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I suggest changing the genre of GuardianSorrow (Spain) to "Black Metal, Ambient" considering the first demo consists entirely of ambient music.

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https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hu ... 3540282281

Genre says "power metal". Additional notes say "Musically it's very close to Pantera and Machine Head". No samples available online. What do?

Both Omit and Skumring changed to "Atmospheric Funeral Doom Metal".

Unless you CAN prove us that the band has never played Funeral Doom, the genre stays as is. It must be assumed that the original submission had proof that backed the inclusion of "Funeral Doom" in the genre tag. We do not work based on hunches or suspicions.

I'm surprised as to how knowledgeable of the genre you are, Mr. Progressive Power Metal :v

Well, yeah, that album is pretty solid Funeral Doom. But the debut is standard Doom/Death. The latest album ist Post-Rock, and the EP is Post-Rock-influended Doom Metal. I added "Post-Rock" to the current tag. No need to split hairs adding anything else.

Good call. Alex Poole responded to my e-mail and described the sound as being even slower than Nortt, with Summoning influences. It may be a lost album since the masters are apparently lost and he isn't in contact with anyone that may have had the demo back then. I will keep in mind that doubts are not enough in the future, as well.

Savage Realm are more of a sludgecore band than their artwork would indicate.
http://superfirecords.bandcamp.com/albu ... l-savagery

There's a lot of Funeral Doom to it, from the 2/3 of the album on, but still, the overall sound of the band isn't mainly Funeral Doom Metal. Doom/Death Metal is fine.

Added "Drone" to the genre tag.

Yeah... Not sure why bringing that up, since no one claimed otherwise.

I think the genre for Czech band, Demimonde, should be updated. Their genre is currently listed as doom/death/gothic metal, which I believe is applicable to their first demo, The Warrior's Poets. However, their albums, Mutant Star and Cygnus Odyssey, are way too wacky, proggy, and weird to be tied down to that genre. If anything, it's closer to avant-garde metal than gothic/doom/death.

"Gothic/Doom/Death Metal (early), Avant-garde/Progressive Metal (later)"

The Warrior's Poets (gothic/doom/death metal):


Mutant Star (avant-garde gothic/death metal?):





Cygnus Odyssey (avant-garde/progressive metal):

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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT!?

Death? No way. That's grunty Folk. And a rather horrid one, too.

Agreed. This is pretty much Bethlehem sans the Doom. Changed.

Dude... that's the song "Black Nazareth" by the band Old Throne, no the other way around. Whoever added it to the band's discography was wrong. In any case, "Dark" was removed from the tag.

Agreed and changed.

Should Devouring Star's genre be changed from Black/Death Metal to simply Black Metal? Their full-length is quite clearly black metal despite the down-tuned guitars. Nearly all of the tremolo-picked riffs consist of mid and high-range chords and intervals, rather than death metal-style low-pitched single notes. The palm muted parts merely accentuate the riffs that are driven by those desolate chord and melody progressions.

Their latest release, a 3-song EP, seems to be more death metal influenced (or death/doom, even), but I'd argue that it retains the black metal core of the full-length, although it might not be obvious outside the context.

Whatever their genre is, they're definitely one of the absolute best bands currently!

Agreed and changed. Pretty great band indeed!

"Dark Metal" bands still left to change, so far.




I still think this should have symphonic and/or operatic added to it.


And I'm just bumping this from earlier.

ALASTIS
http://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/544539
This report has been open for a while. The homework's done, should anyone want to have a look.

Got Myspace to work again... I have to watch an ad for every song. Pain in the fucking ass. I got a minute and a half unskippable ad one time.... Fuck Myspace, when can it die already? Okay wow, fuck this shit. I'm literally getting youtube videos as ads. I was originally going to do the myspace bands but fuck that shit.

Anyways.

Aquilon - Changed. I don't know about Experimental, just sounds like MDM with piano but the rest is right.

Вихрь - Actually probably going to delete this. The "metal" demo is barely metal and is more just atmospheric passages. Pretty riffless except for horribly mixed two songs, which are the shortest songs on the demo.

Vanity - Changed.

