Category: Best Of Lists
80s Essentials – Volume Four
Welcome to the fourth installment of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the 80s. If you need to catch up, you can do so here. This week’s edition is another testament to the diversity of …
80s Essentials – Volume Three
Welcome to the third installment of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the 80s. If you need to catch up, you can do so here. As was hinted, this week’s crop of essentials is a …
80s Essentials – Volume Two
Our journey through the golden age of metal continues with another set of ten classics. If you missed the first installment of The Most Essential Albums of the 80s, check it out here. Goats were …
80s Essentials – Volume One
We are at it again. Having previously compiled the 100 Most Essential Albums of both the 1990s and the 2000s, the Last Rites staff set its sights on that golden age of heavy metal, the …
Chris Redar’s Top 10 of 2013 – B.S. Free
Originally written by Chris Redar Lot of shit happened this year, huh? Let’s talk about some fuckin’ music. • • • • • 10. KATALEPSY – AUTOPSYCHOSIS This was described more than once as tech. …
Dave Pirtle’s Top 10 of 2013 – The Blitz
Well, this has certainly been an interesting year. In late 2012, I became a father; in June, I said goodbye to KSJS-FM after 13 years of bringing metal to the Bay Area (not that anybody …
Jordan Campbell’s Top 10 of 2013 – That Guy
Originally written by Jordan Campbell 2013 was the year when I became That Guy. Back in the day — when there was actually a reason to read print ‘zines — I’d pore over the staff …
Captain’s Best Of 2013: WERE TEH HELL IS CARGUTS?
TEN QUICK ODES TO MY GENERAL TERRIBLENESS: • 2013 was a banner year for death metal, yet none of it made my top ten. I am a terrible human being for not allowing Vastum‘s excellent …