No Clean Singing

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No Clean Singing
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Type of site
Music, news and media
Headquarters Seattle, Washington,
U.S.
OwnerIslander
Created by
  • Islander
  • Alexis
  • IntoTheDarkness
URL nocleansinging.com
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedNovember 2009;15 years ago (2009-11)

No Clean Singing is an American heavy metal news and media website based in Seattle. The website primarily covers extreme music, [1] and "bands with vocalists who exclusively scream, growl, or otherwise avoid melodic, 'traditional' singing". [2] [3] Islander is the site's owner. [4]

No Clean Singing features news, album reviews, interviews, and event calendars. [2] Unlike most heavy metal websites, it does not publish negative reviews. [5] Islander has said that when he launched the website, he vowed that he would "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." [4]

History

No Clean Singing was founded in November 2009 by Islander, Alexis, and IntoTheDarkness. [1] [6] 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". [4] By 2012, the site had regular writers based in three US cities, and some based in Japan and the United Kingdom. [1]

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. [4] 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+). [4] Although the site itself does not feature any advertising, Islander has had to pay to promote the site on Facebook; [4] he has publicly criticized the platform's EdgeRank algorithm for limiting the site's (and other blogs) reach unless they paid for promotion. [7] [8]

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]

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