Category: Features
We Slept, Nile Decided To Release A New Song For Easter About Sacrificing Humans
[Now that the day is over, file this one under: “Cruel LR April Fool’s Pranks.”] Yeah, that. During the hours most of us spent dreaming about what we might get in our Easter baskets—aka: jack …
Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: March 25-31
“Album Of The Day” is a new Last Rites Facebook feature we started recently whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone …
Slug Life: An Interview With Matt Moss Of Slugdge
Recently, a Last Rites-funded team of archaeologists made a surprising discovery, an ancient text hidden away in a cave, clearly foretelling of the rise of Mollusca and the latest album by his celestial emissaries, the …
Taphos – Demo MMXVI & 7″ EP MMXVII Review
FAST RITES: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. On Demo MMXVI & 7″ EP MMXVII, a collection of their first two releases, Denmark’s Taphos is hitting the ground running not by attempting to do anything really …
Last Rites Presents: Ask 2 Idiots
Welcome to another transformative edition of… Last Rites Presents: Ask 2 Idiots! In ancient times, the “village idiot” was a well-respected figure that played an important role not only in day-to-day life, but also in Victorian …
Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: March 17-24
“Album Of The Day” is a new Last Rites Facebook feature we started recently whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone …
R.I.P. Killjoy (1969 – 2018)
None of Killjoy’s various projects was destined to make him a household name, not in thirty years, but his importance to death metal belies his notoriety. He wasn’t universally well-known for the gory death metal …
Judas Priest Indebtedness Guest List: A Musician’s Perspective
We love Judas Priest. This is blatantly obvious, of course, as we’re winding down Priest Week here at Last Rites. But it bears repeating ad nauseam: We. Love. Judas. Priest. Guess who else loves Judas …