Article: Blog Categories

This article explains the different featured categories found on this blog site. A link to each category can be found at the bottom of the navigation bar on the right side of this page.

A Look Back
These look at one-time events that have happened in the Studio's history.

Album of the Week
This feature focuses on different albums that have been released by the Studio. This is a weekly feature that gets posted every Sunday.

Article
These are articles on various topics having to do with the Studio in some regards.

Blog News
This is where you will find news about this blog website.

Collector's Corner
These are items that are currently housed in the Metal XOR Studio Museum. They are collectible items that range from posters to objects that inspired songs to pieces of Studio history. You might find anything featured in this section!

Interviews
The first three installments were to make available past interviews conducted with the Studio. It will also be where you will find future interviews.

Just for Fun
These items are just for a quick laugh.

Listen Online
Occasionally a song will be posted that you can listen to online or download to your computer. This will announce when a new song has been posted.

Lyric Booklet
There have been a few albums released that had an accompanying lyric booklet. Each installment of this feature will focus on one of those lyric booklets.

Project Spotlight
This feature is posted each Wednesday. Each week a different Studio project is highlighted. The posts include origins of the project name, members of the project, albums that the project has released, and various facts regarding the project.

State of the Studio
These are posted on the first of every month and are an update on what has been happening in the Studio and future plans.

Studio News
If there is any news to report coming from the Studio, this is where you will find it.

This Day in Studio History
There are certain big dates in the Studio history, such as album releases or new versions of the Studio being built. This section will highlight those historic dates.

Update: Since the original post there have been a few new blog categories added.

Collectible Cards
This feature announces the release of the monthly sets of Metal XOR collectible cards. The series began in October 2009 and will run as long as the card sets keep coming out.

Equipment File
This is the feature that replaced the weekly Wendesday feature Musician Profile. There are a finite number of musicians who have worked with the Studio, so when the blog ran out of musicians to highlight it switched to the equipment that has been used. Each week described a different piece of equipment.

Musician Profile
This is the feature that replaced the weekly Wednesday feature Project Spotlight. There are a finite number of projects that have worked with the Studio, so when the blog ran out of projects to highlight it switched to individual musicians who have worked with the Studio.

ORC Update
This was a weekly feature on Mondays to track the progress of the new ORC album. It lasted for eight weeks, then was put on hold when the album was put on hold. It will resume when recording resumes.

Studio Chapter
This is the feature that replaced the weekly Monday feature ORC Update. Each week another 'era' of the Studio's history is explained. The feature began by documenting the Studio from the early 90's before it even had a name. It continued to the present-day incarnation of the Studio.

Video File
This is similar to the Listen Online feature but it highlights a video instead of audio. There are not many posts in this category yet, but as time goes on more video will be made available from the Studio.


These are the current categories that this blog site offers, but there will be more coming in the future. If enough new ones are created there will be another Blog Category Article written to update the readers.