Tarot – Glimpse of The Dawn (2024) – Review

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Haha, I got ya there, right? You thought that good ol’ RMR would treat you to some Hietala fare from Finland. But not so. This here Tarot greets you from down under where they eat Vegemite Sandwich all day long, as Men At Work told us so many eons ago.1 When they’re not hunting crocodiles or shooting the shit in the local swamp bar, that is.

And the band’s specialty? It ain’t metal, that’s for sure. Glimpse of the Dawn sends you straight back to the ’70s of the last millennium. That’s when early prog rock went on a … [...] Click to raid more!

The Neptune Power Federation – Goodnight My Children (2024) – Review

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When the RMR crew picked up the video Let Us Begin, we expected Goodnight My Children to be a superfast 70’s rock piece. One that would blow us straight into space to join all that miscellaneous junk floating about the outer reaches of our (still) blue planet. High-octane Sunset Strip fare, some – thing hurtling in like a hurricane over the Pacific. But to our surprise, this was not so, or at least not quite.

Of course, the aforementioned high-velocity intro was a good one. Even if – strangely – the track always felt like some tailor-made placeholder to … [...] Click to raid more!

Vorga – Beyond The Palest Star (2024) – Review

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Hmm, isn’t that ironic? Just before attacking Vorga‘s last piece Striving Toward Oblivion, Corpus Diavolis’ 2022 piece hit. So, lo and behold, Beyond The Palest Star is on the menu, and what? The French black metallers just released their newest salacious opus. Go figure, the universe sometimes speaks to us, doesn’t it?

The brutal transition from the writhing altar to space force is harsh, though. The RMR crew’s still fending off all them daemons whilst – suddenly – there’s urgency to dust off our old spacesuits. And already this thing wants to take off and lead us … [...] Click to raid more!

Traveler – Prequel to Madness (2024) – Review

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And I thought that the newest Traveler album art would be devoid of tentacled beings this time. But no, those Canadians insist on them. And to add insult to injury, the cover comes in an annoying yellow-orange mess with some pukish green and blue to round things up some. Oh boy. But then, I think that an object called Prequel to Madness should somehow try to drive you nuts already. Right?

And good that we didn’t just judge the record by those garish colors but let Termination Shock, the new record’s feisty predecessor, guide us somewhat. But – chastised … [...] Click to raid more!