| Live 4 Metal was originally
launched in April 2001, over at
Live4Metal.com. The site ran for over 8 and a half
years, until it closed in November 2009, mainly due to
the fact that the site had grown to a size that was no
longer manageable. After a 3
month break, the new smaller (and easier to manage)
version of Live 4 Metal was launched here at the new
.org domain. The original intention was to update the
site once a month, but the format didn't really work
with my schedule, so from now on, the site will be published
about 3 or 4 times a week, normally between Tuesday and
Friday |
| Things got a little crazy over at
the old site and some months we ended up covering over a
130 cds in a 4 week period. This time around, we are
going to have a monthly cap on reviews at about 40 cds a
month. But this will vary slightly depending on the time
of year. And will all
labels, bands and PR's note, this site is not just about
reviews. Interviews and features are just as important
to us, so please don't offer us a dozen new releases at
a time as your email will be ignored.
With this in mind,
and because we have a smaller team, this is the music we
are covering on the site.
We'll gladly cover the
following:
Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, Grind, Viking/Pagan, Gothic,
Power, Dark Ambient, Industrial, Progressive, Stoner... and of
course Traditional Heavy Metal.
We won't cover the following:
Hardcore, (most styles ending in Core) Post Metal, Nu-Metal,
Emo, most forms of Modern Metal, Pop Punk.
And please keep it current:
We try and review new releases around the actual release
date and if is cd is more than 3 months old for major
release and 4 or 5 months for smaller releases, we may
not cover your cd.
Downloads:
We work with a number of larger labels that use the
ipool or equivalent system. We can only download so many
albums per month, so preference will go to the labels
and PR's that service us with review material on a
regular basis.
Please note that we do not review albums via online
streaming sites such as MySpace.
Get in touch:
If you want to contact us before sending a cd to ensure
that'll we'll cover it, please email us at:
Live4MetalHQ@aol.com |
