AltCtrlToob Video Roundup: ColdClaw, Mourn the Light, and More

This just in from the depths of Youtube: Bay Area blackened crust outfit ColdClaw has released a new video for “The Deafening,” off their upcoming album  Anti-Martyr: Decades to Suffer.  The album will be out this Friday, September 27th through Ritual Sound Recordings, available for preorder here.  The video takes inspiration from horror films, featuring a busty… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Roundup: ColdClaw, Mourn the Light, and More

AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Gramma Vedetta’s “Hang Up My Boots”

UK rockers Gramma Vedetta are good friends to Alternative Control and we are excited to premiere the live video for their new song “Hang Up My Boots.”  Shot at OneCat Studio in London, the video shows the trio at their most natural; a mix of closeups and room shots keep the perspective varied.  The song itself is… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: Gramma Vedetta’s “Hang Up My Boots”

A Visual Missionary: Chatting with Bruce Moore of Brutally Delicious Productions

The underground metal community is a small world.  When I interviewed Willy Rivera of Spiral Grave earlier this summer, he talked at length about a documentary called he was involved in that spotlighted musicians’ mental health; Rivera also mentioned that the filmmaker had made a previous documentary about the (at times, contentious) relationship between Christian… Continue reading A Visual Missionary: Chatting with Bruce Moore of Brutally Delicious Productions

AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Demon” by VICTUS

UK metallers Victus truly show the world their demons in the video for their new single “Demon.”  According to the band, it’s “a conceptual piece that questions self worth and morals” — and it’s a dark one at that.  Directed by Victus guitarist Klayton Dean, the band takes the innocent and infuses it with a… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Demon” by VICTUS