Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime Review
[Cover art by Jesse Jacobi] A recent conversation among friends – all current or former Last Rites writers – discussed Opeth’s (in)famous song “Black Rose Immortal,” and its merits and pitfalls. Some friends love the …
Diamonds & Rust: Faith No More – Angel Dust
It’s extremely difficult to win a championship in sports. Everything has to align: player personnel, performance, coaching, and health are all requirements, and a little luck doesn’t hurt. Sure, you hear of teams “overcoming adversity” …
Best Of 2025 – Zach Duvall: The Never-Ending Goldrush
Hello and welcome back to the heart of another List Season. Tired yet of seeing these things peppered all over the internet? Of course you aren’t! So below I present my top albums of the …
Sire Languish – Pull To God Review
There’s a moment when listening to Pull to God, the debut EP from NYC’s Sire Languish, that makes you feel as if you’re being drawn into an endless tunnel of some sort. It’s spacious, incredibly …
Heteropsy – Embalming Review
Mankind has a great history of discovering how two great tastes taste great together. From the Reese’s Cup to putting some really good slaw on a pulled pork sandwich, we know the value of adding …
Coroner – Dissonance Theory Review
Within the context of human lives, 32 years is a pretty long goddamn time. That’s basically a third of a really long life, so you’d expect people to change quite a bit over that time. …
Cathedral – Society’s Pact With Satan Review
For a band with a somewhat complex legacy, Cathedral really knew how to wrap things up with a very high quality bow back in 2013. The Last Spire was a heavy, deathly serious slab of …
Testament – Para Bellum Review
[Cover art by Eliran Kantor] Thrash metal is a young man’s game. Glance across the genre’s 40-plus years of history and you’ll find that the vast majority of great albums were released when the musicians …