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Hello my fellow metalheads, I wanted to briefly introduce all of you to my blog/website welcometothedarkside.org. welcometothedarkside.org is a website that promotes heavy metal and all of its sub genres which includes classic/traditional heavy metal, as well as extreme metal genres such as thrash, death, black, doom, and goth metal. welcometothedarkside.org celebrates heavy metal both past and present and serves the soul purpose of keeping the music alive for the next generation of future metal heads. Please check us out and help promote our cause !! Please check it out and give us some love!! Horns Up !!! Tim Shearn www.welcometothedarkside.org

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Just checked out your site, it seems like you're putting some effort into it and thought behind it. I did notice a number of spelling and grammatical errors though, and while the message still came through, it did seem to conflict with the more polished image of the rest of the site. Also, the subject matter seems to be mostly rooted in discussing the same things about the same big bands, and also the same common gripes that many metal fans seems to share. Not sure where I was going with that, just an observation.

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Hey thanks for checking out the site and thanks for the feedback. I usually try to clean up the spelling and grammar errors especially with blog posts however I do miss them frequently. It's nice to have another set of eyes. Any suggestions for content are always welcome as the site is a fluid idea and I want it to be a place where metal fans can bring unique ideas to discuss. Also I just want to promote the thing I love most which is metal music. Hope to hear more of your feedback in the future

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Not trying to tell you how to do your business or anything, but the sites that I always enjoy reading are the ones that help lead me to discovering music and/or opinions and perspectives that I haven't encountered before. Not just for new music, but also for older music that didn't get as much press or wasn't as well known for one reason or another. I know that other sites have been doing this as well, but seeing just how many metal fans are still just on the surface listening only to bands that have sold millions of albums, it couldn't hurt to show your readers some great releases that they're not yet familiar with. That's just my opinion though, it's your site and you can take it or leave it. I've been a metal fan for about half of my life, so many of the same old top 10's and debates about the big bands I've had so many times that I don't care to run through them again. Even if they're bands that I'm familiar with, I do still tend to read reviews and articles about bands and albums that aren't as frequently highlighted, as I haven't encountered as many opinions on them.

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Seriously I joined this forum to get deeper into the scene and find out what people are talking about beneath the surface. I wanted to get my feet wet with some of the more surface debates and well known bands, however I really want to move the site toward things that are really going on beneath the surface. Particularly those things that associated with extreme metal scene. I think you must have read my mind here because there is only so much that you can write about without repeating yourself when you working only within the tip of the iceberg. Seriously thanks again because the site is about the music and the fans.

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We're far from the most underground site or knowledgeable crew on the internet, but I'm sure that you can find plenty of stuff on these pages that you probably haven't heard of before, and if not, at least a number of bands that don't receive the appreciation and press that they deserve. I have stuck our recommendations threads at the top of each genre section that they exist in, where myself and others have posted tons of band recommendations, many of which have YouTube accompaniments to cut down on leg work for those who are searching. Dig in, feel free to ask if you have any questions, and enjoy exploring.

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