Staff Infections – May 2020

Hello, dear readers. I’ve been writing this Staff Infections feature for years now, and in addition to the main purpose of this feature, which is to share what the Last Rites staff has been listening to, I often like to at least mention a little bit about what is going on in the world, even if it’s just bitching about the weather. Although sometimes it has been hard not to, I’ve don’t think I’ve ever really made any grand political statements here on my little platform. The biggest reason I haven’t done so is that I presume you, gentle readers, all come here to Last Rites for metal, not politics. I have also refrained from making political statements, because I did not want to say something that misrepresented the opinions of the other staff members. However, I feel confident in speaking for the entire Last Rites staff when I say black lives matter. We hope that you all agree with that statement.

Now, to the playlists and the big winners therein. The most listened-to album this month is Æequiizoiikum, the forthcoming sophomore album from German black / death trio Khthoniiks Cerviiks. Æequiizoiikum isn’t out until July 17th, but we should have a review in the near future. Second place is a tie between two bands that would seem to be, based on description alone, at opposite ends of the metal spectrum: Lör, a self-described progressive / folk / power metal band, with its recently released EP Edge of Eternity, and Defeated Sanity, one of the most brutal tech-death bands in the game, with it’s soon-to-be-released album The Sanguinary Impetus. Now, Lör—with its prominent keyboards and melodic clean vocals—would never be confused for a brutal death metal band, but Edge of Eternity has some surprisingly technical and ferocious riffing that puts Lör closer to Defeated Sanity than you’d expect.

That’ll do it for this month, friends. Be sure to listen to our staff-curated Spotify playlist, and share your own playlist in the comments. Until next month, be safe, be kind and do a lot of listening.

• Danhammer Obstkrieg
  Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
  Khthoniik Cerviiks – Æequiizoiikum
  Moby – All Visible Objects
  The Soft Pink Truth – Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
  Dauþuz – Grubenfall 1727
  Voigt & Voigt – Mülheim Deluxe 1
• Andrew Edmunds
  Paradise Lost – Obsidian
  Meth Leppard – Woke
  Chepang – Dadhelo: A Tale Of Wildfire
  Unholy Grave – a whole lotta split 7s
  Ripcord – More Songs About…
  Dropdead – the first LP
• Zach Duvall
  Lör – Edge of Eternity
  Anathema – Weather Systems
  Voivod – Nothingface
  Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
  Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
• Lone Watie
  Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
  Khthoniiks Cerviiks – Æequiizoiikum
  Lör – Edge of Eternity
  Rider Negro – The Echo of the Desert
  Virgin Steele – The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Parts 1 & 2, and Invictus
  Jonah Mutono – GERG
• Ryan Tysinger
  Tormentor – Anno Domini
  Grausamkeit- Satan’s Addicktion & Pure Madness
  Poccolus – Poccolus
  Khthoniik Cerviiks – Æequiizoiikum
  Vlad Tepes / Belkètre – March to the Black Holocaust
  Ungod – Circle of the Seven Infernal Pacts
• Fetusghost
  Rwake – Rest
  Elder – Gold & Silver Sessions
  Tristwood – Blackcrown Majesty
  Whores – Gold
  Monstrosity – The Passage of Existence
  The Alex Jones Prison Planet – Corrupt Them All
• Manny-O-War
  Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring
  Enslaved – Vertebrae
  Acerus – The Tertiary Rite
  Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions
  Ulthar – Providence
  Darkthrone – Panzerfaust
• Dave Pirtle
  Alestorm – Curse of the Crystal Coconut
  Medication – Prince Valium
  Steve Earle and the Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
  Centinex – Death in Pieces
  ACxDC – Satan Is King
• Megan Astrael
  Ulcerate – Stare Into Death And Be Still
  Valborg – Nekrodepression
  Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory & Injury
  Vader – Liturgy
  Pat Metheny – Imaginary Day
  SW./SVN – (untitled albums)
• Jeremy Morse
  Xibalba – Años Del Infierno
  W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol
  Disgorge – Consume the Forsaken
  Accept – Balls to the Wall
  AC/DC – Powerage
  Slayer – Reign in Blood

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