Good Things to Come, No Foolin’

There’s been a lot of understandable angst on the internet lately, as COVID-19 gains steam across the United States and many areas are entering their third week of school and work closures — if your only problem is that you’re working from home with cabin fever, you’re one of the lucky ones.  (*raises hand) But… Continue reading Good Things to Come, No Foolin’

AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Kaos Reign’s “Selfish Backstabber”

Hear ye, good people of the Connecticut metal scene: Kaos Reign’s upcoming album Epiphany is a doozy!  To be released April 2nd, Epiphany showcases the band’s unique blend of death, groove, and thrash metal — and also features their new permanent bassist, Matt Duggan. Check out their video below for the opening track “Selfish Backstabber”;… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Kaos Reign’s “Selfish Backstabber”

Dystopian Symphony: An Interview and TICKET GIVEAWAY with Virus of Ideals

As their album fundraiser show approaches, Alternative Control had a virtual sit-down with Connecticut symphonic metal band Virus of Ideals.  Here’s what they had to say about the band’s origins, the recording process, and more….  Don’t forget to check them out at Cherry Street Station (Wallingford, CT) on Saturday February 24th — and enter to… Continue reading Dystopian Symphony: An Interview and TICKET GIVEAWAY with Virus of Ideals

Brave New Death Metal: Pyrrhon To Play Cherry Street On February 16th

Pyrrhon is not your dad’s death metal band. Instead of playing with standard genre tropes, the NYC-based quartet broadens its sound with shots of discordant noise, angular riffs and odd time signatures. It’s as if you combined some left-field, mathy, noise rock band with a death metal band. The results are positively exhilarating as heard… Continue reading Brave New Death Metal: Pyrrhon To Play Cherry Street On February 16th

Women in Business, Part VI: Photography By ANROVA

The photographer captured by a friend.

Cherry Street Station on a Saturday night is a transformative place.  Librarians and tee-shirt salesmen, truckers, college students, and waitresses all shed their prescribed work-week identities to become a united body of heavy metal musicians and fans.  And to see Angela Rose Vartuli’s pictures of this transformation, one would think that stepping through Cherry Street’s… Continue reading Women in Business, Part VI: Photography By ANROVA

Bair Witness: Final Drive (and the Entire Scene!) at Cherry Street Station on April 14th, 2016

It’s not every day that Connecticut’s beloved home of heavy music, Cherry Street Station, hosts a band from St. Louis, Missouri; one that plays straight-up, down-home, southern-fried metal. An even less likely occurrence is that said visitors are bringing home a wandering vagabond minstrel from our very own Constitution State! On his second national tour… Continue reading Bair Witness: Final Drive (and the Entire Scene!) at Cherry Street Station on April 14th, 2016

Vinyl Rules, Tapes Drool: An Interview with Prostitution

Brooklyn black metallers Prostitution will be making the trek to Wallingford, CT’s Cherry Street Station on January 15th to share the stage with Xenosis and Jimmy Junk Bird and the Stiffs.  Guitarist Russ Cowen, bassist Jesse Adelson, and drummer Jason Spence talked with Alternative Control earlier this month about the band’s new material, the benefits… Continue reading Vinyl Rules, Tapes Drool: An Interview with Prostitution