Category: Features
Pass The Carrots, Please – A Provocative Lugubrum Primer
One of the most considerable windfalls afforded by the second wave of black metal in the early 90s was the fact that it provided a harsh and crucial reconnection with metal’s Primordial Soup. That’s not …
Jimmy Bain (1947 – 2016)
I’m a bassist, so I’ve heard roughly seventeen trillion jokes about our kind being the forgotten ones. I’ve seen the meme about the correlation between your instrument and the amount of girls each musician can …
A Devil’s Dozen – Anthrax
We’ve done a couple dozen of these Devil’s Dozens now — from Death to Voivod to Immortal to whomever — and I don’t remember any being as divisive behind the scenes as this one. No …
Fast Rites – Volume 6
We have a few “holiday leftovers” for you as we begin a new year at Last Rites. If you’re well sick-and-tired of ham or turkey sandwiches at this point (but your father STILL hasn’t taken …
David Bowie (1947 – 2016): Goodbye Spaceboy
“Happy birthday” turns to “goodbye.” Again. Twice now, in as many weeks. I had seen Motörhead back in October, and it was clear then that something was amiss. So I knew Lemmy would leave us before …
Lemmy Kilmister – Born to Lose, Live to Win
Between the 24th of December, 1945 and the 28th of December, 2015, Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister lived the sort of life befitting of someone who emphatically defined the term “rock and roll legend.” Lemmy lived …