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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’…
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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…
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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…
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Consume the Forsaken and the Bastardization of Brutal Death Metal
Brutal death metal, one of the many death metal subgenres that is consistently trashed by “purists” just like genre siblings melodic death metal and technical death metal. Among the critiques…
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Some notes on irony
“In five ways the supersaturation of an age in history seems to me hostile and dangerous. Through such an excess, first, that hitherto mentioned contrast between inner and outer is…
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The art of Purposeful Dissonance: Sentenced – My Sky Is Darker Than Thine
Sentenced's classic album North From Here opens with its most aggressive song "My Sky Is Darker Than Thine" that features a breakdown as an important compositional tool. While brutality and…
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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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Forgotten Minor Classics: Mercyless – Abject Offerings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-ldAidfmU&ab_channel=HessianFirm After a long hiatus, Nick returns with a short video detailing why Mercyless - Abject Offerings deserves to be considered as an important release for the death metal genre.
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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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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…