by Metal Insider | May 10, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Do you like riffs? Big, meaty, nasty, sludgy, riffs? Riffs that make you want to punch holes in random walls and possibly even faces? Then Italy’s Zolle might become one of your new favorite bands very quickly. Zolle are a two-piece outfit from the backwoods...
by Metal Insider | May 3, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Various groups have been predicting the world’s demise and the demise of humanity for a long time. It’s almost like clockwork. However one day, possibly very soon, the doomsday theorists will become legit prophets. Whether man destroys themselves...
by Metal Insider | Apr 26, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
If you think about it, Death Metal is a pretty broad term covering hundreds of loosely connected bands. Growled or gurgled or screamed vocals over the top of blast beats and shredding guitars. That about sums it up right? Only to the untrained ear. But even to the...
by Metal Insider | Apr 19, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Metal history is littered with stellar debuts. It’s also chock full of albums that were able to take multiple genres and merge them into a sort of rainbow coalition of extremity. But for a band to hit home runs on both fronts is a rare and unique feat for...
by Metal Insider | Apr 12, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Richmond, Virginia is one of those places that consistently, yet quietly, produces some amazing bands. A visual list of all the artists that have emerged from the greater Richmond area over the last two decades would prove to be an impressive one on both the metal...
by Metal Insider | Apr 5, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Some bands attempt to secure the ‘old school’ label and the street cred that follows it with varying forms of metal mimicry. They are always easy to spot, usually because they are trying too hard to be something they are not. Then there are the bands...