2025 - Hessian Firm

Rest In Peace Nisse Karlén

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUqAaiol2w&t=34s&ab_channel=HessianFirm R.I.P Nisse Karlén His seminal work with Sacramentum will never be forgotten and will continue to inspire us eternally. We thank him for the music as well as the…

By hessianfirm August 26, 2025Uncategorized

Review

Gridlink – Perfect Amber (2025)

With Coronet Juniper, Gridlink appeared to close their career on an immaculate swansong, an album that functioned as both a farewell from the band and a definitive statement within grindcore…

By Nicholas Mkhl August 21, 2025Review

Label News

Endless Dismal Moan – Lord of Nightmare Pre-Orders Available

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4CwykFRJCo&ab_channel=HessianFirm Endless Dismal Moan is the brainchild of Japanese musician Chaos 9(R.I.P). Embracing the digital production and aesthetics of his era as well as incorporating the suffocating sensation of Japanese…

By hessianfirm August 20, 2025Label News

Podcast

A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Dismember – Like An Ever Flowing Stream

In this episode, Mac and Nick turn their attention to Swedish death metal, focusing on Dismember’s groundbreaking debut album, Like an Ever Flowing Stream. The discussion examines the defining elements…

By hessianfirm August 18, 2025Podcast

Analysis

Disgorge and the Silver Age of Death Metal: Low End Shredding

Guest Article by Fiello Death metal guitarists enterprise to develop musical arrangements that occupy the fretboard in varied ways. For some guitar players, a compositionally restrained approach to shred guitar…

By hessianfirm August 7, 2025Analysis

Review

Funeral Storm / Celestial Rite – Funeral Rite (2017)

This lavishly designed split 12” EP represents both the promises and failings adherent to the contemporary resurrection of the so-called Hellenic Black Metal style. For the record, I have a…

By bornofthecauldron July 30, 2025Review

Interview

Interview With Sadistik Fornicator of Necromaniac

1. NECROMANIAC has been around for a decade, yet "Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable" is your first full-length. What led to the long gestation period, and how do you feel…

By Nicholas Mkhl July 22, 2025Interview

Interview

Unpublished Interview with Stan Zielinski Damonacy

Guest Article by KT The New Jersey area has spawned quite a few interesting bands in the past, I'm sure you know most of them, so I won't bother mentioning…

By hessianfirm July 20, 2025Interview

Review

Retromorphosis – Psalmus Mortis (2025)

Formed from the ashes of Spawn of Possession, Retromorphosis reunites the Incurso-era lineup. But while Incurso was a relentless push toward hyper-technical extremity, Psalmus Mortis marks a return to their…

By Nicholas Mkhl July 7, 2025Review

Podcast

HSS: Rob Miller (Amebix, Tau Cross)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY1veYTWzfw&ab_channel=HessianFirm For the latest scrum, we talk to Rob Miller, frontman of Tau Cross and the legendary Amebix, one of the first (if not the first) acts to blend hardcore…

By hessianfirm July 6, 2025Podcast