Ancient Death – Ego Dissolution Review

[Cover art by Maegan LeMay] Now one certainly doesn’t need any special context to understand the appeal of Ego Dissolution, Walpole, Massachusetts-based Ancient Death’s debut LP after an EP and a split. If you’ll go

Buried Realm – The Dormant Darkness Review

If you even just casually perused the somewhat distant corners of conversations about modern melodic death metal, you’d inevitably hear about Buried Realm – an impressive, riff-oriented one-person project out of Colorado. That one person

Demonic Death Judge – Absolutely Launched Review

[Cover design and layout by Toni Raukola] In a 2012 interview with The Sludgelord, Finland’s Demonic Death Judge — a band that, as our own Spencer Hotz put it, is not, in fact, a Soulsborne

Staff Infections – April 2025

It’s that time again, friends: Time to see what kind of racket your pals at Last Rites have been shoving in their ears with a little feature we call Staff Infections. Everything still sucks here

Morbific – Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh Review

[Cover artwork by Chase Slaker of Caustic Wound / Mortiferum] If you’re anything like me—an old tousled possum living out his best years deep in the woods, trying to avoid the temptation of feasting on

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades Review

It takes a certain combination of talent, timing, the stars aligning, and luck to pull off what The Lord Weird Slough Feg is currently trying to pull off: delivering a sequel to a beloved classic.

Neptunian Maximalism – Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu Review

In her book The Empathy Exams (2014), Leslie Jamison writes that “[e]mpathy isn’t just something that happens to us… it’s also a choice we make: to pay attention, to extend ourselves… Sometimes we care for

Messa – The Spin Review

[cover artwork by Nico Vascellari] Every artist worth a speck is destined to release at least one “divisive” record – you’ve heard a few in your day, I’m sure. The heavy-heeled stagger into stuffy acoustic

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