Staff Infections – July 2020

Greetings, friends. It’s time for Staff infections—the feature wherein the Last Rites staff shares what it’s been listening to for the last month, and you, dear readers, get to marvel at our spectacularly good taste in music. There’s no getting around the fact that, despite the abundant sunshine, the world is a pretty dismal place right now. So, lacking anything particularly pleasant to talk about, let’s skip the current events section of the intro and get right to the metal.

It’s a narrow field of competition for album of the month this time around, as only two albums appeared in more than one playlist. And by more than one, I mean two. Consequently, Falconer’s From a Dying Ember and The Spirit Cabinet’s Bloodlines are tied for first place, with no runners up. Longtime Falconer fan, El Capitan, renders his well-informed opinion on Falconer’s final album right here. While we have no stand-alone review of Bloodlines, Ryan Tysinger provides a pretty thorough rundown of the album in the second volume of our Missing Pieces series, which features outstanding 2020 metal albums that we neglected to review at the time of their release. Better late than never, as they say. You can find volumes one and two of Missing Pieces here and here.

Finally, since the U.S.A. doesn’t seem to be too adept at fighting Covid-19, let’s focus on something that America is good at for our discussion question this month: Which style of metal do you think the U.S. does best? Share your answer and your playlist in the comments. While your are doing so, have a listen to the staff-curated Spotify playlist just below, and enjoy some of the tunes we’ve been enjoying. Until next month, stay safe, and stay healthy.

• Andrew Edmunds
  Unholy Grave – Grind Killers
  Agathocles – Humarrogance
  Brutal Truth – Need To Control
  Meth Leppard – Woke
  Birdflesh – Extreme Graveyard Tornado
  Elixir – The Son Of Odin
• Danhammer Obstkrieg
  Ambrose Akinmusire – On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment
  Drautran – Throne of the Depths
  Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
  Khthoniik Cerviiks – Æequiizoiikum
  Do Make Say Think – You, You’re a History in Rust
  J Majik – Always Be
• Ryan Tysinger
  The Lord Diabolus – Down There…
  Greyhawk – Keepers of the Flame
  The Spirit Cabinet – Bloodlines
  Trelldom – Til et annet...
  Mekong Delta – Wanderer on the Edge of Time
  Pa Vesh En – Burial
• Zach Duvall
  Neil Young – Homegrown
  Lamentari – Missa Pro Defunctis
  Drottnar – Welterwerk
  Liturgy – H.A.Q.Q.
  Ulver – Messe I.X-VI.X
  Raw – Languish
• Manny-O-War
  The Spirit Cabinet – Bloodlines
  Ludvig Cimbrelius – Atmospheric Presence
  Immolation – Atonement
  Michael Olatuja – Lagos Pepper Soup
  Incantation – Sect of Vile Divinities
  Samuel Hällkvist – Epik, Didaktik, Pastoral
• Dave Pirtle
  Hum – Inlet
  Local H – Lifers
  Primus – Pork Soda
  Falconer – From a Dying Ember
  Melvins & Mudhoney – White Lazy Boy
  Mantar – Grungetown Hooligans II
• Lone Watie
  Falconer – From a Dying Ember
  Mekong Delta – Tales from a Future Past
  Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus, Acts I&II
  Death – Discography
  Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
  Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• Spencer Hotz
  Obscene – The Inhabitable Dark
  Couch Slut – Take A Chance On Rock ‘n’ Roll
  Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
  Marsh Dweller – Wanderer
  Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans
  Kamasi Washington – The Epic
• Fetusghost
  Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin kynsi
  Hällas – Conundrum
  Hällas – Excerpts From a Future Past
  billy woods – Hiding Places
  White Ward – Love Exchange Failure
  Kylesa – Time Will Fuse Its Worth
• Jeremy Morse
  Church of Disgust – Consumed by Slow Putrefaction
  Slayer – Reign in Blood
  Minor Threat – Discography
  High on Fire –  Spitting Fire Live, Vol. 1 &2
  Monster Magnet – Spine of God
  Al Di Meola – Anthology

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