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Oryad – Sacred & Profane (2023) – Review

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I am going to be straight with you. I was ready to ditch Oryad‘s Sacred & Profane and send it down into the dreaded oubliette. The place at the RMR office tower without any chance for escape for delinquent records. Yet another Symphonic Metal piece with a classically trained female vocalist. Many of those already crossed our hawse to the point of symphonic overload. Been there, done that, got the wacky band shirt. Ain’t it, Nightwish?

And yet. Oryad‘s debut offering here seems to harbor more succulent details than meets the ear at first. Because you see, Sacred … [...] Click to raid more!

Vvon Dogma I – The Kvlt of Glitch (2023) – Review

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The RMR review pipe of early 2023 seems to attract all types of abstract or out-of-the-box pieces. Records that usually should not co-exist with all that metal over here. But somehow, they still do. Funky, huh? But – you see – comfortable metal tropes are good for the soul. Yet sometimes you need to push the boundaries until you meet the glitch. Kvltish technocrats brutally unchained!

Back in 2017, Vvon Dogma I‘s Communion fascinated us in a geeky yet disturbing kind of way. This one was so out of the box, it almost didn’t make it onto our … [...] Click to raid more!

Kahrmalia – Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia (2023) – Review

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It’s a rare event when a record makes us stop and return to start and listen to the damned thing in its entirety without distraction. This only happens when we have that instant visceral connection like Neo hitting the matrix for the first time. A hint of something juicy. Not a play to be missed on that big plane of events that 2023 still is for extreme music.

Meet Gabriel Cavazzini‘s new project Kahrmalia and its debut album Misanthropic Euphoric Essentia. Usually, we ain’t too fond of one-man projects. This jack-of-all-trades thing often backfires on quality and production. … [...] Click to raid more!

Ascension – Under the Veil of Madness (2023) – Review

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Power Metal. Most folks either love or hate it and there’s almost no in-between. Unless you work @ RMR, of course. But even here it’s complicated. We do love AND hate it, believe it or not. Or love to hate it, or vice versa. Yet again, the RMR crew adopted a fair number of Power Metal pieces over the years, so the hate won’t reach too far. It must be that closet fan thing you do late at night when nobody’s watching. The booty we amassed to date ranges from truly excellent fare, over runaway and over-the-top Mad Max … [...] Click to raid more!