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METAL MONDAY: WHY ARE TOOL FANS SO OBSESSED WITH TOOL?
posted: August 31, 2009
No matter what the genre, each music scene seems to have a band notorious for its overly obsessive fans. For the jam band crowd, Phish gets this accolade; for college rock, Dispatch might get the…
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METAL MONDAY: SUMMER FESTIVAL OVERVIEW
posted: August 24, 2009
Everyone knows that summertime is festival season, and whenever people think of music festivals, they think of events like SXSW and Bonnaroo. Unless they are metalheads. For hardcore rockers, popular summer festivals include Wacken and…
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METAL MONDAY: 10 BEST METAL SONG TITLES ON OURSTAGE
posted: August 17, 2009
First impressions are key. In many cases, the title of your song is what draws someone in. When you give your song a lackluster title, you’re wasting an opportunity to woo your potential fans. Bands…
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METAL MONDAY: TWENTY YEARS OF METAL
posted: August 10, 2009
Twenty years is a long time. Two whole decades. Many things can change in that amount of time, but few styles of music went through as many changes as metal. 1989 was the tipping point…
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METAL MONDAY: Q&A WITH ONE WITHOUT
posted: August 3, 2009
One Without, an OurStage act from Sweden and recent addition to Germany’s Lifeforce Records, is a band on the edge of stardom. A bit of a surprise coming from the heart of Gothenburg, known for…
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METAL MONDAYS: CRUSHING BREAKDOWNS
posted: July 27, 2009
A good breakdown hits you like a punch to the chest (one you’ll ideally enjoy), and switches the pace and mood of a song for a small amount of time. At a show, these breakdowns…
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