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Lion’s Share – Dark Hours (2009) – Review

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Well, who would have thought that? The crazed shrimp is back.1 But this time, it returns with a much sturdier depiction of the beast than the smudgy one that garnished Lion Share‘s Inferno piece earlier this year.

Oh, and don’t get your hopes up. The band didn’t suddenly experience a magical surge of productivity that led to this famed second annual record that should never have happened. Instead, the band’s current label, Metalville, decided to reissue the band’s 2009 piece Dark Hours, out on 28 August 2026.

And that suits us just fine. This is a record … [...] Click to raid more!

Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (2025) – Review

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By the mighty Gawds of Metal. The 2025 Veilburner piece unwieldily called Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy has been blinking its lifeforce away in the depths of our review pipe. And nobody picked it up yet. And that ain’t a stellar idea with the release of their 2026 piece All Glimmer is Gloam coming up fast.

The album’s untimely arrival, with a release date in November 2025, didn’t really help. With the listing season breathing down our necks and two iterations of Magnadur‘s1 unhinged bullshit under our belt, our patience was really wearing thin. And this new … [...] Click to raid more!

Blazing Eternity – A Certain End Of Everything (2024) – Review

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Sometimes you gotta wait. The time may not be right for the RMR zine to take on a record. And that’s why there’s nary a peep about one given piece left to rot in the catacombs of our review pipe for long years. But once that time comes, things will move fast.

So, here the lazy geezers at the Review Desk were browsing through ‘old’ records, unfinished drafts, and lost ideas. And they came across a relatively unknown Danish band that garnered some attention in 2024 and then fell through the pipe’s greasy cracks. And there it stayed in its … [...] Click to raid more!

Saxon – Innocence is No Excuse (1985) – Review

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Saxon‘s ’84 piece Crusader was a true disaster, a vinyl turntable torture device full of cringe and posturing. Well, it was that one, and the other unspeakable piece preceding it. Both were rightly shunned by the metal crowd back then.

Whatever took Saxon to end up in glam country will forever be beyond me. Was it the allure of the forbidden fruit that the rise of the Sunset Boulevard frenzy promised? Perhaps. Or expensive hairdressers at the top of their game?1 Or, could it be that they got the itch for some easy greenbacks to earn? Being stinking … [...] Click to raid more!