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’
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Album Review: My Dying Bride, The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast)
The world is a strange place as of this writing, full of uncertainties new to some and strangely familiar to many others. It is with this background of isolation, anxiety, and flickering hope that legendary doom metal titans My Dying Bride release unto the world The Ghost of Orion, their fourteenth album and first offering… Continue reading Album Review: My Dying Bride, The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast)
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Rick Massie’s “Together As One”
#QuaratineLife gotcha down? Need a dose of prog rock positivity? Canadian musician Rick Massie has ya covered with this video for the single “Together As One.” Massie says of the tune, “I originally planned to release this long after my debut album as a solo artist. I didn’t want people to be confused and think that… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Rick Massie’s “Together As One”
Album Review: Jarboe’s Illusory
I don’t remember what year or venue it was, but I cannot forget my first and to date only face-to-face encounter with Jarboe when she guested at a Neurosis concert. She glided to the front of the stage in a sheer witches dress and in an instant stared us into cowering submission with her piercing… Continue reading Album Review: Jarboe’s Illusory
AltCtrlToob Video Review: “Attention!” by Apache Rose
When I read the moniker “Apache Rose,” I imagined a female singer-songwriter from the American Southwest, not a bunch of guys from Russia. But irony is what Apache Rose is all about, at least in their recent single “Attention!”. The song itself came out in October, and the band released a lyric video for it… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Review: “Attention!” by Apache Rose
Music News: NOMAD to Release Debut Album This April
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
COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 6
By Patrick Salerno of Grave Next Door Day 1 Day 2 and 3 Day 4 Day 5 Wednesday, March 18th, 2020: Around midnight last night I woke up in a pool of sweat. Tony and Kyler were out in the jacuzzi drinking beer, while I went to bed around 10pm. I had Kyler feel my head… Continue reading COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 6