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Sarcasm – Lifeforce Omnibound (2026) – Review

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Here’s to a band with an (alleged) understanding that traditional Swedeath will be a difficult sell to an audience conditioned on too much Rogga Johansson1 and little else. So, Sarcasm gave their offering a little push to move outside of the confines of THAT Swedish brand of metal. To get a breath of fresh air and some room to maneuver, I reckon. And who can blame them? The aforementioned genre itself is sadly overcrowded and is fraught with – norms after all.

So, let Lifeforce Omnibound shine its sickly light unto us measly dwellers of the metalverse and teach … [...] Click to raid more!

Lamb of God – Into Oblivion (2026) – Review

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It’s n00b time again. Bands that were able to build themselves a considerable brand name in metal straight from the early days when this uneasy genre was still young. But they never quite made it onto our review pipe. One of the reasons is this affliction called mainstream and its addiction to this cantankerous slice of the label community who look at us measly reviewers with utmost disdain. You know, the ones that will only send you streams to review from and generally thumb their noses at webzines like ours. But they gladly take the free marketing these reviewers provide, … [...] Click to raid more!

Black Sea of Trees – Cult of the Sun (2026) – Review

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It has been some time since a genuine, new Progressive Metal piece hit our review pipe. A few remarkable records came our way last year, and that was a good sign. Yet with the departure of some big names1 over the years, things got a little bleaker.

But for the most challenging category in prog, the conceptualists and real storytellers, there was almost no movement. True, acts such as Ayreon and the rest of Arjen Lucassen’s gaggle of happy misfits still exist. But the man behind this whole construct ain’t no fresh young tiger anymore, either.

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Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth (2026) – Review

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The RMR crew spent a lot of time in hybrid country lately. Explorative records that will strain and weave to escape your mental grip. Difficult to grasp and even worse to review. But then, nobody ever said that the existence of an unpaid reviewer should be easy over at the RMR Office Tower. Right?

But sometimes, just sometimes, this crew yearns for something predictable. For feisty riffs and thundering drums rumbling over our stomachs and rough-hewn growls trying to rip our ears off our vibrating skulls. Let the terrible power of Death Metal shower us with metal shards and burn … [...] Click to raid more!