Tag: Gorguts
Last Rites Presents: Our Most Anticipated Albums Of 2024, Part 3
Welcome to the final part of our look forward to some of our most anticipated albums of 2024. If you missed the first two entries and gotta get back in time, Part 1 is here …
10s Essentials – Volume Two
Greetings, travelers! Welcome to Volume 2 of our 100 Essential Albums of the 2010s. Were you present and accounted for when Volume 1 landed last week and promptly asked to be escorted to your leader? …
Judas Priest Indebtedness Guest List: A Musician’s Perspective
We love Judas Priest. This is blatantly obvious, of course, as we’re winding down Priest Week here at Last Rites. But it bears repeating ad nauseam: We. Love. Judas. Priest. Guess who else loves Judas …
Chris Sessions’ Best of 2016: Blerp Blerp
To quote Burgess’ Alex: “One thing I could never stand is to see a filthy, dirty old drunkie, howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blerp, blerp in between as it …
Andrew Edmunds’ Best Of 2016 – Let’s Put This Year Behind Us
Christ, what a terrible terrible terrible year. I’m glad this one’s behind us. Between the deaths of so many greats and the interminable American presidential election, 2016 was an insufferably brutal year. (Let’s not speak …
Last Rites’ Top EPs Of 2016 – The Best Briefly Bashing Bonanzas
When writing up our favorite EPs of last year, I dubbed 2015 as “The Year of the EP.” It wasn’t a claim supported by deep historical research or context, but just a quick observation about …
Last Rites’ Favorite Album Artwork Of 2016 – Welcome To List Season…
Kicking things off with the theme to “Welcome Back Kotter” might seem strange, but there’s a warmth and familiarity in the tune that’s fitting as an opener to this most hallowed season. No, not the …
Gorguts – Pleiades’ Dust Review
Luc Lemay is dismayed. At least, one can assume so. The Gorguts leader possesses one of the greatest minds in heavy metal’s storied history, but much of what he sees around him — both within …