Duir – Catarsi (2026) – Review

Duir - Catarsi - Album Cover

At first, the RMR crew thought we were getting yet another of them gnarly Italian Black Metal albums, such as this one. You know, the storytellers who describe features of the arid land they live in. And truly so, an abundance of tales and legends can be found throughout the Italian countryside.

Well, gnarly it’s going to be this time as well. But you won’t be getting any legends. Instead, it is war stories yet again, and more precisely, WWI, the first war of (modern) mass destruction of human history. Y’know, the one starting with cavalry trying to ride … [...] Click to raid more!

Liminal Sky – All Tomorrow’s Darkness (2026) – Review

Liminal Sky - All Tomorrow's Darkness - Album Cover

Now, wait a minute. Karisma Records, some strange building, haphazardly cast into nature. We had that before, right? Correct. It was Ljungblut, that guy telling us about a cabin in the Norwegian mountains. So, that’s why the album cover fascinated us right away.

Now, the core of Liminal Sky consists of two members only, Jaime Gomez Arellano, a known producer and musician, and Daniel Knight (Messenger), both based in the UK. Arellano flickered by a few times on this zine, the last incident being the late Cnoc An Tursa record for mastering. So, why doesn’t the album boast … [...] Click to raid more!

Flykt – Sinister Strain (2026) – Review

Flykt - Sinister Strain - Album Cover

2026 hasn’t really regurgitated a great crop of dyed-in-the-wool, daemon-infected Black Metal records. At least on the RMR webzine, it didn’t. There’s no sign of the feisty French branch of heretical metal to date. Apart from this act, perhaps. And they’re from Sweden, which fits the current contender’s profile pretty well. But even if nothing much has been happening in the filthy old realms where the stinking breath reigns, we want moar, much moar.

But never fear, there’s always something cooking in the Scandinavian outback. And here we found ourselves a devilishly good bonfire in the Swedish outfit Flykt[...] Click to raid more!

The Fifth Alliance – Stenahoria (2026) – Review

The Fifth Alliance - Stenahoria - Album Cover

Ah, it has been some time since a tried and trve out-of-the-box piece graced our meager abode. The RMR crew already encountered German rebels, seemingly lost in some obscure ideology. Or, unsung confusing acts that seemed to veer off the deep end in the Northern cold wastelands, but finally succeeded astonishingly well. But some misunderstood that disjointed disjointedness doesn’t mean just mindless chaos. And they spectacularly failed. Not once, but twice. I guess some will never learn, and those have now been banned from coverage on RMR.

Meaning, the RMR crew kinda likes these revolutionaries. Adepts of … [...] Click to raid more!