Added. - Killer Instinct

The logo looks pretty metal. It won't hurt keeping them in the list.

She appeared in the "Ellas son eléctricas" documentary. Here the excerpts she was in (no info about Tension):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5QK0QYTdU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfTre34Oj3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPXXjfmLW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDN_QkZIBgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoGIPycydDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6AijG8aMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ieWDqeNd8

One remarkable fact about her is she's had a significant hearing loss since an early age. In one of these videos she gives the names of the other members of Tension: Paco Sala, Óscar Périz, Ismael García and Plácido Gómez. Some of them play in hard rock band Boner:
https://www.facebook.com/boner.labanda/

Thanks for that additional info.

A seller on Yahoo! Japan Auctions has recently listed six rare examples of 80’s Japanese metal & hard rock records (at ‘serious collectors’ only’ prices!). Axe has been listed here recently (https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Axe/3540465293), but the other five have not and they’re not blacklisted either. From the descriptions three of the remainder don’t seem sufficiently metal to meet the site’s requirements (e.g ‘classic hard rock’, ‘hard rock/AOR atmosphere’, Whitesnake comparisons etc.). The remaining pair of bands sound more promising, although sound samples might be hard to come by as they are rarities, but maybe someone can turn up some more detailed reviews or some other evidence:

Needs research. - Jessmeiyer
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Band members: Kazuaki Ando: Guitars, Keyboards; Akira Ishihara: Vocals (https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ara/171820); Junichi Yamakawa: Drums
Discography: ‘The End of the Sky’ (EP, 4 tracks, ~1989)
Pictures: https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g1075170805
Seller’s description: “With free-wheeling guitars and keyboards and threateningly explosive high-tone vocals in the Scandinavian style, I think they resemble Twilight Project or Stratovarius’.
Band set up by Akira & friends while at college. Started out playing covers of foreign metal bands but moved on to record this 4 track original release.

Added. - Knife

Ok the Metalness of Berzerker is unquestionable.
I've submitted it with the little info that was obtainable.

Discogs seller had no info either.

Needs research. - Ratzmajik
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (?), female-fronted
Band members: Chris "Trash" Gordon (drums) - https://www.facebook.com/chris.gordon.140
Steve Luton (a.k.a. "Doc Louie") (guitars)
Discography: "Bend Over & Scream" demo (1988, cassette)
- could use audio samples, as there's a chance they're more hard rock than metal. They changed their name to Villain around the early '90s, and got a different vocalist.
Logo: https://imgur.com/3bJskbY
Band photo: https://imgur.com/kAFphwX

Added. - Lunar Eclipse


Needs research. - Victorian Blitz
Location: US (Louisiana?)
Genre: Heavy Metal
Band members: info here - https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... eau/975637
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/2551210 ... Blitz-Demo . Entry here offers nothing that YouTube videos don't, but main Discogs band page says that they recorded a few demos.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DFRONTMAN/sear ... an%20blitz
- in comment on this video, vocalist says the year and track listing of that demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acyfRk7TlDI
- release info uncertain
Live footage '87 with 2 line-up changes from above: https://www.youtube.com/@thundertyrant/ ... an%20blitz

Needs research. - Snaggle Tooth
Genre: Heavy/Thrash Metal/Punk
Location: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Band members: Shinji Tatsugami (https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ami/157628) (Guitars, Vocals (Backing)); Masanao Tatsugami (Bass, Vocals (Backing)); Masayuki Higuchi (https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... uchi/11254) (Drums); Kyoji Azuma (Vocals)
Discography: ‘1st Demo’ (Cassette, 3 tracks, 1991)
Pictures: https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/m1075780742
Not the Hiroshima band of the same name already on site. Early band of Shinji and Masayuki, both of whom have long musical careers. Suspect Masanao Tatsugami is relative of Shinji for obvious reason, but no proof.

Делта Форс / Delta Fors: the song "Носталгия" was recorded during (or after?) autumn 1992.
The song "Юмрук в стената" was apparently recorded in 1993 and a third song, "Без изход" in 1994.

