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Orden Ogan – The Order of Fear (2024) – Review

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Alright. We gotta further the cause of Power Metal some more. Veonity just aired a few days ago. And that makes – together with Hammerfall – all but two PM records on RMR for 2024. So, why not kick it up a notch or two and have a go at another one? After all, Orden Ogan and their new piece The Order of Fear waited patiently on the sidelines for a few months now.

A band with more active years under their belt than most readers can count as their own. Or let me put it that way: In 1996, … [...] Click to raid more!

Veonity – The Final Element (2024) – Review

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Power Metal hasn’t been much in play for the RMR zine this year. The malevolent undercurrents of the metal underbelly gained a lot more heft and that went to the detriment of the Metal o’ The Light. The Swedes from Hammerfall rose to questionable fame this year, being the only Power Metal outfit to date in 2024 on RMR. And that lands us with Veonity and their new piece The Final Element. More Swedish metallic power to embellish our somewhat overly daemonic stance on this year’s roster.

Premonition already got us confused, though. The band grandly states that the absence … [...] 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!

Carmeria – Tragédie D’amour (2024) – Review

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The RMR crew still scratches its mutual heads why on earth the Metal Archives refuse to admit Amaranthe into its Holy Halls of Fame. It’s not that RMR himself suddenly found some red-hot love for that particular band, far from it. And we’re confused. Because, Elize Ryd1 prominently resides in the Encyclopaedia Metallum but not her main band. And that led to even more heavy head-scratching over at the office tower.

The reason? She allegedly partakes in a band called ‘Raskasta Joulua’ (Heavy Christmas in Finnish, no less). Rocky X-Mas carols and old Nightwish songs, that kind of thing. … [...] Click to raid more!