I just read this short exchange in the "Why was band X rejected"-thread:
VigilantRabbit wrote:
For PaganiusI--
Submitted a band that has a release (kitchen rehearsal demo released a decade ago, their only release) and it was rejected, I got in contact with the band's founder/ frontman and was provided all the details and linkage (bandcamp, facebook, myspace) to verify the band for the submission but yet it was still rejected, would like to know why.
Band- In Time of the Plague (active from 2003 to 2011)- they played a lot of shows in several US states with some well known and underground metal bands in their subgenre, and only ever recorded the one raw demo/ rehearsal release and is the only recording the band ever did as they played live a lot as preference, as stated by the band founder.
PaganiusI wrote:
As stated in the rejection message: "Too makeshift/rough/unfinished for (a) digital-only release(s)."
VigilantRabbit wrote:
PaganiusI-
It was the only release/recorded material the band ever did and from what I was told by the band's founder, also due to the various members who have the band listed on their infographic pages on MA, the large presence and tenure the band did have in the area when they were active, and at Diamhea's prior request I have been trying to get the bands added, and hope it can be reconsidered.
My suggestion is that bands playing live should get "bonus points" in those cases, since it's not just stuff like Zarach Baal Taragh or Black Tribe throwing a computer brainfart on Bandcamp but real, active, working bands doing real, active, working band stuff.