Tag: Peaceville
Autopsy – Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts Review
[Cover art by Wes Benscoter] Chris Reifert sure has been busy, eh? Two Autopsy albums, two Static Abyss albums, and a Siege of Power album all released in the last two years. But hey, Greg …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2023 So Far, Pt. 1
Have you ever noticed how much music just rules? (Well, most of it, anyway.) We here at Last Rites World Headquarters And Lawnmower Repair Emporium certainly have. We’ve dedicated our every waking moment to listening …
Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current Review
[Album artwork by Łukasz Jaszak] Let’s celebrate weirdness without getting too philosophical about what exactly constitutes “weird.” We all know weird, we all know it keeps life interesting, and we all likely hope to encounter …
Best Of 2022 – Ryan Tysinger: Lifelong Journeys For Technicolor Vapors
First of all, forgive the self-indulgence. These words could be inscribed atop any list, any review, any critique; yet they beg to be uttered. After all, it’s a fundamental rule in critical writing: don’t use …
Darkthrone – Astral Fortress Review
It was always the 80’s for us, man. – Fenriz Since A Blaze In The Northern Sky, the raison d’être of Darkthrone has been clear. Dig up the graves of the 80s for inspiration, inject a heaping helping of …
Autopsy – Morbidity Triumphant Review
Here is a curious and potentially self-defeating opening for a review of a new Autopsy album: Do you need a review of a new Autopsy album? Don’t misunderstand: the question is not, “Do you need …
Sigh – Shiki Review
Genre Funeral Theatre Heavy metal is about a lot of things. I guess you can try to bang out a list of restrictive musical requirements, but in the lyrics department, heavy metal music on the …
Static Abyss – Labyrinth Of Veins Review
[Artwork by All Things Rotten] The Great American Music Hall is a famous venue in San Francisco that launched in the early 1900s as a fine dining establishment / bordello before turning to music in …