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\nIt’s been a while since I rocked one of these out, so I figured now
\nwas as good a time as any to recap 2010 and the incredible achievements
\nthat were accomplished this year at the HOTTEST heavy metal news site in the
\nworld: TheMetalDen.com<\/strong>.
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\nTMD’s site is on pace for roughly 300,000 total page views in 2010 and 150,000 visitors!<\/strong>
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\nNot one penny has been spent by myself or my partner, Eddie Karam, on any
\nadvertising for TMD’s site… so I would definitely say these numbers are
\nterribly encouraging for a relatively young site that has only been in operation
\nsince 2007. The advertising you see on our site is provided through our new partnership
\nwith Fixion Media and really has been working out great so far.
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\nIt’s crazy to think how many sites published TMD news this year that had never
\nbefore, so I want to thank a few killer peeps who have really helped me
\nget a wider audience for The Metal Den. Big thanks to Keavin Wiggins over @antimusic,
\nwhich feeds TMD news directly to all sorts of metal and rock radio sites all over America,
\nincluding KZJK-FM – 104.1 JACK FM Saint Louis Park, MN, WRIF (101.1 FM) in Detroit,
\nartistdirect.com, and so many more. Thanks to my bro Evil G at metalrules.com for his
\ncontinued support, along with Metal Tim over at Bravewords and Bloody Knuckles in Canada,
\nand man, there’s just been so many sites… well over 200 that TMD news appeared on
\nin 2010… other names like Gibson.com, Crave Online, and Nikki Sixx’s “Sixx Sense Radio”…so
\nfor that I am very thankful.
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\nI really want to send thanks out to Bruce Corbitt of RIGOR MORTIS and WARBEAST
\nfor all his killer support of TMD and for helping me land my first interview with
\nlegendary PANTERA\/DOWN vocalist Philip H. Anselmo. I want to thank Philip and
\nKate Richardson at Housecore Records for honoring me and TMD by publishing the interview
\ndirectly on the official DOWN site. I am still speechless over this one… cause honestly, I didn’t
\nthink I’d ever score the interview. Needless to say, Anselmo was on fire during our
\ndiscussion and truly gave me his best interview of the year… that’s just my opinion!
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\nThe other incredible interviews this year were with Ex-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Katon of
\nHIRAX, Jason McMaster of WATCHTOWER\/DANGEROUS TOYS fame… Ex-EXODUS
\nvocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza… LAZARUS A.D., MUTINY WITHIN, Ex-FLATLINE guitarist
\nRandy Weitzel… just to name a few. Wow! It’s been a rocker!!
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\nSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR, Frontiers Records, Metalblade Records, Red Rocket Entertainment,
\n60 Cycle Media, Vanity Music Group and anyone else I have left out that helped bring artist
\ncontent\/press releases to TMD in 2010. These are the folks that are truly unsung in this business…
\nthey ALL do awesome work… and it’s been a pleasure to be working together!!
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\nFinally, here at year’s end I am hard at work on TMD’s Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of 2010<\/strong> list, so watch out for that. It will post at TMD’s site in later December. Other than that, I plan on pissing
\noff a lot more people in 2011 than I did this year… because jealousy happens when you’re
\nan outsider like TMD, making a run at becoming the most popular metal news site of them all.
\nI believe it’s gonna happen… the numbers at this early stage put the game in my favor. If I were
\nthe dorks at these other metal sites who hate my game so much… I would be in fear… ’cause
\nyour time as a trendy metal media outlet is coming to an end, trust me! Peeps want the good stuff…
\nthe underground metal music that matters, even old school names like Beow\u00fclf, who you will
\nbe hearing from in 2011 with their new album with Ex-SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bassist
\nLouiche Mayorga. Major thanks to Dale Henderson – and Cyco Mike Muir – for all the inspiration
\nover the years that helped me get to where I am with TMD today. These lames out
\nthere trashing my moves at TMD straight up wish they grew up in the Venice, California heavy
\nmusic scene in the 80’s like I did… so they could have gotten a proper education — and that’s why most these poser metal sites (You know who you are) continue to promote candy ass radio rock posing as a metal band. TMD works hard daily to promote the coolest new “unsigned” metal talent like Indiana’s
\nDELIVER US FROM EVIL… and kick out the ultimate historical articles on METALLICA, SLAYER, RANDY RHOADS, MOTLEY CRUE, etc…
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\nIf I made a few of you mad cause I posted an early demo or bootleg recording to my
\nreaders as something “unearthed” and you already had heard it… oh well. Not everyone
\nsits on those bootleg sites 24\/7… so a lot of the work I do is to try and ‘shed light’ on
\nsomething that the mass audience as a whole would not typically know about. These
\narticles are a blast to research and write… AND they get a ton of media exposure… so
\nit’s a win\/win for most of us at least. The nice messages I get from you readers is the most
\nrewarding part… so thanks for the good vibes!!
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\nI will conclude this update by thanking my wife, Hope, and all of our immediate family,
\nwho continue to scratch their heads when I tell them I run a heavy metal news site for
\na living. Ha! Horns UP, Den Headz… without all of your continued viewership, none
\nof this would matter. Let’s get ready to have a rocking 2011!
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