I wish there was something as good as Audio Galaxy around. That's what I used till it bought the farm. You could choose the bitrate and everything. It was just perfect. Nowadays I go through my local ISP's newsgroup service (usenet). There is quite a few mp3 groups on there and you can make requests for specific things and most of the time there can be some pretty decent finds. It's always full albums too. If you wanna go that way try these groups: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.heavy-metal , alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.rock.metal . I also like the groups: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1990s , alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s , and alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.gothic-industrial. Make sure you use a program like Free Agent to be able to download the binary attachments. Its the program I use and it helps out alot. Kazzaa and Bearshare suck sandy camel balls. Can't stand to use them and they are a last resort kinda thing. Everytime I use any of them I can't look at any websites or if I close Bearshare , sometimes I get the blue screen of death. I also get terrible search results on them too. Another place you might try out is good ol IRC. It's been there from the begining and will always be there. I use the dalnet and undernet servers. You can sometimes find good quality mp3s there but most of the time its 128 bitrate crap. Lately ques have been terrible on IRC. If you do go on IRC go to #mp3-metal , #metalmusic , and maybe #mp3-metal ... or just type " /list mp3 " in status window and pick out a channel that bests suits your needs.
happy hunting... untill the next audio galaxy clone comes along :/
JAH