News: Heavy Metal in Michigan

Stuff Going on in MI Metal and MPN

TICKET GIVEAWAYS TONIGHT 11-25

Megadeth, Fear Factory and Nonpoint in Grand Rapids 11-26 at The Orbit Room The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Fallujah and Wolvhammer in Grand Rapids 11-26 at The Intersection Go to www.Facebook.com/MoshPitNationWestMI and look for the contest posts Give the...

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Metal News For The Week of 11.25.13

THIS WEEK’S CONCERTS: Tues. 11/26  The Orbit Room : Grand Rapids: Megadeth, Fear Factory & Nonpoint Tues. 11/26  The Intersection : Grand Rapids: The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Fallujah & Wolvhammer ***MoshPitNation will be there with MPN Gear Wed....

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Metal News for The Week of 11.18.13

Heavy Metal News for the week of 11.18.13 …. upcoming shows, Rob Zombie book signing in GR, Lamb of God plays Grand Rapids, Mastodon releases a new beer “Black Tongue” and GWAR releases a GWARtoon.

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Get Your Band into the Heavyweights

The annual Heavyweight Championship is the only long-standing, all-local battle of the bands in West Michigan, and only the best heavy bands in the area are selected to participate. If you think your band has what it takes, here’s what you’ve got to do:

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Translating Heavy Metal Energy Into Mental Love

Translating Heavy Metal Energy Into Mental Love

“Why do you listen to that crazy, violent, scary metal music?” The answer is simple: the energy. Music is sound waves, sound waves are energy. Therefore music is energy. But metal music has an energy all its own. There’s nothing like it anywhere. Especially when...

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Local Metal is Cheap and Easy

Local Metal is Cheap and Easy

There’s only so much money until payday, I get it. But you want some metal in your life. What are you gonna do? Local metal is the answer. It’s cheap. How many big metal shows can you get into for $5 or less? The answer is zero. How many local metal shows can you get...

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Michigan Outdoor Metal Festivals – The Drought Is Over

Michigan Outdoor Metal Festivals – The Drought Is Over

It’s been a couple of summers since there was a good outdoor, local metal music festival, and people miss it. I hear all the time: “When is MoshPitNation going to do a festival?” They want to enjoy the fun and freedom of an outdoor show. “Let’s get drunk, listen to...

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Social Media Is A Metalhead’s Best Friend

Social Media Is A Metalhead’s Best Friend

Facebook isn’t just for your drama-soaked friends. Ignore the friend requests, unfriend the drama lamas and LIKE your favorite bands instead! One of the reasons that metal bands can make it on their own without as much mainstream support is social media. It is also...

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Do-It-Yourself Heavy Music Scene

Do-It-Yourself Heavy Music Scene

  As heavy metal music gets less and less media coverage these days, metal radio stations get murdered (R.I.P. WKLQ), and clubs and bars go out of business, metalheads are left with no designated home for metal in Grand Rapids. Our heavy music scene has been...

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