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I'm certain you can find many good resources on how to promote your band. Myself, I've read quite a bit of what Matt Bacon of Dropout Media and Niko from Moshpit Pr write on this topic. So if you want to know what to do to get more attention to your band, go and read what they have to say. That is not the topic of this post.  This post will deal with how not to do it. 1. "The dickpick of the metal world". It basically goes like this: someone adds me as friend on social media (facebook in my case) and asks me to check out their band without any other interaction. Now, why would I want to stop listening to the band I'm already listening to and check out your band in stead? The classic reply is something in the lines of "well, why not?" and "If the song is bad nothing happens, if the song is good you lost your chance". Well, I as everyone else have limited time, and the worst thing that happens is that I spend a minute listening to your subpar ban...

Reviewed for: The Metal Lab Band: Avory Release: Foundations / Wreck Release date: August 23, 2019 Record label: self released Genre: post-hardcore / alternative rock From: Nothingham, UK   Avory is a 4-piece formed in 2018 consisting of Zack Corden on vocals and bass guitar, Jack Elsome on Drums Drew Mangham-Dewhurst and Jamie Haffield on guitars. Foundations and Wreck is their second offering, having already released 2 songs in spring 2019.   The 2 songs sent to me for review, “Foundations” and “Wreck” are well composed and offer more complexities than mainstream rock, which would be the market Avory would have to compete in. The songs are mixed and polished, and would do well on mainstream radio. The mix is a bit too wet for my taste, and I think particularly the vocals would stand better out with less delay. Most of the vocals are quite mellow, which makes the shouting vocals in the middle of “Wreck” an interesting contrast.   Unlike traditional hardcore, here is more...