Savage Lands – Army of the Trees (2025) – Review

Savage Lands - Army of the Trees - Album Cover

Let me tell you what made us pick this record up in the first place. Black Rock Heart, the first track on Savage Lands‘ debut album Army of the Trees, wildly reminded us of Slap Betty‘s piece of work that aired some years ago. A record containing a lot of progression, some limited emotion, but little substance otherwise.1 Apart from loads of red-hot, well-chiseled Heavy Rock, that is. A feature that rarely garnishes this zine’s review pipe.

So, here we got ourselves a record featuring a limited core band created by Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth) and Sylvain [...] Click to raid more!

Cirkus Prütz – Manifesto (2025) – Review

Cirkus Prütz - Manifesto - Album Cover

‘Come back with more anytime, Cirkus Prütz, the door’s wide open’, screamed the RMR crew at the end of the Blues Revolution review. And we meant it. Because Manifesto‘s predecessor was a revelation. A journey back to times long gone. That thirsty feeling of a band playing in a saloon on a dusty highway while the tumbleweeds are rolling by.

And here the Prütz boyz are back in action with another bunch of gritty musings full of grinding rock ‘n’ roll. But – will they be able to recreate the vibe this here crew found so alluring? … [...] Click to raid more!

Tumenggung – Back On The Streets (2025) – Review

Tumenggung - Back on the Streets - Album Cover

2025 hasn’t even started yet in earnest and we already find ourselves back in Heavy Metal country. A genre long thought dead but still alight with numerous bands plying these long-discovered routes. Interestingly, the aging biggies still are at the top of their game and have been for eons. To the point that young guns joining the fray have a helluva time to get themselves heard. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt? Well, not so fast.

Tumenggung would like a word. And they’re not necessarily the freshest on the block anymore. In 2007 they saw the light of day … [...] Click to raid more!

Blitzkrieg – Blitzkrieg (2024) – Review

Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg - Album Cover

RMR management needs to revisit its n00b policy. There’s an annual list on the zine for lamestream metal acts that never got coverage and whose impact on metal, in general, is indisputable. Now, as they’re far removed from the underground, nobody in our swampy world of extremes cared to lift a pen for them – until now. And that turns them into first-timers, n00bs devoid of loving attention since the RMR zine started its nefarious activities.

But what about those bands like the Leicester-based NWoBHM outfit Blitzkrieg who – without a big-ass label to help – faithfully churned out material … [...] Click to raid more!