Tag Archives: Melodic Death Metal

Septicflesh presents the Hierophant!

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For some reason, the long-standing extreme metallists of Septicflesh never made it onto the RMR ‘zine. To find the reason for that decidedly unhappy development is difficult to discern. Not underground enough with the smell of the mainstream all over them, communication issues, problems with the label1, the reasons can be legion. And we have no real answer.

But as is often the case, bands suddenly appear on our radar through some moving pictures. And this time, Hierophant – the band’s latest clip – got ahold of our limited attention span. Ripped straight from their upcoming record Modern … [...] Click to raid more!

Fall of Stasis – The Chronophagist (2022) – Review

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Do 50 minutes of airtime seem excessive to you? The old hands at the RMR office tower still prefer those vinyl-imposed 40 minutes or so. But this is only because they’re ancient as metalheads go. Yet sometimes, we come across pieces that make 30 minutes seem like an eternity, they’re so intense. Usually, you’ll find those records in the tech-death realm with totally overheated vibes and a speed problem.

Now here, a Melodic Death Metal record with a severe tinge of black found us out. The Chronophagist,1 Fall of Stasis‘s happily crazy record, indeed made us check … [...] Click to raid more!

Amorphis – Halo (2022) – Review

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Amorphis have been a staple at the RMR ‘zine since its inception. And I admit, in the beginning, we did not quite appreciate the quality enough that this band brings to the table. Under The Red Cloud was a hard sell at first, even if it finally made it into our good graces, and it stayed there ever since. The sturdier and well-fashioned Queen of Time added nicely to the relatively meager pickings on our blog for 2018. And indeed, this record morphed yet again into one of the staples over here, and rightly so.

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Misteyes – Creeping Time (2016) – Review

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Well, gosh. RMR speaks to the seriously defunct. Our deckhands sometimes love to reach back into our vast collection of albums and pull out a record that didn’t make it onto the review pipe. And often, those old pieces belong – or belonged – to bands that gave up the ghost in the meantime. That’s quite sad because many of those outfits showed insane promise. But for some reason, this bunch of reviewers here didn’t pick up on it when there was still time.

So, Creeping Time from Misteyes somehow magically appeared out of the Void of Unkown Review Matter… [...] Click to raid more!