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Kahrmalia – Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia (2023) – Review

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It’s a rare event when a record makes us stop and return to start and listen to the damned thing in its entirety without distraction. This only happens when we have that instant visceral connection like Neo hitting the matrix for the first time. A hint of something juicy. Not a play to be missed on that big plane of events that 2023 still is for extreme music.

Meet Gabriel Cavazzini‘s new project Kahrmalia and its debut album Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia. Usually, we ain’t too fond of one-man projects. This jack-of-all-trades thing often backfires on quality and production. … [...] Click to raid more!

Neverus – Burdens of the Earth (2023) – Review

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Neverus call their style Majestic Death Metal. There, that’s quite a statement. The cantankerous specimens over at the RMR review desk weren’t so sure what to make out of that metallic assault at first, though. Fleshgod Apocalypse’s King 2.0 or just an unholy concoction of unsavory mainstream ingredients? Time to paint that toque black, turn it inside out, and rip the recipe to shreds. Happy cooking!

Well, don’t we love those totally unknown underground bands that just hit our review pipe out of the left field? Actually, we do. They might never grow into the perfect clickbait that any webzine … [...] Click to raid more!

Shores of Null – The Loss of Beauty (2023) – Review

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Shores of Null forcefully hit our pipeline with their one-liner Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying) back in 2020. The somewhat clunky title hid a pretty snazzy piece of doom, spiced up by Elisabetta Marchetti‘s ethereal wails. And it turned out to be one of those one-track affairs, a challenge not to be taken lightly. Shores of Null‘s most monolithic 3rd full-length record to date and a great one at that. One that that ultimately made it onto our annual top 10 record list as well. And that’s a difficult feat to pull off, at the very … [...] Click to raid more!

Frozen Crown – Call of the North (2023) – Review

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Frozen Crown floated about the outer edges of our recordscape for a few years. And yet, their wares never quite connected with the cranky folks over at the review desk. But I’d like to stress that Frozen Crown‘s earlier records – The Fallen King, Crowned in Frost, and Winterbane – got duly checked out nonetheless.

So, Call of the North came along somewhat at the last minute. And once it hit our music machine over here, we just kinda sat there in a trance. It was one of those rare Holy Metal Cow moments. This record indeed … [...] Click to raid more!