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Unholy – From the Shadows (1993)
Finland’s Unholy gained a reputation in underground metal for their unique take on the funeral doom genre, itself a very specific niche that might come off as inherently limited but…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Jason Gobel & Santiago Dobles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFPA4FSMac4&t=3450s&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by Jason Gobel of Cynic and Monstrosity fame and santiago Dobles of Aghora and former lead guitarist of Pestilence to talk about their differing approaches to…
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Hessian Scrum: Nisse Karlén from Sacramentum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUqAaiol2w The latest episode of the Hessian Scrum podcast is already out; this time, I step in to interview Nisse Karlén, vocalist of Sacramentum. Topics include: his early tape trading…
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Deicide – Legion (1992)
Deicide's second full length effort "Legion" is an album which I grew to like very quickly and it even propelled itself into one of my favorite albums. This, at first,…
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Hessian Scrum: Yusaf from Dødheimsgard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkp64RlNdC8&ab_channel=HessianFirm The Hessian Scrum podcast returns with a very special guest: Vicotnik (Yusaf Parvez), from legendary and boundary-pushing norwegian band Dødheimsgard and other projects such as Ved Buens Ende and…
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Drawn And Quartered – Congregation Pestilence
When Immolation took the dissonance of Morbid Angel and created their own unique style out of it, they carved their niche in a very limited subgenre that didn't seem as…
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Hessian Scrum: Anders Strokirk from Necrophobic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41S5m94JeeY&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick interviews Anders Strokirk from Swedish legends necrophobic.The conversation revolves around the evolution of the band, Anders' legendary vocals, his side projects and much more.
Septicflesh and Horrified: Two Underappreciated EPs
The extreme metal scene that flourished in the late '80s/early '90s in Greece attained distinction and a particular reputation in the underground for most bands' heightened incorporation of melody and…
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Dödfödd – Demo 10 (2012)
Here we have one of those underappreciated releases that no one gives a damn about. It’s an album-length demo from 2012, although it’s almost unfair to call this a demo…
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Skin Chamber – Wound (1991)
Skin Chamber was a short-lived side-project by members of Controlled Bleeding that managed to release two albums in as many years. Their debut’s appropriate title – perhaps a reference to…