by Nick DeSimone | Jan 8, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Most folks like their gloom and doom once winter hits, but I want catchy. Stockholm’s Faceshift delivered in spades on both their...
by Chip McCabe | Apr 24, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Death metal has remained an extremely interesting genre to monitor over the last decade or so. It would appear to the casual fan that the genre has been divided into two very large camps, each nestled at the far end of the spectrum. There are the polished, neatly...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 2, 2014 | New Music, News
Over the next week or so, arguably two of Sweden’s biggest metal exports will be releasing albums. However, you don’t have to wait that long to hear either of them. In Flames’ Siren Charms and The Haunted’s Exit Wounds are both streaming on...
by Chip McCabe | Jul 18, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
Torment and despair come in so many forms it’s sickening. The injustices wrought upon 99% of us are varied. Most of us are so subtly affected it’s enough to become numb to the effects. For others it’s a thousand pound anchor slowly sinking us in a...
by Chip McCabe | Jun 6, 2014 | Columns, Dissident Aggression
Long before the Swedish death metal scene was perpetually infused with the word “melodic” at every turn it was a scene that produced some of the most brutal and unrelenting death metal the world over. At some point though the musical pendulum started...