Interviews About Albums: Misanthropic Aggression - Insect Politics (2024)

In this new interview, we sat down with the American Death Metal/Black Metal/Crust band Misanthropic Aggression to ask questions about their album, "Insect Politics".

1. What can you say about this new CD?

It is CONSIDERED HARMFUL. Do you suffer from a positive attitude and general good cheer? We can fix that.

2. What is the meaning of the CD name?

“Insect Politics” is representation of pathological social dysfunction and brutality. It started as a day-vision of the Orwellian stable but with ungulates and fowl replaced with insects and bugs. We ran with it and invented a kind of arthropodal dystopian landscape around that.

3. Which one is the composer of the CD?

Jake Benedict and Chris T Hammer wrote the album as a unit, sharing duties composing instrumentation and lyrics.

4. If you had to pick one song, which one would you pick?

SOCIAL RUIN

5. Is there a special message in this CD? If there is what it is?

The album covers a lot of thematic ground so it’s difficult to pick out any particular message. We drew all of the songs on the record from the undercurrent of wrongness that we observe: wrongness in social interactions, in collective society, and in the interactions of nation-states.

6. Are there some lyrics that you'd love to share?

“In Sect politics to snithe is law” “Anointed ye twice cleaved” "Sunflowers seeds in your pockets so you leave flowers when you die" "I don’t want to try, I don't want to think. I just want to lay around until I stink” "My second egg tooth erupts wildly. I must forget my kind and forbear a life elided"

7. Which inspirations have been important for this album? Like musically or friends, family, someone you'd love to thank especially?

Current events mostly. War and battles, people collectively behaving poorly, observations on futility, the daily struggle. Also movies (City of the Living Dead, Demolition Man) and allegories.

8. Something to add?

In the words of Wagner Antichrist, “remember my friend, the worst is to come."