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Rise of Tyrants – The Chronicles of Cardinal Pablo Mendoza (2025) – Review

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Woe! After an abject cheese-laden sugar high in the warm embrace of Metal o’ the Light, it is finally time for some trve brutality. Death Metal is on the menu and the folks over at Rise of Tyrants are enraged to the point of obsession.

Meaning, they’re on a mission to tell their story. Directly, ferociously, and without mercy. And why should they show any? The storyline is about priestly abuse, no less. Atrocities that the Roman Catholic Church is still trying to hide to this date. Assignment fully accomplished, or rampant mission creep? Creepy crawlers in empty smoke-infested buildings.… [...] Click to raid more!

Christ Dismembered – Ov Vampiricy (2025) – Review

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‘To Whom The Bell Tolls! ‘A term often (mis)used in music and literature alike.1 Metal, specifically, latched on to this foreboding and ominous sound of doom as if it were Satan’s Tit. And earnestly, who can resist the Roar ov Wrath emanating from those frayed belltowers? Black Sabbath and AC/DC are most fondly remembered for prominently ‘ringing the bell’ anywhere on the globe some eons ago.

But, the Black Metal community took the plague bell theme to the next level. The harbinger of doom and damnation, sounding like the echos of the Daemon’s mighty footsteps solemnly waltzing into … [...] Click to raid more!

Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire (2025) – Review

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Nobody over here needs to be reminded who Lacuna Coil is. The band has been a staple of this zine for all its existence. At first, the RMR crew covered the somewhat conflicted mid-tens offerings such as Dark Adrenaline or – again – Broken Crown Halo.

Things started to improve by 2016 when the disturbing yet pretty excellent Delirium appeared out of nowhere. That one clearly marked a change in energy levels, posture, and attitude of a band finally capitalizing on their many talents. And this trend continued with the succulent Black Anima of 2019 that made it onto … [...] Click to raid more!

Thy Kingdom Will Burn – The Loss and Redemption (2025) – Review

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The RMR crew indeed didn’t hear back from the dreary cold wastes of the North for some time. Meaning, the zine’s dreaded review pipe has some real use for substantial, darkly melancholic metal. Not that we were short on material from Scandinavia, far from it. The folks up there are very prolific and the Extreme Metal on display is often outstanding. But real in-the-flesh melodeath? Some. Meaning, there really was nothing much that got us out from under the fire. It’s winter after all, so this needs to sport some real juice.

But never say die, right? Because here Thy … [...] Click to raid more!