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Ysyry Mollvün – Ysyry Mollvün (2022)
True to black metal’s interest in the archaic and what it can reveal to the onlookers of the present, Ysyry Mollvün turn to the distant past (and the remnants that…
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A Case for Black Metal’s Greatest Album: Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z-kVfPXK1w&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick(Hessian Firm), David(Hessian Firm), Tim(Tempestuous Might) and Malus(Apokatastasis) discuss what makes Emperor's debut album "In the Nightside Eclipse" such a grand classic. The conversation goes through the band's rapid…
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Elytron Frass & Charlse N. – VITIATORS
I would like to start this review of VITIATORS with a disclaimer. Manga does not figure as part of my reading. Not just my usual reading, but any reading at…
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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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Hastur Evocation – When Bestial Moans Compose a Sweet Symphony (1996)
Italy's scene of gothic infused extreme metal has given us a few classics over the years but also a large number of bands that would show some potential before disbanding…
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Gates of the Soul
Listening to music all the time The greatest gift an older person can give a younger one is an account of their experience. And if the older person can transmit…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Fredrik Söderberg (Dawn)
https://youtu.be/-20dTP41U6g Nick is joined by Fredrik of legendary Swedish black metal to discuss the band's long awaited new material, the band's evolution compositionally and their willingness to experiment with multiple…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: At the Gates – The Red in the Sky Is Ours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKLIdUOXrXU&ab_channel=HessianFirm Maccauley (Giger, Predation) and Nick are joined by Malus of Apokatastasis, Ollie of Complete Snake and David Rosales, writer of Gradus Ad Phlegethon as well as seminal article "Reaching…
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Hessian Firm Sign Apokatastasis for Debut Album: The Consecratory Secretion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C1ibm5p5Us&ab_channel=HessianFirm We are proud to announce that we have signed Arizonian Black/Death metal band Apokatastasis and will be releasing their debut album The Consecratory Secretion on CD on the 20/01/2023.…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Immolation – Here In After
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbO-tWMH9A&ab_channel=HessianFirm MacCauley and Nick discuss why Here in After is Immolation's magnum opus and one of death metal's highest achievements. Compositional tools like the use of microtones, bizarre rhythms, the…