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PiercingMetal’s “Best Of” 2018: Top Nine On Instagram

Well how about that my friends, it appears as though we’ve once again arrived at the time where the Instagram “Top Nine” images are tabulated and that means you get to enjoy them as well. Over the course of 2018, I really was enjoying the use of Instagram as a social networking tool and I’m fairly certain that I used it a lot more than any of the other socials combined. The rundown will come after the image below so please take a gander. I figured that I’d offer up some background on them all.

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About These Visuals: Starting from the top left hand corner we’ve got the band Paramore which is fronted by Hayley Williams and right next to that is the ominious Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and his own parmour Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy. A lot of you longer terms website readers will likely remember Alissa from The Agonist. Closing up the first row is Black Veil Brides singer Andy Black who was showing off a brand new comic graphic novel at the Last Rites Gallery. I’m not sure why they decided to cut off artist Eryk Donovan but that is the app for you. Sorry Eryk. The second row was from a great SiriusXM Town Hall with the legendary Judas Priest and that is the lads and myself post their interview at the station. It’s always great to say hello to The Priest and of course to support their live shows. The Brits are followed next by two images of the lovely and talented Riki “Riddle” Lecotey who is a cosplayer of some reknown. They were taken from The BoroughCon event and we just love her amazing designs. Our last row is the also legendary Glenn Hughes who was delivering a solo tour that celebrated his Deep Purple years. This row is completed by a visual from the Ghost Press Conference that was held by Papa Nihil and Sister Imperator and the great Zakk Wylde from Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne during his special appearance at the “Fear The Riff” Expo in Brooklyn. Good times. As you can see, the collage shows that we recieved 25.8K likes for the sum total of our 6,716 posted images. Though we’ve gone up over 1K followers to 1,419 the sum-total likes dropped a chunk in comparison to last year. I think this was based on our flipping between personal and business accounts to get some standings but in the business account we saw less people coming aboard much like the Facebook Official Page. Since Facebook owns Instagram a lot of the same algorithm stuff goes on and they want you to pay for ads which I am NOT going to do.
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Prepare Your Geek Mode; BoroughCon Will Return In 2018

Hey there my friends in geeking out, I am happy to share that the first ever BoroughCon must have been a success a few months ago as they recently announced that it will return for a second year AND move to a more accomodating location. Check it out below, and I’ll return with some thoughts at the close.

The Press Release:
Geeks, gamers and cosplayers of all kind will fill the halls of the Brooklyn Expo Center for a three-day celebration of pop culture.
After a successful inagural first year at St. John’s University in Queens, BoroughCon plans to host its second event at the Brooklyn Expo center over Father’s Day Weekend, June 15-17. Having attracted 4,000 unique attendees in its first year, BoroughCon plans to attract as many as 8,000 attendees in its second year by drawing in more fans of animation, gaming, television and all things geeky.

BoroughCon’s programing will include panels hosted by enthusiastic panelists, autograph sessions and photo-ops with celebrities, screenings of popular shows and films, a bustling vendors’ room, and a convention staple, the cosplay contest. The three-day convention is certain to have something for everyone.
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