Category: Features
One Grain Of Sand – An Interview With Luc Lemay Of Gorguts
originally written by Ian Chainey I wonder what Luc Lemay sounds like… After we set a time to talk, it was the only thing I could consider for the rest of the week. It …
Out Of Step Dispatches – September 2013
Originally written by Ian Chainey I first read the name Will Killingsworth researching Ampere‘s brain-blower All Our Tomorrows End Today. “Ex-Orchid, you know,” my buddy told me. Ooo, Orchid! I thought. The Amherst, MA outfit …
A Devil’s Dozen – (The Lord Weird) Slough Feg
(The Lord Weird) Slough Feg has been a perennial favorite around Last Rites for eons and eons, so as briefly wrenching as it was to relinquish one of “our” bands to the wider world, even …
The Entombed Mixtape – Beyond the Blues
When they finally hang up their boots, there will be little doubt that Entombed will have left a complicated legacy. Their first two albums, 1990’s Left Hand Path and 1991’s Clandestine, are undisputed classics of …
A Devil’s Dozen – Slayer
Some bands need no introduction, and Slayer is definitely one of them. The scope of the band’s influence is nigh-on incalculable. Sufiice it to say that everyone that plays and/or listens to extreme metal owes …
Out Of Step Dispatches – August 2013
Originally written by Ian Chainey Hey, we’re not above a list. Never think we’re above a list. We’ll steer clear of trends and dubious PR “friends,” but a list? Why toy with something so wonderfully …
By Demos Be Driven – Five Prospects From Metal’s Next Wave
Originally written by Ian Chainey With the rise of Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and, if a band must, ReverbNation, one would think the demo would go the way of the dodo. I mean, why even bother sullying …
Midsummer Madness – The Best Of 2013’s Front Half
We’re halfway through 2013, and you know what that means: There’s finally an excuse to make a list. Yes, you’re looking at yet another “Best of Half of 2013 So Far or Whatever” feature, but …