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At The Gates – The Ghost of a Future Dead (2026) – Review

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Ah, the RMR n00b carousel is turning again in 2026. Who would have thought that? This time with At The Gates, destroying metal objects since 1990 with some significant absences in between. Yet another band with a proven track record furthering the metal cause. But one that – for some reason – did not make it onto our roster until now.

Now, this here record, ominously called The Ghost of A Future Dead, is going to be a weird one to review. RMR will be commenting on a record interpreted by a dead man. At The Gates lost … [...] Click to raid more!

No Shelter. – Remission/Resolve (2025) – Review

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Ready for a secret from the RMR office? Choices of what or what not to review are sometimes driven by mood. Specifically, by bad mood. And this time, the RMR crew still finds itself on a never-ending cold turkey trip. Abrupt removal from the beach and its delights does that to us, and it turns us into grumpy and cantankerous bitches.

So, what better idea than to waltz down some psycho-punk horror lane straight into the smelly puddles lining the metal underground? ‘Xactly, none whatsoever. A place where sanity flies out the door and is replaced by the dredges of … [...] Click to raid more!

Rioghan – Kept (2025) – Review

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I never thought we would cover Leprous ever again. After all, Einar Solberg took his almost picture-perfect prog act down a windy road of whiny, high-pitched, and soft-balled tunes. Suddenly, the progressive cojones went missing and the outcome wasn’t something we could stomach for more than five minutes at a time. But wait, what? This ain’t Solberg?

Right.

Meet Rioghan, a very talented Finnish artist with a pig-headed, out-of-the-box approach to her music. And that landed her with an inordinate amount of attention on this zine to this day. The last time the RMR crew had her seriously on … [...] Click to raid more!

Haven – Causes (2025) – Review

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Hmm. 2024 turned dark and daemonic to the point that the RMR top 10 (almost) reached the glowing bottom of the occult pit. Now, early views of records on offer in 2025 seem to show a propensity toward the avantgarde. Stuffed with material that’s mighty difficult to classify and review. A redefinition of the term out-of-the-box if there ever was one.

And sure enough, an enigma just made a splash in our sumpy underworld of the review pipe. Haven is the name and they peddle their debut piece Causes. Yet another band with the urge for unconstrained metal music … [...] Click to raid more!