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Anima Hereticae – Descended from the Mountains (2023) – Review

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Now that’s funky. The RMR crew just wasted some ink on Animae Haeretica, Apostolica’s latest Power Metal record. Thus, confusion reigned in our office suite when the band Anima Hereticae dropped their very own Extreme Metal record Descended from the Mountains with the same release date.

Oh boy. This is either one of Loki’s cosmic jokes or we got ourselves the evil twin from the adepts of the Metal o’ Darkness. Or is the apparent name-dropping just pure coincidence? Let’s find out.

Well, I think the sleepy ones of Insomnium better wake up. There’s a new gang on the … [...] Click to raid more!

Sanguine Glacialis – Maladaptive Daydreaming (2023) – Review

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We like them pig-headed and unhinged over here. Proud from the underground, unknown bands that reach us seemingly from nowhere. Complete with some delicious chaos that we will find difficult to describe and rate correctly.

Sanguine Glacialis have been around the block a few times, obviously. After all, the band started brandishing its wares since 2010 or so. They’re thus not necessarily unknown to the initiated. But they indeed sailed straight past the RMR sentinels with their somewhat confused 2018 piece Hadopelagic.

Yet, their newest piece Maladaptive Daydreaming shook the sleepy old geezers over at the RMR review desk … [...] Click to raid more!

Wintersun – Time I (2012) – Review

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A few weeks ago, the RMR grey-beard squad checked out Wintersun‘s 2017 epos The Forest Seasons. A pretty tasty piece of Forest Metal that somehow tried too hard to be a great record in a way. Throughout the reviewing process, the RMR crew witnessed a lot of whining about the greatness of the band’s 2012 epos Time I. And how a) The Forest Seasons didn’t quite cut it and b) everybody’s still waiting for the elusive Time II.

And there’s some truth in the second statement. Jari Mäenpää‘s full-throated promises that a second installment would … [...] Click to raid more!

Wintersun – The Forest Seasons (2017) – Review

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Ah, Forest Metal. Bands like Ellende or Waldgeflüster come to mind. Of course, the aforementioned outfits feature a different, darker style than Wintersun‘s latest. But hey, foresty musings can come in many forms. And we find all of those very hard to resist. Thus, seasonal greetings from under a leafy cover. Bungle in the jungle.

Somebody mentioned that Wintersun‘s 2017 full-length album The Forest Seasons was brimming with lush soundscapes, grand atmospheres, and all kinds of green and woody things. A record so good, everybody needed a copy for posterity, or else. Others were more reserved or felt … [...] Click to raid more!