My one man band "Death Simple" has been refused for it's not appropriate metal. From your email

"Sorry tenebrio, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band Death Simple (Italy), for the following reason:
Only one of the songs on the player is borderline metal. We'll need to listen to the entire album before deciding to accept this band.
If you would like to object to this rejection, please do so in the appropriate thread in the suggestions and complaints forum. Do not e-mail moderators directly about this.
Sincerely,
Encyclopaedia Metallum"

I agree with all the things written above, but the first and, up to now, only demo is more metal than the songs on the player. If only you'll give me the chance, i will send to a volunteer moderator a copy of my demo so that He could judge properly. I ain't pretending anything, just trying.
Thanx

You don't need to send anybody a copy. Just put up a file version of your demo, if you can.

Well, it was sent to labels but there's also multiple zines they sent it to just for review. If someone on M-A were to have requested it to review in 2008, I bet the band would have sent one.

Also, all that is required of an M-A band is a physical demo. A physical demo was released. Who it was sent to should not matter, there are multiple bands on M-A with private recordings.

Err...even if it is a physical demo, it needs to be distributed to the general public before a band could be added. If the demo is only a promo sent to labels/zines for review or it's only distributed to close friends/family of the band members, the band will not be accepted. If the band distributes physical copies to the general public for general listening purposes and not necessarily promotional/reviewing purposes regardless, whether it be for free or limited to an absurdly low amount of copies (let's just say 20 for all-intensive purposes), then the band will be acceptable.

And if you can list any of these so-called bands with only private recordings, post them here so they can be dealt with accordingly:
http://metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=14116

I get your point, and you could very well be right, but nowhere in the rules does it state that a band must distribute it publicly. The rules state the band must have at least one physical metal recording, which the band in question does. If I'm wrong, could you direct me to where the rules say a band must have it released publically?

I did a forum search for Foetopsy and found a thread from 2006, where the band was briefly discussed and deemed not metal enough. However, in the aforementioned thread the band's album "In the Bathroom" was the only release discussed (and uploaded for the mod's listening) which even I don't think is metal enough for an inclusion on the site, it's much more grind than death metal. However, I listened to the band's album "Dyspartum" and personally think it's metal enough for the band to be included on the site. About 95% of the album is Brutal Death/Grind, with the other 5 being a couple short goregrind tracks. If I uploaded the album to a filesharing site, would a mod be willing to re-evaluate it?

Well MegaDriver has previously been rejected, but it plays heavy metal, and also videogames covers turned into Heavy Metal.. just like the KOF covers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaDriver

Cover bands are not accepted.

but not all of their songs are covers.. must of them are just influences, and in the singles is the place to see that.. I had to admit it.. all their full-length cds are covers from the 8bit music videogames, but is valid for me because after hear them you notice that they arent covering the song.. it sounds just like the songs but with oll of other things.

Sorry my shity english... I'm working on it.

my submission of satan's supremacy was rejected because of rule #7.

in the biography section is a photo of the (physical) demo!

http://www.myspace.com/satanssupremacy

This small shitty pic xP
Sorry.
Add them again.

The actual quote is "must have a physical release."

Sure, please go ahead.

Sure, please go ahead.

Hi there guys,

this is in no way a rant or an anger post. My band had a profile on here for quite some time, and continued to do so even through the delayed release of our upcoming first EP. We are called Diemertus and I believe we had even been on here for at least a year maybe even a year and a half. If anyone happens to be familiar with why we happened to have been removed, I would sincerely be grateful. And if it was by chance a mistake, all the better. Here is our Myspace link, WWW.Myspace.Com/Diemertus

Thank you all very much for your time, and do take care,

Jared
Diemertus

According to your MySpace page, the EP is available for download only.

Yes it's wicked weird but it eventually got even weirder since I just got this email:


Sorry BullMoose, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band AIRLINES OF TERROR (Italy), for the following reason:

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.

