Category: Reviews
Hail Spirit Noir – Fossil Gardens Review
[Cover art by George Baramatis] The cover art for Hail Spirit Noir’s fifth studio album, Fossil Gardens, is a bit of a head-scratcher until you remember where they’re from and what they do. Maybe (probably) …
Octoploid – Beyond The Aeons Review
Here’s a thought: whatever you think you’re too good for, stuff it. Nobody on this wet rock called Earth is better than anybody else. Life swarms and stumps and squirms where it must; death equalizes. …
Obscene – Agony & Wounds Review
[Cover artwork by Brad Moore] To be completely transparent, I’d rather be mauled by a cougar than listen to the same John “Cougar” Mellencamp songs on the terrestrial radio dials. But ain’t that America? Or …
Malconfort – Humanism Review
fore, perfect in its role. If you look closely, the German word Sprache (language or speech) is written across a closed eyelid. Is this abstruse symbolism? Is it vapid provocation? Who cares? This guy here …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 3
It’s the middle of the year, so we’re taking a few days to round up all the metallic greatness we failed to cover in the past six months. As you can read above, this is …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 2
It’s the middle of the year, so we’re taking a few days to round up all the metallic greatness we failed to cover in the past six months. As you can read above, this is …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2024 So Far, Vol. 1
Hard to believe that 2024 is halfway over, but hey, that’s the inexorable march of time for you, right? As always, we here at Last Rites World Headquarters And Royal Order Of The Moose Lodge …
200 Stab Wounds – Manual Manic Procedures Review
From Maggot Stamp to Metal Blade in four short years, 200 Stab Wounds are – like Sanguisugabogg, Frozen Soul, and Undeath – riding a wave of seemingly renewed interest in simple slabs. Or perhaps the …