August 26, 2020
First Listen: Dirt Redux (Magnetic Eye, September 18th)
A first listen is just that — I’m listening and typing. I’ve got Dirt Redux on deck this morning, coming out on Magnetic Eye Records…
Music
August 24, 2020
RIPPLE MUSIC to Issue Blue Öyster Cult Tribute Album
There have been a lot of great tribute collections in recent years, like Glory or Death’s ode to Thin Lizzy or Magnetic Eye’s redux of…
August 22, 2020
AltCtrlToob Video Roundup: Eyes of the Dead and Celtic Metal Dude
As “Back to School in the Year of Corona” quickly approaches, I could sure use some levity in my life. Here are two videos I’ve…
August 19, 2020
Album Review: The Call of The Iron Peak by The Devil’s Trade
I have heard a lot of artists talk about the idea of channeling negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, pain, and sorrow into their art….
August 13, 2020
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “No Likes” by DANNY ACEDO
Here at Alternative Control, we hold ourselves to the highest journalistic standards, never allowing our personal projects to cross streams with blog coverage. Now without…
August 11, 2020
MOONLOW: Interview and Exclusive Track Premiere
A UK artist known as Dust is the enigmatic figure behind Moonlow, a new project that is set to bring apocalyptic noise poetry to the…
Album Review: Desolator’s Sermon of Apathy (Black Lion Records, Sept. 4th)
My first exposure to death metal, in late 1994/early 1995, came via Obituary’s World Demise and Symbolic from Death. Both albums turned me on to…