The ol’ inbox has provided quite a variety this month. First up, we have Dutch avant garde/post black metal band Laster. They’re releasing a new album and a companion EP, Het Wassen Oog and Stadsluik respectively, on April 5th through Prophecy Productions. Have a listen to the single “Haat & Bonhomie” to get an idea… Continue reading Listening Lately: Laster and Blind Scryer
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HEXVESSEL Delivers Thoughtful Pagan Folk with All Tree
Sometimes I’m jealous of artists who have “rich heritage,” living in storied places bursting with legend, alive with the magick of olde… And meanwhile, here I am in suburbia, the native mythology of my location annihilated centuries ago, my own “heritage” a mishmash of European cultures I have no connection with, and my natural habitat… Continue reading HEXVESSEL Delivers Thoughtful Pagan Folk with All Tree
Confessions of a Music Blogger: Top Five Releases I Should Have Reviewed in 2018
One of my many resolutions for 2019 is to write more album reviews — not the “Listening Lately” kind that just have blurbs about four or five albums, but real, in-depth reviews. But since it’s still 2018, here are blurbs on five albums that I should have sat down and written long reviews for, but… Continue reading Confessions of a Music Blogger: Top Five Releases I Should Have Reviewed in 2018
Beauty and Terror: An Interview with Eye of Nix’s Joy Von Spain
After being intrigued by avant metal group Eye of Nix’s sophomore album Black Somnia, I had to find out more about the band. Frontwoman Joy Von Spain talks with Alternative Control below about the Seattle outfit’s recent signing with Prophecy Productions, the inspiration they draw from Greek mythology, and more. I’m also happy to announce… Continue reading Beauty and Terror: An Interview with Eye of Nix’s Joy Von Spain
Listening Lately: MOTHER FEATHER, YEAR OF THE COBRA, 1476, and DUST PROPHET
We’re barely into November and it’s already a great month for music! As the days grow shorter, I’ll decorate with sound to raise my spirits…. …and Mother Feather is the perfect band to combat the end of daylight savings time. This Brooklyn outfit is by far the most colorful band on Metal Blade, and probably… Continue reading Listening Lately: MOTHER FEATHER, YEAR OF THE COBRA, 1476, and DUST PROPHET
Eye Of Nix Reissues Black Somnia, Playing Brooklyn 11/3/18
This is coincidentally Alternative Control’s second post this week about an avant garde re-release…. The first was Patrick Grant’s twenty-year anniversary celebration of FIELDS AMAZE and other sTRANGE music, a jagged modernist soundscape of gamelan and Western instruments. And now we examine Seattle outfit Eye of Nix, who has reissued their full-length Black Somnia with Prophecy… Continue reading Eye Of Nix Reissues Black Somnia, Playing Brooklyn 11/3/18