by Alper | Aug 27, 2020 | Album Reviews
One of the benefits of running this site is that I get contacted by a lot of up and coming musicians about whom I wouldn’t have heard otherwise. I try not to do EPs on here because they often don’t present enough material to analyze, but I have made exceptions on this...
by Alper | Jul 23, 2020 | Rock/Metal News
When I wrote about Chris Adler’s departure from Lamb of God, a band he co-founded, I wrote about how interested I was in what he was going to do next. Now, we know! He surprised many people with the announcement of his new band, Firstborne, as well as the debut EP...
by Alper | Jul 5, 2020 | Opinion Piece
When I started thinking about underrated lineups, there were 4 bands that immediately popped into my head. There’s more on my list now, but right off the top of my head I could list 4 lineups from 4 bands that I thought were underrated. I covered 2 of them already....
by Alper | May 27, 2020 | Opinion Piece
We are lucky to have so many great musicians releasing so many great albums. I certainly consider myself lucky to be surrounded by all that. But of course, not everything is created equally. We like some albums more than others. It’s perfectly natural, it happens… The...
by Alper | Apr 20, 2020 | Album Reviews
Testament has had a rough couple of months recently. They were able to embark on their European tour earlier in the year, but COVID-19 related cancellations had already begun. A few of their shows were postponed, others occurred as planned. Unfortunately, we became...
