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Dissident Aggression: Ritual Chamber – Obscurations (To Feast On The Seraphim)

Dissident Aggression: Ritual Chamber – Obscurations (To Feast On The Seraphim)

by Metal Insider | Mar 11, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

While the one-man black metal jam, usually playing the lowest of the lo-fi, became a somewhat popular trend in the 90s, the concept of putting together an album all by your lonesome remained a very large anomaly in other extreme genres. But as time and technology...
Dissident Aggression: Black Shape of Nexus – Carrier

Dissident Aggression: Black Shape of Nexus – Carrier

by Metal Insider | Mar 4, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

There are bands that treat their music like a roller coaster ride – methodical ascensions, drastic descents, stomach churning twists and turns. For the last decade and through a bevvy of releases Germany’s caustic sextet known as Black Shape of Nexus have...
Dissident Aggression: Inverloch – Distance │ Collapsed

Dissident Aggression: Inverloch – Distance │ Collapsed

by Metal Insider | Feb 26, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

It is safe to say at this stage of the game that death metal is currently enjoying quite the renaissance. That’s not to say that the genre withered and died at any point, or that there weren’t quality acts to be found. On the contrary, since the...

Dissident Aggression: Eight Bells – Landless

by Metal Insider | Feb 19, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

The continuing allegory being written by Portland’s Eight Bells is one of isolation. Isolation in a world that can be unforgiving and uncaring. While that theme may seem completely overbearing at times, Eight Bells will unfortunately have to come to terms with...
Dissident Aggression: WAKE – Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow

Dissident Aggression: WAKE – Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow

by Metal Insider | Feb 12, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

If you took the title of their newest release at face value, and you probably should, then Calgary-based grind quintet WAKE would have you believe that we are in some serious trouble here. As we continually destroy this one and only world we inhabit on so many levels...
Dissident Aggression: Sun Dagger – Invisible World

Dissident Aggression: Sun Dagger – Invisible World

by Metal Insider | Feb 5, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

Sometimes as a metal fan you just need to spread your wings a little and expand your mind and definition to what constitutes ‘metal.’ Most psych rock bands exist on the outer fringes of the metal world, like a tribe of ancient hunter-gatherers in a world...
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Space of Variations’ Dmytro Kozhukhar breaks down new album ‘Poisoned Art’ with track-by-track guide
Space of Variations’ Dmytro Kozhukhar breaks down new album ‘Poisoned Art’ with track-by-track guide

Ukrainian metalcore outfit Space of Variations return with their new album, Poisoned Art, out now via Napalm Records (order here). Blending crushing heavy beats with raw emotional intensity, the band has delivered what is promised to be their most intense work to...

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Inside Death Knocks: Hoaxed discuss recording challenges
Inside Death Knocks: Hoaxed discuss recording challenges

Portland, Oregon dark rockers Hoaxed have unveiled their sophomore full-length album, Death Knocks, out now via Relapse Records (order here). Marking a new chapter for the band, featuring Kat Keo, Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick, the record arrives...

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Ponte del Diavolo’s Kratom shares track-by-track guide for new album De Venom Natura
Ponte del Diavolo’s Kratom shares track-by-track guide for new album De Venom Natura

Italian blackened post-punk outfit Ponte Del Diavolo continue to evolve their dark, ritualistic sound with the arrival of their sophomore album, De Venom Natura. Emerging from Turin’s underground, the band has crafted a unique identity defined by their dual-bass...

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New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off 2026, this week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Excavated Graves, Fuath, Wildhunt and Dawnbreaker amongst the...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

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New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

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