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01 Apr

All things Metallica

By Web-Reviews.com @ 9:53 pm
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Metallica is one of the most popular heavy metal bands of all time.  They released their first album in 1983 (Kill ‘Em All) and have continually produced albums since.  Metallica has many fan pages dedicated to them but on of their best is the Unofficial Metallica Site, MetPage.org
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MetPage.org provides quite a bit of information about Metallica and their music.  With information ranging from tour dates to album releases all the way to lyrics I found this Metallica site to be quite informative.  I did however find that some of the content was not completed (guitar tabs) and some of the content you had to be signed up with the website to access.  I don’t mind signing up for a free service but I did find it odd what content the made exclusive to their members.
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MetPage.org has a fairly simple design that is easy to navigate.  I did find quite a few dead links in the discography section of the site and some of the main navigation links unexpectedly lead to other websites.  I did find the look of the site to be appealing and there is a nice constant theme to the entire site.
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Overall I found MetPage.org to be informative and rather useful.  I would like to see a few of the issues fixed (dead links, odd members only content) and I think the site has quite a bit of potential.  As a Metallica fan myself I will be checking in on this site a few times in the future.  If you are a Metallica fan you will most likely enjoy this site, if you are not a fan, this site is not for you!
Pros: Great resource, tons of Metallica related info.
Cons: Design issues and incomplete content.
The Unofficial Metallica Site

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25 Mar

4 Star Music Blog!

By Web-Reviews.com @ 11:51 am
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There are so many genres of music I enjoy listening to that keeping track of them can be quite a daunting task.  I have found many Alternative Rock blogs, many Classic Rock blogs and many other genre specific blogs.  ZMEMusic.com covers them all!
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ZMEMusic.com is a blog based website that offers quite a bit of high quality content.  The site offers reviews, news, tour dates and much much more.  I found the reviews to be informative, the news to be accurate and useful and found that they cover just about every genre of music there has ever been.I would like to see more industry related news.  The music industry is going threw a giant transition and the record labels are slowly dying.  I think if ZMEMusic.com would offer their unique perspective on this subject this site could be 5 star.
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ZMEMusic.com has a simple and attractive design.  The 3 column blog design is familiar and easy to use.  This site puts ads above some of its navigation and that always deducts a little from the design rating, but not all of the navigation is obstructed by ads.  I also found that on some posts the right side navigation bar drops to the bottom of the page.Almost every post has images attached to them of the band that is being discussed and this helps keep my attention.  I found the use album covers for links to album reviews to be rather interesting and added to the fun of the site.
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I found ZMEMusic.com to be rather useful and entertaining.  Keeping track of the music industry can be daunting and ZMEMusic.com is a site I will be visiting often.
Pros: Great information,  frequently updated blog.
Cons: A few navigation issues, I would like to see more opinions on the industry.
ZME Music Blog

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