Not to be argumentative, but two things:
1) Radio isn't really about discovering new music anymore, it's about hearing a bunch of songs you like in a row with little to no effort.
2) Hard Attack, while it may not play the kind of metal that you guys think is "true," is still one of the more popular stations on Sirius, and even though that is a very specialized audience already, that still says something about metal radio.
1) STRONGLY Dissagree, Radio plays to a large audience with different tastes, hence why certain programming has a theme to it. Having a playlist is about hearing a bunch of songs you like in a row.
2) You are stressing the point that Popular = Good. Upon saying this you'd have to agree that Nickleback is one of the most musically talented groups out there right now. When I worked at a Record store a few years ago, Nickleback was #1 best selling album on the wall for over a year.
I point to my sig at this point.
I was only joking about your music tastes in the first place, but Metal radio does suck. Your show may be a popular metal show, but that just means the shitty show, isn't as shitty as the other shitty shows.
I'm not trying to start a fight or whatever, but the world revolves around making money. Metal doesn't make a lot of money. The world needs the shit bands that everyone else listens to so that record labels can earn money to keep the good bands that don't make half of the amount of money going. That means tons of shitty bands get lots of radio play and good bands get paired with the cash cows on tours. COB opening on Gigantour is such an example because Megadeth sells the ticket. Labels need to make money or else the industry will go completely under. Why else would a label like Roadrunner keep Nickelback other than Nickelback probably finances the entire label.
No one is talking Money and Popularity, we are talking "good music". Tons of shitty bands get on the radio, and I personally don't want to listen to a ton of shitty bands. I generally think a radio is shit if it has a ton of shitty bands being played. Good for people like Lars Ulrich who make millions, and apparently cause the world to round, that doesn't mean St. Anger was the worst album I've ever heard.
Roadrunner Records doesn't need the shitty popular bands to keep the lesser known good ones afloat, mainly because I don't think there is a good band on Roadrunner Records....All that comes to mind is Trivium and Slipknot.
I'm not sure who you are calling a shit band, Megadeth or CoB, because Megadeth is awesome
Although "good music" is 100% subjective, I stand firm on saying bands like Killswitch, Trivium, Slipknot, Metallica (yes I realize my name), and so forth are shit, and thats the kind of trash that gets played most frequently on Metal Radio.
Agalloch - The White
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
How I missed these two, especially Agalloch is beyond me.
Fuck, The White was awesome!
Edit: Wall OF Text!
This is what happens when I don't get my daily drugs >8(
I raged.
