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Ellende – Zerfall (2026) – Review

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Forest Metal didn’t fill the RMR crew with praise in 2025. You know, those bands dwelling mainly in the Bavarian and Austrian woodlands. Thorondir kind of made it over the threshold, albeit just barely. But Waldgeflüster got lost in the jungle of their own thoughts and emotions. And – in turn – then lost us. High expectations brutally squashed, that kind of thing.

But hey, never give up hope, right? Ellende are back with new material just when 2026 finally lurches into focus.1 If you recall, Todbringering made it onto our zine in 2024 with a remake of an … [...] Click to raid more!

Magnadur – Punishment of Hamlet (2025) – Review

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Didn’t we tell these guys to stay off our feed and not return? After this Beautiful Nightmare, Magnadur was good for the scrapyard. So, we turned the page and moved on. A waste of space in our music library. At least, this is what this crew thought.

Because, lo and behold, another manic piece of this Perrakoski dude threw itself into our feed. And that burning sensation brought about unfinished business with this band. It ain’t smart to mess with the geezers at the review desk over at the RMR office tower. Never, ever.1 So, here we go … [...] Click to raid more!

Deathless Legacy – Damnatio Aeterna (2025) – Review

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The RMR crew got to know Deathless Legacy when their 2018 piece Rituals of Black Magic hit our turntables. A record not without its (pretty severe) shortcomings. But they had that perfectly balanced song – Dominus Inferi – on the tracklist. And that is what finally made the cut over at the office tower. Saturnalia, the EP, improved matters some, whereas Mater Larvarum left mixed feelings behind yet again.

So, the band’s latest Damnatio Aeterna has been rummaging about the deepest recesses of our review pipe for a few months now. They got picked up and then dumped again, … [...] Click to raid more!

Depravity – Bestial Possession (2025) – Review

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2025 had its share of Brutal Death Metal. And it went something like this: The horrors of Castrator led to Insatiable Violence, which again insinuated the Lust of Decay and finally ended in Depravity. The name of a band from down under that nicely finished this year of mixed reviews. Plus an astonishing number of rants to round things up some.

And while Extreme Metal had more difficulty making it over the threshold over here this year, this is still a pretty astonishing crop of metal atrocities. The grouchy old geezers over at the RMR Review desk took

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