Category: Features
80s Essentials – Optional Retro-spections, Volume 4 Haiku
Round #4 is here, weary travelers, and with it, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. But before we start thinking about fully crossing back into the 21st century, we’ve got trips to …
Protoplasm 3 – The Big Dig For Proto’s Gold
Protoplasm is a killing machine, it’s got everything. ••••• CRUSHED BUTLER – UNCRUSHED (1986) Land: UK Lifespan: 1969 – 1971 File Under: The punk, in the study, with the sledgehammer. In Print?: Yes, re-released by Last Years …
5Q5A – Shroud Of The Heretic: Rising From The Pit
Originally written by Ian Chainey We often dissect how something sounds without really imparting how it feels. Sure, sometimes, that’s all the music asks of us. In most genres, you can get away with clinical …
80s Essentials – Optional Retro-spections, Volume 3 Haiku
And in a blink of an eye, round #3 is upon us. If the first twenty haiku snuck under your radar, you can catch up right’chere. And if you’re interested in a quick summary of precisely …
5Q5A – Prizehog
originally written by Erik Highter It’s an oversimplification to say that “unclassifiable” bands always slip through the cracks, but it’s too often the sad truth. Even in this day when nearly everything is available to …
80s Essentials – Optional Retro-spections, Volume 2 Haiku
If you’ve been in the game for a pile of years and have frequented a number of different forums, blogs and even a heavy metal venue bathroom stall or two, you’re probably aware that our …
The European Answers – An Interview With Pestilence
originally written by Juho Mikkonen For our final interview of this series, we invited Patrick Mameli of the almighty Pestilence to discuss a little bit about Consuming Impulse, a timeless death metal masterpiece that …
Four to Score Across – the Black Spectrum
Our on-again-off-again Four to Score series typically features four reviews of albums we may have missed, each by a different member of the Last Rites staff. This time? All from yours truly, and all quick …