All posts by Andrew Edmunds

Last Rites Co-Owner; Senior Editor; born in the cemetery, under the sign of the MOOOOOOON...

The Kill – Kill Them… All Review

So far, grinders are having a good 2015. Between Kill Them…All and Napalm Death’s death-grind monster Apex Predator, the blasting and bashing has been brilliantly brokered in the first month of the new year. Conveniently, …

Napalm Death – Apex Predator – Easy Meat Review

There are days when I think Napalm Death is my favorite band. Realistically, I know this to be untrue: I’ve known since I was a teen that Queen is both my favorite band and The …

Zero Down – No Limit To The Evil Review

A year or so ago, maybe two, I was sitting around the office working diligently at appearing to work diligently when my buddy Erik comes in and says, “This looks like something you’d like,” and …

Satan’s Host – Pre-Dating God Parts 1 & 2 Review

Satan’s Host has existed in some form or another, off and on for thirty years now. Their first record featured Jag Panzer vocalist Harry “the Tyrant” Conklin, who departed two years after to join Titan …

Bloodbath – Grand Morbid Funeral Review

In 1991, I was 14 or so, another disposable teenager lost in the abundant wastes of suburban Middle(-class) America. Like countless others caught in the endless strip malls and high school football games, the Applebees …

Foreseen – Helsinki Savagery Review

Get a load of that cover, will ya? You’ve got a pile of skulls spilling out of a creepy car park, Ghost Rider and his angry dog, and a hooded demon about to shoot up …

Necrophagia – WhiteWorm Cathedral Review

Conveniently in time for Halloween season, Necrophagia awakens from its three-year slumber. Back in ye olden days of the 1980s, when death metal was just crawling forth from the womb, Necrophagia was among the first …

Riot – Unleash The Fire Review

In January of 2012, the metal world lost a giant when Riot guitarist and mainstay Mark Reale passed away after a long struggle with Crohn’s disease. Reale had been Riot’s sole consistent member through the …