Hello again, friends and neighbors. It’s time for Staff Infections, your monthly glimpse into the Last Rites staff’s listening habits. However, before we get to the music, I’d just like to acknowledge the recent passings of Lou Koller of Sick of it All and Frank Beard of ZZ Top. Both men were legends in their respective fields, and they’ve both been and will continue to be part of the soundtrack of my life. Rest in peace, gentlemen.
On to what we’ve been listening to. We have a little more overlap on the staff playlists than usual this time around, resulting in four albums vying for album of the month. To start there is a three-way tie for second place including Anatomy of Habit’s Paired Sentinels (review from Fons here), Apochrypha’s The Eyes of Time and Zorn’s Return to Castle Death. That leaves us with our winner, by the slimmest of margins, Hydrophilous Brood, the recently released sophomore LP from Sallow Moth. Jozzsh has a review of this fine and filthy brutal death metal album right here.
For our group discussion this month we’re going to step outside the bounds of metal a bit. Share with us in the comments your favorite album from Sick of it All and/or ZZ Top. Scratch the Surface was both my introduction to Sick of it All and arguably the band’s most metallic effort. Consequently, the album remains my favorite, although the debut is a close second. As for ZZ Top the trio was one of the first bands I ever got into. I started with the 70’s compilation The Best of ZZ Top, and that’s what I’ve listened to most, but if I had to pick a studio album, it would be Tres Hombres.
That’s about all for now, folks. Be sure to share your own playlist in the comments and, while you do, have a listen to the staff-curated Spotify playlist below. Summer is fading fast, so, until next time, get outside and have some fun.
- Danhammer Obstkrieg
Zorn – Return to Castle Death
Static Abyss – The Dying Hunt
Rolling Stones – all
Besvärjelsen – Till Glömskan Ad Oblivionem
Windswept – A Sign of the Cloven Hoof
The Good Life – Album of the Year - Captain
Triosphere – Oceans Above, Stars Below
Triosphere – The Heart of the Matter
Anubis Gate – Anubis Gate
Decapitated – Nihility
Slayer – South of Heaven
Forbidden – Forbidden Evil - Zach Duvall
Ufomammut – Eve
Lividus – Scarabaeus
Ningen Isu – Kaidan Soshite Shi to Eros
Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star
Moonspell – 1755
Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime - Andrew Edmunds
White Lion – Pride
Apocrypha – The Eyes Of Time
Bad Religion – Suffer
Gummo – A Fresh Breath On The Neck
Starfighters – In-Flight Movie
Sick Of It All – Just Look Around - Wolf Rambatz
Pileup – Leave the Light On
Vihameditaatio – Aistiharhojen puutarhassa
Presser – Voluntary Grief
Fed Ash + HIRS – I Am Body Horror
Sallow Moth – Hydrophilous Brood
Leo – Cicada Burnt - Lone Watie
Hesse Kassel – Morir Saltando
OK Goodnight – stop/go
Apocrypha – The Eyes Of Time
delving – All Paths Diverge
Karfagen – Omni II Act I: The Glass Of Time
Raul Malo – Bella Ciao: Live In Nashville - Spencer Hotz
Nothingness – Godslaughter
Anatomy of Habit – Paired Sentinels
Escumergamënt – Apparebat Eidolon Senex
Dim Mak – Knives of Ice
Funebrarum- Beckoning The Void Of Eternal Silence
Assück – Misery Index - David Fonseca
Ænigmatum – Infinitude’s Passage
Astriferous – Atavistic Unraveling
Anatomy of Habit – Paired Sentinels
Pharmacist – Vertebrae After Vertebrae
Warning – Rituals of Shame
Cognizance – In Light, No Shape - Isaac Hams
Tenhi – Airut:Aamujen
Charli xcx – Music, Fashion, Film
Nero – Between II Worlds
Zorn – Return to Castle Death
Sallow Moth – Hydrophilous Brood
Opeth – Deliverance - Blizzard of Jozzsh
Sallow Moth – Hydrophilous Brood
Mortal Decay – Forensic
Deeds of Flesh – Path of the Weakening
Raw Addict – Compulsion
Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
Scattered Remnants – Destined to Fail - Jeremy Morse
Judas Priest – Sin After Sin
Sick of it All – Scratch the Surface
The Chasm – The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Nile – Black Seeds of Vengeance
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
Dawnbringer – Into the Lair of the Sun God
