Tag: Blast Rites

Blast Rites #5: Houkago Grind Time / Archaganini – Split Review

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been listening to Agathocles and thought, “Goddamn, this raw-as-shit rudimentary grinding mayhem is awesome, but I wish it had more neoclassical sweep-picking.” And then I’d have another

Blast Rites #4: Days Of Desolation – Circles Review

Plagues. Wars. Impending climate disaster. Yet another Kid Rock album… Sometimes these days do seem desolate indeed… Thankfully, we’ve always got grindcore to get us through. Belgian three-piece Days Of Desolation returns with their second

Blast Rites #3: Barren – Cursed To Walk This Earth Review

Borrowing the HM2 buzzsaw fuzz predominantly associated with Swedish death metal, these Belgians describe their style as “chainsaw grind.” Given the death/grind carving contained on Cursed To Walk This Earth, I suppose that’s as good

Blast Rites #2: Human Cull – To Weep For Unconquered Worlds Review

Way back, oh… like a month ago, when we here at the Last Rites Emporium Of Fine Musical Tastes were compiling our Most Anticipated Releases Of 2022 features, I was narrowing down my short list

Blast Rites #1: Nak’ay / Hate For Humanity – Split 12″ Review

Blast Rites: because grindcore rules. Author’s Note: Hey, look at that, will ya? I’m trying something new here, taking our established Fast Rites short-form review concept and applying it to my obsession with all things