Category: Reviews
Yautja – Songs of Lament Review
Yautja’s Songs of Descent was one of 2014’s most pleasant surprises, a blistering combination of grind, sludge, death metal, hardcore, and even noise that never felt as if it was overreaching to any one of …
Danzig – Skeletons Review
These days, Glenn Danzig occupies an interesting place in metal. On the one hand – the left one, of course – he’s as much of a legend as just about anyone, and deservedly so. He’s …
Deafheaven – New Bermuda Review
As my second contribution to the Last Rites review catalogue so far, it’s unlikely that I could’ve picked a more divisive band to discuss than San Francisco’s Deafheaven. In this case, my remaining words must be deliberately and …
Saxon – Battering Ram Review
If you’ve been keeping up with Saxon – and you should’ve been – then you know that they’re still going strong after damn near forty years. 2013’s Sacrifice was proof enough that the old chaps …
Amok – Necrospiritual Deathcore Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Sometimes you can judge an album pretty accurately at a single glance. For example, if your band is called Goatbush and your album is called We Are the Goat Rapers and …
Zgard – Totem Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Last year, I wrote that I hoped that Yaromisl, the mind behind one-man Ukranian black/folk band Zgard, would “take a little time off from cranking out material in order to …
Selvans – Lupercalia Review
Italy’s Selvans was formed by four ex-members of Draugr after that band’s breakup in 2013, and their very brief history is one of both tragedy and fierce ambition. After completing most of the vocals and …
Temple Of Baal – Mysterium Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Temple of Baal are a black/death metal quartet from Paris on Agonia records. One of their guitarists plays live guitars for Aosoth and Antaeus. The founding member of Temple of Baal, Amduscias, was …