Tag: Atmospheric
Drowned – Procul His Review
[Cover artwork by T1] PORTRAIT OF A PROCUL HIS ACOLYTE The most immediate impression to leap out as Procul His begins to unfold in is the fact that it’s quite clearly a very intentionally serious …
Best Of 2023: Josh Heath – The Spirit Of Extraterrestrial Radio
Some years are better than others. Thankfully, 2023 was good to me. I got married, started a podcast, started writing alongside the fine folks here at Last Rites, and last but certainly not least, my …
Panopticon – The Rime Of Memory Review
Here in the Midwest, winter symbolizes nature’s aging process and the failure to sustain existence. Freezing winds pierce the skin like a final goodbye. Vegetation disappears like time itself. The harvested fields empty like an …
Wayfarer – American Gothic Review
I love a good image or gimmick. But sonically, I need a sense of realism that I can sink my teeth into for that image or gimmick to really resonate, ya know? Years ago, when …
Stygian Ruin – A World Past Hope And Fear Review
EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYONE ELSE For as long as motors have had heads, that turn of phrase has been one of our most sacred heavy metal credos. And even before then, Sir Ian Gillan scribed …
REZN – Solace Review
[Cover art by Adam Burke / Nightjar Illustration] Full disclosure: These days I tread rather cautiously when roaming the realms of stoner rock / stoner metal. Hell, to be honest, “stoner” as a genre modifier …
Auriferous Flame – The Great Mist Within Review
Fast Rites: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. Greece’s Spectral Lore may adopt several styles between albums, but that doesn’t stop lone member Ayloss from exploring little nooks and crannies using other names. Enter Auriferous Flame …
Black, Raw, & Bleeding: Rising, As The Celestial Phoenix From The Smouldering Pyre, Its Sanguine Wings Stretched Across The Starless Aeons Of The Black Metal Underground
Greetings, Travl’r. The wake of the estival solstice has daylight enacting its measured retreat: Darkness marches forward, and once more the tides in the eternal war of time have begun to shift in the favour …