http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
http://www.metal-archives.com/search/ad ... ame=#bands
And so on...
As for the new entries, they're dealt with upon approval.

Example: http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/For ... air/103398

Sure thing, but it doesn't cover all the bands. Even the famous ones, like Madder Mortem, corrected not so long ago. Maybe it's possible to create a new searching point, so none would be overlooked.

MDL had started working on this report, but could not finish working on it since the musician was either not properly add to the band line-up, yet was added as a band member on this release, or was added to the incorrect section on the release. Should he be moved over to the guest/session musician section, or be added to the band line-up as a past member with the role "Unknown"?


EDIT:
Even Metal Church's formation year was listed as 1980, instead of 1982 until I changed it.

Request Torquia's input, Connor. The guy's a trusted user. He'll know what needs to be done.

Okay, thanks Antioch.

Regarding the "external links" post on the main page, should Musik Sammler be treated the same as Discogs?
Just to be clear, functioning external review links >> Keep or delete?

Argh! Why does an image like this: http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Me ... ast/614574 look good on my computer screen, but when I upload it to the site, it turns out looking like shit? It's driving me crazy.

Original: https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=589374FA

CD/Bandcamp. Better?

Yeah! A lot better! Cheers.
What was I doing wrong on these?

When dealing with album covers/logos that have few colors (or shitty black metal pictures), it's better to use the "Save for web..." option on Photoshop and choose the PNG format. JPEG always add noise, so it's better to keep it for band pictures or more complex artworks (like drawings or landscapes).

Here's what I always do:
-Start with a base size of 500x500 on the menu (Quality: "Bicubic Sharper" it's the default, always work), and see if you can make below the 50kb with the PNG24 format. (If it's not a perfect square, it doesn't matter, it will keep proportions)
-If not, choose PNG8 and start with 256 colours, then 128, 64, 32, until you make it below 50kb (you can do a comparison between the original/optimized (the tab on the top) to see if the quality change is visible), when you get close you can enter a custom digit and/or play with the "Perceptual"/"Selective"/"Adaptive" modes to see wich one gives you the best results. Dither sucks, so I never use it.
-You can add a fex pixels to the size to get the best of the 50kb limitation. Keep it around 49,80kb - 49,90kb or the system will reject it.

If the artwork is too complex and can't be represented properly on that size, I start with 400x400 or even 350x350 (on extreme cases). It always depends on what you're dealing with.
Can be tricky on the start, but you'll get used to it.

I remember I saved files for web for about a month after having read Alhadis' thread, but then stopped after a major system reset. Haven't installed Photoshop since. I didn't realize it made such a big difference, but then if it hadn't, Alhadis wouldn't have invested so much time writing that thread.
What was baffling about this case, though, was that, as if by magic, the quality was poorer after the upload. It looked quite alright after resizing, but looked beat on the web. Never seen anything like that.
Thanks for the post. I'll reinstall Photoshop; I know its ins and outs, man. And now I know how to save, too.

I'm still a little bit dubious, although what I added is formally correct.
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody ( http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Luc ... 3540348143 ) is releasing in a few weeks two different kinds of live albums:
one is this, http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/mus ... psody.html , of which I added the small cover until we get a bigger one, it is exclusively digital and made up of two "discs"/"parts"

the second project is actually "only" made up by the blu-ray dolby atmos release, this one http://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplandin ... ience.html , which is only physical (for obvious reasons, even if the site has the wrong cover if you click on it or check the band's page), candidated to the grammys and such, and comes with the two (only physical too) CDs that are available on the digital release

I don't think that the digital release should be made a child version of the blu-ray one: the blu-ray dolby atmos cd is one thing (and the two live cds are an "extra" that the label adds, maybe they should be flagged as bonus discs as a whole!), while the digital album is another one (has a different title, and as you can see from the two links above has a different artwork (with the band and the "cinematic and live" writing only, superimposed over LTR's second album's artwork)), but feel free to leave open the matter!

I see that someone add the album The Necromancer to Tommy Concrete and the Werewolves but i see the Tommy Concrete has another bandcamp for the Tommy Concrete, and this album is in the second one i suposed that are two separate projects but i'm not sure. I think that should be submit the Tommy Concrete and removed the album from the Tommy Concrete and the Werewolves.


Tommy concrete bandcamp
https://tommyconcrete.bandcamp.com/

Tommy Concrete and the werewolves bandcamp
https://tommyconcreteandthewerewolves.bandcamp.com/

two of the solo albums have band members listed and they aren't the same as the Werewolves and the notes say it's a solo project. Seems fair to thing they are separate bands/artists. I didn't listen but as long as the solo stuff is Metal, go ahead and submit a new profile for the band.

Just added another one of those "????? Records DK" labels. What the fuck are they?
http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/62 ... s_DK/43835
http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/62 ... s_DK/42570
http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/58 ... _DK2/43480
http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/59 ... s_DK/43647

+ http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/63 ... s_DK/43946

Hey guys. I didn't find an specific topic for questions related to some sort of what I am assuming to be a spelling/typos mistake, so I am posting here.

