“Den Headz, 2011 turned out to be one of the most monumental years ever at TMD’s official site.
In the past two years now, TMD news has been read by the most diehard metal music fans in over 100 countries. During that recent period, TMD’s acclaimed posts on You Tube have received critical online acclaim at the top rock news & rock radio sites and over 300,000 page views! Factor in the additional 500,000 views (from 250,000 readers) at TMD’s official dot com in that time and it’s obvious to see that the world has taken serious notice of the HOTTEST force in metal news today:
THE METAL DEN!
Remember, we pay ZERO dollars in advertising to this point, so we still rely heavily on
our loyal readers spreading the word to all of your metal head buddies!!
Some of the peeps I’d like to thank for the awesome support this past year: Nikki Sixx and Kerri Kasem at Sixx Sense, KLOS, Bori at Blabbermouth.net, Keavin at Antimusic, Metal Tim at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Evil G at Metal Rules, Kissopolis, Van Halen News Desk, 93X Rock Radio In Minneapolis, MN, Angela Chase at 97.1 KEGL in Dallas, Texas, the United Kingdom’s NME.com, Matt Dollof at 100.7 WZLX in Boston, MA, Chris Van Tassel at Big Dog 100.9FM in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, No Treble, Coop at KZOK 102.5 in Seattle, Washington… just to name a few. I could literally go all day on this. There are so many
countless names and people out there that have shown TMD love. It’s insane!
Look, to be straight up with all of you… to have my rock articles published at all these rocking spots and shared with so many countless thousands of fans means the world to me. Thank you so much to all of you!!!
The support that I have gotten from people surrounding the extremely controversial ‘Pantera Reunion Tribute Event Cause’ on FACEBOOK that I helped get going with the aid of one gutsy Pantera fan, has been mind blowing. It went from being the most ‘poisonous’ subject in the industry to now being fully supported in the worldwide media by Zakk Wylde, Dime’s old lady Rita Haney and Hank Williams III, so that right there is an HONOR to ME that we overcame all the haters… stood tall… and made enough NOISE FOR DIME to help this thing actually catch some fire!!!
For the haters, who you know will be at the Pantera Reunion shows anyway when they do happen (LOL), all I can say is you need to chill out! If you love Dime’s music so much, you would – like ME- do whatever it took to help spread his great legacy to the masses!!! Nobody ever said the cause was about replacing Dime and re-forming Pantera!! We ONLY want the late guitarist’s great memory to get the best treatment possible.
In the end, I showed EVERYONE that the ‘influence’ I have as a dude who merely writes ‘words’ on the subject of metal music has grown considerably, and I fully intend to continue using that to my advantage in 2012!
TMD’s lethal band roster has been on fire, so keep an eye on the new bands that I will keep unleashing on the industry. I am pretty much the only guy that does properly promote “Unsigned” acts (and not just rip them off like everyone else does), from the killer platform that I have built at TMD. So hell yes, expect some really cool things from all our exciting acts in 2012!
Hang tight for TMD’s annual list of ‘Top 10’ albums of the year. That will be posting shortly!
Finally, I’d like to thank my wife, Hope, for all of her support of my work at TMD, my partner Eddie Karam,
my family and last but not least, GOD. Without his guidance I would be dead or locked up for a very long time.”
Randy “Rocket” Cody
The Metal Den, Dec/2011
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