by Metal Insider | Oct 18, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Some things in life are unchanging. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The swallows will return to Capistrano. And Skeletonwitch will put out an album every other year after touring like mad men to support the previous album. Since their 2007 debut on...
by Metal Insider | Oct 11, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Black metal has come a long, long way since the bullet belts and corpse paint of the early 90’s. Sure there are still a ton of bands that carry the flag of “true” or “kvlt” black metal. There are also bands that are taking the genre and...
by Metal Insider | Oct 4, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Did you know that Texas had more Swedish settlers than any other Southern state in the U.S.? Did you know there are over a dozen towns that dot the Texas landscape founded by Swedes? Did you know that the reigning king and queen of Sweden visited Texas in 1988 to...
by Metal Insider | Sep 27, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Metal, in all its glorious forms, has always been the type of music that is built upon pure, unadulterated, raw emotion. Whether that emotion is anger or sadness or something else equally trying to the human psyche will go a long way towards just what brand of metal...
by Metal Insider | Sep 6, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
In terms of musical genre categorization, death metal has always stood to form a wider umbrella over a broader pantheon of bands than the average music (or metal) fan would give credit for. Growl into a microphone something inaudible about zombies or human entrails,...
by Metal Insider | Aug 26, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
The best grindcore is always the most pissed off. It’s the type of music you listen to for the aggression, the rush of endorphins in the most primal sense. It’s also the type of music you blast to annoy your neighbors, alienate yourself and really give...