If you would like to object to this rejection, please do so in the appropriate thread in the suggestions and complaints forum. Do not e-mail moderators directly about this.

Sincerely,
Encyclopaedia Metallum

....
Now there's this METAL record for sale for AIRLINES OF TERROR: http://www.plastichead.com/catalogue.as ... ISINGCD051

and yeah I did provide a myspace link, it's the second time I submit the band and the 6th time I complain, of course it's the last thing I'd like to do to you guys but this is odd.

Should I give up?

Sorry, I have not seen the previous discussion about the new album.

OK!
I dont even care about points, if you are a moderator and wanna submit it yourself go for, so we might speed this up and will avoid further hassles

Hello.
My submission for Hinfamy (Bra) got rejected on the base of rule #7, although I did include the following link with it:
http://rapidshare.com/files/349086191/H ... n.rar.html
The .rar file contains the music, some pictures of the item I have and a word page with various links where the album can be obtained.
What else should be done?

Thanks and cheers.

Can the mods please take a look at these "black listed" bands:

Mangled Condition , Death/Grind from Indonesia
Have a demo and a split:

sound samples:
http://www.myspace.com/mangledcondition
disco (demo & split):
http://witchingmetal.blogspot.com/2010/ ... -2009.html
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=7600114
Label:
http://www.myspace.com/humandiscountrecs

Vendetta Spoken , Death Metal/Deathcore from USA

samples:
http://www.myspace.com/vendettaspoken
Disco and distro (cd sales):
http://www.nightlifemusic.com/music/cds.html

Darkness Before Dawn, melodic Death Metal from USA

Samples:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/darknessbeforedawn
http://www.myspace.com/darknessbeforedawn
Disco & Label:
http://www.bombworksrecords.com/

Can these be taken of the "black list" and re-submitted?
Thanks again.

Darkness Before Dawn can be submitted.
Vendetta Spoken absolutely not - that is exactly a metalcore band ripe for purging according to new standards.
That other band is some muffled grindcore, does not sound much metal.

Didin´t realize they were that bad.

ok, thanks

A-Tierra was rejected for the following reason:

"Sorry Herr_Inoddorell, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band A-Tierra (Argentina), for the following reason:

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.

[...]

Sincerely,
Encyclopaedia Metallum"

In the Additional notes, I posted a link to a Review of the album "Sueños y Quimeras" (2003), from the Metalica Fanzine. I thought that a review was a fine way to show proof that the album is indeed released physically. Here it is:

http://i46.tinypic.com/69p1t3.jpg

The diagonal image along the picture of the fanzine, is the review of the album. If this isn't enough, I won't argue anymore.

Cheers and thanks for your attention.

I listened to this, and it sounds mostly like non-acceptable grind, so it would have been rejected regardless. Why it was rejected based on rule 7, I don't know (heck, I tried getting the file just to confirm that it was available physically, but Rapidshare's a pain, and the band got rejected before I got to it); but it should have been rejected for not being metal.

Well, on the style criterium, I think that band is on the line and can raise debate; however, I thought it would be accepted anyway under the "side project" rule, since bass/vocalist Alcir of this band plays now guitar in Julgamento, which is in the archives (http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=122306). At least that is what is written in the folder of Hinfamy's compilation... and I did specify that in a report accompanying my submission. Thanks nevertheless.

Maybe it is the rapidshare link which is deficient? Should I just resubmit?

Wow, COMPLETELY ignored......

Probably because the discussion is over. You're not going to win. Sorry.

M-A honestly does not care what a band chooses to discuss within their lyrical content. The lyrical content and musical content have nothing to do with each other, or at least they do not play a part in the manner at which M-A evaluates bands (note: This is done on a case-by-case basis, or in other words, each band is judged individually on it's own merits and achievements).