Usva - Changed.

Perfect Symmetry - Changed.

Inner Sea - Changed.

Also - Tenebra - Symphonic added. This was the only band I got to before the annoying ads came up. In retrospect, since we now the guy who has the yt page I could have asked him but... eh, didn't cross my mind. The "Operatic" tag is another story, I can go on a long monologue on that, but needless to say, I'm going to check over those tags. I think I already have before, but I'm going to anyway, when I have the time.

Defeaned is also changed. That second album is wildly different. Hell, his third album is cover of the entirety of Electric Wizard's Witchcult Today.



Holy shit, I totally forgot about this one. My bad. Let's see... Jan 7th. Yeah, I must have been on my phone, was away from the computer most of the first half of that month and must have closed the message on my phone. I think just black metal is fine based on the demos I'm listening to. Like some ambient stuff but that just about it. The "later" genre is pretty ideal for this bands sound imo from what I am hearing.

Glad it worked. For all it's worth, this thread has been well-monitored lately, so my compliments go to all the mods working on it. Good work!

Oksennus might need a "Death/Doom Metal" tag instead of just "Death Metal". Especially the earlier stuff is slow and heavy.

some older demos:
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Musta kirja

I own their Lentae demo and the self titled demo, too, but couldn't find them on the web. They are just like the demos linked here, if not slower.

Latest album:
Sokea idiootti

The "Dark Metal" search continues...

Aendria is Symphonic Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Aendria/7364
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zn7iFp7k4Q
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-lgezUeew
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFzlrc9ldE
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HuO04vSX_w
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfwutdj9Jk

Celeste is Gothic/Black Metal, I hear some Doom elements as well.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Celeste/29613
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOReogGwPA

Cold Distance is Gothic Metal with some rock elements, but the second album is pretty much entirely rock of some sort, so maybe "Gothic Metal/Rock" is just fine.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Co ... 3540332160
* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCor6lv ... EQcf0g6_Ig

Shadows of the Past is Atmospheric/Symphonic Black/Death/Doom Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Co ... Cell/12445
* https://condemnedcell.bandcamp.com

Crimson Rivers is Symphonic/Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cr ... 3540339486
* https://www.youtube.com/user/crimsonriversgr/videos

Dakon is Death Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Dakon/56182
* https://www.youtube.com/user/thedakon/videos

Darcanum is Symphonic Black/Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Darcanum/46173
* https://myspace.com/darcanum/music/songs

Debris is Symphonic Blackened Death Metal
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Debris/61058
* https://myspace.com/debrisdk/music/songs

Diskriminator is Symphonic Gothic/Black/Death Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Di ... ator/34985
* https://diskriminator.bandcamp.com/

Distrust is Death/Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Distrust/10582
* https://myspace.com/distrustvikingmetal/music/songs

Einsamkeit mit Mihr is Depressive Black Metal/Post-Rock.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ei ... Mihr/97045
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD4E9EuWUrs
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADW8RkIOvk
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEfIIXb-xgs

The band Embers has a "Dark/Death" tag; they use to be known as Dark Age which only has "Death" as their genre. I could not find any samples for Embers, but removing the Dark here wouldn't hurt.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Embers/48715

Endless Grief is "Gothic/Folk Metal (early), Gothic/Deathrock (later)"
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/En ... rief/39778
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao3evogKqTk
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-f28JiJX5s
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aqM9vy9eTE (later sound)

Ezekiel is Black/Folk Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ezekiel/111176
* https://myspace.com/ezekielmetal/music/songs

Flowers in Dark is Melodic Death/Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fl ... Dark/63858
* https://www.youtube.com/user/FlowersinD ... =0&sort=dd

Green Division is just Gothic Metal.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gr ... sion/44339
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0IVg-Lb8w
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8G4cyYioeA
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_t40vuzZY

Herlathing is Melodic Death/Gothic Metal
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Herlathing/37539
* https://herlathingband.bandcamp.com/

Horrorthrone is Melodic Black Metal/Ambient.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ho ... 3540272738
* https://myspace.com/horrorthrone/music/songs


This is unrelated to the Dark Metal stuff, but I think Morlok Von Grimorog should be "Progressive/Heavy Metal." It's just prog metal now, but it pretty much sounds like progy King Diamond/Mercyful Fate.
* https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mo ... 3540406249
* https://vongrimorog.bandcamp.com/

Also, would you guys like me to link bands that have "'X' acceptable genre/Dark Metal" that I am unable to find samples of so the dark is still removed from the genre?

