Category: Reviews
Dwellnought – Monolith Of Ephemerality Review
Monolith Of Ephemerality is the ambitious debut of Italian quartet Dwellnought, which formed in 2023 and released one prior demo last year. The band proclaims it blends black metal and doom, but you’ll find moments …
Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime Review
[Cover art by Jesse Jacobi] A recent conversation among friends – all current or former Last Rites writers – discussed Opeth’s (in)famous song “Black Rose Immortal,” and its merits and pitfalls. Some friends love the …
Turbo’s Tribunal – Mills Of Tribunal Review
After a particularly strong 2025, the bar is high for traditional metal in 2026. And the debut from Turbo’s Tribunal, Mills of Tribunal, just clears it. The band Turbo’s Tribunal is but one Danish man, …
Invictus – Nocturnal Visions Review
[Cover artwork by Juanjo Castellano] I dove into Nocturnal Visions – Invictus’s sophomore effort – having heard zero seconds of the Japanese death metal band’s debut, The Catacombs of Fear. In some ways, it’s an …
Big Big Train – Woodcut Review
Artwork by Robin Mckenzie Do you like beautiful things? Your answer to that question is surely “yes, of course,” but also likely involves some concept of “beautiful” that might be up for discussion between individuals. …
Cobweb – Cobweb EP Review
[Cobweb Logo by Tanya Finder] As an individual who’s spent the better part of the last four decades venerating and meditating over the works of Mercyful Fate (and King Diamond), I have made my stance …
Stabbing – Eon Of Obscenity Review
[Artwork by Rudi Yanto] By most measures, Stabbing’s second album, Eon of Obscenity, is good. In a way, it is certainly more successful than its predecessor, 2022’s Extirpated Mortal Process, the Texas brutal death metal …
Ligation – After Gods Review
Have you ever stubbed your toe and then cursed so violently that you accidentally opened a portal to an alternate universe where it’s always raining and everyone scowls at you like you owe their grandmother …