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HOW CAN WE IMPROVE METALSUCKS?

Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 5:35pm by

Metal sucks, always has, always will. This much we know. But naturally we’re always looking to improve our site. What are some features you guys would like to see? In particular, we’re wondering what you think about the following (but by no means is this all we’re considering — please feel free to suggest anything):

  • comment tracking, so you get an email each time someone responds to a string you’ve already commented on. yay or nay? could be useful but could also be annoying.
  • a shoutbox / chat box in the sidebar
  • more or less of a particular kind of content (i.e. interviews, videos, guest blogs, etc)
  • improvements to the overall layout and design of the site
  • free blow jobs

Please let us know what you think, or if you have any other ideas, by commenting below. Thanks for all your continued support.

-VN, AR & KW

  • Matt

    dudes i fucking love this site. you guys are great man. good sense of humor too. someone get this guy a beer….

  • Fink

    I like the comment tracking idea, as long as it’s something you can turn on and off.

    Not exactly a feature, but I would’ve liked to see the Metal Power Hour post suggested by Seth see the light of day, ’cause I actually think it was a sweet idea that would’ve encouraged comments and collaboration, but apparently you guys don’t like the idea of drinking beer and listening to metal…

    And also, I don’t like my blowjobs free. I prefer to pay – makes me feel like I earned it.

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    I have often thought a comment tracking feature, much like EZboard/Yuku have, would be pretty cool.

    As to blowjobs, who has the bluntest teeth: Kip, Ax or Vinnie?

  • http://lordsofmetal.nl Fleischberg

    How about a retro review every week? The Number Of The Beast, Reign In Blood, Highway To Hell, The Legacy, Bonded By Blood, Master Of Puppets, Pain Killer, Heavy Metal Maniac etc. etc.

    I already can get a free blowjob everyday so that isn’t really necessary but I like the comment tracking idea, but other than that, I don’t really need any improvements. This is a great site so it doesn’t really need any big improvements.

  • cisco

    Comment tracking is a great idea (as said before, with an option to turn it on or off).

    More special blog spots from the better artists/musicians out there would be tight too! I really enjoy the Hard R!

    Here’s a suggestion: How about finding a way to block fans of disturbed from visiting the site, since they all hate this site anyways, or just blocking their idiotic (lack of use of grammar, puncutation, sentence structure, replacing actual words with numbers, spelling and just plain retardedness) comments?

  • NUMTL4LIF

    fuk ewe, ewe fukcing faggeds! u all suk! metalscucks sucks cox! eye fukcing h8 u all, kweers!

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    I have no idea who that was.

  • Brett

    Guest blogs are nice. Oh, and this site would definitely improve if you gave me a paying job.

  • VitruvianApe

    how about avatars for all us commenters, and automatic translators that turn what we say into comments like NUMTL4LIF’s, and the black and red seems a little violent, how about pink and yellow.
    seriously, the site’s great. I agree about the comment tracking, i feel like a tool every time i go back to check on comment updates.

  • Devin

    I think it would be tight if there was a user profile section, for (like mentioned previously) avatars, signatures, track number of posts, gain reputation, etc. Also it would be chill if you could pick and choose the types of feeds that appear on the homepage. For example if you don’t like hearing about Courtney Love, then you could choose to block blurbs about her, or if you don’t like the unreadable band logo (which I do) then you could choose to block that as well.

  • Ross

    I think overall the site is great but please get rid of all these fucking filler stories. Alien Ant Farm, Motley Crue, Fred Durst, Korn, blahblah. No one gives a shit and it seems kind of hypocritical to hate on something so much yet spend so much time giving them coverage.
    I like the idea of a retro review. Maybe you guys can have your own version of a sort of hall of fame or must own albums. But really, there’s lots of good news, you guys have good taste, and a great writing style. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

  • http://www.myspace.com/productofsociety1 rohit

    I think it would be cool if there could be more underground/unsigned bands reviews(that are good and worthwhile of course)

  • Vince Noir

    Keep all the nu-metal shit talking. C’mon they are all fat fucks whose current fanbase are the jocks who they bitched about on their firsts albums! It’s one of the reasons i visit the site! Keep up the good work boys! Maybe get a world exclusive interview with Weston Cage! And then rip the piss out of him!

  • Tony

    I agree that the never ending posts about bands you hate has grown tired.
    It’s been countless times before on a variety of different sites.

    If you want to post shit that takes people to task – take the music industry itself to task. Follow Bob Lefsetz’ lead and really get to the root cause of what sucks about music today. The fact that we are very likely NOT going to see another NEW major metal headliner is a sad thing. And I’m not talking about a band that simply headlines, but a band that can draw at arenas without the benefit of a package tour, and draw for multiple nights.

