Usually, the RMR crew doesn’t respond to shoutouts to cover very short blurbs like that one. But here Stortregn appeared on our radar with a pretty loud bang. Impermanence of 2021 was the latest piece the review desk picked up, and it was a feisty one. For some reason, Finitude didn’t make it onto our review pipe, and it probably should have.
Now, we’re hearing that Romain Negro is seriously out the door and a new vocalist – Franck de Luca – is now in charge of destroying any sense of reasonable clean singing. And that is where the main track, One Eternal, enters the scene. Whilst still undeniably Stortregn, this new blurb got some serious extra bite. And I mean a lot. A thrashier, delicately blackened, much more direct and – in a sense – more barebone approach greets your greedy little metal ears. De Luca‘s freshly minted snarls, growls, and screams neatly add to the fray. That’s raw ferocity taken to the next level with superior riffing, leads to dream for, and a solo here and there. Boy, the new Stortregn quality upgrade even got us some anguished atmospherics and proggy vibes to go with this witches’ brew.
That the band savagely shredded Ozzy Osbourne’s Mr. Crowley and reassembled it in typical Stortregn fashion just adds that delicious metal cherry to the cake. The revamp turns an awfully boring track into a terrifying metal assault. In other words, the trademark whine got squished and replaced by this shrieky gnashing bark.
In short, the RMR crew liked what it heard. So, let’s hope that One Eternal is new beginnings to more pronounced bone-crunching metal. Let’s make some serious noise, folks. RMR can’t wait to get our grubby little hands on that new album.
Ed’s note: Behold, the delights of the 2025 Top 3 are upon you. And this band made it. Congrats!
Label: Self-Released | Web: Official Band Site
Release Date: 6 June 2025