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Immortal – War Against All (2023) – Review

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Ah, yes. Our mainstream metal series takes on some truly malevolent steam. Immortal just dropped War Against All, their 10th album. And – as always – this is yet another well-established Extreme Metal band that – somehow – never made it onto our smattering of lists.1 Yet more fodder for the dreaded guillotine on the RMR Altar ov Metal Ignorance.

And we heard them all. The voices screaming loudly that nothing memorable was left standing in Metal’s Hall of Fame in the thorny wake of Abbath‘s departure after All Shall Fall. Ironically, apart from the high … [...] Click to raid more!

Drott – Troll (2023) – Review

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Drott‘s 2021 opus Orcus didn’t quite make it onto the RMR must-write list. That was unfortunate, but the rampant complexity of the piece and its weird out-of-the-box feeling turned it into a victim of the dreaded guillotine. 2021 was indeed a busy year full of excellent metal. And the time wasn’t right for this band’s dark musings. In the meantime, however, the folks over at the review desk had a go at the backlog – and found much to like on Drott‘s debut album. So, here we go. New world order @ RMR? Not quite. But some appetite … [...] Click to raid more!