October, 2022 - Hessian Firm

Hessian Scrum Special: Joël Guigou (Agressor, Outburst)

https://youtu.be/VD7ysmKn4AU Nick is joined by Joël Guigou of celebrated death/thrash metal band Agressor and underground thrash band Outburst to talk about the band's influences and compositional style, what made the…

By hessianfirm October 30, 2022Podcast

Interview

Interview: Robert Sennebäck (Dismember, Unhallow)

While most early Swedish Death metal in the early 90s was very simplistic and featured a lot of hard rock influence, Like an Everflowing Stream was much more technically proficient…

By Nicholas Mkhl October 26, 2022Interview

Label News

Galicia – Precipice Available Now

Galicia's debut album Precipice is available now on YouTube and Bandcamp in its entirety. Pre-orders will be shipped out in the next couple of days. The album will also be…

By hessianfirm October 21, 2022Label News

Analysis

Consume the Forsaken and the Bastardization of Brutal Death Metal

Brutal death metal, one of the many death metal subgenres that is consistently trashed by “purists” just like genre siblings melodic death metal and technical death metal. Among the critiques…

By Guest Writer October 14, 2022Analysis

Review

Noctis – Out of the Shadow of Legend (1998)

With the end of the LLN movement, French black metal saw a shift towards more refined playing and a celebration of French culture from the middle-ages that was entrenched in…

By Nicholas Mkhl October 3, 2022Review