Category: Features
Staff Infections – April 2021
Alright, friends, we’ve managed, thankfully, to go a month without losing a prominent metal figure, and the weather has been pretty decent, so I guess we’ll have to find something else to talk about. Here’s …
Diamonds & Rust: Celtic Frost – Into The Pandemonium
[Cover artwork: The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymous Bosch] Side A: 1. Mexican Radio [3:29] (Wall of Voodoo) 2. Mesmerized [3:25] (Martin Ain, Thomas Warrior) 3. Inner Sanctum [5:16] (Ain, Warrior) 4. Tristesses de …
Gateways To Getting Annihilated: Happy National Beer Day
To quote a great philosopher (who knows so much about nothing at all): “Beer: the cause of, and the solution to, all of life’s problems.” Here at Last Rites, we enjoy a good beer. And …
Witchtit – Intoxicating Lethargy Review
Fast Rites: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. Any alchemical brew is only as strong as that of its weakest components. When potioncraft is handled lovingly, with each component carefully selected, harvested, and integrated to serve …
Staff Infections – March 2021
Greetings, dear readers. Welcome to another addition of Staff Infections, our monthly peek into the listening habits of the Last Rites staff. Sadly, in what seems like a disturbingly regular occurrence, we’ve lost another prominent …
As Ever, This Is The Golden Age – An Interview With Wobbler
Last Rites’ graybeards and greenhorns alike share an abiding love of the classic styles. Likewise, we appreciate and even revel in all that shiny new shit at the cutting edge. As such, we reject the …
夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker): “Boundless Love / Resilience” Track Premiere + Interview
We never notice the final breath we take before we fall asleep, yet we can rationally assume that there is a point between a measured inhale and exhale, a point where wakefulness surrenders itself into …
Fuego Eterno – El Arte De Lo Oculto Review
Hailing from the city of Los Ángeles, Fuego Eterno are bringing some absolutely ripping death/thrash on their first release. Their debut album, El Arte De Lo Oculto, was released independently this past January. This may seem …