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Celtic Frost – <em>To Mega Therion</em> (1985)

Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion (1985)

Celtic Frost makes a strange breakthrough with To Mega Therion. For one, they are faithful to the developments in Morbid Tales that come right out of Hellhammer and impose a more coherent form on it.

By DARG February 7, 2023Review

Celtic Frost – <em>Morbid Tales</em> (1984)

Review

Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales (1984)

While the music here is already streamlined as opposed to the jigsaw method of Hellhammer, chaotic energy still suffuses the way the instruments are played.

By DARG February 6, 2023Review

Review

SAMMATH – Zwaardbroeders Bij De Bergengte (1996)

Unlike the so-called third wave of black metal, the mid-to-late-90s wave of black metal showcased underground metal music at its purest and most essential. Bands like Sammath, Old Wainds, Setharial,…

By DARG February 3, 2023Review

Podcast

Discography Overview: Hellhammer

https://youtu.be/Lj6bdUq6ndE David, Nick and Cullen go over Hellhammer's short yet incredibly influential career, discussing the band's evolution, musical characteristics and the difficulties bands face when trying to emulate their style

By DARG January 31, 2023Podcast

Interview

Interview with Elytron Frass

We’ve had the pleasure of engaging in a series of back-and-forth inquiries with Elytron Frass, multi-media artist, author of Liber Exuvia, and scriptwriter of Vitiators alongside illustrator Charles N. I.…

By DARG January 31, 2023Interview

Analysis

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’…

By DARG January 26, 2023Analysis

Label News

Cromlech Sign to Hessian Firm And Preview First Song – “Born With Sword In Hand”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_hhWXvm2k&ab_channel=HessianFirm We are extremely proud to sign Cromlech for their latest release Ascent of Kings that will be released on the 3rd of March. In the meantime you can find…

By hessianfirm January 24, 2023Label News

Podcast

A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Incantation – Onward to Golgotha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ul26Js4YDk&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by MacCauley (Giger, Predation), Jon (Predation), Malus (Apokatastasis), David (Hessian Firm) to unravel death metal's purest album, its weird rhythms, unique melodies and twisted arrangements. This…

By hessianfirm January 22, 2023Podcast

Review

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…

By Raphael Alecto January 17, 2023Review

Podcast

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…

By hessianfirm January 15, 2023Podcast