The Weird Global Appeal of Heavy Metal

[Vass]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weird-global-appeal-of-heavy-metal-1455819419

behind a paywall, but worth a read if you want to pick up today's WSJ.

Basically makes the point that as economies grow, like "mushrooms after the rain", metal scenes appear.

I did not know that the President of Indonesia wears Napalm Death and Metallica shirts. The fact that he does makes me feel a little better about the world.

[dg]

Pretty cool! No paywall if you open in private tab / incognito mode

[Sephiroth]

Just press stop loading as soon as the text is up, and no paywall.

[buzzsaww]

If you're on a mobile using reader view seems to beat the paywall too.

[Newc]

"In late August, Sony Music Entertainment bought Century Media Records,"

Well, there goes another money-grab. Turns out CM was in it for the money and not for helping artists/bands. I can imagine Sony keeps tight oversight to make sure they sign what's trending, and that new acts are playing what's selling, just like every other label and every other genre.