Element of Fate – Dreamfall (2026) – Review

Element of Fate - Dreamfall - Album Cover

Element of Fate‘s official website seems to be Instagram of all things. Yep, this social media channel. A spawn of the terrible Meta-verse that seems to be the only one garnished with the band’s moniker. This doesn’t or should not reflect negatively on the musical prowess of the band, of course, but it gives you an inkling of how well-versed an act actually is in digital marketing. And – it may well give you a pretty good idea of what to expect going forward, as often both go hand in hand.

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Tardigrade Inferno – Hush (2026) – Review

Tardigrave Inferno - Hush - Album Cover

Alright, what pitch-black kettle of fish did we catch ourselves here? Out of the smoke-infested Northern reaches of the Baltics emerge some sickly circus sounds. That said, the circus theme in metal is nothing new, of course. It is, more often than not, all about the old tropes of the evil clown, which have been en vogue since Stephen King killed the market with his novel ‘IT’ decades ago. What better figure to scare the bejeesus out of you than a not-so benign paintface?

Now, here we’re faced with a whole gaggle of them. A noisy, beetlejuice-infested chaos troupe that’s … [...] Click to raid more!

Voidchaser – Interstellar I (2026) – Review

Voidchaser - Interstellar I - Album Cover

RMR isn’t Prog Central, true. But the crew has visited its share of prog pieces of all couleur to at least have an inkling of the genre at large. The old geezers at the review desk fondly remember the times when Steven Wilson wasn’t yet the electronica dude, but did some real outstanding progressive work. Or when Haken’s animalistic urges blew us away with finely-chiselled technical artistry and pure savoir-faire. Caligula’s Horse visited a few times as well. But, finally, their early work mostly stuck with us. I could go on.

So, here Voidchaser hit the RMR detection radar. … [...] Click to raid more!