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Endless Dismal Moan Ruin CDs Now Available
After considerable delay, Hessian Firm is pleased to formally announce that the reissue of Ruin by Endless Dismal Moan is now available. We are grateful for the patience shown by…
A guide to the Top Albums of 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqtjr4Jtvb4 Nick analyzes his favorite releases of 2025 and shares his thoughts on the current state of underground metal Intro 0:00 SPECIAL ENTRY: Gridlink - Perfect Amber 06:51 10. Hersir…
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Thaumaturgy – Pestilential Hymns(2025)
Thaumaturgy is a curious case, beginning as a minimalistic one-man doom metal project with USBM influences before violently shedding that style in favor of narrative death metal. With two added…
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Mütiilation – Pandemonium of Egregores(2026)
Just 13 months after emerging from a 17-year silence, Mütiilation's Meyhna'ch has delivered the rarest artifact in black metal: an album that confronts what three decades of uncompromising darkness actually…
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Hessian Scrum: Antonio Espinosa (Cóndor, Siete Lagunas)
https://youtu.be/s3DJZYGU9RE Nick is joined by Antonio of Cóndor and Siete Lagunas to discuss Cóndor's latest album Aurë Entuluva, the songwriting process, the change to more professional production, the difficulties of…
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Hessian Scrum: KT(Thaumaturgy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6kR7McJC-8 KT, mastermind behind Thaumaturgy, joins us to discuss the band's latest album Pestilential Hymns. The conversation explores his evolution from doom metal to complex, labyrinthine death metal, how he…
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Cóndor – Aurë Entuluva(2025)
Colombian folk/death/doom practitioners Cóndor return from extended silence with Aurë Entuluva, bypassing the power metal detour of El Valle Del Cóndor to resume the ambitious trajectory established on Sangreal. These…
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Trails of Anguish Return with New Single “Frozen Lusters of Shattered Purity”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLOsvPlWKk&list=RDopLOsvPlWKk&start_radio=1 Black metal duo Trails of Anguish return with their first new song "Frozen Lusters of Shattered Purity" in twenty-two years and while it represents a stylistic shift from their…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Jay Fernandez(Brutality, ex-Monstrosity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Dn9FBGPMw Jay Fernandez of iconic Florida death metal band Brutality breaks down what made Screams of Anguish such a powerful record and how it captured the essence of the Florida…
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Paimon Gate – Advanced Satanic Witchcraft(2025)
Paimon Gate is Jake Kohn of Prosanctus Inferi's solo project. The band's first full-length sees them perfecting the esoteric brand of American black metal hinted at on the first two…