Suno, the AI music platform valued at $5.4 billion, has published a new set of operating principles alongside strict download limits and audio watermarking, moves that follow a German court defeat, a massive data breach exposing scraped content, and active copyright lawsuits from Universal Music Group and Sony Music. With an estimated $4.6 billion in annual artist revenue at risk from AI-generated music by 2028, here is everything the heavy music community needs to know. Continue reading
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Classic Heavy Metal Song “Crazy Train” Joins The Spotify “Billions Club”
For the second time in his career, Ozzy Osbourne has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with his classic debut solo hit song, “Crazy Train!” Ryan J. Downey’s Stream and Destroy newsletter shared the news. Ozzy previously joined the club in 2024 when Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” hit the mark. “Crazy Train” joins other recent Rock and Metal anthems from bands such as System of A Down, Soundgarden, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Disturbed, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more! Many of Ozzy’s solo concerts for decades ended with “Crazy Train!” The song hit the charts again after the death of Randy Rhoads, with a live version charting from the Tribute album, with the help of a classic MTV video. The news comes just one week before the anniversary of Ozzy’s passing last July 22nd. Other rock and metal tracks on the list include Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”, Aerosmith’s “Dream On”, Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger”, Papa Roach’s “Last Resort”, Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City”, Evanescence’s “Bring Me To Life” and more. 500 songs, mostly Pop, Rap and Country, have made the list so far. Billions Club as a playlist first launched in 2020 and includes all of the songs on Spotify that have surpassed one billion streams on the platform. After the achievement, Spotify gifts artists the Billions Club plaque. Continue reading
CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Metallica’s Classic Album “Master of Puppets” Turns 40
Metallica surpasses another milestone in their storied career as Master of Puppets turns 40 years-old. The band has a big year planned with the newly announced Life Burns Faster at The Sphere, and many more MOP integrations, likely on tap. Long considered Metallica’s finest work, the thrash metal classic is the final album to feature bassist Cliff Burton! Last year, the album’s title track became the band’s third song to surpass 1 Billion streams on Spotify, following “Enter Sandman” (1.65B) and Nothing Else Matters” (1.34B) in the Spotify Billions Club playlist. The song got a second life in the last few years, with it featuring in the popular Netflix show Stranger Things, which caused it to go viral and mint a new generation of Metallica fans.
Happy 40th Master of Puppets!