Category: Reviews
Glorious Depravity – Death Never Sleeps Review
[cover artwork by the inimitable Dan Seagrave] Hello(ween) all, and a very hellish Halloween to you! Be that this is the designated day of all things dead and frightful, shall we explore something squishy, a …
Stillbirth – Survival Protocol Review
[Cover art by Aghy R Purakusuma] If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, then it’s the middle of the week. Despite how popular that one Geico commercial was with the camel, real life …
Dysentery – Dejection Chrysalis Review
[Artwork by Hidris] There’s something to embracing simplicity. In a style demanding an arms race toward an endgame of mutually assured absurdity, Dysentery, on Dejection Chrysalis, the band’s newest LP and first excretion in 10 …
Coroner – Dissonance Theory Review
Within the context of human lives, 32 years is a pretty long goddamn time. That’s basically a third of a really long life, so you’d expect people to change quite a bit over that time. …
Nine Treasures – Seeking The Absolute Review
Hopefully you, like me, consider yourself an adventurer on some sort of level. No, not just as it pertains to, say, opting for pepper jack instead of your usual cheddar, but more in a way …
Forced Starvation – Forced Starvation Review
Aotearoa New Zealand grindcore outfit Forced Starvation call the world’s southernmost capital city, Te Whanganui-a-Tara (aka Wellington), home. As a fellow Wellingtonian, I can tell you that things are not exactly peachy in Forced Starvation’s …
Cemican – U k’u’uk’ankil Mayakaaj Review
The great and terrible thing about music is that anybody can make it. Literally, any body: right now, friend, you can tap your feet or hum a tune or pluck a rubber band and make …
Blindfolded And Led To The Woods – The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me Review
By way of Christchurch, progressive/technical death metal titans Blindfolded and Led to the Woods are creating some intriguing tunes. In fact, fellow Last Rites contributor Seth Buttnam compared their sound to that of their New …