Regular readers will be well aware of my extreme antipathy for the condensed node of FAIL that is MySpace, but even I’d be hard pressed to claim it was useless.
Nuclear Blast Records seem pretty keen on it, and they’re teaming up with the inexplicably popular crapfest social networking platform to run a competition to find and sign a new and as-yet undiscovered metal band. Here’s what they have to say:
In the past, bands from around the world went unnoticed due to the deficiency of their music’s distribution. Since then, there has been a drastic change in digital world and made its way to the front of the line. During this time, an online community named MySpace rose from the ashes and gave thousands of bands the opportunity to share their music with the world.
Well, there’s a double-edged sword, right there. But enough of my cynicism:
Nuclear Blast Records is offering YOUR Metal band the chance to sign a worldwide record deal! In a unique contest in collaboration with MySpace International, unsigned Metal bands from around the world will have the opportunity to win a contract with the leading label for (extreme) metal music.
HOW CAN YOUR BAND ENTER THE CONTEST?
If you’re a fresh sounding Metal band, you’ve already fulfilled part of the requirements to participate. All you have to do is send your MySpace Band Page link (make sure your band page has a biography and band picture) in a message to:
www.myspace.com/NuclearBlastMySpaceBandContest
Your songs will then be heard and judged by an international team of Nuclear Blast representatives.
RULES:
- Band must be unsigned
- Band should play Metal
- Absolutely no cover bands
- Own your song material
- No offensive material – Fascism and racism will not be tolerated
- No song material older than 2 years
- Bands music should be in the English language
- Bands must be able to speak and communicate in English
HOW LONG WILL THE CONTEST LAST?
The duration of the contest is from May 5, 2008 until October 1, 2008.
Well, there you go. If you want to find out about the prizes and all that stuff, you should click through to the Nuclear Blast MySpace Band Contest page … but then you probably all did that as soon as you saw the link further up. *sigh*
Damned MySpace. I was never popular at school, either, y’know. 
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