July 9, 2020
Album Review: Subterranean Exile by The Wizar’d
Australia’s The Wizar’d have been churning out traditional doom metal since 2004, amassing a solid catalog of four full-length albums and several EPs. Their most…
July 2, 2020
Brandy and The Butcher Reveal “Pool Party”
Every so often, you get a promo that makes you say, “Man, this is really good” — and makes your husband look up from the…
Alternative Control’s July 3rd #BandcampFriday Wishlist
Tomorrow, July 3rd, is another bandcamp Friday! The website is waiving its revenue share to help support artists during the COVID-19 pandemic — and it’s…
July 1, 2020
EP Review: All The Pretty Little Horses by Henry Derek Ellis
By Duncan Evans Metal is often ignored by the mainstream media and sometimes belittled by those who can’t see past the loud and seemingly unwelcoming…
June 29, 2020
Tomorrow, The World: An Interview with Marc Lopes of Let Us Prey
Coronavirus has stymied a lot of plans, but Massachusetts metallers Let Us Prey refuse be held back. They’ll be releasing their debut full-length Virtues of…
June 22, 2020
Album Review: Pale Divine’s Consequence of Time (Cruz Del Sur, June 19th/26th)
By Duncan Evans Consequence Of Time marks 25 years since Pennsylvania doom metal stalwarts Pale Divine began their career. The fantastical album cover features a…
June 19, 2020
AltCovid: The Ballad Of 2020, or How Bair Spent His Quarantine
It has been far, far too long, Alternative Control. It brings me great joy to be contributing once again to a blog that has always…