What unites Pillars of Ash and Invisible Birth of Death? One is straight-ahead, the other a more varied metal palette. One band is little-known on a small label, the other Relapse road warriors. But both bands are from Georgia, they’ve shared the stage, and coincidentally their promos appeared in my email inbox around the same… Continue reading Split Review: Black Tusk’s Pillars of Ash and Savagist’s Invisible Birth of Death
Tag: sludge metal
Dopethrone: This is Your Brain on Satan
I don’t know what’s in the water in Montreal, but a lot of dirty, bluesy metal seems to come out of there. Anyone who’s been reading this blog for awhile knows that I was a huge Barn Burner fan. I also really enjoyed Mountain Dust, a stoner metal project that Kevin Keegan was (is?) involved… Continue reading Dopethrone: This is Your Brain on Satan
Concert Recap: Eyehategod and More in Hamden, CT — 7/14/14
As a new inductee to the cult of EHG, there was no way I could NOT see them last night at the Outer Space/Ballroom. (Actually there were a lot of ways I could not see them – basement floods, lack of cash, grandmother’s home health aides calling out –but thankfully those situations were rectified… Continue reading Concert Recap: Eyehategod and More in Hamden, CT — 7/14/14
Three Days in a Row of Shows You Need to Know About: Cherry Fest, Cherry Fest, and Eyehategod
“Man, there are never any good shows in Connecticut!” Uh… We here at Alternative Control respectfully disagree. In fact, there’s already a warning out from the Department of Heavy Metal Awareness for some major activity mid-month…. 7/12 — Cherry Fest, Day One at Cherry Street Station in Wallingford The second annual local band extravaganza… Continue reading Three Days in a Row of Shows You Need to Know About: Cherry Fest, Cherry Fest, and Eyehategod