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Laibach – Sketches from the Red Districts (2023)

Armed with transgressive audacity that got them into actual trouble in the final days of the former Yugoslavia and a seemingly boundless capacity for provocative irony unfolding on many different…

By Raphael Alecto July 18, 2023Review

Label News

Complete Snake Sign to Hessian Firm And Preview First Song – “Hog at the Jates”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R62xDAyHqP4&ab_channel=HessianFirm We are proud to announce that we have signed English metal band Complete Snake for their second EP Red Hog which will be released on CD on the 25/08/2023.…

By hessianfirm July 14, 2023Label News

Analysis Review

The Music of “Tetsuo: The Iron Man”

With the Japanese cyberpunk classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man, director Shinya Tsukamoto created not only a noteworthy film work on its own but also inaugurated a world of his devising…

By Raphael Alecto July 11, 2023Analysis, Review

Review

Mortify – Fragments at the Edge of Sorrow (2022)

Chilean band Mortify presents an effort of notable poise and maturity on just their second full-length album. The main strength on full display in this release lies in the confident…

By Raphael Alecto July 11, 2023Review

Review

Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Narcosis (2023)

The stylistic lineage that Canadian band Thantifaxath seems to adhere to for this album is one that attempts to use dissonance not as a tool but as a starting point…

By Raphael Alecto June 16, 2023Review

Review

Godflesh – Purge (2023)

The latest offering by iconic and adventurous band Godflesh sees the english duo step back from the experiments of “Post Self” in order to deliver what can be uncontroversially labeled…

By Raphael Alecto June 13, 2023Review

Podcast

Hessian Scrum Special: Seppo Taatila (Demigod, Adramelech)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVokrI73avA&ab_channel=HessianFirm In this exclusive interview, Nick is joined by Seppo Taatila who was a member of not one but two legendary bands in Adramelech and Demigod. Seppo recounts the passion…

By hessianfirm June 7, 2023Podcast

Podcast

Hessian Scrum: Justin Vølus (Vargheist records, Vølus, Psionic Madness etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgk1Q9ceHxQ&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick is joined by Justin Vølus, founder of Vargheist records that specialises in various forms of unconventional extreme metal as well as being a vocalist in multiple projects. The…

By hessianfirm May 23, 2023Podcast

Interview

Interview with Hope Gould (No Clean Singing)

1 - b: Being able to appreciate the ART that resides in something like the Bible, yet not aligning with it ideologically, is a very refined skill. Would you say that…

By DARG May 18, 2023Interview

Review

Babylon Whores – King Fear (1999)

The relationship between rock and metal has always been one sided, with metal taking from rock and slowly discarding the influences until any relationship between the two ceased to exist.…

By Nicholas Mkhl May 14, 2023Review