Element of Fate – Dreamfall (2026) – Review

Element of Fate - Dreamfall - Album Cover

Element of Fate‘s official website seems to be Instagram of all things. Yep, this social media channel. A spawn of the terrible Meta-verse that seems to be the only one garnished with the band’s moniker. This doesn’t or should not reflect negatively on the musical prowess of the band, of course, but it gives you an inkling of how well-versed an act actually is in digital marketing. And – it may well give you a pretty good idea of what to expect going forward, as often both go hand in hand.

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Non Serviam – La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine (2026) – Review

Non Serviam - La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine - Album Cover

Non Serviam. An anarchistically driven chaos troupe masquerading as a metal band. Their last record, Le Coeur Bat,1 was so atrociously underwater that it didn’t even make it to publication over here. And perhaps we should have let it air on the RMR zine. This would mean that two zero-rated records would dwell in our statistics today. Not the greatest idea, by the way. It is not desirable to collect those if you run a webzine like ours. But I digress.

Back to Non Serviam, the French band. It always amuses me when riotous and probably … [...] Click to raid more!

Tardigrade Inferno – Hush (2026) – Review

Tardigrave Inferno - Hush - Album Cover

Alright, what pitch-black kettle of fish did we catch ourselves here? Out of the smoke-infested Northern reaches of the Baltics emerge some sickly circus sounds. That said, the circus theme in metal is nothing new, of course. It is, more often than not, all about the old tropes of the evil clown, which have been en vogue since Stephen King killed the market with his novel ‘IT’ decades ago. What better figure to scare the bejeesus out of you than a not-so benign paintface?

Now, here we’re faced with a whole gaggle of them. A noisy, beetlejuice-infested chaos troupe that’s … [...] Click to raid more!

Magnadur – Punishment of Hamlet (2025) – Review

Magnadur - Punishment of Hamlet - Album Cover

Didn’t we tell these guys to stay off our feed and not return? After this Beautiful Nightmare, Magnadur was good for the scrapyard. So, we turned the page and moved on. A waste of space in our music library. At least, this is what this crew thought.

Because, lo and behold, another manic piece of this Perrakoski dude threw itself into our feed. And that burning sensation brought about unfinished business with this band. It ain’t smart to mess with the geezers at the review desk over at the RMR office tower. Never, ever.1 So, here we go … [...] Click to raid more!