While CD sales are down, digital sales are up for some companies but it still doesn’t hold a match to what they used to make in CD sales before the Napster age. So what do the record companies want? They want to dip their hands deeper in to the pockets of the musicians and take money from ticket sales and merchandise, the only things that the bands can really make money off of.
They say they want a more fair percentage of the money they put in to promoting and launching a band. One of those record companies that is …read more

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

I just want to recap on a few posts from this month and months past. There are a lot of good posts that drew some interest that some people may bypass by not searching the archives. Anyway, check it out.
Free downloads. For the past month, every Friday I have been posting links to free Metal downloads. You can find all the links here. Free Download Fridays
Want to know what REAL metal is? You can ask Anthony The Stoned Headbanger or Read my Real Metal Post and leave your own opinion on what REAL metal is.
I hold contests just about every …read more