OK, so this isn’t something I had to work hard on. (Uh-huh-huh…I said hard-on) OK, enough Beavis And Butthead innuendos. Anyway, I just got a myspace bulletin that Century Media is offering up their Spring Sampler 2008 for free download. Click on the picture to take you there and download the entire sampler which has DRM free mp3’s.
You’ll have to log in or register to download the free sampler, but it will all be worth it! Cheers ‘n beers!

Here are two great tunes from two awesome metal bands you can listen to first and if you dig them then download them and put them on your iPod or whatever. First up is Himsa’s Big Timber and Napalm Death’s Silence Is Deafening. To download the mp3s right click and save as.

Himsa – Big Timber Courtesy of Century Media Records
Napalm Death – Silence Is Deafening Also Courtesy Of Century Media

A reader e-mailed me today and asked me what happened with Free Download Friday. A couple of weeks ago I did a come-back so to speak of Free downloads…and then I kind of just let it go. I apologize to everyone that really likes this feature. Anyway it’s back today with 5 free downloads. Remember: Right Click and Save As. Enjoy!
Sourvein – Blessed Courtesy of This Dark Reign Records
Nile – Lashed To The Slave Stick Courtesy Of Relapse Records
Suicide Silence – Unanswered Courtesy of Century Media
Hypocrisy – Warpath Courtesy Of Nuclear Blast Records
Year Of Desolation – The Economy Of …read more

With the last post I went back to the original article and looked at more of the comments people made. Someone went on to say that CD’s cost too much. Yes, most of them do especially depending on where you buy them. They guestimated that the average cost of making a CD is about 3 to 5 dollars. Let me break a few things down for the thick sculled few that don’t understand the whole concept of recording, and printing a cd.

In an article from Ultimate-guitar.com, a proposal is in the works to ban illegal down-loaders in the UK from internet access. It’s a pretty good concept and you should really read what stupid comments this can bring out of people. One guy even went on to say that $1.00 a song is too much and he’d be willing to pay $.50 as long as he can get it back when he gets bored with the song and deletes it. So I suppose he’s going to go to a car dealership and offer them half the price of the car and …read more

Here is an excerpt from an old interview from Metalupdate.com. Metal Update talks to Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler on the Napster debate. I wonder if his views have changed since this interview?
“MU: What is your opinion on the Napster debate?
CA: I think it is the record industry and the record company’s business to make money. From my perspective, as a musician, I’d love to be able to make a living, and I’d love to be able to continue doing this. But from my experience with music I’ve learned that this is not what pays the bills, and I’m lucky …read more

Ultimate-guitar.com posted an article about the rise in digital music sales in 2007. Juts another reason that record labels need to try to adapt and get in on it from their own sites and try to sell singles or combos of songs at a reasonable price. I’d be stupid to think that they haven’t already started looking at ways to do this, but they might want to hurry up. It will be good for their bands and companies. Anyway, below is a short excerpt from Ultimate-guitar.com’s article. Click on the link at the bottom to go to the source.
“U.S. digital …read more

No talkin, Just downloading this week. Enjoy.

Alabama Thunder Pussy – Words Of The Dying Man Courtesy Of Relapse Records
Baroness – The Birthing Courtesy Of Relapse Records
Bloodbath – Breeding Death Courtesy Of Century Media
Naglfar – The Darkest Road Courtesy Of Century Media
Crematorium – Testicular Courtesy of Prosthetic Records

I wasn’t sure how I was going to go about doing it but I had
planned on discussing this poll in depth. 2/3 of the people that participated in the poll said “No, the internet is not killing the record industry”. I agree that it’s not killing the record industry…but they are pissed cause they are not making nearly as much money as they used to. I was cruising through some older posts on Metalsucks.net and I came across this post where “Vince Neilstein” (I love it!) talked about that woman in Minnesota that has to pay over 200 grand and …read more

Warbringer have announced tour dates for 2008 and you can get a free MP3 download from their upcoming Debut War Without End. Below is the first single off of War Without End. Either click on the link to listen to it streamed on Quick Time or right click and “save link as” to download to your PC (Or Mac for you privileged folks). You can also download their entire One By One The Wicked Fall Demo over at Metalsucks.net