by Chip McCabe | 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...
by Chip McCabe | Sep 5, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
On May 22, 1453 the moon appeared to turn blood red in the night sky. The lunar eclipse above was interpreted below as the fulfilling of a prophecy in Byzantium as the city of Constantinople would fall to the Ottomans a week later. As Los Angeles based three-piece,...
by Chip McCabe | Feb 28, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
We should all know by now where metal gets it’s lineage from. The well-documented tales of the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Blue Cheer, Rainbow and a host of others are aplenty. But the tales of those who carry the proto-metal, psych rock torch are...
by Chip McCabe | Mar 15, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
There are people out there who would try to convince you that, in musical terms, everything has been done before. They rest their case on the fact that there are only a certain amount of notes in this world and only so much you can do with them. Clearly anyone who...
by Chip McCabe | Mar 7, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
The best music is also usually the most challenging to write about. How do you describe to someone that which is often times indescribable? How too do you try and categorize that which inherently defies categorization? Therein lies the only problem with the new...