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The Reticent – please (2025) – Review

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The Reticent is known to wallow deeply in the rough seas of mental disturbances. Already, On The Eve of a Goodbye got us a taste of suicidal urges brought to fruition and the aftermath experienced by those left with the living. The Oubliette broke the news about Alzheimer’s in intricate detail. And I could relate to that, given that I have been relentlessly exposed to both issues. Not first hand, mind you. I wouldn’t be writing reviews, else. But close enough to get a real taste of the inner workings of them.

The difficulty with both aforementioned records was always … [...] Click to raid more!

When Nothing Remains – Echoes of Eternal Night (2025) – Review

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It is true. Somehow, the reviews over at the RMR Review desk don’t seem to match the mood of the year in question. In 2024, the reviews were somber, virulent, and abrasive when the year was in relative control. In contrast, 2025 caught itself a mellower clutch of albums over at the RMR review desk, when these endless 12 months are a fucking disaster to put it mildly.

And that mellowness manifests itself in a bunch of folk pieces and a load of often excellent doomy excursions such as this one. Good quality Metal o’ the Light also made … [...] Click to raid more!

Waldgeflüster – Knochengesänge (2025) – Review

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A double-tap, that’s what Waldgeflüster had in mind this time. Knochengesänge (bone chants), they called their newest piece of art. A tandem going for a whopping 109 minutes of airtime. That’s usually a no-go for this crew. But hey, the things we do for the Forest Metal gang. We just hope that they got a good compass; these are vast wooded wastes out there. And you surely wouldn’t want to get lost out there. Else, some evil witch, Bruder Hain1, or Rübezahl will get you just good. And you won’t get out of there anymore.

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Testament – Para Bellum (2025) – Review

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It’s almost funky to see how the n00b carousel over at the RMR office tower is starting to spin. Testament started their career in 1987, and boy, were we young then. This is a band of true heavy music pioneers, and they’ve been at it ever since, serving the sick urges of generations of metalheads.

So, here’s a band that – yet again – never even appeared on RMR’s roster. But there’s a first time for every act in this world, and that makes them a n00b over here. So, without judging their past, we’ll see what these greybeards will … [...] Click to raid more!