Tag: Death
Ascended Dead – Evenfall Of The Apocalypse Review
Ascended Dead’s 2017 debut, Abhorrent Manifestation, ripped its way through a marked year for death metal. It was a favorite of the year for me: a riff-a-minute barrage with primal underpinnings of Possessed, Sarcófago, and Necrovore …
Blast Rites: Nak’ay – Divine Atrophy & Seized Review
What’s better than a new Nak’ay EP? Two new Nak’ay EPs, mmmk’ay! Emerging into the world on the same day, Divine Atrophy* and Seized are effectively fraternal twins – born of the same parents, sharing …
Pestifer – Defeat Of The Nemesis Review
[Cover art by David Caryn] Nothing quite reminds you of the vastness of the musical universe like finding a new-to-you band that is decidedly not new. My initial spin of Pestifer’s new EP Defeat of …
Rotten Sound – Apocalypse Review
As I was winding up to write this review, I ran into one of my fellow Last Rites scribblers by the coffee machine in the break room. Turns out, he had been listening to this …
Smallpox Aroma – Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption Review (+ Cystgurgle Bonus!)
It’s important, dear readers, that, as we all wander through this blistering hellscape of life, we take a moment each day to stop and smell the… smallpox? Formed in Bangkok in 2006, Smallpox Aroma has …
Astriferous – Pulsations From The Black Orb Review
[Artwork by Jason Barnett] I’ll tell you what, it was a lot easier being a death metal freak in the late ‘80s / early ‘90s compared to the 7,000 car pile-up that is the modern …
Blast Rites: Moiscus – Idiomorphic Practices Review
It must be some serious pressure for a young band to pick exactly the perfect gross-out name, but this trio from Dayton, Ohio, has certainly pulled out an all-timer with a portmanteau of “moist” and …
Majesties – Vast Reaches Unclaimed Review
[Cover art by Juanjo Castellano] The short version: If you’re a melodeath fan, don’t buy the supposed return-to-form new record from In Flames, which is really a Korny-chorus-heavy Sounds of a Playground Fading wolf in …