Castle – Evil Remains (2024) – Review

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A few weeks ago, I suffered through a shiny mainstream object that everybody was salivating about. And in that process, I started to yearn for some trve underground sound. Rough-hewn rock and metal that scratches down my back like Freddy’s terrible claw. Blood drawn from riffs on steroids and burnt by lava-hot rock ‘n’ roll. That kind of thing. And I think we just found one of those.

At first, the visage on Evil Remains‘ cover art stopped us in our tracks. Angst, desperation, and a strange unholy hunger limited our visual range. Fight or flight became the question … [...] Click to raid more!

Totengott – Beyond the Veil (2024) – Review

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2024 may very well turn into a new year where abject metal malevolence hits hard all over again. Seems to be a sign of the time with all that upheaval going on in the world around us.

So, here’s to Totengott from – Spain (not Germany). Starting out as a Celtic Frost cover band, they found their very own sound in some weird thrashy, doom-laden Black Metal thing. And it’s a sound that piqued the interest of the folks over at the RMR Review Desk. Which can be good – or bad, depending. And yet, magic spells galore spew forth … [...] Click to raid more!

SIG:AR:TYR – Citadel of Stars (2024) – Review

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Northen wallowed in the rich history of the old Norse gone Viking. An ode to early visitors of white people to the North American continent who faced the terrible Skraeling. Science struggled with this fact, by the way. At first, the community would not confirm that early settlements existed in present-day Canada, and possibly further down South, too. And as grudging consent grew, it became clear that it wasn’t good ol’ blundering Columbus. It must have been Leif Erikson who unknowingly discovered a new continent – a few hundred years earlier.

In anticipation of the new record, the RMR crew … [...] Click to raid more!

Salacious Gods – Oalevluuk (2023) – Review

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Well, by the Lightbringer’s roasted balls, that’s one long wait. Salacious Gods saw the dreary light of hell back in – 1994. Their last full-length record released in 2005. That’s a generation of waiting for – some new Black Metal. And that let the RMR review desk almost recommend this band for this year’s lamestream award series. Almost.

Because here’s to a band that stood proud more or less at the heyday of the old Scandinavian Black Metal movement. Created at a time when church burnings were rampant and Black Metal was populated by truly lost souls. But then, those … [...] Click to raid more!