All posts by Old Guard

The retired elite of LastRites/MetalReview.

Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails Review

Originally written by Chris Redar 2014 has already brought us some stunning tech-death releases. From Inanimate Existence’s latest to… okay, 2014 is like every other year as far as tech-death goes. It’s a tough genre

Out Of Step Dispatches – July 2013

Originally written by Ian Chainey ¡VIVA LA COMP! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Alt-Ian stepping in. So, surprise, surprise, the comp-dork is dropping another Various Artists stew in our laps. Wonder how it’s going to play out

Corrosion Of Conformity – IX Review

Originally written by Matt Longo In many respects, legacies mean jack shit — especially when faced with the prospect of releasing new material and touring on its strengths to pan-generational audiences. But true to form

Inanimate Existence – A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement Review

Originally written by Chris Redar The potential for never-ending boredom is so strong within A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement, the latest from Inanimate Existence, that the temptation to skip it altogether weighed heavily on the ol’ noggin

Diseased Reason – Recombinant Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Oh, hey, look! It’s Diseased Reason from Tucson, Arizona, and they’ve put out an album! Wonder what this sounds like? Let’s just pop it in the ol’ SD card storage here… Hang

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5Q5A – Forest of Tygers – United In Devastation

Originally written by Jordan Campbell Forest of Tygers‘ debut EP, Bruises, is a brilliant bastardization. As Captain noted back in April, it’s a smoldering, streamrolling mass of a record, as furious as it is genreless. That

Deep In Hate – Chronicles Of Oblivion Review

Originally written by Chris Redar Sumerian’s latest offering to the Summer Slaughter T… Wait, what? They’re not? And they aren’t? Well, there goes the only two reasons for this to exist. France’s Deep in Hate play the

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Don’t Cut the Crusts Off – Black Monolith, YAITW, and the New Black

Originally written by Jordan Campbell Metal fans are constantly railing against whatever they perceive to be fashionable. It’s a behavior we pick up at metallic birth, as soon as we penetrate the first rung of