by Alper | Jun 2, 2017 | Opinion Piece
To be perfectly honest, I’ve been meaning to write an article about Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) for a long time. TSO evolved from one of my favorite heavy metal bands, Savatage, and I thought it would be a great way of introducing people to Savatage since TSO is so...
by Alper | Apr 14, 2017 | Album Reviews
I don’t remember exactly when I discovered Mastodon. I think it was 2008 but I’m not sure. I was always interested in discovering new bands – ones that were at least “new” to me – and Mastodon was getting an increasing volume of attention from rock and metal...
by Alper | Mar 26, 2017 | Opinion Piece
On this post, I’d like to do something different. So far, I’ve focused on in-depth articles on musicians, or reviews on certain albums – but when it comes to music, there’s another dimension: instruments. I want to dedicate this article to Elliott “Dean” Rubinson, who...
by Alper | Feb 22, 2017 | Opinion Piece, Other Reviews
I thought this would be a good time to write about Metallica’s highly controversial documentary Some Kind of Monster for two reasons. One, I recently published my take on the band’s newest studio album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct and it would be good to connect some...
by Alper | Feb 13, 2017 | Album Reviews
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard some new music from Metallica, hasn’t it? 8 years to be exact! Well, good news is that we finally have a new album from the biggest metal band in the world. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was released on November 18th, 2016 by...
