General question: How long does it take for a proposed band to be reviewed, accepted and moved from a "pending" status? I assume once "approved" the band then shows up in the search area and in the listings etc.

Question is for the USA metal band Christillow under Heaven and Hell Records.

Thank you for your time and consideration!

It varies, since we do listen to and check every one of them. Right now there are 278 submissions pending, going back a little of a month. That's more of a backlog than usual, but we should get to it soon (within a few weeks, at least).

You can see all pending submissions here: http://www.metal-archives.com/band/queue