Violent Opposition

aying all the instruments but, I've had lots of collaborations and contributions from heads in the scene as well. With covid shutting things down, I’ve just been in the studio recording but, I’m in the process of working with people on the material and hope to be playing live again very soon. Every album is a little different so far. It's all within the extreme music category. Mostly influenced by my roots in grind, powerviolence, fastcore, hardcore, death metal, and punk. I'm not exclusive to any particular genre or sound. I just like fast drums, rapid vocal patterns, and lots of notes. It's my goal with this project to inspire more thought and creativity in extreme music. I'm not afraid to take chances and be stupid. Not everything I make is going to be for everyone but, it's my wish that you will walk away from it with something gained. Please use the madness to make something even better. I love what people call, outsider music and the way something so different can influence people without anyone realizing or even having ever heard it. The idea that one can do that is what motivates me to try. I put quite a bit of thought and research into the lyrics I write. Still, I should never be anyone's source for information or solutions. I'm not a cult leader or revolutionary politician. I'm just trying to write about more than s*x, drugs, or ways to die. I'm hoping that I can give something to think about. Maybe a new idea, perspective, or just a conversation starter. The name is celebrating the Einstein quote, "great spirits have always encountered violent opposition..." Don't think too deeply on it, it's just a band name. Sounds cool for a grind band. I'm not trying to incite violence and it would be nice if people could take it down a few notches. Personally, the meaning of the name has never been fully defined for me. It's more of an emotional reaction to all the demagoguery, push for war, and destruction of nature. It's an expression of resistance to systems of violent oppression. Something I feel inside, not a call to arms. It's my belief that violence perpetuates violence. We are all capable of kindness and harm. Because of this, no one person, group, or movement has all the right answers. It serves humanity best that power never be consolidated in that the inevitable byproduct is to stifle thought, growth, and expression. Mutually beneficial cooperation instead of competition. We must constantly challenge individual and systemic power to prove it's value. It's annoying and uncomfortable but, such is life. The economic empires of the world have grown too powerful and the promotion of greed and excess instead of life, liberty, and happiness is resulting in mass murder, mass incarceration, and the destruction of the planet. It seems a moral responsibility to oppose this every way we can find. Yet, always beware of those who seek solutions through harm and hate. Yes, we want to punish people in an emotionally charged quest for justice but, it can be at odds with sociological health and feeds the oppressive nature we need to overcome to truly live and thrive. "Dance, shake, and move your body to the epileptic rhythm of these organized vibrations and expressions of the conditions and experiences of life as a human psychologically isolated and in relation to all of perceived life." -DMT