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RMR’s 2024 Infamous Lamestream N00bs!

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Old Metal Band in a swampy haunted forest. - RMR's 2024 Lamestream n00bs!

Meager but mostly eager were the 2024’s pickings of yet another batch of lamestream n00bs over at the RMR Office tower. Records of entitled established mainstream bands bestowed with a true metal pedigree that never made it onto our review pipe before. Amazingly, acts boasting a felt gazillion years of service and the sky-high opinion of die-hard fans should sway our stone-cold hearts to worship the fans’ gnarly objects of desire. But not so, or at least not right away. So, as always, the RMR Review desk gave those newcomers a little push to reveal their trve nature without succumbing … [...] Click to raid more!

Tusmørke – Dawn of Oberon (2024) – Review

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I said it before. RMR seems to be forever failing on our quest to ram in a few Jethro Tull records. But it never happened (so far) and Ian Anderson only ever prominently appeared on the late Opeth album on this zine. Well, luckily, the folks over at Karisma Records seem to sport an unending supply of retro-rock bands. Mischievous goblins fond of the flute, old-style drumming, full of wonky synth sounds, oldish Hammond vibes, and screechy guitars drunk on wah-wah. Case in point, the pretty sturdy Jordsjø hit our mighty music machine some time ago with their runaway style … [...] Click to raid more!

Opeth – The Last Will and Testament (2024) – Review

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Okay. We already screwed up with a prog piece in 2023. And this was Haken’s Fauna. For some reason, the album got lost in translation and was only rediscovered in early 2024. To our chagrin, this album turned out to be a pretty snazzy masterpiece that would have made it onto the Top 10 list. Would. Could. Should. Right?

So, to avoid the failures of the past, the RMR crew finally decided to tackle Opeth‘s latest piece The Last Will and Testament. The fact that the band decided to reinstate growls after a very long wait did … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: Epica play the Arcana Card!

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“Our very first single in two years…”, Simone Simons crooned some time ago. Not quite true, The Alchemy Project of 2022 came and went without much reverb out in the fan crowd. But I guess, she meant Epica-owned music following in the wake of the astonishing Omega. But one can never be quite sure.

So, lo and behold, a new video called Arcana appeared on our to-view list. The clip granting – to quote the label – “…a glimpse into the band’s future music, coming in 2025.” Fair enough. Aspiral beckons you, that kind of thing.

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