Jerry Alperin, Author at Metal Express Radio

SUBLIME FESTIVAL – METAL EXPRESS RADIO WILL BE THERE.

July 14, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Metal Express Radio crew member Jerry Alperin will be at this years Sublime Festival in Salt Lake City. Keep and eye out for upcoming coverage. This new multi-city celebration of reggae, punk rock, hip hop …READ MORE

MONOLORD (Live)

June 26, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

There are few things in heavy music quite like standing in a small room while a Swedish doom band turns the air itself into something thick and immovable. Monolord delivered exactly that on Wednesday night …READ MORE

ROTTING CHRIST (Live)

April 24, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Salt Lake City doesn’t get shows like this very often. The Union was crackling with anticipation and the kind of pre-show electricity that only comes when a bill is genuinely stacked. The Godless IV Tour, …READ MORE

Extreme close-up of Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe performing live. He is screaming into a microphone with intense emotion, illuminated by dramatic red and purple stage lighting against a dark background. He wears a black band t-shirt and multiple wristbands.

LAMB OF GOD (Live)

March 30, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Salt Lake City didn’t just host a metal show Saturday night — it survived one. The Union Event Center was sold out wall to wall, the air already thick with anticipation before a single note …READ MORE

NEUROSIS – An Undying Love for a Burning World

March 25, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

There are albums that feel like statements, and then there are albums that feel like reckonings. Neurosis’s An Undying Love for the Burning World—their first album in over a decade, and their first following the …READ MORE

LORD OF THE LOST (Live)

February 8, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

When Lord of the Lost took the stage at The Complex in Salt Lake City, the air immediately turned electric — a potent blend of gothic rumble, industrial grit, and theatrical flair that set the tone …READ MORE

WEDNESDAY 13 (Live)

February 8, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Seeing Wednesday 13 light up Salt Lake City was nothing short of a macabre celebration — part horror show, part rock spectacle, and entirely unforgettable. From the moment the lights dropped and thunderous riffs crashed through the …READ MORE

A promotional photo of the four members of the thrash metal band Exhorder standing in a grassy, debris-strewn field. In the background, there is a large, weathered brick industrial building, a tall concrete chimney, and a metal silo under a cloudy sky at sunset. The band members, from left to right, include a man with long dark hair and sunglasses, a man with long blonde hair in a black t-shirt, a bald man with a long grey beard and a black tank top, and a man in a black baseball cap and sunglasses. They are posed in front of a large pile of rusted scrap metal.

KYLE THOMAS (EXHORDER): “We Had Eight Songs And Came Out Swinging”

January 23, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Jerry Alperin of Metal Express Radio talked with Exhorder lead singer Kyle Thomas, about their first album Slaughter in the Vatican, about early demos, 2001 and 2009 reunions shows, the Unforeseen Circumstances Tour, and a …READ MORE

Interviews

KEITH ST. JOHN (MONTROSE): “RONNIE [MONTROSE] Had A Freedom-Oriented Kind Of Mind And Soul”

January 15, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Jerry Alperin of Metal Express Radio talked with former Montrose lead singer and event producer, Keith St. John, about the Ronnie Montrose Remembered: Namm 2026 – 10 Year Anniversary All Star Memorial Concert, his experience …READ MORE

JUDAS PRIEST / ALICE COOPER / CORROSION OF CONFORMITY (Live)

October 17, 2025 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

A cold night didn’t stop the fans from coming out to Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, as three music icons, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper and Corrosion of Conformity took the stage …READ MORE