Tag Archives: Thrash Metal

Hazzerd – The 3rd Dimension (2025) – Review

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Whenever I ask one of my non-metalhead friends to fire up some metal, they hit one of Metallica‘s tracks. Damn. But who are we kidding? Ever since the Grammies forgot to do research and just handed prizes to the loudest American band with the worst and yellowest album covers, Thrash Metal got undue credit and false fame. Battle medals these folks didn’t quite deserve in the first place. But whatever the merit may be, this kind of promotion undoubtedly assisted the furious success of this genre over the decades.

So, here’s Hazzerd. A relatively young band having seen … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Enforced take a Leap into the Dark!

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The RMR crew just enjoyed a bout of olde thrash/trad goodness. Something so retro, it feels like a fucking time machine to the ’80s. But here, we got ourselves some young guns, comparatively speaking with some different flavor.

Enforced started back in 2016 and continued to move full steam ahead, brutalizing everything and everyone in its path. So far, RMR never had the pleasure to welcome them to our roster. And the experience for this short blurb has been like witnessing a bunch of MOABs (Mother of All Bombs) in uncontrollable detonations. A thunderous delivery that made us sit … [...] Click to raid more!

Nasty Savage – Jeopardy Room (2024) – Review

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So, here’s to a metal band that started activities in 1983 and stayed active since then, with a damn heap of noticeable interruptions. Thrash and some Traditional Metal ever has been and still is its game. Well, kind of, with some variations. And no, the act ain’t called Metallica. Even if the Grammies seem to think that the latter are the only metal band around – at a global scale.

Nasty Savage play a barebone style of brutal Thrash Metal that was modern back in the ’80s and never evolved since. All of that ferocious nastiness is led by … [...] Click to raid more!

Black Sites – The Promised Land? (2024) – Review

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Ah yes, Black Sites are back. Once they released Untrue in 2021, this record was one of contradictions for the swampy underground creatures over at the RMR Review Desk. Allegedly, they had some trouble getting into the record and securing a good grip on its innards. And that wasn’t because of bad quality or a sucky production, much to the contrary.

Instead, the main complaint was that the piece was ‘too smooth’ and almost ‘too well constructed’. Go figure, right? Everybody and their aunt asks you to deliver some pristine production – or else. And if a band does just … [...] Click to raid more!