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REVIEWS: As a review medium we feature as many articles on new and staple releases that the team can possibly write. With PiercingMetal you are not only going to find CD and DVD reviews but also coverage on Concerts, Books that might interest the Metal Community and Events such as listening parties or showcases. We did this because sometimes there are things that might otherwise pass you and that would not be good to have happen. Our main page features the latest 20 items loaded up and we do aim to add something new almost every day. Every product review features a link to the item on Amazon.com so you will never be left wondering how to get a hold of something that intrigues you. Purchasing via these links not only helps your favorite bands, but also helps PiercingMetal.com since we are an affiliate to the mighty Amazon.com.

CONCERTS: We sure do go to a lot of them and take a ton of photos. It is as simple as that, so we ask that you adventure with us at them or relive them through our efforts. Each concert review and its image gallery draws up related links in Amazon.com that we ask you look into.

CALENDAR of EVENTS & RELEASES: The main page is also home to one of our most popular site features - our area Calendar of Events & Releases. This resource has been making waves as it features as many NYC and surrounding area shows as we are informed about. The team regularly checks and interacts with the popular venues like B.B. King Blues Club, Starland Ballroom and Irving Plaza to see what is happening and as a result you only need to look in one place to plan out your Metal adventures. It's also been helpful to out of state visitors who want to come here and map out the shows they want to see. We find that an amazing occurence. In addition to that the calendar features the key releases from labels such as Century Media Records, Nuclear Blast, SPV and Metal Blade Records. We obviously will not list every single release but the cream of the crop is more than enough to whet your appetite and make you seek more. If you know of shows that are missing, you are welcome to us a MySpace Message about it so we can look into it. Label it properly and be sure to provide official proof as we cannot load up heresay. Record Company reps are welcome to offer information on band showcases for the public as well as meet and greets as applicable. Sorry, we do not list anything unsigned on this calendar so don't even ask about it.

OurArtist Of The Month feature and our Search Engine reside on the main page as well and here is how they work. AOTM is now more of an Artist Focus and no longer changes every single month. Every so often we select a group and make them the focus so by clicking the proper section you call up a page that features every single related item on the whole site. To make this Artist Focus a little more interesting we have been backloading some remasters that were released inn order to add some meat to this content and give more interesting searches. We think you will like the results. The search allows you to use a criteria defined query on anything you type in the box. The entire site is searched and the results presented to you. If you enjoy KISS, just type their name and select Artist and boom all the KISS stuff appears. Give it a try as its kind of interesting to work with.

NEWS:For news we use two reliable sources and that might get added to based on demand and interest going forward but for now it is more than fine.

GALLERY:In 2008 we decided to make some strides in how we were presenting our wide variety of photo galleries. Until now one could only see them when they opened up the Concert reviews but nowadays they just click the section and can scroll through every band that has been shot from Industry Legend to up and coming super star. We love this part of the site and are hoping that you do as well.

BAND SUBMISSIONS/CROSS-NETWORKING: There are some independent bands who have their CD reviewed on our pages but it is not an area that we can focus on based on time constraints and the amount of work on our schedule. We do encourage bands to contact us and submit product for review consideration however, but remember it really needs to knock our socks off to be given any attention based on our committments to major label providers of content. Also, it is advised that you contact the editorial staff via the website as opposed to MySpace. This is more professional and easier to followup on. We WILL not reply to review requests or work submissions via MySpace, so dont even bother if you cant follow our simple requirement.

We have a Blog on MySpace that I encourage you sign up for to be made aware of our updates. I also feature this in the Forums Editorial but since you are here you might as well use the Space to your advantage. We created one of the Space Groups but at present I dont know what to do with it.