Fer de Lance – Fires on the Mountainside (2025) – Review

Fer de Lance - Fires on the Mountainside - Album Cover

Colossus whet our appetite. This was Fer de Lance‘s first entry ticket into the World o’ Metal. The RMR crew wasn’t mightily impressed but intrigued enough to let this one roar. The Hyperborean of 2022, their debut full-length record, truly got on our good side. One giant step up, a band seemingly on a firm path to Heavy Metal glory.

So, now, after some three years of deliberations, Fer de Lance send us their sophomore piece. And that’s always a particularly black rock in a molten ocean of metal to navigate around. So, let’s see how Fires on the [...] Click to raid more!

Trick or Treat – Ghosted (2025) – Review

Trick or Treat - Ghosted - Review

Ghosted, huh. I wish it not to ye, fans and friends. It usually means someone – and I quote the mighty Merriam Webster – “…abruptly cutting off all contact with someone usually without explanation.”1 Damn. No doubt the creatures on Trick or Treat‘s newest album cover look kinda worried and mighty lost.

Or, perhaps, it’s some sort of omen of what’s to come here. Because the RMR crew did a lot of headscratching on where these Italians are taking their newest concoction. After all, the band’s last record, Creepy Symphonies, kinda landed on our better side … [...] Click to raid more!

Aexylium – Myth of Mankind (2025) – Review

Aexylium - Myth of Mankind - Album Cover

It looks like they learned something from Fleshgod Apocalypse. Placing your classically trained female fighter up front and straight into action pays, doesn’t it? It led to great things for the aforementioned band on this zine. But how did Aexylium fare with their newest piece Myth of Mankind?

This band appeared on our list of reviews since it hit the metal road with Tales from this Land, after all. If anything, they’ve grown in metal power and coherence ever since. So, what’s it going to be this time? Ancient myths or a metallic history lesson. Let’s see

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Moonlight Haze – Beyond (2025) – Review

Moonlight Haze - Beyond - Album Cover

Moonlight Haze‘s 2022 piece Animus was one of the Power Metal highlights of that very same year. Founded in 2018 by two Temperance survivors – Chiara Tricarico and Giulio Capone1 – they went on to create what today is a well-known band in the Italian PM sub-section of metal.

The 2022 piece took it away with new-found oomph and a pretty healthy swagger. You know, traits that make you win over fans and sell a ton more records than before. So, what’s it gonna be this time beyond those old records? Let the Metal o’ the Light illuminate … [...] Click to raid more!