Spirit of Metal webzine
| Spirit of Metal webzine | |
|---|---|
| Web address |
www |
| Slogan | "Think. Feel. Metal. " |
Type of site | Database for metal music, reviews, music news |
| Available in | 9 languages |
| Users | 41 306 (2009) |
| Launched | 2003 |
The Spirit of Metal webzine is an online collection of bands from Heavy Metal and its subgenres. SoM is similar to the Encyclopaedia Metallum. The difference between the two online collection portals is that Spirit of Metal bands also included in its encyclopedia that have their roots in the Hardcore Punk. The site originated in France.
Since the founding of the website in 2003, there are Spirit of Metal in 9 languages (French, German, English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Polish and Portuguese).
In addition to the tape archive, Spirit of Metal acts as a messaging service. So band messages are created, conducted interviews, concert reviews published and album reviews, which are corrected by the professional staff and published thereafter. Interviews, reviews and news to be published in French or English. Spirit of Metal also sells its own T-shirts. Many well-known musicians from world-renowned groups, including Sharon Janny den Adel (Within Temptation), Edu Falaschi (Angra), Janne Wirman (Children of Bodom), Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Simone Simons (Epica) and Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity)[1] Members have to discuss bands and other topics in the forum the opportunity. Even private messages outside the forum are possible.
Another difference to the Metal Archives is that bands at Spirit of Metal for some time can not be added, which represented a questionable political ideology. Politically-oriented bands (especially extreme right-wing groups) that were registered prior to the control are marked with a crossed swastika.
In addition, Spirit of Metal comparable to portals such as Vampster and Powermetal.de. Since 2003 there is also a portal that specializes in rock bands. This is called Spirit of Rock webzine. According to the official Facebook presence of the music archive, Spirit of Metal represents the world's largest online encyclopedia of Metal and rock.
External links
- Official Homepage (Spirit of Metal) (French, German, English, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese)
- Official Homepage (Spirit of Rock) (all the above languages except Polish)
- Spirit of Metal at Facebook
- Spirit of Metal (Alexa Rank)
References
- ↑ Spirit of Metal: SoM -Shirts