Google has been very active lately in shutting down Blogspot hosted MP3 blogs, particularly those with download links to new releases. Unfortunately (sort of…) one of the latest casualties was the European blog metalhcalbums.blogspot.com. Although it trafficked in posting plenty of new releases, which I’m definitely not defending, it had easily one of the largest collections of out of print and obscure hardcore releases from around the world, many of which have still not found a legal home at any digital music store. No doubt, these hard to find releases will continue to be available somewhere, somehow, because there’s still a demand for them (and we all know that music nerds run the world) but I hope that maybe Google’s efforts here, along with the people working behind the scenes to shut down illicit MP3 blogs, put into motion more efforts to legally make these old releases available.