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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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
The Road to the Bands vs. Food Tour at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT
Review and Photos by Peter Jones-Torregrosa There are two types of shows that will leave a crowd begging for more: one comes from their favorite band living up to the hype, and the other comes from an incredible performance from an unlikely source. Fortunately, The Road to the Bands vs. Food tour stopped in Hartford,… Continue reading The Road to the Bands vs. Food Tour at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT
Norse Adventures in New York City: The Vikings Exhibition and Amon Amarth
This Friday, April 22nd, I embarked on a grand journey to Discovery Museum’s The Vikings Exhibition and AMON A-FREAKING-MARTH!!!! INSERT VIKING WAR CRY HERE!!!! Yes, I was really that pumped. I even took a hour of personal time so I could get all “metalled up” and check out the museum before the show. It turns… Continue reading Norse Adventures in New York City: The Vikings Exhibition and Amon Amarth
Deep Prototype Wounds – A Review of Deftones’ Gore
Deftones is a tough band to ignore, despite many metalheads’ wishes to ignore them. The band holds a peculiar place in the genre – a controversial position at that. For one, they’re (absolutely) the only band that managed to morph the dreaded 90s nu-metal sound into something with artistic merit. They’re remarkably consistent for a… Continue reading Deep Prototype Wounds – A Review of Deftones’ Gore