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Mystfall – Embers of a Dying World (2026) – Review

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Greece’s Mystfall must have sailed straight past our outpost a few years ago. Their debut album, Celestial Vision, just didn’t register. But then, 2023 was a busy year, and the RMR crew is thus excused.

But now it’s time for some Symphonic and Power Metal fun of times long past. Yep, that genre again, one that’s hopelessly overcrowded with a felt 99% of wannabes and 1% of real stars of this very special slice of the metal multiverse.

I mean, we all still remember when this movement really took off in the early ’00s with the likes of Epica… [...] Click to raid more!

Tardigrade Inferno – Hush (2026) – Review

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Alright, what pitch-black kettle of fish did we catch ourselves here? Out of the smoke-infested Northern reaches of the Baltics emerge some sickly circus sounds. That said, the circus theme in metal is nothing new, of course. It is, more often than not, all about the old tropes of the evil clown, which have been en vogue since Stephen King killed the market with his novel ‘IT’ decades ago. What better figure to scare the bejeesus out of you than a not-so benign paintface?

Now, here we’re faced with a whole gaggle of them. A noisy, beetlejuice-infested chaos troupe that’s … [...] Click to raid more!

Vanderlust – The Human Farm (2026) – Review

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You got three types of records. Those that sail right into our review pipe and get published on time and on budget. Then, there is the reverse of the coin. Those wannabes that won’t convince nobody at the RMR Review desk and just find that dreaded chute into the terrible oubliette.

Now, the third iteration is those records that get delayed. They come back knocking on all sorts of doors, get some attention, then return to the sump to patiently wait for their turn. And whilst some of those will finally find that terrible trapdoor, others will see the sickly … [...] Click to raid more!

Thorgrim – Puca (2026) – Review

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I frankly never thought I’d write a 0/10 review. And those are, come to think of it, described as ‘dead on arrival’ in our ranking guide. Such a – thing would need to be more than abysmally bad and really point to a band on their way out of their very own predicament.

Over the more than 10 years of RMR in action, we have had exactly two (2) full-length pieces ranking at 1/101/2, but never a zero-level event. And this gives you an idea as to how rare true garbage pieces are over here.

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