After indulging in the more hardcore side of their pedal-abusing sound on their last album Sentenced To Life, Seattle’s favorite sons of darkness have decided to slow things down a bit and play some good old-fashioned fetid death metal. We’re talking the type made popular by bands from Sweden such as Entombed and Dismember. There has… Continue reading Black Breath’s Slaves Beyond Death: The Epitome of Death-n-Roll
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The De-Evolution of Mankind: An Interview with Josh Elmore of Cattle Decapitation
If you’re not familiar with Cattle Decapitation, the San Diego-based band delivers some of the most brutal and jarring death metal you’ll find anywhere. Alternative Control sat down with longtime guitarist Josh Elmore at Summer Slaughter earlier this week and talked about the making of The Anthropocene Extinction, the philosophy behind the band’s music, and more. Enjoy!… Continue reading The De-Evolution of Mankind: An Interview with Josh Elmore of Cattle Decapitation
Interview with Chip McCabe: The Death to False Metal Festival and Much, Much More
Chip McCabe met with Alternative Control this Tuesday to talk about Death to False Metal Festival, a two-day show he’s holding at The Outer Space & Ballroom in Hamden August 14 and 15. Featuring well-respected locals and nationals from many metal genres, DTFM is sure to become a highly-anticipated annual event — and you’ll want to… Continue reading Interview with Chip McCabe: The Death to False Metal Festival and Much, Much More
Interview with Tony Asta of Battlecross – Summer of Doom Tour
Interview by Bill Klopfer Photos and transcription by Vegetarian Metalhead The Summer of Doom tour featuring Crowbar, Battlecross, and Lord Dying recently rolled through town taking out everything in its path. Alternative Control had the opportunity to interview Tony Asta of Battlecross before they took the stage at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on June… Continue reading Interview with Tony Asta of Battlecross – Summer of Doom Tour
Toilet Autographs and More Tales from the Road: An Interview with Ensiferum Bassist Sami Hinkka
Interview by Jessie May and Jillian Simpson Questions by Jessie, Jillian, Christopher Baldwin, Thomas Pizzola, and Doug Welch III On May 29th, Alternative Control had the opportunity to talk with Ensiferum’s Sami Hinkka at Irving Plaza in New York before the final show of the band’s North American tour. Hinkka, who has been playing bass and doing… Continue reading Toilet Autographs and More Tales from the Road: An Interview with Ensiferum Bassist Sami Hinkka
Deliberate, Beautiful Evil – A Review of Wolvhammer’s Clawing Into Black Sun
It’s easy for a metal band to sound evil. But it takes more than just a couple Flying Vs and encyclopedic knowledge of mythological monsters and medical terms to really put something out there that transcends the typical evil metal arts. And sounding evil in a creative way doesn’t have to include an A grade… Continue reading Deliberate, Beautiful Evil – A Review of Wolvhammer’s Clawing Into Black Sun
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Eyehategod Delivers a Killer New Record
When these miscreants emerged from New Orleans about 25 years ago, few people were prepared for their vicious combination of Black Sabbath and My War-era Black Flag. Their sound was noisy, ugly and very real, almost too real. Their shows often went out of control, and members of the band have spent time in jail… Continue reading Don’t Call It a Comeback: Eyehategod Delivers a Killer New Record