by Nick DeSimone | Sep 16, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. GRIND OR DIE. I love grindcore, for the sheer belligerence and incomprehensibility above almost anything else about it. Grind makes me,...
by Chip McCabe | 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 Chip McCabe | Jun 26, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Genre bending should not be something that surprises any metal fan these days. It’s almost the norm, or at least something closely approximating some kind of weird game, in certain circles to see how many sub-genres of metal can be twisted and contorted into an...
by Chip McCabe | May 1, 2015 | Columns, Dissident Aggression
You often hear the term ‘controlled chaos’ bandied about in metal circles. But what does it really mean? What exactly is the sound of a world collapsing in upon itself, of a chaotic whirlwind bundled into a tightly knit contained area? What best...
by Chip McCabe | Feb 27, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
Under the Earth’s crust exists a swirling vortex of white hot magma which constantly heaves and churns and occasionally wreaks the most combustible and vitriolic natural havoc known to man. Under that is a dual layer of solid, blistering metal. What heaves and...