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No Clean Singing
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Type:Music, news and media
Owner:Islander
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Location:Seattle, Washington
Country:U.S.

No Clean Singing is an American heavy metal news and media website based in Seattle. The website primarily covers extreme music, and "bands with vocalists who exclusively scream, growl, or otherwise avoid melodic, 'traditional' singing".[1] [2] Islander is the site's owner.

No Clean Singing was founded in November 2009 by Islander, Alexis, and IntoTheDarkness.[3] [4] The site was named in reference to Islander's dislike of Myke Terry, then-vocalist of Bury Your Dead, feeling his use of clean vocals (in contrast to previous vocalist Mat Bruso) was part of "an awful trend". By 2012, the site had regular writers based in three US cities, and some based in Japan and the United Kingdom.[3]

In a May 2016 interview, Islander reported that No Clean Singing had received 1.1 million page views and about 260,000 users in the previous six months, with 40% of its internet traffic coming from the United States.[5] At that point, the site's most popular post was their 2014 review of Babymetal's 2014 debut album (21,000+ views), followed by a post about Gojira (20,000) and a review of Devin Townsend's Deconstruction (2011) by writer Andy Synn (16,000+).[5] Although the site itself does not feature any advertising, Islander has had to pay to promote the site on Facebook;[5] he has publicly criticized the platform's EdgeRank algorithm for limiting the site's (and other blogs) reach unless they paid for promotion.[6] [7]

No Clean Singing features news, album reviews, interviews, and event calenders.[1] Unlike most heavy metal websites, it does not publish negative reviews.[8] Islander has said that when he launched the website, he vowed that he "write about music I liked and wanted to recommend, rather than pretend to be some kind of critic [...] [and] to support music I enjoyed rather than tell people what they shouldn't listen to or make fun of bands."[5]

In 2017, No Clean Singing collaborated with Invisible Oranges and Southwest Terrorfest to launch the Northwest Terrorfest.[9] [10] The website continues to sponsor the festival.[11] [12] [13]

References

  1. Book: Archer-Capuzzo, Sonia . Metaldata: A Bibliography of Heavy Metal Resources . Capuzzo . Guy . Music Library Association & A-R Editions, Inc. . 2021 . 9780895798923 . 24.
  2. Web site: Roche . Jason . March 21, 2013 . Our Top Ten Online Resources for Metal Knowledge . June 25, 2024 . LA Weekly.
  3. News: June 26, 2012 . Blog jam: No Clean Singing . May 27, 2024 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . May 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527164834/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jun/26/blog-jam-no-clean-singing . live .
  4. Web site: Islander . About . May 27, 2024 . No Clean Singing . en-US . May 11, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240511013454/https://www.nocleansinging.com/about/ . live .
  5. Web site: Choksi . Kunal . May 12, 2016 . Interview with No Clean Singing owner Islander . May 27, 2024 . Transcending Obscurity . en-US . January 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128094116/https://tometal.com/interview-no-clean-singing-owner-islander/ . live .
  6. Web site: Neilstein . Vince . March 26, 2014 . Is Facebook Trying to Extort Bands and Brands? . May 27, 2024 . . en . March 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305081051/https://www.metalsucks.net/2014/03/26/facebook-trying-extort-bands-brands/ . live .
  7. Web site: Islander . March 22, 2014 . The Latest Extortion From Facebook . May 27, 2024 . No Clean Singing . en-US.
  8. Web site: Guard . Old . April 2, 2014 . Mainstreaming Metal - Part 3: Fraud (The Home Team) . May 27, 2024 . Last Rites . en-US.
  9. Web site: Cory . Ian . February 6, 2017 . Northwest Terrorfest adds Warning, Young And In The Way . May 27, 2024 . Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog . en-US . February 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205035835/https://www.invisibleoranges.com/northwest-terrorfest-adds-warning-young-and-in-the-way/ . live .
  10. Web site: Injection . Metal . February 6, 2017 . Bringing Warning To America: An Interview With Terrorfest Founder David Rodgers . May 27, 2024 . Metal Injection . en-US . March 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324191143/https://metalinjection.net/news/bringing-warning-to-america-an-interview-with-terrorfest-founder-david-rodgers . live .
  11. Web site: Northwest Terror Fest announced full 2023 lineup ft AUTOPSY, MISERY INDEX, GHOUL, & more . May 27, 2024 . lambgoat.com . en . February 6, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206232846/https://www.lambgoat.com/news/37547/autopsy-misery-index-ghoul-more-announce-for-northwest-terror-fest/ . live .
  12. Web site: Macmillan . Paul . December 21, 2023 . Northwest Terror Fest with Repulsion, Amenra, Forbidden, Primitive Man, MVTANT, and More, Opening Next Batch of Tickets . May 27, 2024 . Ghost Cult Magazine . en-US.
  13. Web site: Diers . Kevin . April 18, 2023 . Northwest Terror Fest Returns for Three Days of Brutal Riffs . May 27, 2024 . The Stranger . en . June 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607095503/https://www.thestranger.com/spring-music-2023/2023/04/12/78945073/the-best-death-metal-fest-in-seattle . live .

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