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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…
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Hessian Firm Signs Galicia
We are very proud to announce that we have officially signed Galicia and will be releasing their album Precipice on the 21st of October. Pre-orders are up on our Bandcamp…
Hessian Scrum: Dungeon Serpent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7XFgPxUiPc&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by Arawn of melodic death metal band Dungeon Serpent to discuss their full length, World of Sorrows, the state of melodic death metal and how the…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Deicide – Legion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-ek30lZ5M&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick and Maccauley go through the triumphs of Deicide's magnum opus Legion and why its use of rhythm and subtleties may make this to be the greatest death metal…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Infester – To the Depths, in Degradation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9QSaGc_xI&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick and MacCauley discuss the incredible heights of Infester's masterpiece. Conversation revolves around the combination of synths and crushing riffs, the unique melodies and use of atmosphere, the drumming…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Mortuary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kFXuPGybws Nick is joined by Alberto of Mexican death metal band Mortuary to discuss, the band's body of work, their recent revival, the diversity of the Mexican scene in the…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Ingurgitating Oblivion
https://youtu.be/UB93_WsSDEc Sven is joined by Florian and Norbert of German prog metal band Ingurgitating Oblivion to discuss the band's compositions, influences as well as the evils of a downtuned snare.
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Hessian Scrum Special: Vatha (Mefitis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekh0DpCTNno&ab_channel=HessianFirm Vatha joins the scrum today to give the first ever video interview from Mefitis. Topics discussed include: what even is dark metal, why you should turn your amp's volume…
Hessian Scrum Special: Turkka G. Rantanen (Demilich, Demigod, Adramelech, Depravity, Thou Shalt Suffer, Mefitis)
https://youtu.be/NAbR6k5sYJc Nick is joined by legendary artist Turkka G. Rantanen to discuss his iconic contributions towards the Finnish death metal scene, digital art vs acrylics and the evolution of his…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Suffocation – Breeding the Spawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0-2sYYZfA Nick is joined by professional guitarist MacCauley Crawford (Giger, Predation) to dissect Suffocation's Breeding the Spawn and to elucidate on why it may be the greatest death metal album…