Tag: Death Metal
Phobocosm – Gateway Review
[Cover art by Lauri Laaksonen] Phobocosm’s fourth album, Gateway, is very much an album that sounds like its cover. It is a bleak, colorless, and intimidating swath of rocks with some room to breathe that …
Razored Raw: Maced / Postnatal Abortion Split
I don’t know what it’s like in your neck of the woods, but down here, in Aotearoa New Zealand, there’s often been a reluctance from fringe music-makers and DIY labels to celebrate their creative successes. …
Glorious Depravity – Death Never Sleeps Review
[cover artwork by the inimitable Dan Seagrave] Hello(ween) all, and a very hellish Halloween to you! Be that this is the designated day of all things dead and frightful, shall we explore something squishy, a …
Blindfolded And Led To The Woods – The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me Review
By way of Christchurch, progressive/technical death metal titans Blindfolded and Led to the Woods are creating some intriguing tunes. In fact, fellow Last Rites contributor Seth Buttnam compared their sound to that of their New …
An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City Review
[Cover art by Alex Eckman-Lawn] If you look at other pages and conversations about An Abstract Illusion, you’ll likely find that they are most often saddled with the progressive death metal genre tag. Surely, I’m …
Hebephrenique – Decathexis Review
[Cover art by Grellach] One of the great joys of heavy metal is how often it forces you to learn random things. A little peek behind the Last Rites curtain for you: we have a …
Diamonds & Rust: Death – Spiritual Healing
[Cover artwork by the unrivaled Ed Repka] Truth be told, I have been battling my brain for quite some time over which Death album most explicitly warrants a Diamonds & Rust treatment here at Last …
Plasmodulated – An Ocean Ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell Review
An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell: the title of Plasmodulated’s debut full-length AND, if you can believe it, Old Man Hotz’ exact nickname in college. While fitting descriptors for each, it’s also what …