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The Funereal EP, a lament by – Funeral!

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Ô Solitude, Ô Eternal Misery!

Didn’t get enough doom ‘n’ gloom from the news lately? Well, we’re happy to serve you a large portion of tribulation and woe with your breakfast cereal today. Funeral famously appeared on our radar with their 2024 piece Gospel of Bones that made quite a dent in our obsidian, tear-drenched wastes of melancholy central. A band that – allegedly – gets its lyrics from a psychologist. A disturbing thought, if you think about it. They’re supposed to help people, not wallow in grief themselves.

But the fact is, their newest blurb, The Funereal EP, … [...] Click to raid more!

Savage Lands – Army of the Trees (2025) – Review

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Let me tell you what made us pick this record up in the first place. Black Rock Heart, the first track on Savage Lands‘ debut album Army of the Trees, wildly reminded us of Slap Betty‘s piece of work that aired some years ago. A record containing a lot of progression, some limited emotion, but little substance otherwise.1 Apart from loads of red-hot, well-chiseled Heavy Rock, that is. A feature that rarely garnishes this zine’s review pipe.

So, here we got ourselves a record featuring a limited core band created by Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth) and Sylvain … [...] Click to raid more!

…And Oceans – The Regeneration Itinerary (2025) – Review

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…And Oceans is a band that wasn’t for long stretches over the eons they served their fan base. The Finns started their lengthy career back in 1995 with a first demo, but lasted only until 2002 when Cypher released to some limited fan embrace. After that, only bits and pieces graced our soundscapes until they hit the circuit again in 2019 with an EP.1 The RMR crew took real notice of them only once As In Gardens, So In Tombs hit our turntables with a bang.

So, we weren’t quite sure if …And Oceans‘ songwriting process would take … [...] Click to raid more!

Nite – Cult of the Serpent Sun (2025) – Review

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Back in 2020, the RMR crew heard about a “…newly formed band…” hailing from the Californian desert with some pig-headed take on how to mold their metal. Alas, both of Nite‘s first records – Darkness Silence Mirror Flame and Voices of the Kronian Moon – never reached far enough into our review pipe to get the attention of the sump rats down there. There was no particular reason for that, either. The last years were filled with loads of great rock, metal, and folk. So, as the saying goes, we had many other fish to fry.

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