SPEAKING OF SPOTIFY, MOG HAS LAUNCHED A NEW PLAYER

It’s a big week for streaming music services; while yesterday we were able to confirm that Spotify will indeed be launching in the U.S. this week, today we have some news about a similar service that already exists, MOG.  MOG, like Spotify, offers users the ability to stream any song at any time for a subscription fee of $5/month, or $10/month if you want to use your mobile devices too. I’ve tested their music library extensively, and they definitely have all the music any metalhead could ever want. We’ve championed MOG on MS before; in the interest of full disclosure, MOG sometimes partners with MetalSucks through the latter’s advertising arm, although MOG is not paying MS for this post or any others (MetalSucks does not endorse such sketchy behavior!).

The new MOG player offers a much cleaner interface and utilizes speedy HTML5 coding that makes the old flash player seem like a horse and buggy. The new player also supposedly features a recommendation engine that utilizes both past MOG plays and your Facebook “Likes” to suggest new music for you, but I can’t seem to get it to work (although this guy did). I’ve never been big on recommendation engines, though; I know what I want to hear. So what’s important is that the new player is easy to use, fast, sounds fantastic and is only 5 friggin’ bucks a month for unlimited music!!!

Sign up for a MOG trial here and give it a spin for free for 14 days. If you don’t like it, just cancel… but I honestly can’t see why anyone wouldn’t like this. We live in the future.

-VN