Howdy, friends. It’s time to see what your pals at Last Rites have been listening to. But first, let’s talk about the state of the world: It’s still shit. I feel slightly better equipped to endure it, however, because I was recently able to attend Maryland Deathfest and spend time with some of my Last Rites compatriots. It was long overdue and well worth the considerable bar tab. Also, I got to see Max and Igor play old Sepultura tunes, and I almost felt young again. Anyway, the world probably isn’t ever going to stop being terrible, but if you surround yourself with cool people it does wonders for your ability to endure the bullshit.
You know what else does wonders for your ability to endure the bullshit? The Chasm, that’s what. Seemingly out of nowhere, the kings of epic death metal released a new album, and we’ve all been spinning the heck out of it around here. Consequently, The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow takes album of the month honors in a veritable landslide. So Inspired by the album was our dear Captain that he not only penned and extensive review, he even made a collage. Our runner up this month is death metal of a different order, though no less profound, in the form of the recently released self-titled third album from the corrosively progressive Artificial Brain. Cap has you covered on that one as well right here.
On to group discussion. Lacking the inspiration and possibly the sobriety for a more inventive conversation starter I hit some of my MDF companions with the age-old question: Maiden or Priest. And now I turn the same question to you. Personally, I’d have to go with Judas Priest. Iron Maiden is more consistent, but Judas Priest is more adventurous. Priest misses more, but their hits are more spectacular. What say you?
That’s about it for this month. Be sure to listen to the staff-curated Spotify playlist below, and share your own playlist in the comments. Until next month, y’all get outside and play, and don’t come back until the street lights come on.
- Andrew Edmunds
Suffocation – Souls To Deny
Immolation – Acts Of God
No/Mas – Consume / Deny / Repent
Candlemass – Ancient Dreams
Sulfuric Cautery – Chainsaws Clogged With The Underdeveloped Brain Matter Of Xenophobes
Avulsed – Gorespattered Suicide - Ryan Tysinger
The Chasm – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow
Slayer – Hell Awaits
Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids
Sacramentum – Far Away From The Sun
Dark Fortress – Spectres From The Old World
Sepultura – Beneath The Remains - Zach Duvall
The Chasm – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow
Heaving Earth – Darkness of God
Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
Beyond Mortal Dreams – Abomination of the Flames
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Borknagar – The Olden Domain - Captain
Morbid Angel – Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
Disgorge – Consume the Forsaken
Gorguts – The Erosion of Sanity
Malignancy – Inhuman Grotesqueries
Death – Leprosy
Disincarnate – Dreams of the Carrion Kind - Lone Watie
The Chasm – The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
Inanna – Void of Unending Depths
Ruins of Beverast – Exuvia
Monophonics – Sage Motel
Amanda – Weltenraum - Danhammer Obstkrieg
Undeath – It’s Time… to Rise from the Grave
Hot Water Music – Feel the Void
The Chasm – The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Inexorum – Equinox Vigil
Autopsy – Mental Funeral
Melechesh – Sphynx - Dave Pirtle
The Chasm – The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Decapitated – Cancer Culture
Mark This Hour – Dark World
Demiricous – Chaotic Lethal
Zero Hour – Agenda 21
Stereomud – Every Given Moment - Jeremy Morse
The Chasm – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow
Napalm Death – Smear Campaign
Pharmacist – Flourishing Extremities on Unspoiled Mental Grounds
Serpens Aeon – Dawn of Kouatl
Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
AC/DC – Powerage
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Glacier – The Passing of Time
Redshark – Digital Race
Fight – War of Words
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Armored Saint – Symbol of Salvation
Killing Joke – MMXII
Neurosis – A Sun That Never Sets
Ultha – All That Has Never Been True
Hide – Castration Anxiety
Eisenhand – Fires Within
Maggot Heart – Mercy Machine
Rosegarden Funeral Party – At The Stake
And, Priest. They got da Riffs.
Hope you’re all doing well!
Serpentent – Ancient Tomes, Volume I: Mother of Light
Dawnbringer – Into the Lair of the Sun God
Amorphis – Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Manilla Road – Crystal Logic
Venenum – Trance of Death
Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses
Iron Maiden for me. My favorite heavy metal band of all time, full-stop.
Yes indeed The Chasm is high on my list this month too. But as for Maiden vs Priest, I have to go with Maiden. All their albums are great (yes they can be ranked but all are good), which isnt the case for Priest. The latest Priest album, Firepower, is awesome by the way. I see lots of cool stuff on your guys’ lists this month, even Hot Water Music, great band.
The Chasm – The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Ataraxy – Where All Hope Fades
Grand Harvest – Consummatum Est
Hath – All That Was Promised
As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us
Savage Deity – Decade of Savagery
A Loathing Requiem – Acolytes Eternal
Ahab – The Giant
Dissolve Paterns – Dissolve Patterns
Aeviterne – The Ailing Facade
White Ward – False Light
Katatonia – The Great Cold Distance
Black Oath – Emeth, Truth and Death
Maiden or Priest? Difficult, I prefer the last Priest release, but would go for Maiden overall.
Amorphis – Elegy
Pig Destroyer – Book Burner
Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Faith No More – Angel Dust
In terms of Iron Maiden or Judas Priest, it’s Maiden for me. I haven’t found a Priest album yet that grabs me in the way that Maiden at their best does.