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Protoplasm 3 – The Big Dig For Proto’s Gold

Protoplasm is a killing machine, it’s got everything. •••••   CRUSHED BUTLER – UNCRUSHED (1986) Land: UK Lifespan: 1969 – 1971 File Under: The punk, in the study, with the sledgehammer. In Print?: Yes, re-released by Last Years

80s Essentials – Volume Ten

THIS IS IT! Volume Ten has finally arrived. And with it, so does the end of Last Rites’ 80s Essentials lists. We hope you’ve had as much fun reading them as we did putting them

80s Essentials – Volume Nine

Welcome to volume nine of The Most Essential Albums of the Eighties. The previous eight volumes and some companion pieces can be found here. Week nine continues the pattern of stylistic diversity, with doom, grind,

Outre Monde – Vespero And Cold Womb Descent

Welcome to the second edition of Outré Monde. In this ongoing series of discussions, Erik Highter and Craig Hayes will be hurling Bandcamp recommendations at each other, with the aim of recommending some new tunes

5Q5A – Morgue Of Saints

The loneliness of the solo strummer? Disagreed, bud. Some men and women can turn their ten fingers into whole orchestras. Montrealer Elliot C. and his instrumental strain of sandy boogie, Morgue of Saints, is one

80s Essentials – Volume Eight

Welcome to Volume Eight of The Most Essential Albums of the Eighties. Previous volumes are available here. What’s in store this week? Just another ten examples of the wild diversity of 80s metal: straight-up heavy

80s Essentials – Industrial Revolution: The New Soul Of An Old Machine

[Because the decade was a formative time for so much more than just our beloved heavy metal, today we’re pleased to present you with a look at fifteen essential industrial albums from the 1980s.] I’m

5Q5A – Shabda

  We were put on to Shabda, an Italian trio of avant-droners previously in Thee Maladoror Kollective, by the princely Matt Fitton over at The Sludgelord. Matt’s got a real knack for sniffing out delectable