Anberlin Forever: The History of Anberlin, 2002-2014

While perusing a thread about The Starting Line on Chorus.fm today, I noticed a comment by one Matt Metzler who had an interesting url in their bio—anberlinforever.com.

The site itself is a splash page for a series of essays about Anberlin written by Matt. The history spans 12 years, from saGoh 24/7 through the end of the group’s recording career. The essays are well written and includes a lot of great detail. The website and essays (published on Medium) feature artwork by Tyler Davis.

I reached out to Matt to extend my appreciation and ask for some background. Here’s his response:

I wrote this from 2014-15 and published it in 2015. When Anberlin announced they were breaking up, I really wanted to do something to show how much they meant to me, so I started working on this project and shared it with the guys from the band that summer on Warped Tour. I had envisioned it being a published book someday but some of the guys plus the band’s lawyer didn’t seem to want to go that direction, so it turned into a website. Stephen was so supportive all the way through, and made himself available for my questions whenever I had them.

How I missed it when it was pushed live, I’m not sure—but I’m impressed by the passion and work put into the project. Fans of the group will want to check this out.