Battle Royal: 80s Metallica Vs. 80s Slayer – Two Bands Enter, One Band Leaves
If you’ve been a regular reader of Last Rites over the years, you know we’re pretty kind to the 80s. That has a lot to do with the fact that a number of us who …
A Devil’s Dozen – Candlemass
There was doom before Candlemass. There was Black Sabbath, of course, but one could argue that Sabbath transcends all sub-genres. The NWOBHM brought the likes of Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar, and a few years …
A Devil’s Dozen – Anthrax
We’ve done a couple dozen of these Devil’s Dozens now — from Death to Voivod to Immortal to whomever — and I don’t remember any being as divisive behind the scenes as this one. No …
Fast Rites – Volume 6
We have a few “holiday leftovers” for you as we begin a new year at Last Rites. If you’re well sick-and-tired of ham or turkey sandwiches at this point (but your father STILL hasn’t taken …
Last Rites’ Best Of 2015 – Combined Staff List
Hails and nails, fellow howlers at the moon. It’s time once again to gather about yon round table to celebrate/dispute the Kingdom of Heavy Metal’s top albums of the year. Having recently divulged our picks …
Last Rites’ Top EPs Of 2015 – Brilliance Through Brevity
Everyone is always eager to label any given year as “The Year of X.” It’s the year of the pitcher! The year of the veteran band! The year of deathcore’s end! The year of the …
Last Rites’ Favorite Album Artwork Of 2015 – Welcome To List Season
“Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the LISTS OF WAR!” Julius Caesar Act 3, scene 1 Welcome to list season, friends, that time of year when every music related site and ‘zine hopes to force their …
Thanks For Nothin’ – Wait, No… Thanks For Everything!
“Do you hear the lurid call of the Wild Turkey? The furious gobble and the toileted hurl?” ~ James Fenimore Cooper It’s Thanksgiving in LastRitesville, USA, and some of us staffers are overwhelmed with enough …