Ok, metalheads (you know who you are), this blog post is for you. Metal Blade Records act, The Black Dahlia Murder is both the Zune Ignition artist and On the Road artist for the month of January. Zune Marketplace is offering a few cool thing from the band: a Zune Freebie, “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse” starting today (January 8) to January 14; a track-by-track Breakdown of the album from January 15-January 21, and the band’s personal Guestlist from January 22-January 28. In addition, Xbox...

Philadelphia rapper Freeway is this month's Ignition artist. Check out Zune Marketplace for a track-by-track Breakdown of his latest record Free at Last . ZMP will also feature an exclusive track as well the artist’s personal Guestlist during the last 2 weeks of December. In addition, MSN will stream behind the scenes/backstage video and Xbox Live will offer a free video download.

Rogue Wave is set to be Zune’s Ignition artist for the month of November in addition to being featured in the new Zune TV spots that debuted last night . Zune Marketplace will feature the promotional download for the song “Lake Michigan,” - the song used in both the TV spot and the ZuneJourney site - a track-by-track breakdown and guest playlist from the band, and the exclusive demo/alternate version of Lake Michigan. In addition, there will be an exclusive live video performance of the song streamed...

Check out Zune Marketplace this week for some cool tracks. As part of the Ignition program, we have the Japanese b-side of Talib Kweli's single, "Hush." Also Mark Ronson remixes the Bob Dylan classic "Most Likely You Go Your Way." Which is awesome, in the same caliber as Junkie XL's remix of Elvis' " A Little Less Conversation ." Both of these tracks are available for individual download or via subscription. Also, searching around a little bit - you can buy Radiohead's entire discography from ZMP...