    Labels don’t invest in the future, and as a result…music suffers greatly.

  • Nick

    how about less features on lame ass hipster artsy fartsy, avante gard core bullshit. I’ll tell you what this site needs to feature more of: Thrash Metal. Y’know the Metal that kicks ass, and rules all. yeah there’s an idea.

  • Zack

    comment tracking would be nice, fo sho. i’d like to see more shit talking ie reviews of shitty bands/albums, critical rants etc etc. i realize listening to shitty music sucks… but you guys write funny stuff!

  • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x

    I would have to say, give me streaming radio station with badass streaming music…. badass music meaning kill me with some “OPETH” then maybe a nice follow up with “KING CRIMSON” or “KLAATU”…run the entire goddamn gamut….. also maybe feature a bit more sludge/doom metal such as electric wizard and acid bath… and get a Southern metal column….. that’d be nice as well…anyhow…rock on

  • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x

    and oh yeah, sometimes it’s hard to find a good new band that you can groove on but you don’t wanna have to go through a million piles of shit to find the gem….make a search engine type box where I can type a few bands that I like and enter it to find suggestions on bands that don’t suck that may be lesser known with a short audio clip maybe for each suggestion.. and leave these lists open for debate….if someone tries to associate a shitty band with a good band on that list and enough negatory comments are made about that band it should be reclassified … or killed off

  • J.P.

    Some form of comment tracking would be nice, but not that E-Mail shit, that’s anoying as fuck, dunnow, some other way to keep track of comments and threads withouth interrupting the news hierarchy.

    The retro review’s a sick idea too.

    Oh and also, I have problems with chicks so I will gladly take that free BJ. Even from you guys. Sharp teeth ‘n all.

  • Princess

    i too like the retro reviews idea.

  • ozzyzak

    Put me down for the free blow jobs.

    Nah, but really…the guy up there that said something about reviewing classics maybe once a week, really like that idea.

    You guys have also turned me on to quite a few acts I would have never heard of otherwise, so maybe more scouring for unknowns?

    Keep it up, site rocks anyway!

  • scottymack

    some nude pics of vince’s mom..so i could jack off to her …while listening to the Black Crowes

  • Ryd1ZZ

    I didn’t read through all the comments above me but it would be great to see some video interviews.

  • Eddie

    Yeah, I would like to see more spotlights on up and coming bands.

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    I think you should add a feature that allows either you or a reader to nuke a comment by Tony every time he mentions Bob fucking Lefsetz.

    While I like the idea of a regular “retro review,” you guys seem to have trouble keeping up with the latest albums. Digging through the collection for more material doesn’t seem feasible. However, opening up a semi-regular guest column or some such thing might be an interesting idea.

    I assume you use WordPress. I only mention it because your site looks exactly like every other blog that uses WordPress. I’m sure it’s easy and low-maintenance and all, but your site looks like every other blog that uses WordPress. And white just isn’t very Metal at all.

  • 36Thoughtless

    I’m not so sure about a chatbox; I’d prefer that you guys, as much as it is in your power to do, keep this site from becoming blabbermouth with the runaway comments.

    Other than that, I’m happy with this site; after all, I visit it everyday. Other than that, I think all the others brought up most of the ideas I would have suggested.

  • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x

    the shit is feasible, dude …..

  • http://www.sithomeandrot.com manny

    depending on who is giving me the blow job, that sounds like a shoo in.

    Other than that, AJAX commenting, brothers. It’s the 21st century there is no need to have the page refresh when someone comments. AJAX it, baby!

    In lieu of that, use the Disqus commenting plug in to handle comments. That thing is pretty great.

  • http://opeth Eric

    Maybe a section where we could contribute our favorite “up-and-coming” bands and you could pick one to write a review about.

  • http://www.myspace.com/formulafictions Dr T

    I really like the “Saturday song to get stoned to” and the Sunday Spotlight. The history of a certain (awesome) band with supporting songs, thats a perfect match in my opinion.

    I’m not really pro – comment tracking and shoutboxing, because i won’t use it, and the shoutbox will probably be abused by people to curse, diss and promote their crappy myspace band.

    The frontpage can probably use a section of links that link to the sub-category’s like; “editorials”, “what the fuck”, “show reviews”, “interviews”, etc.

    But after all, my only wish is that metalsucks stays great, improved or not!

  • Byron. W

    More coverage on newer and upcomming bands, along the same vein of Textures etc.. always cool to check out a new suggestion by you guys….

  • http://www.last.fm/user/Richaod Richaod

    Comment tracking through RSS would be great… and a shoutbox too.

