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KK Null – Terminal Beach (1996)
This early album by Japanese noise master KK Null can be described as a cross between Tangerine Dream and noise music, and possibly the most successful attempt yet at such…
An Hessian Guide to Folk Music
Folk music aspires to animate the vestigial remains of forgotten traditions whose symbols and perennial soul still arouse the fascination of the moderns. A particularly immersive and picturesque form of…
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Arrangement Analysis: Asphyx – “The Rack”
Asphyx’s debut album is on the whole an undisputed classic of death-doom and underground metal in general, but for this time we’ll focus on the title track that finishes the…
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
American cinema is a farce. Major Hollywood studios churn out cookie-cutter pap for the sole objective of high profit margins. The current 10 highest-grossing movies include three comic book movies…
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Arrangement Analysis: Sinister – “Awaiting The Absu”
On the band’s third full-length effort “Hate”, Sinister dropped their phrasal and maniacal approach to Death Metal and went for a more streamlined and focused work while still preserving extreme…
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Hessian Firm officially stocking Sammath albums
Hessian Firm is proud to announce it'll be selling some of the albums by legendary dutch band Sammath. One of the most revered of the (relatively) recent extreme metal bands,…
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Dolentia – Iniciação Eversiva
Hailing from Portugal, Dolentia play a particularly ritualistic form of black metal descending both musically and conceptually from the style pioneered by the Norwegian Black Metal scene with some modern…
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Hessian Cinema – Part 2
We continue our exploration of cinema in search of worthy and exceptional works that will rouse the attention and appreciation of metalheads interested in other mediums where the spirit present…