Tag: Grind
Raw Addict – Compulsion Review
[Artwork by Vicky “Liddo” Morales] In a soak-your-underwear sweaty, tetanus-to-the-touch warehouse in the middle of Skid Row, Raw Addict played its first show. Weeks earlier, drummer Isaac made the irresistible sales pitch, stating that the …
Pharmacist – Vertebrae After Vertebrae Review
Picture this, brah brah: You’re out enjoying a nice meal with the in-laws. It’s a pleasant setting—a beach vacation, let’s say. The sun gently peeks above the horizon, illuminating the tides as they roll in …
Funebrarum – Beckoning The Void Of Eternal Silence Review
[Cover artwork by Daryl Kahan] If you, like many of us here at Last Rites, are an ancient, or at least ancient-adjacent, then perhaps you’ve been listening to death metal for quite some time. For …
Diamonds & Rust: Disharmonic Orchestra – Expositionsprophylaxe (Um, Gesundheit)
[Album artwork by Martin Messner and Patrick Klopf] Perhaps you’ve noticed by now that these Diamonds & Rust treatments have a tendency to dip into a sort of narcissistic form of self-interest when generated by …
Feind – 9mm Neuroleptika Review
I bet you were expecting Albert Pecans or Old Man Socks, or whatever those idiots’ names are, but they’re not the only ones who listen to grind around here. Ten tracks in less than seven …
Beaten To Death – Sunrise Over Rigor Mortis Review
Cover art by William Hay To the great wonder of people who know me, I’ve never been beaten to death. Lord knows I’ve pushed some limits. If it ever does come to that, I hope …
Track Premiere: Egregore – “Birth Of Death”
[Artwork by Lev Y.S.] There have been quite a few bands from the Carcass school making some fantastic music as of late. While this year has been fairly quiet in that department, bands like Pharmacist, …
Trichomoniasis – Makeshift Crematoria Review
[Cover art by Juliet Lacarne*] Postmodernism is a really wild thing to try to navigate in terms of art and music. Take Makeshift Crematoria, the first full length and third release overall for Californian duo …