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!

Ironflame – Kingdom Torn Asunder (2024) – Review

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This is going to be the week of Heavy and Power Metal. And it’s true, the RMR crew truly is a sucker for these two genres. So, we’re all ears whenever there’s a chance for another band braving these overwrought styles’ boundaries. Case in point, many bands already roared over our threshold here coming from a bundle of metal flavors many pronounced dead already. Some of them very good, others less so.

Ironflame already made a dent in the History ov RMRTM back in 2020 with Blood Red Victory. A speeding ticket in search for a fine, … [...] Click to raid more!

Dream Evil – Metal Gods (2024) – Review

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It’s been a while. A few years back the RMR crew covered Dream Evil‘s old 2004 piece The Book of Heavy Metal, a record that felt like some insanely powerful metal parody. Very – and I mean very – intense and so full of clichés it almost hurt. On the other hand, the thing also was equally insanely enjoyable. A fun record that ran for weeks on our music machine.

After that, we somewhat lost sight of the band and never got around to covering more of their wares. Until today, that is, with their newest output called … [...] Click to raid more!

Sabïre – Jätt (2024) – Review

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Holy moly, I never knew we were going to review a W.A.S.P. record. The RMR crew steered clear of that overly glamorous genre for some time. After all, the whole idea pretty much turned into roadkill on the Sunset Strip some time ago. With a few remarkable exceptions, I give them that. But – wait, what? This ain’t W.A.S.P.? Damn.

And sure enough, our swampy review pipe just regurgitated an Australian band called Sabïre. An outfit that – apparently – had its coming out event on this planet back in 2010 and was active ever since with a few … [...] Click to raid more!