"I have not distributed them yet for financial reasons."
-> rule 7
thank you.

what if a nuclear bomb hits your home in a minute or so...
the release has to be distributed; in sensu, it has to be out and not announced or in a pre-distribution state.

Ahh...herein lies a technicality...I CAN sell them. I have them to sell, but everyone wants to trade right now and not buy wholesale or retail. So, tell me something in your infinite wisdom...What happends when only a band and a label have copies of a release and they do NOT trade or distro their works (It's not unheard of.)...they only sell directly to buyers? Are they not allowed to have information on here. It's the same concept. I'm sitting on tons of copies that I am NOT trading right now. Choosing to not trade them was a decision made to recuperate money from the pressing to eventually be able to mail out trades.

It's pretty logical.

If the album is not distributed to the general public, it is not released. The reasons do not matter. There is nothing to be argued, you have only to respect our rules.
You do not sell it or give it away to the general public, so the band does not belong yet.


7) Proof of existence - must have a PHYSICAL release

First, the band must have at least released SOME material. If you don't even have a physical demo... forget it. The band might have been formed, even got a logo, but how will we know that they won't just disband before even recording any song? An mp3 or two on MySpace or mp3.com-like websites is not enough. The band must have a demo out - this is the minimum. If you want to add your band, and you *know* you will release something soon, simply wait until it's released before submitting it!

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Read the last sentence.

I forgot how anal retentive people were here...Let me ask you something. Why is the Spanish band, Wargoatcult listed on here? They have NO physical releases. How does some bullshit like that fly through your "oh so stringent" screening process, but a hard working band with ACTUAL releases can't get a page on here?

The rules are the same for all bands. You band has no releases available to the general public, so it wioll not be accepted. Clever people would get it the first time, arguing has no sense.
The other band is completely unrelated, so why the helll do you bring them up! This is terribly annoying, yet you people still repeat it over ad over. The band has an album listed in additional notes. If the album is not out yet and you know it for certain, then report it, but it is no excuse for breaching the rules in your case.

Also watch your tongue, you with your ignorance of written rules should act rather humble, espeecially when your only goal is CHEAP PROMO for the upcoming release on your label.
And if somebody is hard working or not does not matter at all. Such silly emotional arguments have no place here - another proof of your ignorance of the submission system and the function of the site, which is not a promo tool for labels.

Two or three days ago, I submitted this band (Evil), seems like it was rejected.
I think the guy already tried to submit it in the past, and it was rejected for the "physical release" rule, but now there's a clear picture of a CD on the myspace page, so I'm wondering why wasn't it accepted this time?

Drone has nothing to do with metal? Isn't it slow/experimental doom metal?

And how does my music have "nothing that would resemble doom metal riffs or structures"? The riffs consist of slow, distorted power chords. There is stuff out there (and accepted on here) that is completely improvised and amorphous, yet is considered metal (see Sunn O))), early Earth, Nadja). You're saying doom metal should sound like Black Sabbath...I could pick any given Funeral Doom, drone, whatever band and compare it to Black Sabbath, and there will be very few similarities.

Droning qualities in experimental music have nothing to do with metal. Some experimental doom metal bands use them, but then the question arises what is still metal and what is not.

Sunn O are very borderline and no submission should be based on them.
Nadja and Earth are here based on their more structured music. Completely improvised and amorphous music cannot be consider metal in any case. Metal is not unstructured improvised music. Distorted chords do not make a song metal. Yes, all doom bands should resemble Black Sabbath in basic aproach, even doom/death bands do and even the mentioned Earth do. That does not mean to be exact copies. But improvised droning noise is never metal of any valid genre.
Not metal and will stay out.

Watch my tongue? Act humble? You act like using this site is a privilege. Please...revoke my membership. Banish me from your omnipotent presence. I don't need the MA to promote my work. If it's here I use it...but you forget about the wonders of tradition. Flyers still work. Word of mouth still work...so does sending out promo material. So go ahead...do what you will. When you take that stick out of your ass,maybe you'll understand why I am not bowing down before the mighty MA. I'm not an easily manipulated automaton like 99% of these no life losers...so irritating a self-righteous, piss ant, poser moderator is the least of my worries. My life will go on. I see I am irritating you..so I'm going to make a point to push your buttons 'til you ban me.

Go ahead..ban me. Do it...ban me, fuck off, and bite the bullet cocksucker. I'm begging for it. Fulfill your destiny. Do it. This is all you know...It's all your good at.

