Puteraeon – Mountains of Madness (2025) – Review

Something called Mountains of Madness has gotta be good, right? We won’t know for certain until the review concludes, of course. But records boasting mini-Cthulhus on their album art with stories from cold plains must appear on our zine. H.P. Lovecraft is one of our favorite sources for horror stories after all.

And sure enough, Puteraeon here delve deep into the lore of primordial terrors that we cannot comprehend. And they do this with a real sturdy and pretty merciless brand of Swedish Death Metal unchanged by the eons spent on the cold wastes of Kadath. Let the Mountains of [...] Click to raid more!

Maceration – Serpent Devourment (2025) – Review

Maceration - Serpent Devourment - Album Cover

Rogga Johannson anybody? The RMR crew feared for a moment that the geek-in-chief of Swedeath is on the prowl again. But not so. Instead, we’re faced with an archaic and primordial version of Death Metal brutality. With some – Cthulhu-esque thing from the deep watching you from the cover with evil, hungry, and alien eyes.

And yes, we’re talking about Maceration. An age-old band torturing our eardrums since 1990. A band offering fake Swedish fare because they actually hail from – Denmark? Correct, geographically speaking, but not so fast. Thus, let’s take a step back. After 1995, the band … [...] Click to raid more!

Panzerchrist – Maleficium Part I (2024) – Review

Panzerchrist - Maleficium Part I - Album Cover

Panzerchrist arrived @ RMR Central with a thunderclap amid the summer heat of 2023. After 10 years of metal Gehenna, the band reemerged with Last of a Kind, complete with witches on the rack and other atrocities. A true Holy Metal Cow moment that finally made it onto our 2023 Top 10 as well. Given the name of the band, I was initially taken aback by the ferocity of the assault. First-rate Extreme Metal roared out of our loudspeaker, at a level of intensity and proficiency seldom delivered to our hidden doorstep.

And the obsession with witches and past

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Thorium – The Bastard (2024) – Review

Thorium - The Bastard - Album Cover

When your Death Metal sounds Rogga-ish, there must be some truth to it. And sure enough, Thorium‘s new piece The Bastard does include one Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, et al) as the main guitarist. Sometimes I cannot fathom how this man can stuff so much work into his 24 hours of waketime without adding the night to it. After all, he’s got a gazillion bands to attend to, plus some loving attention to fans and friends. AND we will for sure hear from him later in the year all over again.

But what really piqued our interest … [...] Click to raid more!