Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (2025) – Review

Veilburner - Longing For Triumph, Reeking Of Tragedy - Album Cover

By the mighty Gawds of Metal. The 2025 Veilburner piece unwieldily called Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy has been blinking its lifeforce away in the depths of our review pipe. And nobody picked it up yet. And that ain’t a stellar idea with the release of their 2026 piece All Glimmer is Gloam coming up fast.

The album’s untimely arrival, with a release date in November 2025, didn’t really help. With the listing season breathing down our necks and two iterations of Magnadur‘s1 unhinged bullshit under our belt, our patience was really wearing thin. And this new … [...] Click to raid more!

Viande – Monument Aux Morts (2026) – Review

Viande - Monument Aux Morts - Album Cover

In trying times like these, what better idea than to sit your ass down with some truly vile metal? It will (hopefully) burn the mental fat off your grey matter real fast and help get rid of this aggression fest aimlessly careening about your skull.

And today I have a special suggestion that will brutally expel vegetarians and vegans, too. Not that they cannot partake in this endeavor, far from it. But they’re not gonna like the smells and texture of this particular meal.

Viande1, the band, brings you the putrid fare you need. Terrible fetid musings in … [...] Click to raid more!

Decipher – ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Thelema) (2026) – Review

Decipher - (ΘΕΛΗΜΑ) Thelema - Album Cover

The RMR crew and the Greek Black Metal community are pretty sturdy acquaintances. Rotting Christ1, Dødsferd, Isolert, or – again – Dark Portrait, all appeared on this zine. In fact, you get a fair number of the ritual folks roaming about the Southern reaches of Europe. This, and the sturdy French section, got ourselves a pretty virulent base to judge newcomers against.

So, will the sophomore record of a still obscure Greek Black Metal band be able to invoke the lightbringer, or will boredom set in after a while? Grab that spell book. That should … [...] Click to raid more!

Depravity – Bestial Possession (2025) – Review

Depravity - Bestial Possession - Album Cover

2025 had its share of Brutal Death Metal. And it went something like this: The horrors of Castrator led to Insatiable Violence, which again insinuated the Lust of Decay and finally ended in Depravity. The name of a band from down under that nicely finished this year of mixed reviews. Plus an astonishing number of rants to round things up some.

And while Extreme Metal had more difficulty making it over the threshold over here this year, this is still a pretty astonishing crop of metal atrocities. The grouchy old geezers over at the RMR Review desk took

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