Show Me Your Patches: Basilysk

Basilysk is brave enough to be the first band to share their battle vests!  This “emerging” Philly death metal band is coming out with their sophomore release Emergence next month — read Baldwin’s review here check out their brutal patches below! Josh Perrin, Guitar and Vocals: “My black metal / winter battle vest Galactica is in its… Continue reading Show Me Your Patches: Basilysk

NERD TALK with UNENDLICH

Baltimore black metal duo Unendlich got nerdy with Alternative Control this week as they prepare to release their third studio offering, Misanthropic Sedition, on December 14th.  The EP is a precursor to a full-length album scheduled for early 2019 that,  in the words of main composer and instrumentalist Mike Connors, “deals with the reliance on religion… Continue reading NERD TALK with UNENDLICH

NERD TALK with RIFFLORD

IT’S ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME AT ALTCTRL!!!  Kidding, kidding…. This blog editor was delighted to find a Nerd Talk from RIFFLORD in the inbox this week, as they are about to release their long-awaited sophomore album  7 Cremation Ground / Meditation on December 1st.  As it turns out, the myth-shrouded midwestern rockers are JUST… Continue reading NERD TALK with RIFFLORD

NERD TALK with SKULK, THE HULKING

You have to be pretty nerdy to make up a mythology for yourself and have a comma in your band name, so Alternative Control was thrilled to have New York City musician, satirist, and monster Skulk, The Hulking write a Nerd Talk column for us.  Read on, some of this hip ogre’s tastes may surprise… Continue reading NERD TALK with SKULK, THE HULKING

NERD TALK with BANE

"Ace Ventura rules!"

It’s a Nerd Talk takeover with Branislav from BANE. The once Serbian, now Canadian-based Blackened Death Metal frontman shared some of his favorite “nerd stuff” with Alternative Control: MOVIES I’ll have to go with Ace Ventura – Pet Detective. This is probably the movie that I have watched THE most times (and still get a great laugh out… Continue reading NERD TALK with BANE

CROSBY MORGAN’S Rain Games for the Natural Born Pariah Out November 2nd, 2018

Experimental folk artist Crosby Morgan will release her new EP Rain Games for the Natural Born Pariah on November 2nd, 2018. In Rain Games for the Natural Born Pariah, Crosby has created an emotional landscape of isolation, sadness, curiosity, and brazen self-questioning. The album tracks Morgan’s earnest and true pursuit of reaching an understanding of her own existence with… Continue reading CROSBY MORGAN’S Rain Games for the Natural Born Pariah Out November 2nd, 2018