be one of those one-track affairs, a challenge not to be taken lightly. Shores of Null‘s most monolithic 3rd full-length record to date and a great one at that. One that that ultimately made it onto our annual top 10 record list as well. And that’s a difficult feat to pull off, at the very … [...] Click to raid more!

Kamelot – The Awakening (2023) – Review

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The perpetrators active in a mix of Symphonic and Power Metal often have trouble deciding which way to turn. Nightwish or – again – Epica are good examples, albeit that they tend more to their symphonic parts. Kamelot are another band where this rings pretty much true. The RMR crew was always impressed by the pretty flawless productions that this band projected into their various albums. And so far they shoved their Power Metal urges into the limelight more prominently than other intruding styles. But this may be about to change.

So, five years after The Shadow Theory, the … [...] Click to raid more!

Isole – Anesidora (2023) – Review

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A good piece of doom is always welcome here. Not that the RMR crew consists of a bunch of morose doomsayers, far from it. But there’s some allure in a juicy slab of tear-drenched misery.

And yet, true Doom Metal geekery has been pretty much absent on the ‘zine for 2023. Much to our chagrin, of course.1 But this might change with some pretty cool records still in the woodwork and one auspicious record that hit our review pipe with a pretty mighty bang some time ago.

And that record is Isole‘s Anesidora. Interestingly, two members of … [...] Click to raid more!