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Magnadur – Beautiful Nightmare (2025) – Review

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This is what happens when you select your records to review based on the smart looks of the album cover only. And it is indeed a sublime piece of art glaring back at you from Magnadur‘s latest concoction.1

Other considerations surfaced as well, of course. Such as this band hitting the metal underground out of nowhere in 2024. And with two full-length records under their belt that same year, they concocted a third one – Beautiful Nightmare – this early 2025. The RMR crew saw similar action before, and it wasn’t pretty. So, what’s the deal here? … [...] Click to raid more!

Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture (2022) – Review

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Didn’t we state many times over that those out-of-the-box records are really down the RMR upper echelon’s proverbial alley? Indeed we did. So why did Ashenspire‘s latest album not click right away when it was released?

Well, guess what? Extreme musings in many shades of dreary grey about concrete urban structures and social impurities really don’t work too well when the sun shines outside. In other words, July is summertime. Hot temperatures, nice breeze, beach bar, and fun. Not the time of year for us to dwell on the smelly dregs of urban lifestyles and sprawling crimes against the … [...] Click to raid more!

Andzjel, Heiden’s Carpathian Reflections!

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It’s interesting how bands often meander away and morph into other styles – or no style at all. Which is – come to think of it – the way to go. The RMR deck crew had the folks over at Heiden down as Pagan and Black Metal from the Czech Republic. Yet, as we see more often than not, trve metal seems to lose its sharp edge after a while, and those outfits kinda drift off into the murky yonder. Often they wander into lands where the horned pagan gods and earth lore rule supreme. Or they visit other delights … [...] Click to raid more!

GLDN draw First Blood!

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Music is emotion, right? A visceral thing that’s not easily explained. It can be a true feel-good experience, or then again, something scary. Now, the RMR crew unearthed some truly dark and evil artists during our tenure. Psychopaths, like the ones that would kill people, had they not started to make music that greedily feeds their blackened and charred souls. And, in truth, some1 won’t ever make it onto the ‘zine – even if we have their files and numbers on record.

There are others, of course. But still, no creatures of the light, mind you. Bands that create … [...] Click to raid more!