Tag: Pestilence

WAR Masters – A Completely Serious Analysis Of Metal And Baseball

Happy All Star Break, folks. Or, if you aren’t a baseball fan, enjoy the least exciting week in all of sports, when very little is going on except ESPN’s incessant coverage of the same 10

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: May 12th – May 18th

“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: March 24th – March 30th

“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

Staff Infections – February 2018

It’s February, friends, and it feels like we’re in the heart of the winter doldrums. Not just as it relates to seasonal affective disorder, but, as our playlists will reflect, with regard to the state

Oh Hi, 2018: Our Most Anticipated Albums, Part 2

Yesterday, we offered part one of our most anticipated albums of 2018, and noted some of the reasons why we spend so much time in anticipation of new music and art. Today, a word of caution: anticipation

The European Answers – An Interview With Pestilence

originally written by Juho Mikkonen   For our final interview of this series, we invited Patrick Mameli of the almighty Pestilence to discuss a little bit about Consuming Impulse, a timeless death metal masterpiece that

80s Essentials – Volume Ten

THIS IS IT! Volume Ten has finally arrived. And with it, so does the end of Last Rites’ 80s Essentials lists. We hope you’ve had as much fun reading them as we did putting them

Pestilence – Obsideo Review

Originally written by Matt Longo The album begins with a deep ominous heartbeat that leads to desperately grasping air before we hear a monitor flatline. Sounds cliché, yeah? Well it could be, but this is