{"id":13135,"date":"2010-04-01T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2010-04-01T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T17:25:06","slug":"rocket-spits-the-metal-den-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=13135","title":{"rendered":"ROCKET SPITS: The Metal Den Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.photobucket.com\/albums\/y55\/RSCODY\/ROCKHEROFINAL1-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/Storm-08-june.gif\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Den Headz!<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nI hope all of you are having a <em>devilish<\/em> April Fool&#8217;s Day.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt was one helluva month in March for The Metal Den and the official TMD site I started<br \/>\nup back in 2007 with partner Eddie Karam of The Edge Factory.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOur mission all along has been to offer the best possible heavy metal news site<br \/>\nfor the masses.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n <strong>www.themetalden.com!<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTMD news is currently being read in 125 different countries.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTMD&#8217;s official site received over 70,000 page views from 37,000+ visits around the world<br \/>\nin the month of March\/2010 alone. <em>Those are record numbers! <\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\nView TMD&#8217;s official web traffic report <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quantcast.com\/themetalden.com\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThank you to all the devoted Den Head readers around the globe<br \/>\nfor making this possible!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI want to also thank all the online metal band\/news\/radio sites around the globe that have<br \/>\nbeen publishing my articles on great acts and talents like METALLICA, GN&#8217;R, OZZY,<br \/>\nRandy Rhoads, Cliff Burton, PANTERA, DOWN, LAZARUS A.D., WARBEAST, and all of<br \/>\nthe hot upcoming &#8220;unsigned&#8221; talent that TMD promotes at the HOTTEST metal<br \/>\nnews site on the planet.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t cover every single credit (there are so many of you!! lol )&#8230; but here goes&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThanks to&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>DailyRadar&#8217;s &#8220;RevolverBlips&#8221;, Brave Words &#038; Bloody Knuckles, SMN News,<br \/>\nAntimusic.com, Metal Headz Asylum, Alabama&#8217;s Rock 105.9, Sacramento&#8217;s Eagle 96.9,<br \/>\nGibson.com, MetalBuzz Report, Metalsucks.net, Metal rules, Missoula, Montana&#8217;s 96.3 The Blaze&#8230; Alabama&#8217;s Rock 105.9, LAZARUS A.D., Cali&#8217;s 100.1 The Edge, DOWN NOLA, Mississippi&#8217;s 97.9 WCPR, Billings, Montana&#8217;s Rock107.5, the Music Industry Report, Artistdirect.com, Dallas Morning News, USA Today online, NPR online, IndiaTimes. GearsOfRock, Daylife.com, KFLY 101.5, Bruce Corbitt and WARBEAST, Kate Richardson and Philip H Anselmo of HO&#8211; USECORE RECORDS, Flint, Michigan&#8217;s 101.5, Artistopia.com, Abrexa, Krush Radio, Rock Star Fans, imagine wonderland , The OZfm, musichawk, Eddie Trunk (of &#8220;That Metal Show&#8221;)toomuchnews, MUSICBLIPS daily radar, Brazil&#8217;s Whiplash.net, SEDNA, beatcrave,  Liquida.com, Bruce Kulick (KISS\/GFR), Red Rocket Entertainment, Randy Rhoads Forever on Facebook and Randy Rhoads Society on Facebook, Guitar Edge, Ultimate Guitar, Music Radar, Baltimore Examiner, The Rock Radio, Viewzi, and Fixion media for our great new site ads!<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs you can imagine, this is a very exciting time for The Metal Den<br \/>\nas we grow towards becoming the undisputed king of heavy metal<br \/>\nnews sites.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI have achieved so much more than I ever imagined with my work<br \/>\nat TMD since I created it in Feb\/2005 &#8211; and I cannot wait to see what the<br \/>\nfuture holds for us all.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn closing, I send out the biggest thanks to my wonderful wife, Hope,<br \/>\nand my entire family.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs Ozzy always says&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;I love you all&#8221;,<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Randy &#8220;Rocket&#8221; Cody<br \/>\nCreator, TMD<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i189.photobucket.com\/albums\/z89\/themetalden2007\/tmd-banner.gif\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/rocketofthemetalden\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/rocketofthemetalden<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Den Headz! 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