Category: Diamonds & Rust
Diamonds & Rust: Cannibal Corpse Celebrates 20 Years Of Finding Out The Time To Kill Is NOW
[Cover art by Vince Locke – Duh] KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! My apologies if that triggered your PTSD for that time you started your day with a cup of coffee and a pressing of the play button on Kill, …
Diamonds & Rust: 50 Years Of Rush’s 2112 — Please Shush About Ayn Rand
[Cover artwork by Hugh Syme] There’s quite a lot to unpack when attempting to tackle the 50th anniversary of an album as iconic and transformative as 2112. Straight off the bat, Rush was in a …
Diamonds & Rust: 20 Years Of Pharaoh’s The Longest Night
[Album artwork by Jean-Pascal Fournier] In order to fully appreciate the impact of a record like The Longest Night, we really need to hop into our handy Bill & Ted’s phone booth and dip back …
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” …
Diamonds & Rust: Disharmonic Orchestra – Expositionsprophylaxe (Um, Gesundheit)
[Album artwork by Martin Messner and Patrick Klopf] Perhaps you’ve noticed by now that these Diamonds & Rust treatments have a tendency to dip into a sort of narcissistic form of self-interest when generated by …
Diamonds & Rust: Death – Spiritual Healing
[Cover artwork by the unrivaled Ed Repka] Truth be told, I have been battling my brain for quite some time over which Death album most explicitly warrants a Diamonds & Rust treatment here at Last …
Diamonds & Rust: Darkthrone’s Panzerfaust Celebrates 30 Years Of Triumphant Gleaming
Pardon the somewhat philosophical question, but why do we yearn for artists to return to the familiar vision, or in this case, sound, that we often associate with the pinnacles of their careers? Now, that …
Diamonds & Rust: Punk Meets Doom, And The Result Is Literally Sacrilege
[Cover artwork by Angus McKie] As a result of punk rock’s penchant for speed and aggression that eventually fueled the fires of the NWOBHM, we are all well aware that punk and heavy metal have …