On August 15, At the Gates’ Tomas Lindberg announced that he’d been diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of oral cancer that attacks the mouth and pallet. He had been quietly battling this for nearly two years via surgery and radiation treatments. This week,… Read More »Tomas Lindberg (1972 -2025)
New Jersey punks Banquets have been gone for a long time, but no more. The band is gearing up to […] The post Premiere: Banquets — “Who Will Inherit Us?” appeared first on The Alternative.
New York City transplants are, and always have been, the subject of scrutiny. Most of the time it’s called for. […] The post Interview: Laveda Have Their Ears to the Ground appeared first on The Alternative.
For a band that’s only been together since 2021, Leipzig, Germany’s trad metalers Firmament have the majestic, old school ’80s metal/hard rock dialed in on their second full-length For Centuries Alive. This confident quintet—Stefan Deutsch (bass), Jonas Zeidler (drums), Tom Michalik (guitars), Philipp Meyer (guitars), Marco Herrmann… Read More »Full Album Stream: Firmament –For Centuries Alive
I don’t have the hard numbers to back it up, but compared to groups their age it feels like the 2PM members have the most prolific string of solo releases. The guys continuously release material in both Korea and Japan, and even if many of… Read More »Song Review: Jang Wooyoung (2PM) – Think Too Much (ft. Damini)