Southern Connecticut rockers Nomad are excited to release their debut album Love, Death, and Melody in April. A hidden gem of hard rock buried in New Haven County’s suburbs, Nomad offers a polished sound that combines NWOBHM with stripes of 80s radio metal. They recorded at Dexter’s Lab in Milford — lots of great local music… Continue reading Music News: NOMAD to Release Debut Album This April
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Music News: Carried By VI to Release Debut Album
Wallingford, CT’s Carried By VI is preparing to release their debut album Whistling Past The Graveyard. This is intense music about maintaining a positive mental attitude in the face of challenges — a message that’s even more relevant with the current pandemic situation. The album offers five tracks of no-frills hardcore and doom influenced metal,… Continue reading Music News: Carried By VI to Release Debut Album
Money Hacks for Metalheads and Old Millennials: Investing for Retirement and More
Welcome to the final blog segment of Money Hacks for Metalheads and Old Millennials. Here’s where we pull back the curtain on what The Rich are really doing to get ahead of the rest of us…. Well, we’ll kinda pull back the curtain — I’m an elementary school librarian, not a financial advisor. (This is… Continue reading Money Hacks for Metalheads and Old Millennials: Investing for Retirement and More
Single Review: Phat A$tronaut’s “Rare Fruit”
New Haven’s Phat A$tronaut does it again with the single “Rare Fruit.” With twittering flutes and a variety of distinct vocal stylings, the experimental soul band transports listeners from their mundane surroundings — living room couches, seats on the subway — to a magical dance party where everyone is happy and hip and dressed in… Continue reading Single Review: Phat A$tronaut’s “Rare Fruit”
Bone Church: Rolling Ahead at Full Speed with Acid Communion
Coming out March 13th via Ripple Music, Acid Communion will cement Bone Church’s place in the national underground scene. The New Haven, CT rockers released a self-titled album in October 2017; this new one keeps the best aspects of their previous work while showing the band’s evolving songcraft. Kicking things off with “Heavy Heaven,” Acid Communion… Continue reading Bone Church: Rolling Ahead at Full Speed with Acid Communion
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Golgotha” by OTTO KINZEL (ft. SARAH WAPPLER)
Alternative Control is proud to present “Golgotha,” the new song and video by Otto Kinzel. The guitarist for New Hampshire stoner rockers Dust Prophet, Kinzel teamed up with his bandmate Sarah Wappler to create this six-minute dark synth offering. Spoiler alert: this material is completely different than Dust Prophet. Check it out! https://youtu.be/JuukHcP4LWk Kinzel’s new… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Golgotha” by OTTO KINZEL (ft. SARAH WAPPLER)
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Blink of an Eye” by MOURN THE LIGHT
You might think with planning a three-day metal festival (four days if you count the prefest party), that Dwayne Eldredge and Friends might be taking it easier in other areas of life. But that’s not the case! Mourn the Light is currently working on their first full-length album and they’re excited to share a lyric… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Blink of an Eye” by MOURN THE LIGHT