The Fifth Alliance – Stenahoria (2026) – Review

The Fifth Alliance - Stenahoria - Album Cover

Ah, it has been some time since a tried and trve out-of-the-box piece graced our meager abode. The RMR crew already encountered German rebels, seemingly lost in some obscure ideology. Or, unsung confusing acts that seemed to veer off the deep end in the Northern cold wastelands, but finally succeeded astonishingly well. But some misunderstood that disjointed disjointedness doesn’t mean just mindless chaos. And they spectacularly failed. Not once, but twice. I guess some will never learn, and those have now been banned from coverage on RMR.

Meaning, the RMR crew kinda likes these revolutionaries. Adepts of … [...] Click to raid more!

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

Mystfall - Embers of a Dying World - Album Cover

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

Tardigrave Inferno - Hush - Album Cover

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

Vanderlust - The Human Farm - Album Cover

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!