Analysis - Hessian Firm

Hessian Hoard #1: Thy Third Wave Ov Black Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jBHTivMgpk&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick reviews the new book by Metal Guitar Scales and its purpose for the metal guitar player as well as the kind of content to expect from such a…

By Nicholas Mkhl March 12, 2021Analysis, Review

Analysis Review

Amorphis – Privilege of Evil

In recent decades Death Metal experienced a huge shift in style as Bands went from writing intricate arrangements with unique melodies towards a style that favours dexterity and ability to…

By Sven Erick March 8, 2021Analysis, Review

Analysis Review

Abyssvm – Poizon of god MMIX (2021)

Originally revealed to the public in 2008, a remastered edition of Poizon of god has been released in 2021 by Abyssvm under the auspices of The Black Flame (Northwind). The new…

By DARG March 1, 2021Analysis, Review

Analysis

Some brief thoughts on Brutality and Monstrosity: twin gems from the Floridian underground

When a genre becomes as crowded as metal, the need for rigorous selection inevitably arises as a necessary mechanism to unearth the truly outstanding voices, and in that process certain…

By Raphael Alecto December 29, 2020Analysis

Analysis

Analysis: Graveland – “The Night of Fullmoon”

Graveland was the most high spirited of the many bands who took the pagan warfare theme as its core inspiration. While displaying bombastic pretensions from the beginning and by the…

By Raphael Alecto December 24, 2020Analysis

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Analysis: Celtic Frost – “Dawn of Meggido”

Celtic Frost are universally recognized as one of the best and most influential extreme metal bands, having achieved in the seminal “To Mega Therion” one of the genre’s primary landmarks…

By Raphael Alecto November 7, 2020Analysis

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Vocal Analysis: King Diamond

Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson are the archetypal Heavy metal singers, combining shrill tenor voices with prolonged mixed voice screams that still sounded very full and present despite the ascension…

By Nicholas Mkhl October 29, 2020Analysis

Analysis Lifestyle

The Silver Age of Metal

Among the most elitist circles of metal fans it is quite common to hear, for some time now, that nothing is as good as it was in the first era,…

By Guest Writer October 24, 2020Analysis, Lifestyle

Analysis Lifestyle

On the purpose of modernism and the place of heavy metal

On his study on aesthetics titled Beauty, English philosopher Roger Scruton outlines the most noble mission for modern art to accomplish, if it does wish to attain greatness: "Moreover, there…

By Raphael Alecto October 5, 2020Analysis, Lifestyle

Analysis

The majestic beauty of Morbid Angel – “Desolate Ways”

In our previous analysis of "The Rack" by Asphyx, we noted that sometimes complexity paradoxically presents itself as elusive simplicity: the ascetic attempt at communicating as much as possible through…

By Raphael Alecto October 1, 2020Analysis