Nasty Savage – Jeopardy Room (2024) – Review

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So, here’s to a metal band that started activities in 1983 and stayed active since then, with a damn heap of noticeable interruptions. Thrash and some Traditional Metal ever has been and still is its game. Well, kind of, with some variations. And no, the act ain’t called Metallica. Even if the Grammies seem to think that the latter are the only metal band around – at a global scale.

Nasty Savage play a barebone style of brutal Thrash Metal that was modern back in the ’80s and never evolved since. All of that ferocious nastiness is led by … [...] Click to raid more!

Blitzkrieg – Blitzkrieg (2024) – Review

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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!

Hammerfall – Avenge the Fallen (2024) – Review

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Rockslaget, anyone? As the lore goes, fledgling Hammerfall attended a few of those Swedish rock contests very early in their career back in the last millennium. Fronted by Dark Tranquility’s Mikael Stanne, their early crew was – at that time – on their way to nowhere with only these contests to show for. This dramatically changed once Joacim Cans came on board and started to put the pedal to the metal. And he stayed to this day.

So, why are we not surprised? DT’s latest contribution with Stanne (still) at the helm left us somewhat unimpressed. And yet, Hammerfall[...] Click to raid more!

Black Sites – The Promised Land? (2024) – Review

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Ah yes, Black Sites are back. Once they released Untrue in 2021, this record was one of contradictions for the swampy underground creatures over at the RMR Review Desk. Allegedly, they had some trouble getting into the record and securing a good grip on its innards. And that wasn’t because of bad quality or a sucky production, much to the contrary.

Instead, the main complaint was that the piece was ‘too smooth’ and almost ‘too well constructed’. Go figure, right? Everybody and their aunt asks you to deliver some pristine production – or else. And if a band does just … [...] Click to raid more!