AltCtrlToob: AKIAVEL Release Video for “Lady Of Death”

French melodic death metallers Akiavel have just released a video for “Lady Of Death” off their April 2021 album Vae Victus. Inspired by serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Frontwoman Aure comments: I absolutely wanted to put (Aileen Wuornos) on our album because I find her fascinating. I have studied her story a lot, I have a lot… Continue reading AltCtrlToob: AKIAVEL Release Video for “Lady Of Death”

GHOST:HELLO Announces Fall Dates

Our friends Ghost:Hello will be dominating their home state of Ohio this fall, recently announcing a series of dates across several cities: 9/11 femme fest, Buzzbin, Canton OH 9/16 Musica, Akron OH 9/17 The Empty Glass, Charleston WV  9/18 Blind Bobs, Dayton OH 9/25 Westside Bowl, Youngstown OH 10/1 Buzzbin, Canton OH 11/19 Buzzbin, Canton… Continue reading GHOST:HELLO Announces Fall Dates

Album Review: Push by SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI

Push is the third studio LP from Sons of Alpha Centauri, who began as an instrumental outfit 20 years ago in Kent, England. Having already cultivated relationships with US bands including Karma To Burn and Yawning Man, with this release SOAC have brought in two stalwarts of the Sacramento, California post-hardcore scene: vocalist Jonah Matranga… Continue reading Album Review: Push by SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI

Album Review: World of Sorrows by DUNGEON SERPENT

by Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov Everything is cyclical. Eventually trends that died out long ago return for a time; whether it is fashion, music, art, one way or another things come back around. Right now, we’re experiencing quite an old school death metal revival, with bands churning out raw, disgusting and heavy death metal reminiscent of… Continue reading Album Review: World of Sorrows by DUNGEON SERPENT

AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Part I: Alone” by OMINOUS CONCLUSIONS

Are you ready to brave the darkness and traverse the beyond? Debauched solo creation of French guitarist and composer Louis Nas, Ominous Conclusions is a Lovecraft-inspired instrumental progressive metal project with fusion and orchestral influences. Ominous Conclusions is please to announce another step out of the mundane and into the ether with their new EP… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Part I: Alone” by OMINOUS CONCLUSIONS

Track Premiere: “Two Trog Yomp” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF

We’re surely Tommy Stewart and Black Doomba fans over at Alternative Control, so the blog is excited to premiere a second track from the upcoming Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf album Doomsday Deferred: “Two Trog Yomp.” This one’s a little more proggy than the first one we shared, “Shadow in the Well.” It’s worthwhile to note that… Continue reading Track Premiere: “Two Trog Yomp” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF