Category: Features
Your Independence Day Mixtape – Because AMERICA
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Happy Independence Day, Planet Earth. Today, the fifty United States of America (and probably Guam and Puerto Rico or whatever) will celebrate our liberation from taxation without representation (hmm…) by …
A Devil’s Dozen – Darkthrone
Darkthrone, to black metal metal fans, needs no introduction. For the rest of you, here’s the quick rundown: Formed in the late eighties, Darkthrone began as a death metal band releasing several demos and the …
The Best Of What You’ve Missed In The First Half Of 2014 – Part 4
We’re winding down our week of albums that you might have missed so far, but we’ve still got some great music for you. Today’s five range from the extremely traditional to the outrageously avant-garde, so …
Iron Bonehead Roundup – Four Doses Of Pulsing Corruption
Y’all are down with Iron Bonehead by now, yes? No other label has been churning out the underground filth with as vicious a streak lately as these Handwerksmeisters of degradation. They’ve got a vigorous thumb …
The Best Of What You’ve Missed In The First Half Of 2014 – Part 3
We’re back with more picks from the first half of the year that we don’t want to see disappear into obscurity in the back half of the year. The Last Rites crew had picked out …
The Best Of What You’ve Missed In The First Half Of 2014 – Part 2
It’s half-way through the year, and we’ve all heard a lot of metal so far. We’ve seen releases by some big names—Mastodon, Behemoth, Mayhem—but sometimes smaller releases can get lost amidst the noise. That’s why …
Rev’s Top Six After Six – Not Everything is Awesome
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Thus far in 2014, I’ve enjoyed six albums. Six. Not total, mind you. I’m still mining the musical history of the Earth, finding not-so-hidden gems with damn near every brushaway of …
The Best Of What You’ve Missed In The First Half Of 2014 – Part 1
It’s halfway through the year, and summer has just begun. For many of us, summertime is prime heavy metal season. There’s something about cranking up the riffs when the sun is shining and meat is …