What the fuck is this?

This sounds like a mix of Edison's talking dolls, a numbers station, and terrible folk metal.

I would like to suggest a genre change for [url=https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Paramæcium/440]Paramæcium[/url] from death/doom to funeral doom. What I've heard sounds more like a guitar driven Skepticism than a band like My Dying Bride.

While I do agree that Paramaecium had a couple of funeral doomy moments on their first album, they also have had plenty of full-on death metal sections. Also, a majority of the stuff after "Exhumed of the Earth" is played at a pretty typical pace for death/doom.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/J1_f64qAyCw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/Vy_x2q4GqNY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/0UsQC3oW27s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/7zqBnlPYVL4[/youtube]

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Le ... ng/110106i

This band probably needs an update on the genre.
http://www.mkepunk.com/releases/hardcor ... -blessing/

There is the full length.

Changed. Any idea about the band's other material?

^ You checked the digital-only box by accident, Zodi.
Also, I think those two releases added by Horrorglyphics (first demo + untitled) are total crap.
EDIT: He added the last/latest full-length, too. Looks like junk as well.

Anyone?

My two cents as the primus motor of Oksennus: Our music is death metal with influences from a plethora of different genres, we use a wide variety of tempos, and our style evolves (or devolves) from release to release, so pigeonholing it any further would be a disservice to us and listeners alike.

I definitely agree. Not enough doom in their music.

http://www.mkepunk.com/releases/hardcor ... -cdr-demo/ <--2001 demo


The only other material I can find online is that Foetopsy split, which is just rough mixes from the full-length. I could ask the guy behind Barbarian Records if he has anything, however, he was much more involved with Foetopsy than Leval Blessing when he put that out.

EDIT: Forget I said anything at all, it's a guy from the band. I can talk to him and see if he has artwork and things to go with it.

I think it's safe to say that Paradise Lost have gone back to their roots for good. Much like ''The Plague Within'' (2015), ''The Longest Winter'', the 1st sample off their upcoming ''Medusa'' (2017) Full-length, is a clear Gothic/Doom Metal statement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufs-kLZFyjU

I totally agree with this suggestion, here's their full new album just to confirm YourGodIsDead point

Seems like it more or less fits under the same genre. Thanks.



Sounds like some sort of black/death metal. Current genre seems fine, though there are certainly technical and melodic leanings. No need to overcomplicate it with early/later tagging if it's just a variation of the same style throughout their discography.

For Möhrkvlth : https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/M% ... 3540413363 (black metal)
I think the should be changed to pagan black metal, (I'm not really sure of this).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXJcBesgVys

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Addaura/3540303797

https://addaura.bandcamp.com/album/burn ... he-ancient

I think atmospheric should be tagged in the genre field.

Abysmal Darkening is blackened doom metal.

Just noticed that Paradise Lost's Genre was changed to Doom/Death Metal, Gothic Metal/Rock, which is rather oversimplified and doesn't reflect the band's early days, nor the current.

They started off as a Doom/Death Metal band, added plenty of Gothic Metal/Rock elements at ''One Second'' (1997) and went with Doom/Gothic Metal (some might argue it's just Doom/Death Metal- fine with me) at ''The Plague Within'' (2015) and at the upcoming ''Medusa'' (2017) Full-length.

(samples from their 3 different eras;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLFoGS5rrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC-eGeN5C2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7o6In3fzE)

I'm not a mod, but honestly, PL has been discussed a lot of times and they might be inconsistent when we want to label them with just simplified genres. Let it lay down as it is, it's not such an extremely important case

No probs, was just having in mind bands like Rotting Christ, the Genre field of whom has been divided into early, mid and late days and thought I might suggest the same.