Carrion Vael – Slay Utterly (2026) – Review

Carrion Vael - Slay Utterly - Album Cover

Stortregn are not quite ready yet for that new record with their newfound virulence. So I guess, we’re going to hunt for new ‘n’ monstrous tech death roaming around the early dawn of 2026 somewhere else. A piece that’ll try to melt our faces with its ferocious metal on full display. Just about right for those dreary, ice-cold January days. May the heat of scathing fury warm us instead of the failing heating system. Pump up the volume!


Carrion Vael have left quite a footprint here, once Abhorrent Obsessions hit our loudspeakers the last time around. The record landed on … [...] Click to raid more!

Dawn of a Dark Age – Ver Sacrum (2025) – Review

Dawn of a Dark Age - Ver Sacrum - Album Cover

It is still early in 2026. And, as always, the records we somehow missed late in 2025 are bubbling to the surface. I daresay, though, that the end of last year was very chaotic over at the RMR offices. So the next installment of Blasts from the Past may well be richly endowed with material not seen here to date.

The long and arduous pagan history of the lands in present-day Italy forever fascinated the RMR crew. It is an old land, full of often famous epochs. A rich blend of past cultures that are still remembered to this day. … [...] Click to raid more!

Blasts from the Past 2025: Echoes of the Eons!

Blast from the Past 2025 - Two skeletons with a horse cart full of electric guitars.

At first, nobody believed in a comeback of the Blasts from the Past series for 2025. The RMR crew found itself buried under a mountain of contemporary material after all. And nobody thought of switching off the faucet. Which is – come to think of it – a good thing. But that left relatively little room for that cartload of old ‘n’ torn notesheets to be read yet again after all these eons of nobody checking them out anymore. Boy, RMR himself even had to peddle some of his electric guitars to the local chapmen down at the market square … [...] Click to raid more!