HardRadio.com Goes Platinum after Stellar April

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Officials at HardRadio.com recently announced that the revolutionary, Internet-only Web site went Platinum after recording over 1 million unique visitors during April 2008. The number represents the amount of traffic to the Web site, counting each visitor only once during the month-long report. HardRadio.com affiliates, HardVideo.com and HardAxe.net, also tallied an impressive April total of nearly 300,000 unique visitors combined. Specializing in hard rock and heavy metal music, news and history, HardRadio.com pioneered Internet radio as the first dot-com, Internet-only radio station.

“Our phenomenal growth has continued and we now attract over 1 million heavy metal fans to HardRadio.com almost every month,” said Tracy Barnes, founder and president of HardRadio.com. “Rock fans know that we deliver the best new music fast, and they’re showing their support by making us one of the most popular Internet spots in the heavy metal universe. In addition, HardVideo.com and HardAxe.net have given us the ability to offer our groundbreaking, in-depth coverage of the industry in fresh new ways. These latest projects have helped us double in size over the past two years.”

Listeners connect to the radio station through its HardRadio.com Web address, which offers access to the hottest heavy metal music on the planet, as well as content ranging from in-depth album reviews and band interviews to release dates and upcoming events. HardVideo.com is a heavy metal music video destination, while HardAxe.net is a comprehensive directory of unsigned hard rock and heavy metal bands. Founded by Barnes in 2006, the two new sites have quickly become popular resources for hard rock fans and have added significant traffic to the group of Web sites.

About HardRadio.com

Since becoming the first dot-com, Internet-only radio station in 1995, HardRadio.com has developed into a world famous, award winning hard rock and heavy metal destination. The Web site also features thousands of pages of content and currently has the largest audience with over 1 million unique visitors per month, hitting over 85 percent in the sought after 25-44 age demographic. The company also operates a hard rock and heavy metal video site, HardVideo.com, and an unsigned band directory, HardAxe.net. More information is available at www.HardRadio.com.