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RMR’s Rating System Explained!

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Bullseye - Perfect Rating

You’ll truly find a gazillion of different ways to slice and dice a record. It seems to me that every blog, webzine, or magazine has its own rating method or none at all. Some count to 10 points for their ranking. Others still sport those terrible star things or go for the five-point system.

And – again – others go for the same solution but with half-point ratings in between.1 The accountants and die-hard statistical nerds will probably fancy the count by the hundredth. Easy for the percentage count. But bitch, please.

And RMR?

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Ze Playlist Zone @ RMR Central!

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Alien Metal Music Listener - Playlists

Did you know?

RMR sports playlists! Since its meager beginnings, the crew generated roughly 1’100 reviews spread over around 700 bands covering a riot of different genres and sub-genres. That’s a pretty impressive number, given the lack of manpower and an abundance of life events getting in the way all the time. After all, we only have 24 hours in the day, plus the night if need be. An operation fraught with unpaid labor and a day job to finance all that pain and misery.

This means that RMR sits atop a vast heap of predominantly heavy music waiting to … [...] Click to raid more!

One Thousand Reviews and Counting. RMR on a roll!

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RMR - 1000 Reviews

Well, I’ll be damned. The RMR zine just proudly stepped across the threshold of one thousand music reviews. And this count doesn’t even include the plethora of lists, editorials, opinions, and other musings that saw the light of day over time.

Frankly, the crew here never thought this would be possible one day. After all, unceremoniously treading on bands’ artistic freedom remains a side hustle at best with a day job and life challenges in full swing. But there is a demand for all that free marketing RMR threw at the audience over time. So, here we go, feistier than … [...] Click to raid more!

6 Hints to get your Promo noticed for review!

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RockmusicRaider - Music Promotion, hands on piano - 6 Hints to get your Promo noticed for review!

So, you have created your album, put it on your internet site, and – nada. Next day? Still nada. And you start to quietly wonder how you could get help to let this ignorant world know that you just created this stellar material.

Well, review sites – like RMR here – are one of the venues you have to gain many more fans and supporters on this cold, cold internet thing. These sites usually offer free or paid, bona fide1 feedback on the stuff you produce. And this might – just might – incite these readers to buy your … [...] Click to raid more!