by Metal Insider | May 17, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
It was the mid to late 90’s when commercial rock radio stations started to really drop the ball. As stoner rock started to explode out of the metal underground led by bands like Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Nebula, commercial radio, save for the very few brave enough,...
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 | Dec 19, 2012 | Dissident Aggression
Welcome to Dissident Aggression, where we sow the future, reap the present and highlight the past to bring you the underground of The Underground… It’s not very often that I listen to an album and am instantaneously blown away. That may seem like an untruth to...
by Metal Insider | Dec 27, 2011 | Interviews
In 1988, New York City-based speedsters Riot released their definitive mission statement, the tempo-pushing cult classic Thundersteel, with then-new vocalist Tony Moore at the front. Moore and Riot followed that up with 1990’s The Privilege of Power before parting...