Tag: W.A.I.L.

Best Of 2018 – Konrad Kantor: And So We Weep For The Fallen
2018 has been a year attempting to actively bring as much positivity into my life as possible. As far as heavy metal goes, no that does not mean you are about to read a top …

Best Of 2018 – Ryan’s 20 Albums That Did The Damn Thing
Metal indisputably has a penchant for melodrama, from the larger-than-life stage shows to the rumors and stories that weave their way into the fabric of heavy metal legend. Sensationalism has followed metal since the earliest …

Best Of 2018 – Zach Duvall: Confessions Of A Cornfed Crackpot
Greetings, you husks. This year, instead of some State of the Scene Address, we’re going to talk about consensus in music fandom, and how it doesn’t really exist. Yes, seeing the same albums top every …

Best Of 2018 – Last Rites Combined Staff Top 25
You’re here! Welcome! So glad you could make it. So, how was the flight? Wait, what? You walked here? All the way from January 1st? You walked here all the way from January 1st. Wow. …

W.A.I.L. – Wisdom Through Agony Into Illumination And Lunacy Vol. II Review
Three years, perhaps more. That’s how long it’s been since my copy of W.A.I.L. Vol. II arrived from a far away place—a place I had never been but had always wanted to go. There’s something …

10 for 10: Black Metal – Showcasing Spotify’s Best Bands with Under 100 Monthly Listeners
Hi everyone! I know I haven’t been writing a whole lot these past few years. I hope all of that is about to change and I know I’m the only one who can change it. …

W.A.I.L. – Wisdom Through Agony Into Illumination And Lunacy Review
In October of 2009, a mysterious outfit from Kristiinankaupunki, Finland, released a vinyl-only LP of its only full length to date, Wisdom through Agony into Illumination and Lunacy. Fans of Finnish doom and black metal …