Pathetic. You position your self as a rebel against tyranny, when in fact the only thing you do is to ignore completely the written rules, which were expolained to you repeatedly and which are same for all users.

Every time I try to post a new band the same shit happens. What valid proof do you need for a CD release? I have the CD in my hands. It's written in the band's page that the cd is out! what else is a proof? I don't know. It' tiring posting 3 or 4 times in order to accept a new band. I am referring to Ancestral Rhymes: http://www.myspace.com/ancestralrhymes
All the best,
Dimitris

Myspace alone does not prove anything. You would either need link to distro that carries it, reviews in some established fanzine, that mentions the physical release or a scan of the whole release.

The band distributes the cd itself. There is no review yet. Is a photo of the cd (with it's booklet) a proof?

Yes, should be something like that.

I can understand what you are saying, although I do not agree with it (if you'll listen to my song again, you will notice a definite structure in riffs), I will accept it. My major problem is your last statement: "Not metal and will stay out."
What is this problem you seem to have with everything I submit? This is at least the third time something like this has happened. By saying "will stay out", you're making it seem like no matter what I release in the future with SoI, it won't be "metal" because you say so.

If the material will be in the same style, it will stay out. You cannot expect to be cuddled by me in that aspect.
If it will chage, we can see.
As for your submissions - submit simply only real metal bands and not that "droning" noise.

Epic. It's like the Emperor to Luke Skywalker. "Fulfill your destiny, Skywalker!"

Yes, 99 percent of all of our users are losers. It's odd how we haven't been enlightened like you.

Seriously, take the cd and post it on a website and sell it. Then it would be available to the public. Or you can trade it for other items you can sell...isn't that was a "distro" does? It isn't that hard...even a retard (dare I say it?) can figure it out.

AND, if it doesn't matter so much, why are you here arguing like a four year old? Instead of calling others names, look in the mirror.

And where shall I post this photo? On the cover of the album? Or on the band photo? I hope it will be deleted afterwards...

http://www.metal-archives.com/board/vie ... hp?t=45999
The band is so avantgarde, that it is not metal at all.
It would be good, if users in general would stop submit diverse industrial, droning and ambient experiments as doom metal.

use the report function after you have completed your submission.

Why have Expedicion A Las Estrellas been rejected?Have you listened to La Distancia... or 1979-2007?

No proof of physïcal release . Computer generated cover proves nothing.

They released an EP in 2007 in a handmade digipack.Do you want to see pictures of it?

Yes, we would like please.

at carnalsadistprod

What a loser. Act like a child and be treated like one. Surely noone would like to deal with him with an attitude like that.

Funeral Shadow reminded me that I too am in need of an answer.

You already got your answer, there is nothing more to say.

Why is my band "Ravenholm" always rejected?
we already have a demo and an upcoming cd with one song of it on myspace.

www.myspace.com/ravenholmlegion

You should read rule 7 - upcoming CD means nothing. It also says something about myspace.

There is no proof, that a demo was released in physical form.

No, I did not. He merely said that I need to add all the required information. I added all the required information, but since it was rejected before, it did not get a chance in the queue which I feel would be accepted if it was. An automatic rejection occured.

Well,the Expedición A Las Estrellas first release comes in a strange DVD-sized handmade digipack:

Outside:
http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 008xf0.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... 008nx0.jpg

Inside:
http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 008ej3.jpg

Witcher or any other moderators, I'm still waiting on a listen from the downloads I provided in the previous page for both of these bands.

I submitted Thrash Storm from Lebanon and it got rejected. Why?

Do they have a physical demo out? If yes, do you have any evidences to endorse that fact?

Well, on their facebook thing, they say they released a demo.

It just says about a demo being recorded. Seeing how they mention it, the demo seems to be available as mp3 only on MySpace. So, that's not enough for now. Sorry.

So that doesn't count as an actual release? Then please tell me why T3h Shred Boiz are accepted. Their stuff is avaible for download and links are given on their MySpace.

NO, it has to be a physical release. IF you spot the demo being sold on a distro, send the link. IF you have the demo, take a pic. In other words, all we ask is you send us proof that something that was released. Can you imagine how many submissions we'd be bombarded with if everyone with a microphone and a computer made an MP3 and posted it on myspace? This at least narrows the field.

There are always acts that may slip through the cracks and if you, the user, find these, please report them through the proper format and we can investigate and possibly remove the band in question.

Otherwise, the rules are fairly simple. We require a physical release for submission into the archives.