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Deicide – Legion (1992)
Deicide's second full length effort "Legion" is an album which I grew to like very quickly and it even propelled itself into one of my favorite albums. This, at first,…
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Hessian Scrum: Yusaf from Dødheimsgard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkp64RlNdC8&ab_channel=HessianFirm The Hessian Scrum podcast returns with a very special guest: Vicotnik (Yusaf Parvez), from legendary and boundary-pushing norwegian band Dødheimsgard and other projects such as Ved Buens Ende and…
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Drawn And Quartered – Congregation Pestilence
When Immolation took the dissonance of Morbid Angel and created their own unique style out of it, they carved their niche in a very limited subgenre that didn't seem as…
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Hessian Scrum: Anders Strokirk from Necrophobic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41S5m94JeeY&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick interviews Anders Strokirk from Swedish legends necrophobic.The conversation revolves around the evolution of the band, Anders' legendary vocals, his side projects and much more.
Septicflesh and Horrified: Two Underappreciated EPs
The extreme metal scene that flourished in the late '80s/early '90s in Greece attained distinction and a particular reputation in the underground for most bands' heightened incorporation of melody and…
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Dödfödd – Demo 10 (2012)
Here we have one of those underappreciated releases that no one gives a damn about. It’s an album-length demo from 2012, although it’s almost unfair to call this a demo…
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Skin Chamber – Wound (1991)
Skin Chamber was a short-lived side-project by members of Controlled Bleeding that managed to release two albums in as many years. Their debut’s appropriate title – perhaps a reference to…
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Arrangement Analysis: Gorguts – The Erosion Of Sanity (1993)
When thinking about Canadian Technical Death Metal one might come up with bands playing power chords in fast succession and constant hyperblast overpowering the music to the point where structure…
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Hessian Scrum Special: Revenant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZGKWXTvnQ&t=2289s&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by Death metal legend Henry Veggian of Revenant to discuss the band's compositions, lyrics, sense of aesthetics and more.
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…