Category: Devil’s Dozen
A Devil’s Dozen – Blut Aus Nord
For Vindsval, Blut Aus Nord’s many modes are the point. “Our albums are built around the control of contrasts — darkness and light continually feed one another, and the band’s entire discography is shaped by …
A Devil’s Dozen – The Original Black Sabbath
For as long as I’ve been a fan of this wild, wonderful world of heavy metal, I can remember two discussions (that inevitably become two arguments), ones that never seem to get resolved. The first …
A Devil’s Dozen – Coroner
After many moons sitting upon the desk of editor Zach Duvall, it’s time to tell the local coroner to bust a U-turn—this installment of the Devil’s Dozen is, in fact, alive and well. While comatose …
A Devil’s Dozen – Cannibal Corpse
Simply put, Cannibal Corpse is one of the greatest death metal bands ever. Period. End of story. They may not be on your personal Mount Rushmore of the best, but discussing the genre’s history and …
A Devil’s Dozen – Defeated Sanity
Germany’s Defeated Sanity remains one of the heaviest and most brutal death metal acts currently lingering on our pissed off planet. As such, I wish I had a dramatic story to unfurl concerning my first …
A Devil’s Dozen – Blue Öyster Cult
Look, there’s no need to call anybody old. Let’s just say that a few of us here at Last Rites have acquired… a nice patina. Maybe you have too, in which case you’re lucky to …
A Devil’s Dozen – Carcass
Not many bands can say they helped to launch a genre. (Or to launch a sub-genre, whatever you want to call it. We’re splitting hairs.) Even fewer bands can say that they helped to launch …
A Devil’s Dozen – Meshuggah
Meshuggah is about much more than rhythmic trickery. That isn’t to say that they aren’t very much about rhythmic trickery, because with all their polyrhythms and irregular phrase lengths and odd time signatures, they definitely …