2023 - Hessian Firm

Interview with Elytron Frass

We’ve had the pleasure of engaging in a series of back-and-forth inquiries with Elytron Frass, multi-media artist, author of Liber Exuvia, and scriptwriter of Vitiators alongside illustrator Charles N. I.…

By DARG January 31, 2023Interview

Analysis

Pre-Celtic Frost: Hellhammer

Before becoming Celtic Frost, Hellhammer innovated underground metal within a short span of time. In Hellhammer, we can hear the influence of Motorhead and, with it, the older rock n’…

By DARG January 26, 2023Analysis

Label News

Cromlech Sign to Hessian Firm And Preview First Song – “Born With Sword In Hand”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_hhWXvm2k&ab_channel=HessianFirm We are extremely proud to sign Cromlech for their latest release Ascent of Kings that will be released on the 3rd of March. In the meantime you can find…

By hessianfirm January 24, 2023Label News

Podcast

A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Incantation – Onward to Golgotha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ul26Js4YDk&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by MacCauley (Giger, Predation), Jon (Predation), Malus (Apokatastasis), David (Hessian Firm) to unravel death metal's purest album, its weird rhythms, unique melodies and twisted arrangements. This…

By hessianfirm January 22, 2023Podcast

Review

Ysyry Mollvün – Ysyry Mollvün (2022)

True to black metal’s interest in the archaic and what it can reveal to the onlookers of the present, Ysyry Mollvün turn to the distant past (and the remnants that…

By Raphael Alecto January 17, 2023Review

Podcast

A Case for Black Metal’s Greatest Album: Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z-kVfPXK1w&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick(Hessian Firm), David(Hessian Firm), Tim(Tempestuous Might) and Malus(Apokatastasis) discuss what makes Emperor's debut album "In the Nightside Eclipse" such a grand classic. The conversation goes through the band's rapid…

By hessianfirm January 15, 2023Podcast

Review

Elytron Frass & Charlse N. – VITIATORS

I would like to start this review of VITIATORS with a disclaimer. Manga does not figure as part of my reading. Not just my usual reading, but any reading at…

By DARG January 14, 2023Review

Analysis

True Metal: Why Mercyful Fate Towers Over Judas Priest and Iron Maiden

What is “true metal”? The way people see the term “true” in metal depends awfully on what they have heard till that point. They may either feel disdain for those…

By DARG January 8, 2023Analysis

Review

Hastur Evocation – When Bestial Moans Compose a Sweet Symphony (1996)

Italy's scene of gothic infused extreme metal has given us a few classics over the years but also a large number of bands that would show some potential before disbanding…

By Nicholas Mkhl January 5, 2023Review

Lifestyle

Gates of the Soul

Listening to music all the time The greatest gift an older person can give a younger one is an account of their experience. And if the older person can transmit…

By DARG January 2, 2023Lifestyle