So, what better time to violate a few principles. Even if the mighty god of blogging sez that thou shalt not turn against his Sacred Rulez. Hoots! So, the first one stipulates that you should not review records older than a few months. And for sure not those of last year. Yep, right.
The second one is to kick some high level, festival-cognizant and big label savvy … [...] Click to raid more!
A myriad of Black Metal outfits have already tried this hide-and-seek approach, wearing masks and threatening everybody and sundry with the Dark Lord, should they try to uncover their identity. But seldom have we come across … [...] Click to raid more!
I am not a big fan of covers, and they don’t get published often at the RMR webzine. This may be different for other publications that are … [...] Click to raid more!
The things we missed in 2016. And it is 67 minutes of raw and corny metal issued by one of the most prodigious metal bands out there. The Finnish outfit Moonsorrow released their 7th full length album Jumalten Aika (The Age of Gods) last year. This after five years of wait, when many thought that nothing would be forthcoming anymore. And boy is this a peppered dish.
And it is funny. I am hearing their sound described as Folk Metal a lot.
Yet, I hear the mighty ogres marching towards the King’s castle, making their sounds of war. Nothing of … [...] Click to raid more!