Album Review: Pantheïst’s Closer to God

Pantheïst — based in Wales, featuring an international lineup of musicians, and labelled as “cinematic funereal doom” — had managed to pass me by until now in spite of having existed for more than two decades. I’m very glad, however, that my period of ignorance about their music has come to an end. That is… Continue reading Album Review: Pantheïst’s Closer to God

AltCtrlToob Video Roundup, November 2021

Get on the Toob! Here are some cool videos that have come across our path this month… Connecticut doom heavyweights Afghan Haze released an appropriately psychedelic performance video for the song “Satan Ripper,” filmed at Nük Lab Recording Studio in Griswold, CT: C Squared Music continued their discussion of the term “female fronted” in a… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Roundup, November 2021

Curse of the Deceiver: An Interview with Phil Pendergast of KHEMMIS

When a friend heard I enjoyed the band Mammothwing, he suggested I might like this new-ish band Khemmis, a Colorado doom outfit whose recent debut album Absolution had gotten some good reviews. It’s safe to say that friend was correct; the band that drew me in with 2015’s Absolution became one of my favorites with… Continue reading Curse of the Deceiver: An Interview with Phil Pendergast of KHEMMIS

Music News: OLD MAN WIZARD Shares New Song, GRAVE NEXT DOOR Announces Album Details

It’s always nice to see something in the inbox about cool bands you like. On that note, check out some news from Old Man Wizard and Grave Next Door! From the PR wire… Hard rockers OLD MAN WIZARD have released their song “Parasite” over at The Obelisk. The track is taken from their upcoming album Kill… Continue reading Music News: OLD MAN WIZARD Shares New Song, GRAVE NEXT DOOR Announces Album Details

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

Album Review: Hexenzirkel by TOMMY CONCRETE (Trepanation Recordings)

Edinburgh’s Tomas Pattison, otherwise known as Tommy Concrete, has never stayed with one style for very long. Over the past 20 years, he has released a plethora of solo records in genres ranging from trip hop to prog to black metal. Tommy was also once a member of punk legends The Exploited, and has played… Continue reading Album Review: Hexenzirkel by TOMMY CONCRETE (Trepanation Recordings)

Track Premiere: “Shadow in the Well” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF

A heavy metal lifer, Tommy Stewart began his official music career with the Metal Blade thrash band Hallows Eve in the mid-1980s. Almost forty years later, he’s still holding the horns high as the CEO of Black Doomba Records, owner of the Blue Ogre Noise Lab recording studio, and the main man in his eponymous… Continue reading Track Premiere: “Shadow in the Well” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF