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Lion’s Share – Dark Hours (2009) – Review

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Well, who would have thought that? The crazed shrimp is back.1 But this time, it returns with a much sturdier depiction of the beast than the smudgy one that garnished Lion Share‘s Inferno piece earlier this year.

Oh, and don’t get your hopes up. The band didn’t suddenly experience a magical surge of productivity that led to this famed second annual record that should never have happened. Instead, the band’s current label, Metalville, decided to reissue the band’s 2009 piece Dark Hours, out on 28 August 2026.

And that suits us just fine. This is a record … [...] Click to raid more!

May Misery Befall You, by Perpetual Paradox!

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May Misery Befall You!

Perpetual Paradox‘s magnanimous yell and title of their newest EP is quite the opener. Well, fuck you, too. And you’re welcome.

But let’s them differences not grow into an issue, shall we? Instead, let the music talk to us first. And that’s where Metalcore’s bread is buttered. Or is it the technical part that we’re picking up? I reckon it is both. But it is also the blind rage screaming at you, backed by some boundless energy that hijacked our attention first.

In essence, you’re getting a combo of Brutal and Technical Death Metal, … [...] Click to raid more!

Black Sites – For Eternity (2026) – Review

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There’s one thing Black Sites do expertly well. And that is producing easily accessible, somewhat traditional modern metal. Their offering is – of course – not all that simply explained, but you get my drift. We’ll be exploring what’s there and what isn’t a bit further down.

Already Untrue and The Promised Land? gave us a good taste of what the folks over at Black Sites dispensed of that very medicine. Now, here’s a new piece on the chopping block. Mark Sugar‘s gang of merry men have been at it again. So, let’s push the play button on our … [...] Click to raid more!

Taake – En Skog av Nidstang (2026) – Review

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Taake is a decade-old, well-established band of the Extreme Metal arts. Yet another renowned act that bypassed our review pipe time and again, and will thus unwillingly qualify for appearing on our n00b list. But this time it wasn’t because somehow the terrible mainstream got the better of us. It was – a wretched reputation preceding them. Same as other Black Metal bands from Bergen in Norway,1 the outfit’s notoriety was starkly apparent, even before the RMR crew had a chance to look at it.

You know, the usual culprits. Right-wing afflictions, psychopathic behaviour, violence of all couleur, purported … [...] Click to raid more!