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Fer de Lance – Fires on the Mountainside (2025) – Review

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Colossus whet our appetite. This was Fer de Lance‘s first entry ticket into the World o’ Metal. The RMR crew wasn’t mightily impressed but intrigued enough to let this one roar. The Hyperborean of 2022, their debut full-length record, truly got on our good side. One giant step up, a band seemingly on a firm path to Heavy Metal glory.

So, now, after some three years of deliberations, Fer de Lance send us their sophomore piece. And that’s always a particularly black rock in a molten ocean of metal to navigate around. So, let’s see how Fires on the … [...] Click to raid more!

King Zog – Second Dawn (2024) – Review

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The purple squad is on the prowl again. Sludgy, fuzzy, stonerized slow marching metal that will engulf you with a syrupy, sticky flow. And we had them on RMR already. Pieces from Mammuthus or Purple Dawn come to mind.

And they all have something in common: Their album art is all colored in purple. A calling card, if you will. And if you’ll remember, so was Black Sabbath’s fare, the moment they were in their downturned doomy phase. Need an example? Try Master of Reality of 1971. Yeah, that particularly colored paving of the road is that old. Ancient, in … [...] Click to raid more!

Byron – The Omega Evangelion (2021) – Review

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Sometimes I am not sure what makes me turn towards an album. It may be a random choice. Or – at times – the record will choose you – sort of. As in, you kinda fancy the beat, and next thing you know, you just listened to this thing for 30 minutes or so. In other words, the beat just got the better of you with some sort of metallic zen and a hefty dose of rocky hypnosis. The ultimate sales pitch of an album review promo. That kind of thing.

So, some magic in Byron‘s latest piece must … [...] Click to raid more!

RMR’s Hall of Fame of All Time!

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Welcome to Valhalla.

The hall of fame of the most remarkable records that crossed our hawse to date. It’s the RockmusicRaider version of the feasting hall, where the mead flows in streams, meat comes in abundance, and earthly pleasures of the flesh beckon you at every table end. And you don’t even need to die with a sword in your hand to get there.

Sounds good, huh? Free, eternal props and laurels galore. Only and as always, there is a catch to it. Rulez, always those friggin’ rulez, I tell ya.

For your divine right to appear on this list … [...] Click to raid more!