No. It is their overall musical style as a whole. The exclusion of one band is obviously not in any other way related to/because of the exclusion of another band (nor is it any reason to justify such exclusions), but their musical style is honestly synonymous with bands such as August Burns Red and Psyopus. Both of these bands are blatantly more -core than metal and in the same way as Violent Insight is. They do have occasional blast beats and their riffs are somewhat reminiscent of what you might expect from one of the band's of the Gothenburg scene, but this does not make them metal enough.

Also see: http://www.metal-archives.com/guidelines.php#metal

How did we get rejected for not being metal? Does the moderator that verified that have down syndrome? Thats ridiculous. Check your ears guys or get some new moderators on here. Useless, hahaha.

http://www.myspace.com/topgrind

If you think this is metal then you are sadly mistaken. This is just random belches, burps, farts and other incomprehensible garbage melded together with computer made instruments. This is certainly not metal.

Next time, provide more useful information when you make a post about a rejected band. Individuals shouldn't have to look at the post subject to discover what band you are making a reference to.

LIST OF BANDS ALREADY ON THIS SITE THAT ARE NOT METAL::

THROWDOWN
TRIVIUM
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK
INFERNO METALCORE SYSTEM
BENEATH THE ASHES
CHAOS THEORY
CULT OF LUNA
JESUS MULLET
L'ESPIRIT DU CLAN
NEUROSIS
PRO-PAIN
EPICA (from the Netherlands)


So... by the looks of this list, our kind moderators don't seem to know fuck all about metal.
Who are you guys to tell me the music I play isn't metal?
I eat, sleep and fucking breath metal, assholes!
And by the looks of these bands, you guys are no authority on metal, hahaha.
Seriously, get some people on staff that actually know shit.

Ok, for one, all of our songs have lyrics.
For 2, computer made instruments?
Tell that to Necrophagist who made their first album just one guy with a drum machine. Why not delete them from the page? Is it because your ears can't handle anything below a certain mainstream production value?
For 3, look at the list of these bands you already approved. Dont try and tell me theyre metal.
And 4, none of instruments are computer made other than the drumn programming which is perfectly acceptable.
Why dont you start to learn about music?

Dude, get lost.

Who are you to tell me to get lost? Haha.
Is this site really that elitist?

The website is happy it passed 70 000 bands and says ity cant wait to hit 100 000.
Hows that going to happen when you reject bands that ARE metal. Are you that strapped for space on the server that you feel you need to weed out bands you just dont like?
I guess this site could never truly be the ultimate metal archives. Maybe the elitist 13 year old bedside mallrat bible, haha.
Seriously though, whens someone that actually matters going to comment?
Fuck off troller fagkids.

Oh yeah, and

"True Skigaze/Post-Rock/Blashyrkh Metal"


... nice genre Bahaha.
What the fuck is skigaze?
And Blashyrk Metal? Are you that unoriginal that you have to try and skiv in and make a fake genre based off an Immortal idea thats only been on their albums? I can see how truly metal you are human. Hahaha.

This thread is crapped up enough with no-brainers as it is, no need to add insult to injury by further cluttering it up with inane troll requests.

And on the odd chance that you are actually serious about needing a mod to confirm that punk riffs played on an accoustic guitar don't constitute metal I recommend you at least shut up until one of the mods comes online.

Either way, get lost.

So because we did an acoustic album makes us not metal is what youre saying?
Even though our first, and longer album, was nothing but electric instruments with no "punk" riffs at all.
What did you do? Listen to one song? One song off our acoustic METAL album? And no songs off our electric METAL album?
And trolling, thats what youre doing. Trolling is unnecessary comments provoking confrontation.
Which is what you are doing.
What I'm doing is posting about my METAL band that for some reason got rejected, and defending from TROLLS like yourselves who are just causing problems and are too lame to do any research into something you nothing about
So how abouts you stick a dick in that mouth and shut it up, since of course, you are not a mod, and no comments were directed towards you until you trolled
Ass.

No, the band is not metal and the side project rule requires a release on a label with worldwide distribution - Metal Blade, Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Relapse Records, Earache and similar as examples.

Thanks!!!