Godless – Adversus Parousia Review
[Cover art by Fenomeno Design] Did you know that Chile is pretty darn good at death metal? If not, you must be new around these parts, in which case, I say, welcome friend! We’re glad to have you here and …
Steröid – Chainmail Commandos Review
Put down that chainsaw and listen to meIt’s time for us to join in the fight —”Weird” Al Yankovic I gotta say, I’m pretty envious of the little band of musicians from Australia that make …
Ancient Death – Ego Dissolution Review
[Cover art by Maegan LeMay] Now one certainly doesn’t need any special context to understand the appeal of Ego Dissolution, Walpole, Massachusetts-based Ancient Death’s debut LP after an EP and a split. If you’ll go …
Buried Realm – The Dormant Darkness Review
If you even just casually perused the somewhat distant corners of conversations about modern melodic death metal, you’d inevitably hear about Buried Realm – an impressive, riff-oriented one-person project out of Colorado. That one person …
Demonic Death Judge – Absolutely Launched Review
[Cover design and layout by Toni Raukola] In a 2012 interview with The Sludgelord, Finland’s Demonic Death Judge — a band that, as our own Spencer Hotz put it, is not, in fact, a Soulsborne …
Staff Infections – April 2025
It’s that time again, friends: Time to see what kind of racket your pals at Last Rites have been shoving in their ears with a little feature we call Staff Infections. Everything still sucks here …
Morbific – Bloom Of The Abnormal Flesh Review
[Cover artwork by Chase Slaker of Caustic Wound / Mortiferum] If you’re anything like me—an old tousled possum living out his best years deep in the woods, trying to avoid the temptation of feasting on …
The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades Review
It takes a certain combination of talent, timing, the stars aligning, and luck to pull off what The Lord Weird Slough Feg is currently trying to pull off: delivering a sequel to a beloved classic. …
Neptunian Maximalism – Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu Review
In her book The Empathy Exams (2014), Leslie Jamison writes that “[e]mpathy isn’t just something that happens to us… it’s also a choice we make: to pay attention, to extend ourselves… Sometimes we care for …