If there’s one thing this blog is behind the times on, it’s vinyl — so I was very happy to talk with Jenn D’Eugenio and learn a little more about that area of the music industry and listening experience. D’Eugenio, who runs the website Women in Vinyl, works in sales and marketing at Furnace Record… Continue reading Jenn D’Eugenio on Inclusiveness, Vinyl, and Doom
Tag: women in metal
Women of Doom: Questions and Answers
A discussion of women in the heavy music scene is often a careful one. Are we beyond the days of “woman guitar player” and “female fronted bands,” or not? Do those distinctions still serve a purpose, and does it matter who’s making them? Enter Women of Doom. Organized primarily by two men, Brad Frye of… Continue reading Women of Doom: Questions and Answers
NERD TALK with Damon Hardjowirogo of INFINITY SHRED
Today we have synth player Damon Hardjowirogo of Infinity Shred taking over Nerd Talk, on the day his band releases their new album Forever, a Fast Life. Ever artistic, they’ve also put out a short film of the same name. Watch, then read on! Favorite Movie The Warriors My sister first put me on to… Continue reading NERD TALK with Damon Hardjowirogo of INFINITY SHRED
Ghost:Hello Announce Tour and PreOrder; Free Track on AltCtrl
Our psychedelic stoner friends Ghost:Hello are pleased to announce that they will embark on a short East US tour in September. The band commented “We are super stoked to hit the road and to get to hang with everyone. We’re looking forward to a tour full of the cheapest beers and amicable thumb wars!” All dates… Continue reading Ghost:Hello Announce Tour and PreOrder; Free Track on AltCtrl
AltCtrl Summer Sampler — OUT NOW!
Hey, friends! After the success of AltCtrl’s Volume Doom compilation, I’m endeavoring to release a digital sampler every season. These comps aren’t just any old garbage tracks collected by trawling the depths of Facebook and asking random bands for submissions… The songs are from GOOD bands that have been featured on the blog. (And my… Continue reading AltCtrl Summer Sampler — OUT NOW!
A Visual Missionary: Chatting with Bruce Moore of Brutally Delicious Productions
The underground metal community is a small world. When I interviewed Willy Rivera of Spiral Grave earlier this summer, he talked at length about a documentary called he was involved in that spotlighted musicians’ mental health; Rivera also mentioned that the filmmaker had made a previous documentary about the (at times, contentious) relationship between Christian… Continue reading A Visual Missionary: Chatting with Bruce Moore of Brutally Delicious Productions
Album Review: Lindsay Schoolcraft, Martyr
At the risk of getting flack for defying “Trve Kvlt Black Metal” standards (try me, I proudly played black metal for years,) let me begin by saying that I do enjoy Cradle of Filth. I think we even have a review of their last tour up here on Alternative Control, hint hint! More specifically, I… Continue reading Album Review: Lindsay Schoolcraft, Martyr