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This Friday, former Aiden ringleader William Control (Wil Francis) will release the next installment in his electro-goth evolution, a four-song EP called Revelations: The Pale. Unlike previous releases where Control wrote, played and recorded the songs, he enlisted the help of his bandmates (bassist Kenneth Fletcher, drummer Benny Tourkantonis and synth op Ian MacWilliams), dubbed […]

William Control The Neuromancer It’s been two years since William Control (né Wil Francis) abandoned sweaty teen-male circle-pits with Aiden in pursuit of an audience populated by new-gen Goths and electro-rockers. That’s a scene that doesn’t have a whole lot of talismans to hold onto (Decades-old Depeche Mode singles? Blaqk Audio?), and on his fourth […]

William Control Silentium Amoris This writer is a record reviewer, not a court reporter, which means he still doesn’t know if the jury is still out regarding what fans of punk/hardcore-based outfits think when those players immerse themselves in electronics-based music. Sure, Skrillex was able to take his jittery programming to the bank—but why is […]

William Control (Aiden) has launched a stream of a new song, “Kiss Me Judas.” It's from his upcoming solo record Silentium Amoris, due out Apr. 2. Check it out below.

As the date for Rock Beyond Belief approaches, more people have spoken out against its purpose and mission statement. We told you back in late January that RBB would be happening Mar. 31 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and would serve as a secular event organized by Justin Griffith as an alternative to the Christian-based […]

William Control (Aiden) has launched a stream of “Romance & Devotion” from his upcoming self-released solo album Silentium Amoris, due out next month. Check it out below.

William Control (Aiden) has decided to donate 5 percent of the proceeds from his upcoming record, Silentium Amoris, to the last treatment center he lived in called Ryther, located in Lake City, which is just north of Seattle, Washington. The record is slated for release on April 2, 2012 and is titled Silentium Amoris. He hopes to […]

In a recent post, conservative blogger/radio personality Todd Starnes singled out Aiden's video for “Hysteria,” claiming that it “celebrates the burning of churches and synagogues” as well as citing other lyrics and imagery in the band's work as offensive. The reason for the uproar is the band's upcoming appearance at the Rock Beyond Belief festival […]

Indulge me for a moment: imagine you are lucky enough to have a little sister, niece, wife, or mother; a woman with which you hold a deep affinity. A woman that you would go to great lengths to protect from any harm that travels in her direction. Now realize, statistically, that probably makes you the […]

Hear an exclusive stream of Girl On Fire's “Revenge,” the title track of their debut EP, which is out Sept. 13 on Hollywood Waste. Revenge producer WiL Francis had this to say about the band: “Heroin is injected intravenously into the jugular vein, three quarters of the way down towards the clavicle your skin starts […]

I made a stop at a grocery store the other night to pick up some supplies on my way to the studio. As I got out of my car, I heard two men arguing—not in a friendly way. One of the men was a heavier set fellow, about 5’8”, in a flannel shirt and work […]