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William Control released his acoustic album, Skeleton Strings, for pay-what-you want download last night. You can donate to download on his merch page now. Additionally, the Aiden frontman unveiled a (NSFW) music video for “The Velvet Warms And Binds” from his 2012 album Silentium Amoris this morning. Watch “The Velvet Warms And Binds” below:

[Image: Katie Imogen] We here at AP know you Internet denizens love lists. And we know that folks in bands have other interests beyond cranking out decibels. So we’re introducing Friday Fives, a column that solicits a list of five subjects from a number of various rockers. Just in time for Halloween, electro-goth-punk crooner WILLIAM […]

William Control will stream an acoustic performance through StageIt tomorrow at 10 p.m. EST. To tune in, one must go to the StageIt event page and purchase a virtual ticket for $5 or 50 “notes,” the site's currency. At post time, only 196 tickets are left. The show is set to last 30 minutes. William […]

You can view the new video from William Control for “Kiss Me Judas” below.

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 […]

Aiden Some Kind Of Hate This review originally ran in AP 281. Some Kind Of Hate maintains the anthemic death-pop/metal trajectory Aiden started with their previous release, Disguises. While frontman Wil Francis hasn’t gone public about what the band’s future holds, Hate guarantees that there actually is one. Because the most ironic thing about Francis […]

William Control Novus Ordo Selcorum EP When he wasn’t exploring the metal/punk axis with his long-running band Aiden, extricating himself from Victory Records and hating all religions equally, Wil Francis slipped into his William Control persona and into electronic dance mode with this new self-released EP on his own label, Control Records. The follow-up to […]

Check out this exclusive stream of “Bleeding Rain (feat. William Control)” from Vampires Everywhere!'s new album, Kiss The Sun Goodbye, out May 17 on Hollywood Waste. 

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 […]