Staff Infections – December 2018

Here we go, kids. One last time in 2018: let’s see what your pals at last Rites have been listening to. I think there’s still time to get a letter to Santa if anything catches your ear.

Taking first place this month with three appearances is the latest album from Deceased, Ghostly White. That isn’t all that surprising, because Deceased is awesome, and we’re particularly fond of them around here. Zach Duvall can give you a pretty good idea of why we love Deceased with his recent review.

Second place is a tie between two self-titled doom albums from Musta Risti and Pale Divine. El Capitan can fill you in on Pale Divine right here. We haven’t reviewed Musta Risti, but you can enjoy a gloriously goofy video sample below.

Since it’s list season and we’re wrapping up 2018, I thought I’d tally the last year’s worth of Staff Infections and see which album had the most appearances. I’ll be damned if it was my favorite record of the year, (and number 5 on our Best of 2018 – Combined Staff List) Visigoth’s Conqueror’s Oath. I could gush about how much I love this album, but Cap can do it better with his review.

Second place for the year was Cruel Magic (#12 on the staff list), from the unstoppable comeback-kids, Satan. Our dutiful intern Ryan can give you the dope on Cruel Magic with his excellent review. Young Ryan has been doing a bang-up job with the lunch orders lately, and his writing isn’t too shabby either. Mark my words: That kid is going places.

Well, friends, until next month, I hope you all have a smooth ride out of 2018. Whether you celebrate the holidays or not, I hope you’re able to enjoy a few days off, some time with your loved ones, and some extra time to jam some metal. Be sure to share your playlist in the comments and, if you feel like it, let us know which album you think you listened to the most in 2018. Thanks for reading.

• Dave Pirtle
  Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill Us All
  Veonity – Legend of the Starborn
  Amorphis – Queen of Time
  The Skull – The Endless Road Turns Dark
  Visigoth – Conqueror’s Oath
  Transmaniacon – The Strange World of Suzie Pellet
• Andrew Edmunds
  Demigod – Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
  Wake – Misery Rites
  Blood Feast – Kill For Pleasure
  Flower Kings – Paradox Hotel
  Master – Vindictive Miscreant
  Metal Church – Blessing In Disguise
• Captain
  Musta Risti – Musta Risti
  Carriage – Visions
  Dream Child – Until Death Do We Meet Again
  Rocka Rollas – Celtic Kings
  Serrabulho – Porntugal (Portuguese Vagitarian Gastronomy)
  Kompakt – Pop Ambient 2019
• Ryan Tysinger
  Deceased – Ghostly White
  Manacle – No Fear To Persevere
  Medieval Demon – Medieval Necromancy
  Stunner – Turbo City
  Forlorn Winds – Murmurs With The Decapitated
  Children of the Reptile – The Four Weapons EP
• Matthew Cooper
  Sleep – Leagues Beneath
  Immolation – Unholy Cult
  Deathspell Omega – Kenose
  Iron Maiden – Death on the Road
  Deceased – Ghostly White
  Pale Divine – Pale Divine
• Manny-O-War
  Musta Risti – Musta Risti
  Vile Apparition – Depravity Ordained
  Roc Marciano – Behomd a White Horse
  Holy Grove – Holy Grove II
  Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
  Litany – Aphesis: The Sapience of Dying
• Zach Duvall
  Wormed – Planisphærium
  Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods
  Bauhaus – Mask
  Amorphis – Silent Waters
  Sulphur Aeon – The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
  Suffocation – Souls to Deny
• Danhammer Obstkrieg
  Yeruselem – The Sublime
  Obliteration – Cenotaph Obscure
  Autechre – Chiastic Slide
  Low – Christmas
  Skepticism – Stormcrowfleet
  Kompakt – Pop Ambient 2019
• Chris Sessions
  Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction
  Asphyx – Incoming Death
  White Zombie – “Blood Milk and Sky” (just that song, none of their other stuff)
  A mix of Run DMC, LL Cool J, BDP, Erik B and Rakim, Beastie Boys…old school NY style.
• Jeremy Morse
  Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
  Deceased – Ghostly White
  Pale Divine – Pale Divine
  Defeated Sanity – Passages into Deformity
  Rick James – Street Songs