Ahhh, if only it were true.
Atlanta's music outlets, print media, reviewers, etc. are terrible. With a few notable exceptions, like WREKage (of course), UGA's metal show on WUOG, and Album 88's punk/metal show on Monday nights, this city is bereft of any metal now on the radio. The Atlanta Urinal-Constipa-- err, Journal-Constitution has no competent hard rock or metal reviewers, but they know their R&B and hip-hop, sho' 'nuff. And they'll be sure to run at least one article on Outkast or Usher every few days...I'm sure it's a statutory requirement there.
It's embarassing when, only 120 miles to the north, a small market like Chattanooga has better rock-radio, and more diverse music coverage in their paper: heck, how many cities in America had Orphaned Land's
Mabool listed in a reviewer's Top 5 of 2004?