Welcome to Jay Nanda's Alamo True Metal, your home for the San Antonio heavy metal scene & surrounding areas.

Originally from Chicago and having earned my Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Iowa, I have been a professional music & sports journalist for 35 years. I report the news, interview musicians, and photograph and review concerts -- all of which you can find here.

i am not a blogger or freelancer!

I have been a beat writer covering the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball and major college sports, as well as events such as the Super Bowl and Michael Jordan's comeback out of retirement in 1995 for newspapers in Indiana, Florida and Texas. As Senior Sports Producer of the San Antonio Express-News from February 2005 to February 2015, I edited stories and wrote headlines for the 5-time NBA champion Spurs while contributing metal and WWE interviews to the entertainment sections. I have covered the metal scene overall since 1999 and in San Antonio since 2008. Upon leaving the newspaper industry in 2015, I created AlamoTrueMetal.com.

I was the only representative of the San Antonio media covering the first two 70000 Tons of Metal cruises in 2011 & 2012 and again for AXS.com in 2017.

Fun fact: I’m one of the 200 or so fans chanting “Manowar Kills” and “kick your ass” on the title track to Manowar’s “Kings of Metal” album that was recorded at the Thirsty Whale in 1987 in the Chicago suburb of River Grove, Illinois.

Like what you see? Have a suggestion? You can reach me at jaynanda@hotmail.com. Peruse all 21 pages on this site for various methods of accessing my coverage and interviews. Thanks for visiting, and remember:

Don't hang 'em out to dry ... hold 'em up high!