Photo by Mamie Heldman Most of Avery Friedman’s debut album New Thing is unassuming. Not in the sense that Friedman’s musi is […] The post Premiere: Avery Friedman – “Photo Booth” appeared first on The Alternative.
– February 27th, 2025 – European Tour Begins This Week Today, progressive death metal outfit DÅÅTH presents their rendition of “Run,” by French electronic duo Air, featuring Cynic‘s Paul Masvidal. The track comes in advance of the band’s European tour with labelmates Rivers Of Nihil… Read More »Dååth: Progressive Death Metal Outfit Presents Cover of Air’s “Run” Featuring Cynic’s Paul Masvidal
Together for 35 years, German power metal stalwarts Brainstorm are back in action with album number 14, Plague of Rats, 11 tracks of trad metal accented with Indian flourishes. The quintet—Andy B. Franck (vocals), Torsten Ihlenfeld (guitar), Milan Loncaric (guitar), Dieter Bernert (drums), Jim Ramses (bass)—… Read More »Track by Track: Brainstorm –Plague of Rats
I watched last summer’s survival series Makemate (and even featured one of their songs on the blog), but it left such little impression that I struggle to recall many details about it. Its debuting group NouerA is here to fix that, arriving with a whopper… Read More »Song Review: NouerA – N.I.N (New Is Now)
In just two months, Conan will lead listeners into the Violence Dimension with their sixth album but before it drops, they’re offering a taste via “Desolation Hexx.” The second single from Violence Dimension, “Desolation Hexx” is a chugging rager that leaves lots of opportunities for slow, stoned headbanging, or… Read More »Video Premiere: Conan – ‘Desolation Hexx’