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Lion’s Share – Inferno (2026) – Review

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By the mighty Gawds ov Metal, this album cover of Lion’s Share‘s Inferno here is simply atrociously bad. This blue pseudo-alien looking like a deranged shrimp1 feels so cliché that the prospect of what kind of music might be found inside this blurb here makes me shudder. And not in a good way.

That Lion’s Share already appeared on this zine in 2017 speaks for them, though. This was for a then-brand-new clip for their single, Another Desire. We reckon it will be the same track with this moniker on Inferno‘s Heavy Metal list. That’s impossible … [...] Click to raid more!

Total Maniac – Love Overdrive (2026) – Review

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We said it before, a long time ago. Never judge anything by its appearance. When the old geezers at the RMR Review Desk saw the album cover, this went as follows: ‘By the almighty Gawds ov Heavy Metal, do we really want to descend into glam’s very special hellscape?’ But little did they know that the series of somewhat somnambulant Heavy Metal pieces and other malfunctions were about to end.

2026 already features a pretty sturdy Heavy Metal diet to date. But a lot of the fare the pipe caught was kinda mediocre. Not embarrassingly bad, but more of … [...] Click to raid more!

Evermore – Mournbraid (2026) – Review

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The Tyrant King got us a sturdy sample of what the three weirdos of Evermore were capable of. Not at Top 10 levels (yet), true, but they left a mark on our chalkboard after all. In Memoriam artfully circumvented that black reef lurking just beyond sophomore’s reach by doing some improved more of the same. That was back in 2023. Since then, not a peep from the feisty Swedish trio hit our mighty detection radars over at the RMR Review Desk.

But now, they’re back with some scarlet mourning piece full of ravens and wild metal screams. Mournbraid really takes … [...] Click to raid more!

Ravenspell – Obsidian King (2026) – Review

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2026, the year of Heavy Metal? Perhaps. It is still kinda young, and time will tell, right? But there seems to be an awful lot of bands jostling to reach the heights of these anointed few manning the peak of this metal pyramid. You know, those currently basking in the darkly sparkling light of some highly polished blackened stone.

The year’s first few months already yielded Heavy Metal bands that weren’t all that impressive, whereas others truly excelled. Yet, Obsidian King here darkly insists it wants to attach its scrawny behind to either end of the spectrum, whatever … [...] Click to raid more!