This year has been full of action of Alternative Control. Here’s a rundown! Thanks to people like you, our readership continues to grow — 44,000 visits from almost 38,000 unique visitors! Although most of our content is about music, our most viewed article was about hair: “Tips and Tricks for Dyeing Your Hair Interesting… Continue reading 2013: A Year in Review
Tag: Black Table
It’s About Damn Time: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 1-6
Teachers have a lot of drinking to catch up on over summer vacation… But at long last, here are free downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, tracks 1-6. Betcha never heard of Crawling Chaos… 1. 1942 by Black Table This New York/New Jersey metal band has been a favorite of Alternative Control for some… Continue reading It’s About Damn Time: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 1-6
Interview With Matt Mellon of Black Table
Bass players have a reputation as the underdogs of music. Jokes abound about the groupie who was dumb enough to sleep with the bass player, the bass player who got locked in the car with the keys, the bass player who just played E… In fact, in a recent interview on a popular metal… Continue reading Interview With Matt Mellon of Black Table
“Post-Something, Black-Something”
Every couple months, I become intrigued with a band I find on the internet. First it was Valient Thorr, next it was Barn Burner… The latest fascination is with Black Table, a genre-defying metal band based in New York and New Jersey. They have this one six-minute song posted on Band Camp — and… Continue reading “Post-Something, Black-Something”
Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come
I’ll admit it: when it comes to black metal, I don’t know my ass from my arm gauntlet. I listened to an Agalloch song one time, and spent a Vital Remains show in the parking lot having a heated discussion with some dude. (Is Vital Remains even a black metal band? Or do they just… Continue reading Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come