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…And Oceans – The Regeneration Itinerary (2025) – Review

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…And Oceans is a band that wasn’t for long stretches over the eons they served their fan base. The Finns started their lengthy career back in 1995 with a first demo, but lasted only until 2002 when Cypher released to some limited fan embrace. After that, only bits and pieces graced our soundscapes until they hit the circuit again in 2019 with an EP.1 The RMR crew took real notice of them only once As In Gardens, So In Tombs hit our turntables with a bang.

So, we weren’t quite sure if …And Oceans‘ songwriting process would take … [...] Click to raid more!

Moonlight Haze – Beyond (2025) – Review

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Moonlight Haze‘s 2022 piece Animus was one of the Power Metal highlights of that very same year. Founded in 2018 by two Temperance survivors – Chiara Tricarico and Giulio Capone1 – they went on to create what today is a well-known band in the Italian PM sub-section of metal.

The 2022 piece took it away with new-found oomph and a pretty healthy swagger. You know, traits that make you win over fans and sell a ton more records than before. So, what’s it gonna be this time beyond those old records? Let the Metal o’ the Light illuminate … [...] Click to raid more!

Soliloquium – Famine (2025) – Review

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The times are dire and the outlook into the future ain’t great. Crisis upon crisis, threats of war, power grabs, and an uncertain future courtesy of a few unhinged strongmen. A dystopian and widespread feeling of unease permeates the populace – and that doesn’t bode well. That is how the Year of the Dark Lord 2025 presents itself and we’re not very far into it yet. Sounds dark, dreary, and gray, doesn’t it? Well, it is, and it might well get worse quickly.1

So, what better time to dig into the doom-filled depths of Soliloquium‘s newest piece Famine… [...] Click to raid more!

Tower – Let There Be Dark (2025) – Review

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You gotta celebrate them. ‘Young’ bands worshipping the well-trodden grounds of good ol’ speedy Heavy Metal. Sounds that harken back to times when the only genre pretty much was that very same one. These were the times when fledgling Hard Rock bands tried themselves at that new devil’s music many old farts of that era took exception with.

Of course, it would not take long until the new metal world branched out into a gazillion sub-genres and blossomed into that ill-fated Yggdrasil ov Metal we know today. But until that happened, things were easy and spawned some of the greatest … [...] Click to raid more!