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RMR’s 2025 Infamous Lamestream N00bs!

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At first, the RMR crew thought that 2025 wouldn’t support yet another worthy year-end list of lamestream n00bs. In RMR Office Tower speak, this means old, established rock and metal bands with some influence on the industry appearing for the first time on this zine. Yup, you heard this right. Even after all these years and around 1’200 reviews in total, we still find revered rock stars that haven’t yet passed the smell test over here. But let’s face it. A lot of our focus was on the vile underground, and the woozy old geezers at the Review Desk had … [...] Click to raid more!

Testament – Para Bellum (2025) – Review

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It’s almost funky to see how the n00b carousel over at the RMR office tower is starting to spin. Testament started their career in 1987, and boy, were we young then. This is a band of true heavy music pioneers, and they’ve been at it ever since, serving the sick urges of generations of metalheads.

So, here’s a band that – yet again – never even appeared on RMR’s roster. But there’s a first time for every act in this world, and that makes them a n00b over here. So, without judging their past, we’ll see what these greybeards will … [...] Click to raid more!