thats the cool thing with the internet. you get to hear what an album is like before spending yer hard earned cash on it. if i'd have had the net at the time there is no way i would have payed a 'kin penny for LOAD & RE-LOAD
I never buy my CD's because of reviews in the so called rock mags.
If I did that I would never have bought Paradise Lost's - BIN (a very, very good album) after Kerrap mag gave it one K.
true dude
i aint bought kerrrappp or even metal hammer for years now ... i wanna read about metal and rock. not the total pants that these mags are interested in!!!!
You mean you heard Load and went ahead and bought Re-Load anyway??!!
Yeah Metal Hammer does indeed suck arse these days. It used to be alright, but I flicked through a new imported copy of it the other day and it was complete fucking crap, the whole lot of it.
I didn't answer the poll, because I don't know if hearing songs over Internet radio counts as downloading...sometimes I buy CDs without hearing anything beforehand, but only with a recommendation and knowledge obtained from reviews...no impulse buying for me.
I just use this page ---->>> http://music.mirkwood.net and the judgements of people whose tastes match mine most of the time. Just based on metal. Basically my home online since 1999. I also look at lots of reviews online. Magazines suck. I have been buying blind for a long time and have a great strike-rate. Maybe 6-7 stinkers over the last few years. Then I can always trade.
NP:Overkill - Bloodletting blind buy but I know the previous material band