July, 2022 - Hessian Firm

Forgotten Minor Classics: Mercyless – Abject Offerings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-ldAidfmU&ab_channel=HessianFirm After a long hiatus, Nick returns with a short video detailing why Mercyless - Abject Offerings deserves to be considered as an important release for the death metal genre.

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Spawn of Possession – Cabinet (2003)

In 2003 while death metal was redundant and for the most part stagnant the world was struck by an album that brought the technical death metal genre to another level;…

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Sorhin – Apokalypsens ängel (2000)

While Swedish black metal has always been notorious for having a small number of unique bands followed by an endless stream of third rate imitators, some of the better bands…

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Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses (2022)

Right off the bat, the fact that yet another metal album claiming inspiration from the much abused aesthetics and themes laid by H. P. Lovecraft doesn’t immediately succumb to triteness…

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Fallen Christ – Abduction Ritual (1994)

While NYDM has given us a sizeable portion of the best death metal, it has also given us a plethora of mediocre copycats and an even greater number of terrible…

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