    Otherwise the site’s fantastic. Though oddly enough I’ve always taken an interest in what non-metal metalheads listen to… including you guys and musicians. I’m not saying the site’s name should actually take on its literal meaning, but it’d be a fun diversion.

  • http://www.moshtour.me.uk Mosh

    Comment tracking a definite “yes”. It’s only annoying if it’s mandatory for each post, which isn’t necessary. If you’re running WordPress on your own domain so you can add plugins, I heartily recommend Subscribe To Comments. Piece of piss to use and works like a dream.

    Not a big fan of comment tracking through RSS, though. Usually end up with a huge mess of comments from all the posts or a gazillion subscriptions in my reader. No reason why you can’t offer both, though. Looks like you already have comment RSS anyhow (bottom of page)

  • Dave

    I really like Dr. T’s idea of a section of links to sub-categories. And he’s also right about the shoutbox being abused to promote bands, just take a look at MetalSucks on MySpace.

  • Jason

    Get rid of the glam metal and nu metal stories and spend more time discussing real metal. You guys do a good job of the latter, so I’d stick with that.

  • rob

    i enjoy your guys underground show reviews. get more “reporters” to take photos and blog about the shows they go to. I’d like more underground coverage in general.

  • http://www.myspace.com/deadspout deadspout

    collaborate with me and do a podcast as a unit

    One with Metalsucks and Metal Injection….sound like a plan?

  • http://www.myspace.com/deadspout deadspout

    oh yeah…i write blogs too…

  • Tony

    WTF is the point of a retro review?

    So we can find out that Master of Puppets kicked ass?
    Seems like filler.

  • http://www.SilentNotes.com LD

    free blow jobs could do the thing

  • Seth Werkheiser

    More metal coverage – like Victory Records kinda stuff.

    HAHAHAHHAHAHAA

  • NuMallCore Pwns YoMama

    Add some javascript to see if the name and mail is filled in. I just wrote up a long comment, submit it to find a wordpress error becasue my cookie was missing!

    Anyhoo, to sum up my missing post…

    add some “digg” style voting to the articles. you’ll know instantly what we like and don’t like. same voting style goes for comments. we could easily bury NUMTL4LIF and the random spammers that show up every once in a while.

    I love the interviews… DEP, Soilwork, Sevendust. Need to get Meshuggah!

    I like learning about new bands… found AAC, Mercenary, and Sikth here.

    Don’t post anything about Nu metal. I think most of us are willing to let some rock slide by (NIN, Ashes Divide, etc), but Nu Metal leaves a sour taste in most of our mouths.

    Other than that, keep up the great work.

  • http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/ Conor

    Comment tracking gets a yes. There’s a WordPress plugin that makes this very easy and opt-in, so posters can adjust it on a per-post basis. Very handy.

    Boo to chatbox.

    Yes to blowjobs.

    I also definite want AJAXified comment posting, so I don’t have to reload the whole page after posting a comment. Particularly annoying on posts with embedded media, which stops playing.

    Interviews are great. Hard R is great too, but I’m reticent to ask for more guest bloggers, because they’ll suck.

    Blowjobs.

  • J.P.

    If you scroll down real fast on the comments without pause you can still easily read the word “blow job”.

  • dalenkwint

    The site’s fine, it just needs free blowjobs. Obviously.

  • ben

    fine like it is.

    give away more free stuff?

    oh and more ads. please. a ton. shove them down our throat. in between every post. and comment. ads between ads are pretty cool too.

    no seriously i’m a fan of the site like it is. improve the search function to make it more complex. But i hate sites that go all crazy and have all of this stupid worthless stuff. simple sites are fine. links pics text etc. site bloat is lame.

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    Retro reviews are actually a good idea. How many times have you had your iPod on shuffle and some old song comes on you’d forgotten about, causing you to go back and listen to the album or the band’s catalogue? Even though I’m an ever-forward kind of guy, I do find myself often saying, “I forgot how great an album that was!”

  • Gossamer Axe

    Possibly something like a reply rating system? Sort of like slashdot has.

    User submitted album reviews. new albums I should add…Not older ones.

    Band suggestions, I found a few new bands from here and another site. I’m always looking for new music.

    Site rocks tho…I like the fact that I don’t have to read through 100 “Band X has sucked since their 3rd album” on pretty much every story. Your stories are interesting too, I like the videos and links to mp3s so I can hear a little about a band first.

  • Ryan

    Less news about shit bands. It’s funny to read you rip on them, but you’re wasting bandwidth. (Who the fuck cares about Alien Ant Farm, Poison, Motley Crue, etc) Go to a hair (plug) metal site for that BS.

  • J.P.

    At this point.

    You KNOW there’s gonna be a riot if you don’t start handing out the B.J’s.