Welcome, dear friends, to another edition of Staff Infections, wherein the staff here at Last Rites share what they’ve been listening to for the past month. Everything is still terrible here in the U.S.A., so we’re skipping the current events portion of the intro this month. I could comment on Brent Hinds recent departure from Mastodon, but I’m not a fan of the band, so my commentary would be worthless. Maybe that’s what I could offer you today, a little pearl of wisdom: If you don’t know shit, don’t say shit.
There was not much competition for album of the month this time around, so before we get to that, let us see what else folks have been listening to. Jozzsh has been exploring the entire Coroner catalog, but don’t miss out on Death Cult demo there Jozzsh. Tom G. Warrior fronting Coroner is about as cool as it sounds. Ryan was binging Deceased last month, and this month he’s on to Voivod. Ryan is a man refined taste and good character. Following his lead will seldom steer you wrong. Mr. Hams has been enjoying a couple Cryptopsy classics in Blasphemy Made Flesh and None so Vile. Solid choices, I think we must all agree. As for the big winner this month, its Danish quintet Scimitar, with its black occult rock debut album Scimitarium I. No review as of yet, but you can check out the band’s Bandcamp page right here for a taste.
For our group discussion this month, in light of our asshole-in-chief’s ill-considered trade war, give us you favorite Mexican, Chinese and / or Canadian metal band. I don’t think I have a Chinese favorite, but from Canada I’ll go with Razor, and from Mexico I choose The Chasm.
That’s all for this month. Be sure to share your own playlist in the comments, and have a listen to the staff-curated Spotify playlist below. Until next time, here’s hoping you and yours weather the storm.
- Captain
Destruction – Release from Agony
Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime
Blut Aus Nord – MoRT
Show of Bedlam – La cathédrale engloutie
Hateful Abandon – Threat
Fennesz – Mosaic - Zach Duvall
Incantation – Onward to Golgotha
Scimitar – Scimitarium I
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
Weakling – Dead as Dreams
Chaos Inception – Vengeance Evangel
Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses - Blizzard of Jozzsh
Mephitic Corpse – Sickness Attracts Sickness
Coroner – Mental Vortex
Coroner – R.I.P.
Coroner – Punishment for Decadence
Coroner – No More Color
Coroner – Grin - Danhammer Obstkrieg
Messa – The Spin
Scimitar – Scimitarium I
Yazz Ahmed – A Paradise in the Hold
Morbific – Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh
Bjarki – A Guide to Hellthier Lifestye
Massacra – Enjoy the Violence - Andrew Edmunds
Days Of Desolation – Circles
Nektar – Remember The Future
Agathocles – about 100 splits
Alice Cooper – Love It To Death
Bowel Erosion / Haggus – split
Meat Spreader / Putrefaction Sets In – split - Ryan Tysinger
Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr
Voivod – Nothingface
Voivod – Angel Rat
Scimitar – Scimitarium I
Slough Feg – Hardworlder
Khthoniik Cerviks – Æequiizoiikum - Spencer Hotz
Cannibal Corpse – Torture
Cryptosis – Celestial Death
Pest Control – Year of the Pest
Undeath – More Insane
Agathocles – Razor Sharp Daggers
Chaos Inception – Vengeance Evangel - Isaac Hams
Havukruunu – Tavastland
Scimitar – Scimitarium I
Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures
Lady Gaga – Mayhem
Cryptopsy – None So Vile
Cryptopsy – Blasphemy Made Flesh - Jeremy Morse
Van Halen – II
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Avulsed – Stabwound Orgasm
Pentagram – Day of Reckoning
Terrorizer – World Downfall
Cathedral – Soul Sacrifice
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Year of the Cobra – S/T (it just dropped on 2/28, so it’s gonna show up next month too, but it’s taken up a huge portion of my listening in the last week).
Mercyful Fate – Melissa
Over Kill – Ironbound
Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
Strigoi – Vescera
Messa – Close
Razor is most likely my favorite Canadian metal band. As for Mexico, I’ve listened to a couple, but not enough to have a solid opinion at the moment. In light of that, for my favorite Mexican band, doesn’t even have to be metal, I’ll take whichever band pisses off ol’ Distended Donald the most.
Pat Metheny Group- travels (live)
Piah Mater- under the shadow of a foreign sun
Opeth- pale communion
Enslaved- heimdal
Crypt sermon- Stygian rose
Caligulas horse- charcoal grace
My mouth is actually watering waiting for the new messa. Not many bands out there have that effect on me.
I dunno about Mexico but I’m a big forteresse fan as far as Canada goes
Depeche Mode – Violator
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Floating Me – Floating Me
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Opeth – Ghost Reveries
Weezer – The Blue Album
Havukruunu – Tavastland
Not really sure about Chinese and Mexican bands, but it’s hard to talk about Canadian metal without talking about Voivod, Devin Townsend, and Rush.
Coffins – Sinister Oath
Avulsed – Phoenix Cryptobiosis
Death – Leprosy
Forsaken Land – Nightwinds
Crptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus
Invictus – The Catacombs of Fear
Favorite bands from Mexico: Serocs, Question, The Chasm, Infernal Conjuration
From Canada: Tomb Mold, Augury, Forteresse, Atrae Bilis, Aeternam, Necronomicon, Gomorrah, Riot City, Outre-Tombe
Havukruunu – Tavastland
Cryptosis – Celestial Death
Morax – The Amulet
Nechochwen – Heart of Akamon
Connie Francis – Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
Phantom G.D.L. – Transylvanian Nightmare
The Chasm are awesome. Also Mexican and awesome: Phantom (G.D.L.)
Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained
Hammers of Misfortune – The August Engine
Pharaoh – The Powers the Be
Gloomy Reflections – Oath of the Paladins
Demon Bitch – Master of the Games
Orphaned Land – Mabool
That Gloomy Reflections is so good. I missed it when it came out new. I think I’ve listened to it like 50 times through now and its fantastic. Definitely would have been on my top ten last year 🙂