Staff Infections – January 2023

Alright, dear readers, the infection has returned, stronger and more virulent than ever before. Eh, realistically, older and weaker is probably more accurate. Sorry for the layoff, but we traditionally skip Staff Infections in December, so as not to overload you all with lists in a list-heavy month. You may have noticed that I also blew off November. Sorry, I was tired. Chasing deer around the woods is exhausting. In the spirit of the new year, however, I resolve not to miss a single month of Staff Infections in 2023, except December… and maybe November if I get really tired again. Without further ado let’s get to what we’ve all been listening to around here.

It seems we’ve all been listening to different stuff this past month. I can’t give you an album of the month because not a single album made more than one appearance on the various staff Playlists. The closest thing to a winner we have is Darkthrone, with three appearances with three different albums, including their latest, Astral Fortress, the classic Under a Funeral Moon, and 2014’s impressively beefy Arctic Thunder. As always, you can have a gander at what else we’ve been listening to in the individual playlists below and have a listen to selections from said playlists in the Spotify playlist that appears right after the conclusion of my ramblings.

Of course, we at Last Rites would like to wish you a happy new year and thank you for your readership. We could, in fact, do this without out you, but it’d just be a bunch of mostly old drunk dudes in a hotel room arguing about metal (It’s actually more fun than you might think). Thanks to you, we are encouraged to make (mostly) sober and (occasionally) coherent points in print and to use fewer cuss words. You make us better people. There’s still plenty of fucking room for improvement, but thank you just the same. We hope you’ve enjoyed all the various year-end lists this past month, and be sure to check out the three-part series of our most anticipated albums of 2023. With one last nod to 2022, in the comments along with your playlist, please share your favorite album of last year. Going with the staff consensus, it’s The Chasm’s The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow for me. Take care, and see you all next month.

• • Andrew Edmunds
    Rotten Sound – Abuse To Suffer
    Tankard – Zombie Attack
    Sodom – Genesis XIX
    Voivod – Synchro Anarchy
    Nazareth – Loud ‘N’ Proud
    D.R.I. – Four Of A Kind
  • Dave Pirtle
    Warrior Soul – Out on Bail
    dArtagnan – Felsenfest
    I Drink My Coffee Alone – Nichts
    Mass Worship – Portal Tombs
    Stabbing Westward – Chasing Ghosts
    Darkane – Inhuman Spirits
  • Zach Duvall
    Anachronism – Orogeny
    billy woods x Messiah Musik – Church
    Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Cold As Weiss
    A Sound of Thunder – Time’s Arrow
    Echo and the Bunnymen – Porcupine
    Judas Priest – Ram It Down
  • Ryan Tysinger
    Armagedda – Only True Believers
    Minenwerfer – Der Rote Kampfflieger
    Gorgoroth – Pentagram
    Demigod – Slumber of Sullen Eyes
    HellPoison – Ultra Outbreak of Hell
    Jordfäst – Av stoft
  • Danhammer Obstkrieg
    No Spill Blood – Eye of Night
    Rotting Christ – A Dead Poem
    Autechre – Chiastic Slide
    Ocean of Grief – Pale Existence
    Impending Rot – Anatomical Discorporated Aberration
    Sonic Poison – Eruption
  • Spencer Hotz
    Darkthrone – Under A Funeral Moon
    Darkthrone – Astral Fortress
    Phantom Spell – Immortal’s Requiem
    Bloodbath – Survival of the Sickest
    Big|Brave – Vital
    Hammers of Misfortune – Overtaker
  • Lone Watie
    Russian Circles – Gnosis
    King Buffalo – Generator
    Ark – Burn The Sun
    Held By Trees – Solace
    New Country, Black Road – Ants From Up There
    Anders Buaas – The Edinburgh Suite
  • Jeremy Morse
    High Command – Eclipse of the Dual Moons
    Day of Suffering – The Eternal Jihad
    Darkthrone – Arctic Thunder
    Enforced – Kill Grid
    Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman
    Slayer – Reign in Blood
  • Captain
    Straw Man Army – SOS
    Blacklist – Afterword
    Bark Psychosis – Hex
    Brutus – Unison Life
    Faceless Burial – At the Foothills of Derivation
    Anal Stabwound – Reality Drips Into the Mouth of Indifference

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