Category: Features
A Devil’s Dozen – Iron Maiden – Volume 1
Inarguably one of the greatest heavy metal bands the world has ever known, Iron Maiden needs no introduction. Thirteen songs being woefully insufficient to capture the breadth of the band’s greatness, Last Rites has chosen …
The Proglodyte’s Bonepile – Prog Metal Goes Pop
This is The Proglodyte’s Bonepile, a place for words about progressive heavy metal music. Thanks for being here. ••••• Way back before the ’14 holiday season, you may remember, we started talking about progressive metal …
KK’s Best Of 2014: In The St. Nick Of Time
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the halls, not a creature was stirring, not even a Gaahl; church fires were started by the Norwegians with care, in hopes that Satan soon would be …
Dave Pirtle’s Best of 2014 – This Blitz Goes to 21
I didn’t mean to do a blitz this year. I really didn’t. In case you missed the story last year, that troublesome “personal life” thing prevented me from keeping up with all the great stuff …
Dan Obstkrieg’s Best Of 2014 – Get Busy Loving
If you believe everything you read, then any given year in music was either the most overflowing bounty of sweet manna or the sorriest, soggiest bunch of dreck imaginable. Personally, given the sheer amount and …
Zach Duvall’s Best of 2014: Santorinian Poetry
If you follow along with a lot of the heavy metal blogosphere closely, you might get the impression that 2014 was a down year for heavy music. I absolutely, positively refuse to accept that notion. …
Captain’s Best Of 2014: Relentless, Paranoid, Volcanic Lust
2014 was a year of escapism for me. Hell, who am I kidding – every year is a year of escapism for me. Anything to get me off this planet for a while. Anything that …