The metallers don’t like that Spotify, do they? Well, the American metal labels aren’t so thrilled with the streaming music platform, anyway. Perhaps it’s because metal fans are among the few still buying music the old fashion way. Anyway, Prosthetic Records has followed Century Media and Metal Blade in pulling its content from the Spotify service, with its co-owner EJ Johantgen telling LA Weekly “there [does] not appear to be an upside” to being part of the Spotify party and that payouts are “fractions of pennies”.
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