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Sangre de Muérdago – O Vento que Lambe as miñas Feridas (2023) – Review

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The RMR crew discovered Sangre de Muérdago (blood of mistletoe) more by accident than by design. One late night with rain hitting the roof, I set out to find some vile metal to rumble across my stomach and blur the screams in my head. Instead, I found a gem of a pig-headed version of folk. Galician Folk, to be precise. And same as Ljungblut‘s latest blurb, this offering feels like soothing balm spread on an often overly tortured soul. A record the band already released worldwide back in April and which will now get a vinyl facelift by 6 … [...] Click to raid more!

Seraina Telli – Addicted to Color (2023) – Review

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Seraina Telli. The name floated about the rocksphere for a while and popped up here and there in our backyard. Mainly as an up-and-coming talented frontwoman both for metal and rock. So, here her solo band project finally hit the swampy depths of our review pipe with a colorful splash. And we can’t ignore that. The vilest creatures metal can cough up usually crawl and slither around down there. And Addicted to Color isn’t even metal. So, rock it is and that’s good. We’ve been screwing about the fetid metal underground for way too fucking long. Some light and … [...] Click to raid more!

Porta Nigra – Weltende (2023) – Review

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It’s true that Porta Nigra‘s 2020 epos Schöpfungswut didn’t quite sync as well as it should with us. The record was one of those love/hate affairs. The godly theme was snazzy enough but – sometimes – the songwriting got stuck in a loop which didn’t quite help matters over at the RMR review desk.

But then, we cannot really deny a band named after a famous Roman city gate in Trier and that comes with a swagger bigger than the Milky Way. They’re also prone to bigger-than-thou themes that may or may not hinder quality and progress. And this … [...] Click to raid more!

Orphalis – As The Ashes Settle (2023) – Review

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What about – some Brutal Death Metal lost in translation with Technical Death Metal? You know, extreme ferocity that won’t change its attack vector until you either fled or were trampled by the horde. It depends, I guess. On the day and the level of rage that the Dark Lord delivers. Because fury is what you need once Orphalis‘ newest As The Ashes Settle unleashes its wares on your sorry bones.

The RMR crew had its differences with the netherworld of Death Metal’s underbelly. You get a pretty broad spectrum, from pretty atrocious and slammy to brutally refined. … [...] Click to raid more!