Tag: spotify

A primer on the very confusing world of how musician gets paid for their creative works.

Linkin Park, Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach top the list.

Neat.

Interest in paid file downloads is declining rapidly in favor of streaming.

Charlie Benante is still complaining about how the internet killed the music industry.

Currently includes Judas Priest, Between the Buried and Me, Napalm Death, TesseracT, Iron Reagan, and tons more!!!

We know what you’re listening to this weekend.

“Melodic Power Metal” and “Chaotic Black Metal” are apparently emerging in 2017.

A total of $1 million will be donated to charity through these gift cards.

We know the phrase “The answer will surprise you!” is usually associated with clickbait, but seriously… the answer will surprise you.

In an official job posting, Spotify seeks someone “Familiar with the Spotify platform, with experience in programming playlists at a federal level. Anything from an eclectic summer playlist, to a celebratory, “I just found my birth certificate” playlist.”

Spoiler: it’s not Orgy.

This after saying last year, “Take your streaming and shove it up your ass.”

All you ever wanted to know about Metallica’s past.

The Machine Head frontman again praises the merits of streaming, and pleads with metalheads to embrace all it has to offer.

Huzzah!

This week’s top stories include Slayer, Bad Brains, Avenged Sevenfold, and more.

Spotify represents over 70 percent of the label’s monthly digital sales, according to the e-mail.

This week’s top stories include Black Sabbath, Danzig, All Shall Perish, Ne Obliviscaris, and more.