I think he warned everyone with the title he gave it here...

Haven't had a chance, sorry. I simply haven't focused on any MA site work in a week, I'm listening to one now and I'll try to get back to you soon. Probably going to be distracted tonight and tomorrow though.

Oh, okay, its understandable, I know that life can be a hassle most of the time with work or school...and many other things. Let me know when you can.

About, Hank of the Destruction Moose. I just put the genre of what the band described themselves as, I should have listened to more then the beginning of a couple of songs, changed the genre already to metalcore. As for how they detributed their self-titled EP was through Myspace, I wrote to their Facebook but it looks like it hadn't been used since March and emailed them from another site also. I did however find this promotional video for the EP (another website said its a demo, this one, http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/hank ... tionmoose/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqLOn_k ... ata_player

Hi!

Excuse me but ... SOEN in the black list ? do you know something about progressive metal ?

then You got to delete Dream Theater too

Soen is more like Tool, I personally heard the album when it was released and it was definitely not metal.. Yes, we do our progressive metal, thanks.

Hello, dude! I'm trying to register my friend's band Poison Beer on MA, but when I try a message appears saying the band are blacklisted and I could not find the reason for the ban.

Here the link of the band's picture:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9702_n.jpg

Here the link of their first EP (released independently in CD - only 100 copies):
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9164_n.jpg

Here the link from Fuck the Mainstream - We are the Mainstream Recs. from Germany, that will release their first ep on tape (only 100 copies too):
https://www.facebook.com/fukkthemainstr ... 5265974593

And finally two links of the tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkj9w9XLwiE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNs0HDKBU6M

That's it. =)

Thx!

666

Can be submitted now.

"a band called "Forgotten" (Greece) has been blacklisted."
Please, check it:
http://underground.org.ua/index.php/rel ... gotten2011

Download link: http://underground.org.ua/mp3/Forgotten ... 202011.zip

This album looks metal enough.

RazorDick: Uglor's 1987 demo is metal enough, you may submit them. The 1988 demo is a mix of metal riffing and Dead Kennedy's "spy music on crack" and the bass almost completely drowns out the guitars so it was tough to evaluate - I tried two pairs of headphones and playing around with my EQ on that.

Unblacklisted already?
I'll start working on the Uglor draft immediately.

Yes, unblacklisted. A bit tough to evaluate as the demos were poorly recorded.

Link to my post about them being acceptable in the submission notes, since I probably won't be the first to get to it.

Ok, thank you. I'll put the link.
I know the songs were ripped from very old demo cassette tapes but I like the sound, thank you!

Just submitted Uglor, thank you again.

Hello there!
While trying to submit the band Sinfold I think I accidentally skipped providing an easier to access way of listening to it (I think I only gave a link to the facebook page), but you can also listen to the full EP on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC47B4A7DB1BA6F75 . Also I provided a link to the official cover art of the CD instead of a picture of a physical copy. I hope that is not of much concern but if it is I could come up with that as well (I just figured that a link to the cover art would be of a higher quality than a photo). I really hope you have time to take another look at this band.

Thank you and sorry for bothering!

ABDICATION

melodic death with real physical release.

ive sent the pics of cd. so, with what the problem to add the band to database?

^ Seems to me you didn't include the pics in your submission.

This is my first time here in 8 years

I'd like to object the rejection of Lorenzo Partida. The reason i got from the mod was NO SAMPLES. i was wondering if a couple of promo videos (sanctioned by the record label) would be enough, if so, do i post them here or do i send the links via e-mail?

thanks in advance

EDIT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npVw56SnvzY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGkmc_zXDc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWUQUAQVcQo

I don't understand why we were rejected. We have evidence of our band via our sound cloud

1. Please mention the name of the band when you post about it.
2. Read our rules about digital bands. To be brief, it needs to downloadable (Itunes, Bandcamp), around 30 minutes in length and must be professional enough. I looked at the soundcloud, it's 2 songs for 8 minutes and it's not even downloadable...

ABDICATION

so, thats pics

http://s017.radikal.ru/i403/1307/4b/8c26f340d880.jpg

http://s50.radikal.ru/i130/1307/ff/8d0d2b8e2e3c.jpg

http://i036.radikal.ru/1307/64/e374d25121f8.jpg

Please cancel the blacklist of In crucem agere (vienna)
physical release available since today

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Cruce ... 5771871713

I wanted to add KaaK from austria to the metal archives and it was rejected.
reason:
"Where can this release be purchased? Could you provide a link to where it can be purchased? Do any distros/labels/shops carry it?" - Zodijackyl

it can be purchased on the Artificial Sun site & on their bandcamp:
http://artificial-sun.ru/
http://artificial-sun.bandcamp.com/album/pro-love

can i resubmit it now?
cheers

Can I resubmit Hank of the Destruction Moose with this video that shows how they promoted their EP in 2008 on Myspace? I'm pretty sure they posted in on a bunch of peoples comments to sell the CDs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqLOn_k ... ata_player

http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/hank ... tionmoose/

http://www.reverbnation.com/hankofthedestructionmoose

Hello all. I tried to register my band to MA, but the moderator rejected it as it was "not metal enough."

