Just a couple of days ago we released a new song, "Suffer". It was originally written as a potential sixth track for our most recent...

Being honest will often make you look worse than being dishonest. This is somewhat obvious, because an honest person will be open about...

As I would assume is true of most musicians, I have probably hundreds of random riffs and melodies and ideas recorded and stored across...

Our initial intention was for DIRE to be a rock band. I'd been writing metal since I was a teen and it had proven extremely difficult to...

"Why do bad things happen to good people?" Many cite some iteration of this question as one of the primary obstacles to faith in God. ...

In the fall of 2010, the first version of what would eventually become DIRE was formed. I'd been making music for several years and had...

“If chance be the Father of all flesh, Disaster is his rainbow in the sky, And when you hear State of Emergency! Sniper Kills Ten! Troops...

The ninth track on 'Volume II' is a song I'd wanted to write in some fashion for a while, and, if I recall correctly, it was actually a...

In the 13th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells this parable: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4  As he was scattering the...

"Only Soul" remains a relatively unique song in the DIRE catalogue. Musically, it's one of the softest and most melodic tracks we've...

There's so much I could say about this subject. I guess I can start by explaining the general sentiment of the lyrics. They're written...

At some point in the last 20 years or so, Christian metal became kind of cool. Or at least much more popular than it had been prior. I...

Alright. To kick off what I'm going to (hopefully) make my weekly posting of song explanations, what better than the very first song on...

If you've read the "Thanks" section of any of any of our records, you've seen Greg Davis mentioned. At least to my recollection, though,...