November, 2022 - Hessian Firm

A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Immolation – Here In After

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbO-tWMH9A&ab_channel=HessianFirm MacCauley and Nick discuss why Here in After is Immolation's magnum opus and one of death metal's highest achievements. Compositional tools like the use of microtones, bizarre rhythms, the…

By hessianfirm November 28, 2022Podcast

Review

Regurgitation – Tales of Necrophilia (1999)

Guest Article by Malus After the death of the classic death metal scene, more extreme and experimental types of death metal were arising in the late 90s and early 00s.…

By Guest Writer November 24, 2022Review

Analysis

Gorgoroth – Gorgoroth: Climax Analysis

Gorgoroth's second album is often considered to be their magnum opus and one of the greatest Norwegian black metal albums despite coming out significantly later than the other recognized classics…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 19, 2022Analysis

Podcast

HS: Lelahel (Lelahell, Litham, Aash and much more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRk3xf9j-Fo&t=86s&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined Lelahel who has been one of the major driving forces of Algerian and North African metal since the 90s. Conversations revolve around his unique use of…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 10, 2022Podcast

Review

Beatrik – Requiem of December (2005)

Beatrìk are an Italian black metal duo that released a few demos and a pair of albums in the early 2000s before unceremoniously disbanding to form other projects. While the…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 1, 2022Review