Blasts from the Past 2024: Prog meets Metal Wiolence!

Nostalgic Rock Band with Juke Box - Blasts from the Past 2024

What can I say, we can’t help it. Our revolutionary genes kicked in yet again in 2024. Rulez have been broken and oldish content was covered with abandon. Well, the sinning wasn’t quite that severe. But the selection of Blasts from the Past is kinda juicy nonetheless, ranging from Prog geekery to brvtish metallic wiolence. The kind of thing that will keep you entertained and your hackles up at the same time.

Welcome to a new selection of crazy alloys and strange archaeological finds!


Haken – Fauna

Release year: 2023

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Talk about a missed opportunity. How on earth could we … [...] Click to raid more!

Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas (2012) – Review

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The Anaal Nathrakh saga continues at RMR HQ. The screams in our heads won’t subside, so we’re in dire need of a soothing placebo. Something to blast off a few pounds of mental fat in one sitting. And this band will deliver the goods, no doubt. This ain’t surprising if you have two band members, one called Vitriol and the other one – hold on to something – Irrumator. And I let you discover what in the galactic fuck this last moniker actually means. It ain’t pretty.

But boy, we’re burning through those albums with some lightning speed in … [...] Click to raid more!

Blasts from the Past 2023: Fury and Nostalgia!

Blasts from the Past 2023: Anger and Nostalgia! - Angry vinyl cover.

Admitted. We don’t do those all that much anymore. I mean, RMR policy pretty much directs its unpaid and overstretched wordsmiths to focus on the current year and not lose time on smelly old items of different couleur. But sometimes we can’t resist and have a go at some dusty old record that quietly wastes away in a swampy corner somewhere. So, here’s to a short list of olde records that made us break the rules.

Cheeky shenanigans fueled by fury and nostalgia.


Xaon – The Lethean

Release year: 2022

Xaon - The Lethean - Album Cover

Hells bells! This one should have garnered its spot on … [...] Click to raid more!

Anaal Nathrakh – Hell is Empty and All The Devils are Here (2007) – Review

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Desperation levels are rising again. So, the escape valve is – you guessed it – Anaal Nathrakh all over again. Some crazed mix of Total Fucking Necro‘s horrible grind and the terrifying musings of the widow that the Kenny / Hunt team pushes straight up your derriere.

Only that this time, we’re reaching into the past. Before the constellation thing even happened, and this is a scary thought all by itself. A record spouting some protoplasmic filth about devils that escaped into this hellscape our world has become lately. Holy water and crosses won’t cure this, but then, what … [...] Click to raid more!