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Blasts from the Past 2023: Fury and Nostalgia!

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Blasts from the Past 2023: Anger and Nostalgia! - Angry vinyl cover.

Admitted. We don’t do those all that much anymore. I mean, RMR policy pretty much directs its unpaid and overstretched wordsmiths to focus on the current year and not lose time on smelly old items of different couleur. But sometimes we can’t resist and have a go at some dusty old record that quietly wastes away in a swampy corner somewhere. So, here’s to a short list of olde records that made us break the rules.

Cheeky shenanigans fueled by fury and nostalgia.

Xaon – The Lethean

Release year: 2022

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Xaon – The Lethean (2022) – Review

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By the end of 2022, the RMR reviewers realized that Xaon‘s latest record – The Lethean – never quite made it onto our swampy review pipe. And in truth, what record in its right state would want to dwell in that steamy sump just to be lost forever, right? So, with enough material to last a lifetime, we concocted the 2022 top ten list, sadly without Carson’s boyz.

Fast forward to late 2023. A few weeks back we tortured our eardrums with the Black Metal act Félonie, and happened across Red Beard Studios. Another of Rob Carson‘s … [...] Click to raid more!

Arch Enemy – Deceivers (2022) – Review

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Procrastination. Fueled by your fears of the consequences your actions could have. At least, that’s one of the definitions for this sometimes persistent lack of activity. And what does that have to do with the price of butter on a metal record? Well, read on – we’re getting there. Promised.

The RMR crew started on Arch Enemy with War Eternal. The debut album with Alissa White-Gluz after Angela Gossow left for bigger and better things. This record generated a mighty metal heap of enthusiasm over here. True oomph with a bobcat delivery of a new vocalist with an affinity … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: Ren says Hi!

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Well, Loki and his fucking minions must be laughing. It’s a true cosmic joke. In 2022, the RMR crew roamed the global videoscape from harsh to soft rock, over folk to the worst ideas metal could think of. But the pickings were scarce, even if our top 3 finally coughed up some pretty snazzy gems.

And now, well into 2023, Ren roars onto our radar with this tasty video called Hi Ren. And this clip would have had the chops to waltz straight to the top. Would. Because here we are, game’s over for 2022, and the lists are … [...] Click to raid more!