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Some notes on the art of H. R. Giger
It might be said that the choice of H. R. Giger for a brief overview on a site mainly devoted to heavy metal is a predictable one; the only response…
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Mercyful Fate – A Brief Retrospective/Introduction
Mercyful Fate are rightly regarded as one of heavy metal’s most influential and beloved icons. A recognized influence on bands like Metallica and Slayer, the danish group picked up on…
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…
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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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Consume the Forsaken and the Bastardization of Brutal Death Metal
Brutal death metal, one of the many death metal subgenres that is consistently trashed by “purists” just like genre siblings melodic death metal and technical death metal. Among the critiques…
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Some notes on irony
“In five ways the supersaturation of an age in history seems to me hostile and dangerous. Through such an excess, first, that hitherto mentioned contrast between inner and outer is…
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The art of Purposeful Dissonance: Sentenced – My Sky Is Darker Than Thine
Sentenced's classic album North From Here opens with its most aggressive song "My Sky Is Darker Than Thine" that features a breakdown as an important compositional tool. While brutality and…
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A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album: Deicide – Legion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-ek30lZ5M&ab_channel=HessianFirm Nick and Maccauley go through the triumphs of Deicide's magnum opus Legion and why its use of rhythm and subtleties may make this to be the greatest death metal…
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Forgotten Minor Classics: Mercyless – Abject Offerings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-ldAidfmU&ab_channel=HessianFirm After a long hiatus, Nick returns with a short video detailing why Mercyless - Abject Offerings deserves to be considered as an important release for the death metal genre.
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Altars of Madness and the Birth of NYDM
https://youtu.be/C_Nta6siwTE Nick is joined by Tempestuous Might, curator of underground metal, to discuss the sheer variety present on Morbid Angel's Altars of Madness and the facets that were absorbed by…