I play Atmospheric/Experimental Ambient Black Metal and the demo that I released(under Depressive Illusions Records) contains an ambient Black Metal track, and 3 experimental ambient tracks.

So, I guess I can see why it may not be metal enough, but there is the band "Nest" that you have on the board and they are true neo-folk/ambient music with NO harsh vocals or guitars.

On my demo, there are no guitars, BUT there is none in Nest either...

Here is my physical release proof: http://depressiveillusions.com/items/cd ... d-red-snow

Here is my song "Blood Red Snow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQgDKoRcHY

Here is Nest(for comparison): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXFTMnBKB2w

Please rethink your consideration and have a nice day.

-N.G.

EDIT: Just saw that my band "Lovedrown" has been blacklisted, please remove it from the list, if you change your minds.

The blacklist says Lovedrown is an ambient project. Which is the reason you got "not a metal band; does not belong on MA" as a rejection notice.

I do not know how Nest came to be accepted. It may be a selected exception to the rule (because of the band's relevence, most of the times), a valid side project or something along those lines. In any case, comparing two bands and asking "why is band X in here and band Y is not if they sound alike" will not help your case at all. Every band is based on it's own merit.

We'll get on the rest of the songs and do basically if we have say a band camp with a minimum of 30 min the we'd be eligible? It's Xaemora by the way

Can now be submitted.


While I did find proof of a valid release after another mod had rejected it, we decided that the music itself was more industrial/electronic/nu-metal than metal, so it was blacklisted.

I wanted to ask why the band Kittie was blacklisted. They were a nu metal band. But if you listen to their newer stuff (past their first album), they all were nothing but straight up modern metal. For example, I've noticed their recent stuff is undeniably metal enough to get onto this site. Their recent stuff is like a mix of Lamb of God and Children of Bodom. It's pretty much death metal/groove metal with even a little bit of thrash metal in it. They don't have anymore of the rapping, hip hop rhythms or whatever.

Try these songs to know how metal they became for so long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8khWY9cOLiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuTuAVJrF8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJM05HNdojk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0JgtRsTkX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHT-hxv1Pk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCyNOleWbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa7crfDxThA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1PTlgZdeUs

Hi!

I wanted to add Pestera Negru (Black Metal/Noise/Ambient) to Metal Archives but I've seen was blacklisted. Why? I see there's two releases, the split with Fünhébre and another one with Tenebris Terra

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/F% ... bre/335752

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Te ... sta/356814

Thanks!

So? A band could do a split with Lady Gaga and it won't her make metal.

I try it again. Anyone can help with this strange rejection?

Sure, but probably Lady Gaga doesn't do noisy Black Metal

okay here's a sound sample, hope that helps:

https://anonfiles.com/file/fec1ca847b4a ... 87384c3ea2

let me know if I can resubmit it now.
thanks!

Band: GOD HELMET
Rejected

Sorry denimleather, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band God Helmet (Brazil), for the following reason:
I'm guessing that 3-track demo is only released digitally, right...?

Yes, it was only released digitally, now I have a count on Bandcamp:
http://godhelmet.bandcamp.com/

Also the songs are on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LshCfi5coTU

And Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/serv-o-denim/god ... world-demo

Thanks

That's just way too short to be approved as a digital release.

I assume the band is now in your drafts (again)? You can submit them, I found some info about the CD on their Facebook.


Restored. Next time please include the actual music.

Restored.

@Terrion666: The first track you linked is a riffless noisy something. Second one sounds more metallic, but I'm not convinced. It would depend on which songs the band's valid release(s) feature (only those two splits so far?), so at this point we'd need comprehensive access to all the band's released music.

They've released another 3 albums containing original work, apparently all within a couple weeks of me last mentioning the band in late 2012, not meaning to be annoying and bring them up again, but I noticed those extra 3 albums in their discography today, and thought they could be used to help approve/deny the band if it hasn't already been decided, here's a source stating which albums had original work and not:

http://vgmdb.net/org/320

These tracks are from an unreleased demo. I don't have physically the splits or youtube samplers. If I would find it later I'll put on the board to prove enough metal