by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 20, 2019 | News, Releases, Video
While we enjoyed Lords Of Chaos that arrived last month and looking forward to see Motley Crüe’s biopic arriving this Friday, it looks we will see more metal films. For those who enjoyed the 1988 classic The Decline of Western Civilization Part II:The Metal Years, you...
by Chip McCabe | Apr 29, 2016 | Dissident Aggression
Once upon a time, genre descriptors mattered much less than they do today. Even now, when some folks look back on metal from its earliest days the music gets tagged with genres that simply didn’t exist at the time. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact...
by Chip McCabe | Aug 10, 2015 | Interviews, News
One of the preeminent East Coast thrash bands, Whiplash has created an amazing legacy for themselves, specifically with their first three albums, Power and Pain (1985), Ticket To Mayhem (1987), and Insult To Injury (1989). We had a chance to sit down with...
by Chip McCabe | Nov 22, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Once upon a time metal was metal and the ever splintering genres we know today existed almost singularly under this banner. Sure the differences in certain bands, from Iron Maiden to Venom for example, were always palpable but fans and bands themselves were less...
by Chip McCabe | Apr 5, 2013 | Dissident Aggression
Some bands attempt to secure the ‘old school’ label and the street cred that follows it with varying forms of metal mimicry. They are always easy to spot, usually because they are trying too hard to be something they are not. Then there are the bands...