Amazon launches new music streaming service
If you’re like any other early tech adopters, you’re probably used to saying “hey Alexa,” as the Amazon Echo has taken off in the year and a half or so it’s been available to the general public. In...
View ArticleAnthrax update: Corey Taylor almost joined; Scott Ian embraces Spotify
While they’ve released an album that’s among this year’s best and are currently on the road with Slayer, we haven’t written about Anthrax since they played two incredibly small shows at Saint Vitus Bar...
View ArticleMetallica were nervous about screwing up on ‘Fallon’
They might be one of the biggest live draws in the world, have more money than some third world countries, and currently have the biggest rock debut in more than two years, but that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleStreaming rates for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube shared, and you’re not...
Although we run our Metal by Numbers column every week, it only tells a small part of the story as far as record sales. It’s no secret that many music listeners have switched over to streaming. One...
View ArticleDevildriver’s Dez Fafara shares road playlist with us in advance of tour
On Wednesday, February 8th, DevilDriver will be hitting the road for their first headlining tour in three years. Death Angel, Winds of Plague, The Agonist, and Azreal will be along for the ride on the...
View ArticleToday in co-branding: Guns N’ Roses roses and Spotify Premium with ‘Times’...
Marketing – it’s a thing, huh? Until today, Guns N’ Roses have stayed out of the firearms and flowers game, but that’s changing. Thankfully, you can’t buy a GN’R Uzi just yet, but thanks to the...
View ArticleTool in talks to join streaming services
Waiting for Tool to follow up 1992006’s 10,ooo Days with their fifth album has been a popular metalhead pastime for at least five years, and while there have been plenty of teases, small hints of...
View ArticleAre your days of streaming music for free coming to an end?
If you want to listen to music from a band without buying their album, you probably do one of two things – look the band/song/album up on YouTube or go to Spotify to check it out without paying...
View ArticleMetallica teams up with Starbucks and Spotify for charity
The wonderful dudes in Metallica have teamed up with coffee juggernauts Starbucks and streaming behemoth, Spotify for the “Give Good” charity campaign. Starting tomorrow, Tuesday November 28th, 8,000...
View ArticleMetal makes unexpected appearance on Spotify’s year-end charts
Wondering what the top music of 2017 streamed on Spotify was? Spoiler alert: Ed Sheeran, followed closely by “Despacito.” Not surprising or all that interesting, eh? Spotify have released their Global...
View ArticleSpotify hit with $1.6 billion lawsuit over Rage Against the Machine, Tom...
If the last few years has taught us anything about consumption of music, it’s that streaming is the preferred method of hearing it. Yet as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon and more continue to...
View ArticleWill Spotify’s hate conduct policy extend to metal?
As you might have heard by now, R&B singer R. Kelly has allegedly done some pretty heinous shit over the course of his career. The singer married Alliyah when she was 15, was caught on video...
View ArticleWomen’s group asks Spotify to remove Red Hot Chili Peppers, Don Henley,...
How far is too far? Last week, Spotify recently removed both R&B singer R Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from their playlists due to their history with sexual misconduct. Unfortunately, there’s no...
View ArticleDoes Metallica tailor setlists to Spotify data?
For those die-hard Metallica fans out there, it appears you should listen to their music via Spotify. Not only that, you should be careful as to which songs you want to hear. According to Spotify’s CEO...
View ArticleWatch the horror behind click farms
As Threatin pointed out, it’s quite simple to generate a following as well as build nonexistent companies and bands. With sites such as SocialBoss, you can add as many followers, likes, comments on...
View ArticleSpotify vs artists debate, streaming digital music services, and you
The latest in the ongoing digital music streaming discussion has to do with artist compensation. Some headlines falsely accuse Sweden’s music streaming giant Spotify of “Suing songwriters” along with...
View ArticleApple music stands by songwriters and will not appeal CRB ruling
In an aggressive move against songwriters, major streaming services have appealed a decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase royalty rates paid to artists. The ruling will increase royalty...
View ArticleNapster and the proliferation of OMM (Open Music Model)
The recent ruling by the Copyright Review Board has once again dragged into the light the issue of songwriter compensation. Songwriters and music streaming services have been quietly battling for a...
View ArticleArtists take issue with Spotify CEO’s payment comments
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently had some comments for artists who complain that they are not making enough money through streaming. Now, those comments have drawn some criticism in the music community...
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