by Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov Music is an amazing storytelling medium. So many bands from Gorguts to Coheed and Cambria use their talents to weave compelling narratives through their art, blending verse with music beautifully. This is no easy feat, but as the Connecticut music scene has been proving as of late, we have no shortage… Continue reading Album Review: Shagohod’s Tin, Gold, Lead, & Blood
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 Premiere: THE SWAGGERLIES, “Pretty Good at Being Bad”
There comes a time in every young punk’s life that they become… An old punk. Having entered that phase of my life, I’m happy to share the new and hilarious video from fellow old punks The Swaggerlies, for the song “Pretty Good at Being Bad.” As the Seattle band puts it, “This is a song… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: THE SWAGGERLIES, “Pretty Good at Being Bad”
On the Front Line: JINJER, SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL HAIL THE YETI @ Toad’s Place
With night quickly falling over the city of New Haven on November 20th, the street lamps above shined down on three distinct groups of people. Those dressed in blue, supporting the Yale Bulldogs in their home territory. Those dressed in red, who traveled from up north to support the Harvard Crimson. And those dressed in… Continue reading On the Front Line: JINJER, SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL HAIL THE YETI @ Toad’s Place
Music News: BLOODYWOOD Shares New Single
From the PR wire… Indian Folk Metal rising stars BLOODYWOOD will be releasing their debut full-length, Rakshak on February 18, 2022! They recently premiered “Gaddaar,” the first single off of the upcoming album. BLOODYWOOD is a Folk Metal band from India known for pioneering a sound that seamlessly fuses Indian Folk instruments with Metal to devastating effect.… Continue reading Music News: BLOODYWOOD Shares New Single
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