Category: Features

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: June 9th – June 15th

“Album Of The Day” is a Last Rites Facebook feature we started whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone chooses to …

By Last Rites on June 15, 2019

Features

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: June 2nd – June 8th

By Last Rites on June 8, 2019

Features

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: May 26th – June 1st

By Last Rites on June 1, 2019

Features Riffology

Riffology – Sepultura’s “Dead Embryonic Cells”

Class is back in sessions, students of the riff. For this lesson, we will be examining some riffs from the Sepultura classic “Dead Embryonic Cells,” from 1991’s Arise. Arise might be the last great thrash …

By Jeremy Morse on May 31, 2019

Features

Down Under(ground): Aotearoa New Zealand Punk ‘19

Tucked away at the arse end of the world, Aotearoa New Zealand is home to plenty of noisy bands and appreciative fans. Over the years, a number of local punk groups have managed to infiltrate …

By Craig Hayes on May 30, 2019

Features

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: May 12th – May 18th

By Last Rites on May 18, 2019

Features

In Crust We Trust: Vol 4

Thirty-odd years ago, I placed a classified ad in the pages of punk zine Maximum Rockandroll (MRR). I was searching for a penpal who was plugged into the subterranean punk and metal scenes in the …

By Craig Hayes on May 17, 2019

Diamonds & Rust Features

Diamonds & Rust: Raven – Life’s A Bitch

In “Diamonds & Rust,” Last Rites looks back at classic albums from metal’s storied history. Some of these albums were big hits, and others are overlooked gems. All of them deserve your time and attention… …

By Ryan Tysinger on May 16, 2019