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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…
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Regurgitation – Tales of Necrophilia (1999)
Guest Article by Malus After the death of the classic death metal scene, more extreme and experimental types of death metal were arising in the late 90s and early 00s.…
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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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HS: Lelahel (Lelahell, Litham, Aash and much more)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRk3xf9j-Fo&t=86s&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined Lelahel who has been one of the major driving forces of Algerian and North African metal since the 90s. Conversations revolve around his unique use of…
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Beatrik – Requiem of December (2005)
Beatrìk are an Italian black metal duo that released a few demos and a pair of albums in the early 2000s before unceremoniously disbanding to form other projects. While the…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Joël Guigou (Agressor, Outburst)
https://youtu.be/VD7ysmKn4AU Nick is joined by Joël Guigou of celebrated death/thrash metal band Agressor and underground thrash band Outburst to talk about the band's influences and compositional style, what made the…