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Ellende – Zerfall (2026) – Review

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Forest Metal didn’t fill the RMR crew with praise in 2025. You know, those bands dwelling mainly in the Bavarian and Austrian woodlands. Thorondir kind of made it over the threshold, albeit just barely. But Waldgeflüster got lost in the jungle of their own thoughts and emotions. And – in turn – then lost us. High expectations brutally squashed, that kind of thing.

But hey, never give up hope, right? Ellende are back with new material just when 2026 finally lurches into focus.1 If you recall, Todbringering made it onto our zine in 2024 with a remake of an … [...] Click to raid more!

Waldgeflüster – Knochengesänge (2025) – Review

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A double-tap, that’s what Waldgeflüster had in mind this time. Knochengesänge (bone chants), they called their newest piece of art. A tandem going for a whopping 109 minutes of airtime. That’s usually a no-go for this crew. But hey, the things we do for the Forest Metal gang. We just hope that they got a good compass; these are vast wooded wastes out there. And you surely wouldn’t want to get lost out there. Else, some evil witch, Bruder Hain1, or Rübezahl will get you just good. And you won’t get out of there anymore.

2021’s Dahoam2… [...] Click to raid more!

Zéro Absolu – La Saignée (2025) – Review

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The RMR crew was somewhat underwhelmed with Alcest’s latest offering back in 2024. A disheartening moment in a difficult year with a record full of promises but an annoying lack of true substance and no true metal spine left. And what does this have to do with the price of butter on this review here? Well, read on.

Thus, Zéro Absolu (absolute zero in English)1 enter the scene. Zero who? Never heard of them. And unsurprisingly so, because this outfit emerged from the remnants of the band Glaciation in 2024. The latter fell prey to some legal (or kind … [...] Click to raid more!

Harakiri For The Sky – Scorched Earth (2025) – Review

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Harakiri for the Sky‘s latest piece Maere left quite a splash over here back in 2021. Even if some of the crew had reservations about the piece. Since then, much water flowed under the bridge and the RMR crew remained stuck in this endless waiting loop.

Albeit that J.J.1 here famously appeared on Weltenbrandt’s unwieldily named Transzendenz Schatten Romantik and Ellende’s Ellenbogengesellschaft. To sweeten our waiting time, I reckon. As an aside, I am unsure if you smoked it. Many of these players in these specific murky metal waters seem to have fallen for the mystique of … [...] Click to raid more!