Grab a cold one and pull up a stool, because we need to talk about the latest slab of filth crawling out of the Ankara underground. If you’ve been craving that classic, unpolished 90s hostility, Dissident Faith has delivered the goods with their new full-length, ‘Dissidance’. Independently unleashed on May 17, 2026, this record is exactly what you want when you need to feel the grime under your fingernails. It’s seven tracks of pure, unapologetic Old School Death Metal that doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, but rather focuses on crushing you beneath it.
From the moment the record kicks off, the guitar work from Efe Can Çoban and Adem Düzgünsıvacı establishes a relentlessly grim, oppressive atmosphere. We’re talking thick, cavernous guitar tones dripping with buzzsaw aggression. The riffing is firmly rooted in the mid-tempo stomp of early 90s Florida and Swedish Death Metal, seamlessly blending sinister tremolo picking with bone-rattling, palm-muted grooves. Kenan Dindar anchors the chaos with a surprisingly thick bass presence and a vocal delivery that is absolutely foul, a deep, resonant guttural bellow that completely matches the dark, sacrilegious aura of the album.
What really drives ‘Dissidance’ into the dirt, though, is the rhythm section led by Bedir Yeni. He brings a raw, organic kit sound to the table, the kind that so many modern Death Metal bands over-trigger and ruin. He relies heavily on punishing d-beats and crushing double-bass rolls that keep the momentum constantly driving forward. You can really hear this dynamic pacing on a track like ‘Muffled Prayers of a Broken Soul’, which stretches past the seven-minute mark. It drags you through a swamp of doom-laden tempos before erupting into a frantic barrage of blast beats. The title track, ‘Dissidance’, is another massive standout, built around a series of infectious, mid-paced chugs scientifically designed to start a circle pit.
If I have to be completely objective and point out a flaw, it’s in the mix during those hyperspeed sections. Because they opted for such a dense, murky low-end EQ, the snare drum loses some of its crucial snap when Yeni kicks into high gear. The blasts can occasionally bleed together into a wall of low-frequency mud, which slightly buries the intricacies of the dual-guitar attack. A touch more high-mid clarity on the snare would have allowed those fast passages to cut through the mix and sound much more lethal.
But honestly? That raw, suffocating production is a huge part of what makes Old School Death Metal feel authentic. Dissident Faith has crafted a genuinely punishing, atmospheric beast here. It’s an aggressive, no-frills homage to the golden era of extreme music that hits like a cinderblock to the chest. If you’re looking to snap your neck to some classic, primal violence, ‘Dissidance’ is well worth your time.
