August, 2022 - Hessian Firm

Mindly Rotten – The Most Exquisite Agonies (2005)

Mindly Rotten are a Colombian brutal death metal and while this has certain connotations, musically this bears non of the trademarks of latin brutal death metal and instead opts for…

By Nicholas Mkhl August 22, 2022Review

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The art of Purposeful Dissonance: Sentenced – My Sky Is Darker Than Thine

Sentenced's classic album North From Here opens with its most aggressive song "My Sky Is Darker Than Thine" that features a breakdown as an important compositional tool. While brutality and…

By Nicholas Mkhl August 14, 2022Analysis

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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Deicide – Legion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-ek30lZ5M&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick and Maccauley go through the triumphs of Deicide's magnum opus Legion and why its use of rhythm and subtleties may make this to be the greatest death metal…

By hessianfirm August 10, 2022Analysis