The thing is, I already flagged two reports regarding this drummer's correct name and I am probably not making myself clear, once it's not being corrected (fixed) properly (http://www.metal-archives.com/report/by ... /mode/page). Let me respectfully go though it once again so we can work on it together:

On Cerberus Attack, he's being credited wrongly as Bruno MORAES.

On Sweet Danger, he's being credited correctly as Bruno MORAIS.

In other words, I suppose his "real/full name" on artist's page is somehow wrong. Or I am having problems with my computer/internet connection or even with the website itself.

His correct real/full name is Bruno Morais ("Morais" being spelled with an "i"). If one checks Cerberus Attack's members tab, one will see that he is being credited as "Bruno Moraes", which is actually wrong (at least that's what I see when I go to this page).

Artist page: http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/B ... aes/154043

Cerberus Attack page (wrong credits on members tab): http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cer ... 3540367915

Sweet Danger (correct credits on members tab): http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Swe ... 3540419881

Please, reconsider it.

Corrected.

Thanks a lot!

There's more information no visible about this band
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mandragora/60634 ?

By the visible information this release https://mandrgora.bandcamp.com/album/d seems to be the Demo refered in the band page, but i can't get more information.

I doesn't seem like a match to me. The album on Bandcamp, which is not titled the same as our page notes, says it was recorded in 1994, but wasn't mastered until 2001. It also lists the band as hailing from a different city than our page, though that is negligible, and also includes a lineup that does not include the sole artist we have linked on our page. The band/release is relatively obscure by our site's standards, but there's a lot of tiny things that don't match up.

Just to confirm MCH's conjecture, it indeed isn't.

Since we add unofficial re-releases in the Other versions, and mark them as unofficial, would an unofficial re-release from a band that also includes songs from the band after a name change be added to only the first name as an unoffical other version? Since adding it to the discography of the second name page would mean adding an unofficial release which obiouslygoes against the policy of this site. And adding it as a split would mean going against the policy of the site for both pages.

Or should it not be added at all, even if the release on the first name page then will lack its other version?

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Sh ... rno/145529

Originally released under the name Shellshock, then from what I've found is that the re-release mentioned in the additional notes only exists unofficially including a demo from them when having the band name Dark Angel.

Add it as a bootleg version to the original demo and refer to the Dark Angel tracks in the notes.

Just a suggestion. We could still link Dark Angel properly without it showing on the band's page. It won't show (by default) unless we tick the "separate listing" box. We don't have to in this case. Would that work?

Ok, sounds like metal, should be submitted...

Go ahead, MoS.

Well, that would imply that it was released under the name Dark Angel, which apparently doesn't apply (it's more of a compilation of material of both names?).

Dunno, man. Looking at the cover, it looks more of an unofficial split than an unofficial compilation to me. Shouldn't matter. Forget about it.

No, you're right. I should've paid more attention to the actual release. Just changed it to a split and this seems to be a perfect compromise.

Is there a way for moderators to access the original submission of accepted bands? I don't remember if I provided a link to a site including a photo or to just a photo of the release of http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Atrophy/3540394363 . If there was a photo link, I'd be good to have that photo again, because I'm positive that the cover the person who added the release was not used on the original cassette, but only on the digital version. I've been searching for the image online but not found it.

Otherwise, I'll PM some of the users involved in updates that suggests having used the original photo, such as the one who added the line-up to the release.

Yeah, you provided an eBay link which is now dead, but fortunately I saved the photos. I'll deal with it.

Just making sure: lyricists should be "other staff", not "session/guest musicians", right? And the same with songwriting credits?

If its for a regular band member, songwriting and lyrics go under the main lineup tab. Otherwise misc. staff is fine.

How about bands which have regular lyricists who don't contribute anything else? Demonaz is added as a band member on Immortal's All Shall Fall (just "Lyrics"), but for example Hildr, who has written all of Khold's lyrics, is on the "other staff" tab of Khold's releases.

If the lyricist is considered a full member, the same rule applies.

Help needed from someone with Facebook access.
>> http://bandzone.cz/fan/milonsterner
>> http://www.facebook.com/milon.sterner
I've separated those two artists:
>> http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/M ... ner/692777
>> http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/M ... rner/27265
However, I think I'm missing something.

The thing is, the guy in Neurotic Machinery is like 30-35 years old; he can't have played in a band in 1984, nor recorded an album in 1990. Yet, sources, both official and otherwise, do link him to both Arakain and Moriorr. There must be something wrong, but I can't say what. He could've very well played in Arakain, but not in 1984 (as per false_icon's edit), and/or in Morrior, but not in 1990 (as per Manolete's line-up entry). Would anyone care to drop him a line?

that bio! http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Sodomizer/445602

Can't let the other Satanists think you aren't trve enough

The user who added that nonsense is the artist himself. Deleted and warning sent.