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Barren Path – Grieving(2025)
Gridlink, one of grindcore’s most revered bands, may be gone, but its legacy lives on through the former members, everyone except vocalist Jon Chang. Barren Path’s debut, Grieving, is not…
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Interview: Takafumi Matsubara(Barren Path, ex-Gridlink, Mortalized etc)
Grindcore is often seen as a genre that values intensity over precision, yet your playing is highly technical and exact. What drove you to develop such proficiency in a style…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Anders Lundemark (Konkhra, Daemon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbBBC5d60k Nick is joined by Anders Lundemark, founding member of Danish death metal veterans Konkhra, for a deep dive into the band’s evolution through the years. They explore what set…
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Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg (1972 – 2025)
This Tuesday, 16th of September, the devastating news reached us of the passing of Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg, vocalist, lyricist, teacher, and founding member of At the Gates. At just 52…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Lille Gruber (Defeated Sanity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra52-N57zv8&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by Lille Gruber, drummer extraordinaire of Defeated Sanity, for an in-depth conversation about the band’s latest release, Chronicles of Lunacy. They dive into why this record…
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A Case For Black Metal’s Greatest Album: Sacramentum – Far Away from the Sun
https://youtu.be/oo-Y1wWFgjM Raphael(Hessian Firm), Ollie(Complete Snake, Xolotah, Läbrys), and Nick dive into Sacramentum’s magnum opus Far Away From the Sun, an album they argue might just be the greatest black metal…