Anyone own one of these things? I tried out xm radio on my pc awhile back and it was God awful. The metal station was just a bunch of metalcore crap. Is it the same on sirius?
Sirius Radio
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I have Sirius. It was given to me as a gift. The metal station definitely plays too much metalcore, but you hear some good stuff too. They also have a daily show specializing in death, grind, black, etc. There are also shows on stoner metal and a pretty cool program on the history of metal. I don't hear it much, because it's on in the middle of Sun. afternoon, and I'm usually doing the wife and kids thing then.
The daily show featuring deathmetal comes on after midnight am I right? Do they also play a bunch of nu-metal buffoonery? The channels website listed "Korn" as one of of the featured bands
lizard
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I have an XM....I don't listen to the metal station though, I mostly use it for sports, and the Phil Hendrie Show. If you live in a place that doesn't have alot of choice as far as decent radio stations, its a good deal. but yeah, if you were going to use it for just the metal, you might be disappointed. I'm really not surprised its the way it is, though, because that's what's selling right now.
Not a great deal of it, besides some Korn and Slipknot. Occasional other stuff, but mostly it's the metalcore that gets old.Atlas Shrugged said:
There are also a lot of other cool music and talk stations. If the metal station is playing crap, I usually switch it to the hair metal station, because they play a lot of shit that isn't hair metal (Maiden, Priest, etc) or the classic hard rock station. There are 3 or 4 alternative stations I like too. Lots of sports stuff too, exlusive NFL broadcasts, and English Premier League soccer, which I dig.
lizard
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here's what XM says you'll hear on Liquid Metal:
Sepultura
Beneath The Remains
Lamb Of God
Boot Scraper
Pantera
By Demons Been Driven
Hatebreed
Smash Your Enemies
Vampire Mooose
Spiderman Vs. Venom
Six Feet Under
War Machine
Watch Them Die
Resurrection
Damage Plan
New Found Power
Slayer
Skeletons Of Society
Dimmu Borgir
Cataclysm Children
Sepultura
Beneath The Remains
Lamb Of God
Boot Scraper
Pantera
By Demons Been Driven
Hatebreed
Smash Your Enemies
Vampire Mooose
Spiderman Vs. Venom
Six Feet Under
War Machine
Watch Them Die
Resurrection
Damage Plan
New Found Power
Slayer
Skeletons Of Society
Dimmu Borgir
Cataclysm Children
Hell Mike
fuck melodic black metal
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
That playlist isn't too far removed from your typical Headbanger's Ball, and since Clear Channel has holdings in XM some of the music programs probably aren't going to be too adventurous, but it's still a recommended alternative to the pitiful state of traditional radio.
If you can afford it.
Still not as good as internet radio. Or just playing CDs in your car.
If you can afford it.
Still not as good as internet radio. Or just playing CDs in your car.
lizard
Member
well, like I say, I don't use XM for music....Columbus radio market blows chunks and this multiplies my options by a factor of about 462637689....and at only slightly more than $10 a month, very worth it.
dill_the_devil
OneMetal.com Music Editor
http://www.totalrock.com - streams over the internet, and generally speaking the DJs will play absolutely anything you request... I've asked for Godflesh, Meshuggah, Suffocation, Agnostic Front, Napalm Death, Pelican, and even Spinal Tap, and they've been played, usually within ten minutes of me emailing!
I use live365.com when I wish to listen to metal radio. A couple good stations on there. (Rapture Radio is pretty decent)
The main thing I listen to on Sirius (via Dish Network) is the Hair Metal station. They have a decent mix on there if you like that style (RATT, Dokken, Whitesnake, Saigon Kick etc.). Also the Classic HArd Rock has some cool stuff. I agree on the "Metal" channel too much of the Nu era stuff.
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
You potty mouth lover.
haha...that will indeed be interesting to see how his show changes / gets back to like it was years ago.
haha...that will indeed be interesting to see how his show changes / gets back to like it was years ago.
lizard
Member
I think it's really got to...he's going to revel in an unregulated medium, but I've read that he can only afford to go so far, or Congress will have a fit and decide to regulate satellite.
That wouldn't be possible I would THINK (and from what I have read/heard about all of it) because think of the implications that would have for cable television? In reality (if I am not mistaken) channels like TNT, TBS, etc can show whatever they want but choose not to. Just like HBO shows whatever. It's a medium that people pay and subscribe to vs. normal radio/Tv where it is governed etc.
On the other hand I don't think Stern will go TOO crazy because he knows a ton of people listen to him from work and they'd like to continue doing so.
On the other hand I don't think Stern will go TOO crazy because he knows a ton of people listen to him from work and they'd like to continue doing so.
lizard
Member
well see, Senators like the idea of on-demand cable porn
but the laws on media regulation were written before satellite and cable; they can always be rewritten to include new technology.
but the laws on media regulation were written before satellite and cable; they can always be rewritten to include new technology.
lizard
Member
okay I'm reading that the key is that satellite is not controlled via broadcast licenses. but I still wonder if laws could be initiated, or at least threatened, the way they pushed the major music companies into label warnings on CDs.
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