Staff Infections – February 2020

Welcome, friends, to another edition of Staff Infections, wherein the Last Rites staff share what we’ve been listening to for the past month or so. And Christ on a pony, what a horrible god-damned month it’s been. Not only did we lose one of the greatest drummers in rock, Neil Peart, seemingly out of nowhere, we also lost Sean Reinert, one of the greatest drummers in death metal, plus hardcore / crossover / metal legend Reed Mullin from Corrosion of Conformity. If you know the staff like I know the staff, you’d know this Staff Infections was only ever going one way: Rush all over the place. If you need more evidence of how much the staff loves Rush, you can read several tributes to Neal Peart right here. Enjoy a little something each from Neil, Sean and Reed below.

While Rush dominated the playlists and easily seized first place, Eastern Europe owns second place with a tie between Hungary’s Thy Catafalque, with its recently released album Naiv, and Slovakia’s Malokarpatan, with its forthcoming release Krupinské Ohne. You can likely expect a review of Krupinské Ohne in the near future, but you can read a review of Naiv right here. Samples from both albums are also featured below.

As is now the norm, we have a spiffy Spotify playlist that features tracks hand-picked by the staff. While you listen, please share your own playlist in the comments, and while you’re at it, share your favorite tunes featuring Neal Peart, Sean Reinert, and / or Reed Mullin. Until next month, let’s all try to stay healthy in both body and mind.

• Zach Duvall
  Rush – EVERYTHING
  Furia – Księżyc milczy luty
  Thy Catafalque – Naiv
  Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions
  U2 – Boy
  Marrasmieli – Between Land And Sky
• Ryan Tysinger
  Witchtower – Witches Domain
  Primeval Mass – Nine Altars
  Nifelheim – Nifelheim
  All Hell – The Witch’s Grail
  Rush – 2112
  Enslaved – Mardraum: Beyond the Within
• Manny-O-War
  Rush – Permanent Waves
  Rush – Power Windows
  Rush – Hold Your Fire
  Rush – Vapor Trails
  Rush – Grace Under Pressure
  Rush – Moving Pictures
• Andrew Edmunds
  Slayer – South Of Heaven
  Rush – Grace Under Pressure
  Cock Sparrer – Shock Troops
  Vastum – Orificial Purge
  Sweet Oblivion – Sweet Oblivion ft. Geoff Tate
  Nitro – O.F.R.
• Fetusghost
  Nifelheim – Servants of Darkness
  Whores – Gold
  Enslaved – Isa
  VHOL – Deeper Than Sky
  Fuck the Facts – Desire Will Rot
  Dog Fashion Disco – Anarchists of Good Taste
• Danhammer Obstkrieg
  Rush – A Farewell to Kings
  Turia – Degen van Licht
  Tulus – Old Old Death
  Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri – Una Presencia en la Brisa
  Mayhem – De Mysteriis dom Sathanas
  Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne
• Captain
  Sodom – Tapping the Vein
  Enslaved – Vertebrae
  Rush – Fly By Night
  Necrot – Blood Offerings
  Sadus – Illusions / Chemical Exposure
  Escuela Grind – Indoctrination
• Dave Pirtle
  Annihilator – Ballistic, Sadistic
  Constellatia – The Language of Limbs
  Shadowquest – Gallows of Eden
  Thy Catafalque – Naiv
  Rush – Clockwork Angels
  Toter Fisch – Yemaya
• LoneWatie
  Psychotic Waltz – Discography
  Fughu – Lost Connection
  Thy Catafalque – Naiv
  Anoushbard – Mithra
  Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne
  Nektar – The Other Side
• Jeremy Morse
  UFO – Strangers in the Night
  Blood Incantation – Starspawn
  Acid Witch – Witchtanic Hellucinations
  Rush – 2112
  Pantera – Cowboys from Hell
  Corrosion of Conformity – Blind

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