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

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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!

Tarot – Glimpse of The Dawn (2024) – Review

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Haha, I got ya there, right? You thought that good ol’ RMR would treat you to some Hietala fare from Finland. But not so. This here Tarot greets you from down under where they eat Vegemite Sandwich all day long, as Men At Work told us so many eons ago.1 When they’re not hunting crocodiles or shooting the shit in the local swamp bar, that is.

And the band’s specialty? It ain’t metal, that’s for sure. Glimpse of the Dawn sends you straight back to the ’70s of the last millennium. That’s when early prog rock went on a … [...] Click to raid more!

Dio – The Last in Line (1984) – Review

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I know. For a long time, the review horizon stayed devoid of any new Dio records. To avoid overcooking the goose and scare our fans off, I guess. But – by Loki – the temptations are sometimes just too juicy. Specifically when The Last in Line released on 2 July some 34 years ago. So, here’s to a few moments for this fanboy to gush about Dio and his travels about the early metal landscape.

The ’80s definitely were a superb decade for metal in general. And without the crystal clear voice of Ronnie-James Dio belting out lyrics, we would … [...] Click to raid more!

Old’n’Tasty Records @ RockmusicRaider – Vol. II

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You need to give it to them old folks. The ’70’s and ’80s were very productive as far as music is concerned. Barely emerged from early-age rock’n’roll, blues and – not to forget – jazz, rock and later metal were on their quest to claim their place in the musical landscape. This was a time of experimentation, constructing tunes for the future. Not making music for the masses, through old designs like so much patchwork. Which is – come to think of it – what we see a lot of today.

Indeed, older records are – still today – all … [...] Click to raid more!