I hope you didn't understand I meant they are metal, I don't want to give you false hopes. I didn't listen to the samples. The place for asking whether a band is metal is the submission form. The answer is whether or not they are accepted.

We appreciate your efforts but there was no real proof of physical release. Resubmit with these links in the notes as proof:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=18396552
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=18396548

I tried to upload CYANIDE (US, not to be confused with the other American Cyanide) on metal-archives. I added the logo, a weblink (www.myspace.com/cyanideband ) and the cover art+plus songtitles and bandpicture.
Although the band was rejected for the wellknown reasons.
Sometimes I think, that no one of the administrators listens closely to the bands we're trying to upload.
CYANIDE played a great mixture of heavy metal and thrash metal.
So the band would fit perfectly to metal-archives.

I don't understand this.

Done.
You forget about link to myspace, samples.
Now you should add lyrics to.

You don't tell us nothing about physical releases of this band.
So if you find proof that they released this on CD/tape you can add them again.
And don't ask how you need to do this.
This thread is full of answers of your questions.

Grindcore (and all its variants; noise, crust, etc) with little to zero metal influence

The band Age of Taurus has been rejected for "no apparent discography". Their demo can be sold here:
http://shadowkingdomrecords.com/store.p ... search_by=

It's mp3 band. They don't have released anything physically.
If I'm wrong give me proves.

But what difference does it make? Whether physical copies exist or not? it doesn't mean the band doesn't exist. Id say if anything, this was just a sign of the times.
And in all fairness, windrider's music if far more available to people than a band who did like 20 tapes back in 1992 or something.

Digital-only bands are a highly controversial matter to deal with, primarily because we can't deny the existence of professional bands that rely solely on digital releases. However, at least for the time being, such bands remain an extreme minority compared to those bands that choose to release their works through traditional physical formats. It seems reasonable, for the time being, that the hallmark for acceptance remain based on the latter. If, sometime in the future, that changes, and releases on physical formats become a minority, then it can be assumed that the processes for submission would need to be changed. The likelihood of that happening is highly debatable, and personally unlikely, given the state of the music industry and the continual desire by people to own physical material objects - but the possibility is always there.

As for the reasoning for the rule, that is at the discretion of those who created the rules; the reasoning may be as straightforward and distinct as simply desiring to avoid non-existent or Myspace bands - as is given in the guidelines. It's no surprise that this issue is a highly arguable one, though; there are similarities and significant differences between digital and physical formats, and each argument has its merits - whether that argument is based on the formats' tangibility (material value), availability (distribution-wise), survivability (in terms of the format's longevity), or validity (whether or not the music could be altered - changed - to a state of being a bootleg). Ultimately, deriving a compromise between both is difficult in itself; they're two different beasts attempting to do the same thing (distribute music) through entirely different methods. For the time being, the rule as it stands omits these difficulties splendidly and practically, given the state of the current popularity of digital-only releases. That may change, time can only tell.

For now, unless that band releases something on a physical format, it can not be on MA.

Re: digital releases, why not make that if the band's music is distributed on a large/international/not sure what you'd call it pay website (i.e Itunes, Amazon etc) that it's legit? That'd be a compromise that could work for some of that extreme minority, at the very least.

It's going to become a more and more common problem, really.. Some sort of arrangement is eventually going to have to be found.

Sorry Metal_Serra, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band Destrudo (Italy), for the following reason:
Not metal; does not belong.

My band is Progressive and Experimental and METAL!!! So what's the problem??

Maybe too Progressive an Experimental to be Metal enough?

http://www.myspace.com/destrudoexperiment

Maybe someone made a mistake and wanted to click on :
"Either there is a lack of information, or this band has no apparent discography. Please see rule #7. If this band
has indeed released anything and you can show us proof, you can resubmit it again."
On myspace I can't find any proves for CD.
Music is OK for me.
Experimental? I don't think so.

It says the release is "completed". I understand it as "recorded" and that does not necessarily mean released. If Homunclus indeed exists physically, just take a photo of it.

dudes, I'm feelin invisible...anyway, for the 3rd time in 3 days:


you might wanna reconsider AIRLINES OF TERROR (rejected once) position as they just released a metal album.
listen here (first traks): http://www.myspace.com/airlinesofterror
the album is sold here:
http://www.plastichead.com/catalogue.as ... ISINGCD051

http://yfrog.com/5cp1010699ij

Weird. Add them again with link to myspace.
Even blind men will see that they are selling this album

Hey I had an e-mail saying the band I submitted was "Not Metal"

and I fail to see why

Link: myspace.com/violentinsight

You have their top influences here on the site
Glass Casket
The Black Dahlia Murder
Lamb of God
As I Lay Dying (Which BTW is Metalcore and according to your rules shouldn't be here)

We do NOT accept the following (this is our decision, please don't argue this):

* Metalcore, unless it's clearly more metal than core (e.g Shadows Fall, The Red Chord, Mastodon are OK: Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine are NOT). If you are uncertain, best avoid metalcore bands altogether.

Not only that but they are named after a Malevolent Creation lyric (in "The Fine Art of Murder) which is a DEATH METAL band.

We judge bands on their sound not on their self-claimed influences.
You should read again the rules more thoroughly.



You aren't serious, are you?

If anything including Throwdown (a hardcore band) and Suffokate (a mostly Hardcore band) in this encyclopedia, then trying to justify anything as "not metal" ill-legitimizes this site. If you stuck to your own rules, I'd certainly not complain, I get it. But with some of the submissions you have here it's a joke that bands like this one get excluded.

But I digress, tell me what makes Violent Insight "not metal", because I fail to hear it.

You aren't serious, are you?

And yes, I'm serious: