by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 1, 2016 | News, Touring, Updates
As many indulge in glorifying Metallica’s litigious anti-Napster years, there are quite a few that have not noticed the significant changes since. Earlier this year, Metallica’s legal team sent out a cease and desist letter to a Canadian tribute band...
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...
by Metal Insider | Mar 27, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
There really is nothing like a good death metal album. Nothing beats the sonic slap to the face, the proverbial bucket of cold water to wake you from the musical coma that you can inherit from others like a virus. However like all metal genres though the history of...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 27, 2014 | News, Touring, Updates
For the last 11 months, playing Canada has been an expensive proposition. As of August of last year, new regulations required that any venue with a primary business other than music that booked bands and performers had to pay an application fee of $275/musician that...
by Metal Insider | Jan 31, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
Our friends in the Great White North have been churning out some of the finest in extreme music for well over three decades now. One place where Canada’s contributions to heavy music have been criminally overlooked though is in the world of hardcore. One of...