Tag: Iron Maiden
On Death – Grim, Inevitable Death – In Metal
There is a book of heavy metal. No one wrote it. It exists in the ether, in the songs and albums and album art and performances and memories of we who read it. It is …
Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: May 13th – 19th
“Album Of The Day” is a Last Rites Facebook feature we started whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone chooses to …
Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: April 8-14
“Album Of The Day” is a new Last Rites Facebook feature we started recently whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone …
Last Rites Cover Art Tournament: The Fatal Four
In the NCAA Tournament, the Final Four is treated as a kind of Mount Rushmore for that season of college basketball. All year, analysts talk up great teams, but will temper their hype with phrases …
Last Rites Cover Art Tournament: The Execrable Eight
Giants have fallen. With the round of eight — the Execrable Eight — if you will, giants have fallen. Three of the original four top seeds do not survive to advance to the Fatal Four, …
Battle Royal: Judas Priest vs. Iron Maiden – Two Bands Enter, One Band Leaves
Battle Royal is back and more unfair than ever! In the first installment, we cruelly pitted Metallica against Slayer based ONLY on their 80s output. The result was a dirty tie amongst the LR crew …
Zach Duvall’s Best of 2015: The Atomic Countdown
For myself, 2015 was not necessarily a year of adventurism within the heavy music realms. In fact, I spent a good amount of time this year catching up on other sides of rock that I …
Last Rites’ Best Of 2015 – Combined Staff List
Hails and nails, fellow howlers at the moon. It’s time once again to gather about yon round table to celebrate/dispute the Kingdom of Heavy Metal’s top albums of the year. Having recently divulged our picks …