Posted by Sean Matthews on November 29, 2019
In what has become an annual tradition, Dropkick Murphys often play a show in their hometown of Boston, Massachusetts on St. Patrick’s Day. Growing over the past few years, they have added multiple shows on consecutive days leading up to the holiday, as well as a full professional boxing match. For 2020, Dropkick Murphys […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 23, 2017
Former Boston drummer Sib Hashian died on Wednesday evening (22) after collapsing onstage during the Legends of Rock Cruise at the age of 67. According to TMZ, Sib’s son, Adam, confirmed the drummer collapsed midset, playing classic Boston hits alongside with fellow ex-band member Barry Goudreau. Medics were there at the scene doing everything they […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 8, 2016
It’s not over for another 12 hours or so, but we can’t wait for the election season to end. GWAR share that sentiment, and apparently, The A.V. Club’s AV Undercover does as well. The seventh season of the popular segment finds GWAR once again on the show. They keep coming back because they’re such a […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on December 4, 2015
There must be something about the long, cold, unrelenting New England winters that has produced so many bands over the years who specialize in various forms of doom-laden sonic madness. The list of bands is too comprehensive to rattle them all off here, and frankly one band is making it a moot point to even […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on October 10, 2014
“The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.” […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 13, 2014
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted that some of the […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on January 16, 2013
Welcome to Dissident Aggression, where we sow the future, reap the present and highlight the past to bring you the underground of The Underground… Oh, Swedish death metal. You could literally write entire books on the subject. You could devote thousands of words to tomes regaling the triumphs of Swedish death metal bands from the […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 16, 2013
It’s been long known that Anthrax was recording a handful of covers. However, it was Rob Caggiano who informed us that the covers were to be included as part of Worship Music’s reissue. But as Caggiano’s departure proves, a lot of things can change within the course of a few months. Further proof is that […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on December 12, 2012
Welcome to Dissident Aggression, where we sow the future, reap the present and highlight the past to bring you the underground of The Underground… Question: What do you get when you form a band using current and former members of Nachtmystium, Goatwhore, Usurper, Wolvhammer and Gates of Slumber? Answer: You get a big ol’ bag […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 21, 2012
Earlier this month, we brought you news that Anthrax had recorded a handful of covers. The only question was what they were going to be used for. Thankfully, the guys at Loudwire have dome some detective work (aka interviewed drummer Charlie Benante) and discovered that they’ll be releasing an EP of covers to coincide with […]
