Category: Music

Bonded Through Hate’s Doomsday: The Rise of Valhalla

By Jeffrey Miles It is no secret I have a soft spot for old-school, Swedish death metal.  Bands like Entombed, Grave, Dismember, and Unleashed have always been held in high regard and I’m continually comparing new bands to these greats, most of the time with little success.  Outside of Entrails, this is a style of… Continue reading Bonded Through Hate’s Doomsday: The Rise of Valhalla

Review of New Xenosis Album Haunted Skies

Progressive death metal is an oft-overlooked genre in the vast expanses of Metal-dom.  While sharing in the knuckle-dragging brutality of traditional death metal, the progressive side adds elements of jazz and prog-rock to create a more cerebral, angular product.  The newest release from CT-based Xenosis, entitled Haunted Skies, is tech-death to the core and an… Continue reading Review of New Xenosis Album Haunted Skies

The Red Horse Cometh: No Sleep for Early Graves

    In our grand tradition of interviewing bands that go on tour with Skeletonwitch, Alternative Control had an electronic meeting of the minds with Early Graves guitarist Chris Brock, a few days before the band’s third album hits the shelves October 30th.  Here’s what he had to say about Early Graves’ past, present, and future:… Continue reading The Red Horse Cometh: No Sleep for Early Graves

Warstrike 666’s Weapon A on Black Metal, Family, and “The Scene”

If somebody could be called the godfather of Stamford’s heavy music crowd, it would be Angel Blood.  Playing metal since 1993, the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist has been part of too many bands to count: From Below, Baphomet’s Horns, Age Old Nemesis, Infernal Solstice, and Arcane Malevolence, just to name a few.  Angel’s — or, Weapon… Continue reading Warstrike 666’s Weapon A on Black Metal, Family, and “The Scene”

Reader’s Choice: An Interview with Alcoholicaust

Alternative Control’s second reader’s choice column is a virtual sitdown with Bristol black metal band Alcoholicaust.  With their offensive nicknames and strangely catchy songs, Alcoholicaust is organizing shows in central Connecticut and making a name for themselves in the extreme metal community.  Enjoy! AC – Who are your members, and what does everyone play? Rabbi… Continue reading Reader’s Choice: An Interview with Alcoholicaust

“Post-Something, Black-Something”

  Every couple months, I become intrigued with a band I find on the internet.  First it was Valient Thorr, next it was Barn Burner…  The latest fascination is with Black Table, a genre-defying metal band based in New York and New Jersey.  They have this one six-minute song posted on Band Camp — and… Continue reading “Post-Something, Black-Something”