by Metal Insider | Feb 6, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Have you ever been a witness, live or televised, of a thundering herd of wildebeests, trampling earth underfoot as they run for their lives? Have you ever watched in awe or terror as one animal is tearing the throat out from another? Nature has given us the visuals...
by Metal Insider | Jan 30, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
In the early 1990’s, when the great second wave of black metal was reaching the first of many creative peaks, Norway seemed to spawn corpse paint clad outfits like rabbits giving birth. While many of those acts faded away as quickly as they came, and others...
by Metal Insider | Jan 23, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Somewhere between the early 1990’s and today the realm of Black Metal took so many left turns that at times it’s almost hard to distinguish who we should and shouldn’t call by that name. One thing has remained a constant though, and that’s the...
by Metal Insider | Jan 16, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Storytelling as an art form has existed for thousands of years. That doesn’t make crafting a good story any easier, especially in the musical world. The tries and failures of musicians to piece together story through music are well documented and the often...
by Metal Insider | Jan 9, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
This. This album is why year-end lists can often be a fruitless undertaking. Inevitably, almost every year, there is that one band that drops an album just prior to the calendar flipping that one final time and completely blows up everything you thought was...
by Metal Insider | Dec 11, 2014 | Dissident Aggression, Lists, Top 10
As the year in music winds down, we’ve given plenty of artists a chance to reveal their favorite music of the year. Now it’s our turn. We’ve already given you Zach Shaw’s, Nick DeSimone’s, Anthony Maisano’s and Chris...