September 21, 2019
Listening Lately: Monolord, Dialith, Howling Giant, and The Connecticut Metal Coalition
This edition of Listening Lately is brought to you by the half an hour before my laundry comes out of the drier. September has been…
death metal
August 5, 2019
On the Front Line: The Summer Slaughter Tour @ (Le) Poisson Rouge August 2, 2019
Traditionally held at Irving Plaza or the PlayStation Theater, this year’s Summer Slaughter quite literally brought extreme music back to the underground. Hosted at the…
July 9, 2019
Track Premiere: CASKET ROBBERY Offers “From Hell”
Alternative Control is psyched to premiere the title track off Casket Robbery’s upcoming album From Hell. These Wisconsin death metallers said of this song, “We’re…
May 21, 2019
On the Front Line: Meshuggah & The Black Dahlia Murder at Hammerstein Ballroom, May 16, 2019
There is something special about that Hammerstein Ballroom that forever associates it with New York City. It’s cavernous and gorgeous when empty, but becomes a…
April 27, 2019
Album Review: Putrefying Cadaverment’s Indiscriminate Butchery
By The Necrosexual Putrefying Cadaverment’s new album is called Indiscriminate Butchery, and it will definitely bludgeon your ears with indiscriminate blast beats. Imagine a band on par with…
March 8, 2019
Baldwin, You’d Like This: A Review Of Archaic Decapitator’s The Apothecary
I remember Jessie, our esteemed editor and leader, telling me how much she enjoyed Archaic Decapitator’s live performance when she first saw them a few…
January 29, 2019
Not Of This Earth: A Review of Altarage’s The Approaching Roar
I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed a band based out of Spain. I always enjoy covering music from a part of the world that I’m…