Staff Infections – June 2018

Breathe deep the pollen, friends—it’s June. While warm sun and the beautiful flowers are temporary, metal blooms eternal, so let’s see what the Hell all your pals at Last Rites have been listening to for the past month.

With three playlist appearances apiece, Tomb Mold’s Manor of Infinite Forms and Cosmic Church’s Täyttyms share first place. A review of Täyttyms, which is the one-man Finnish black metal outfit’s swan-song, is likely forthcoming. In the mean time, you can enjoy a sample below.

As for Manor of Infinite Forms—luckily for us, our intern Ryan, go-getter that he is, managed to finish all his special projects while the rest of the team was at Maryland Deathfest (great job cleaning the fridge, Ryan), so he found time to crush a review. You can read it here.

 

 

And speaking of having fun at Maryland Deathfest without Ryan, two of this year’s deathfest performers snuck into second place this month. First is Phrenelith, whose 3:40 set time conflicted mightily with my drinking schedule, but the group apparently made a positive impression on messieurs Kantor and Cooper. If your interest is piqued, Captain reviewed the band’s last release Desolate Endscape. Finally, last-minute Friday night headliners Suffocation ripped the roof off the joint, Frank-less though they were. I love Frank Mullen as much as the next person, but Ricky Myers is doing a bang-up job fronting Suffocation, and not once during the band’s set did I feel I was getting a lesser experience. Still high on the brutality, Konrad and I have been giving that old chestnut Pierced from Within some spins. Give a listen to some Phrenelith and Suffocation while you share your playlist in the comments. And while you’re at it, share one or two of the best live bands you’ve ever seen.

Have a great month, friends.

 

 

• Dan Obstkrieg
  Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms
  Striborg – Blackwave
  Gas – Rausch
  Sentinel Beast – Depths of Death
  Dodheimsgard – 666 International
  Alrakis – Echoes from Eta Carinae
• Zach Duvall
  Urfaust – The Constellatory Practice
  Destruction – Infernal Overkill
  Aspid – Extravasation
  Coroner – Grin
  Incantation – Diabolical Conquest
  Angelcorpse – The Inexorable
• Manny-O-War
  VIO-LENCE – Eternal Nightmare
  Morbid Angel – Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
  AC/DC – Flick of the Switch
  Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms
  Dio – Lock up the Wolves
  Bruce Dickinson – The Chemical Wedding
• Captain
  Cosmic Church – Täyttymys
  Ruins of Beverast – Exuvia
  Chaos Echoes – Transient
  Runespell – Order of Vengeance
  Biosphere – Departed Glories
  W.A.I.L. – Wisdom Through Agony into Illumination and Lunacy vol. II
• Ryan Tysinger
  夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) – 一期一会 (For This Time Only, Never Again)
  Tomb Mold – Manor Of Infinite Forms
  Darkthrone – A Blaze In The Northern Sky
  Heavy Load – Death Or Glory
  Deathhammer – Onward To The Pits
  Cosmic Church – Täyttymys
• Andrew Edmunds
  Deathrow – Satan’s Gift
  Demilich – Nespithe
  Savatage – Streets
  Atrocity – Hallucinations
  Amorphis – Queen Of Time
  Ghost – Prequelle
• Konrad Kantor
  Cosmic Church – Täyttyms
  Phrenelith – Desolate Endscape
  Wormrot – Voices
  Oranssi Pazuzu – Valonielu
  Suffocation – Pierced from Within
  Boris – Pink
• Matthew Cooper
  Dio – 10 Years of Dio: 1983-1993
  Pestilence – Hadeon
  Graveyard – Peace
  Rigor Mortis – The Original Unadulterated Freaks Demonstration
  Phrenelith – Desolate Endscape
  Realm – Endless War
• Jeremy Morse
  Suffocation – Pierced from Within
  Suffocation – Breeding the Spawn
  Nile – Those Whom the Gods Detest
  Nile – Ithyphallic
  Megadeth – Killing is My Business… And Business is Good