Gorguts – Pleiades’ Dust I was new to Gorguts’ music when Colored Sands dropped in 2013. I was hesitant to check it out until an enormous amount of hype finally forced my ear. Quite honestly, it floored me. Not since Meshuggah’s Nothing or Gojira’s From Mars to Sirius had I been subjected to such a… Continue reading Dissonance and Delicacy – A Review of Gorguts’ Pleiades’ Dust and Haken’s Affinity
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Interview: Norwalk’s RabbitHouse Records
New to the scene with ambitious plans for the future, Norwalk, Connecticut’s RabbitHouse Records seeks to “create one cohesive collective of artists” within their local community. Last week, Alternative Control sat down at Seaside Tavern in Stamford with staffers Chris Yerinides, John Ospina, and Megan Napoletano to talk about about what the young label is up… Continue reading Interview: Norwalk’s RabbitHouse Records
SHOW REVIEW: Mother Feather Album Release Party, May 13, 2016 // Brooklyn, NY
Photos by Jim Clegg. If there’s one pop rock band that belongs on Metal Blade, it’s Mother Feather. They put out their first LP this Friday on the internationally known metal label, kicking things off with an exuberant release party at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. The stage show was dripping with sex, and this is… Continue reading SHOW REVIEW: Mother Feather Album Release Party, May 13, 2016 // Brooklyn, NY
SHOW REVIEW: Xenosis Played the Music of Death, May 13, 2016 // Wallingford, Connecticut
It was finally Friday, May 13; the night I’ve been anticipating for quite some time because one of Connecticut best metal bands, Xenosis, was about to perform a selection of Death songs in honor of Chuck Schulinder’s birthday! The excitement had been building since they first announced the show in March and you can sense… Continue reading SHOW REVIEW: Xenosis Played the Music of Death, May 13, 2016 // Wallingford, Connecticut
Fine Art From The Ashes: A Throwback Thursday Review of Death’s Human
There comes a time when a musical group needs to reevaluate its standards. And this need for change happens for a variety of reasons. Sometimes a group needs to morph its sound to fit in with shifting trends, like many bands had to do when the MTV age of 1980s music forced progressive rock groups… Continue reading Fine Art From The Ashes: A Throwback Thursday Review of Death’s Human
GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAY: Seaside Tavern, Your Favorite Neighborhood Bar and Heavy Metal Holdout
In the decade that I’ve been on the fool’s errand of playing metal in Fairfield County, I’ve seen the handful of consistently metal-friendly venues dwindle to one: Stamford’s Seaside Tavern. It’s no secret to Alternative Control readers that my band Jimmy Junk Bird and the Stiffs plays there often; we’ve also been able to host… Continue reading GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAY: Seaside Tavern, Your Favorite Neighborhood Bar and Heavy Metal Holdout
EP Review: Linchette Marcel (Self-Titled)
My first thought when I read the words “Lithuanian alt rock duo” was, “Jesus, what the hell is this going to sound like?” And my second thought was, “Where the hell is Lithuania?” It turns out that Lithuania is the “southernmost of Europe’s Baltic states, a former Soviet bloc country that borders Poland, Latvia, and… Continue reading EP Review: Linchette Marcel (Self-Titled)