Category: Reviews
Astra – The Weirding Review
Everything about The Weirding screams “long-lost prog-rock album from 1972,” from the Roger Dean-ish cover art to the vinyl-hued sonics to the ten-minute-plus epics to the presence of the mellotron to the spacey band name …
Gulch – Uphill Both Ways Review
Despite the fact that I had designs on tearing this album apart and was relishing the opportunity to lay critical waste to the band who on their Myspace page proudly describe themselves as “Kansas Farm-core …
Scale The Summit – Carving Desert Canyons Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Scale the Summit’s second album Carving Desert Canyons was one of those that just slipped through the cracks here at Last Rites. It sat unreserved in our queue for so …
Fejd – Storm Review
I’m sure that after experiencing the latest offerings from Elvenking and Eluveitie, the last thing many of you are looking for is more acoustic folk metal. Although I’ve only heard the latter and therefore cannot …
Amorphis – Skyforger Review
In the near 20 year existence of Amorphis, their fans have become split into so many camps it’s not even funny anymore. Some wish the band still played death metal. Others just want Elegy made …
DevilDriver – Pray For Villains Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell On at least one level, Pray For Villains is a tasty record. Juicy, meaty, and fleetingly addicting, this is the kind of record that you’ll spin six times in a row right …
Alestorm – Black Sails At Midnight Review
Originally written by Ross Main. We Scots have given the world some pretty awesome stuff actually; fine whiskeys, mythological beast sightings, the television set, rain and some pretty entertaining stereotypes. However, our crowning glory and …
Job For A Cowboy – Ruination Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Ruination is not your little sister’s Job For A Cowboy. But there’s just no pleasing some of you, and for alot of us, we don’t even have little sisters, so …