Like many other bulgarian bands, they only had single songs for radio/promotional purposes: the single cited on youtube doesn't exist, but it's common by that youtuber to create list singles or full albums gathering different recordings all together

Codex XIII has been submitted

Needs research. - Cynical Optimism
Location: Central Falls/Pawtucket, Rhode Island, US
Discography: Released two demo tapes: https://imgur.com/a/XbrYfLM "Free Sampler" (track listing: Brown Acid / Deny Me), and "To Perceive and Comprehend Meaning".
Line-up of the release: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Pat_Woods/304753
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... lle/304758
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... rns/304761
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ami/304760
Tony Botelho - guitars

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225325108303?h ... R-aj6YCtYQ

Full release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnoTnl0a9VM

Thanks for the link, BlackFlag. It doesn't sound too promising from what I heard, unfortunately (though only have a minute to listen right now). If you think it's metal enough, feel free to submit - but if you agree, I'll probably end up crossing them off the list.
Their drummer is on the site: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... bre/714667

Here is a site that can be used for research, suggested by user cmg92 (thanks!) with a band list from the Eksjö, Jönköping region of Sweden. It has already been helpful for one band in particular, offering information that couldn't be found elsewhere online, and there are apparently some metal bands not yet listed on the site that can be found here:

https://eme.erocnet.com/eme/start/

Added. - Dead Corpse

Quite baffled they aren't listed yet. Grabbed a cheap copy.

Some bands from Birmingham, Alabama, US with drummer Scott Parsons:
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ons/313270
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063787072834
Needs research. - Severence
Tim Laird (guitars), Jeff Payne (bass, also played in Cryptogenic), Craig Downing (vocals), Scott Parsons (drums). JB was the vocalist at another time.
Logo here: https://www.facebook.com/37830643892177 ... 755196513/
Rehearsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWdUn59 ... g&index=19
Band photo/"Born in Anarchy" song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lya0JDS ... g&index=18
Needs research. - Servant
Wes Lawson (guitars), Brian Gilliland (vocals), Jeff Spitzer (bass), Scott Parsons (drums)
https://www.youtube.com/@CrematoryEmbel ... ry=servant (3 songs)
Added. - Cryptogenic


Being added. - Strick-9

I had been on this band's trail some time before you posted it. I know of a person that claims to have the entire demo, whether he has it on cassette or not I don't know, and I might know of a few people who saw the band play live at some point, but my info on many of these underground bands from back then is dubious at best since they come from a ton of third-party sources. I can probably contact the guy asking him for the demo, but he has weird vibes, and tends to evade my questions often, so getting anything from him can be complicated.

In any case, IIRC there were a few cassettes for those recordings that were barely distributed, and I assume some of them were dubbed and shared around in the underground scene, thus why they can be found both in Soundcloud and YouTube uploaded by 2 different people, assuming they're not all the same recording uploaded thrice.

Thanks, Buried.
By any chance, have you asked around to some of the ex-members about the last 5 bands in this post, which are all from Buenos Aires?
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=104654&p=3074171&hilit=argentina#p3074171
Feel free to submit any if enough can be found. The music sounded promising, and some of the members are on Facebook. Just haven't gotten around to trying to contact yet.

I could possibly look around and see whether I find anything, but my sources aren't from Buenos Aires, and given that the province and the city are so massive it's quite complicated to find the right people, but I can look around.

Currently I barely have any free time to sit down and go back to research but once I'm free for at least a week or so (probably in March lol) I can try, although I'd imagine by that time you might have done that already. In any case you can send me a DM if you need specific help with anything or some quick research on something, I can possibly find some time to help out.

Turns out we have a sample from this one. It's only one track out of three though, so not sure there's much to submit with. I personally think it leans more into hard rock than heavy metal, but that's never been my genre forte either.

^Wow, this is one helluva song!

Needs research. - Tondraft
Location: Sweden
Genre: Heavy/Thrash/Power Metal
Recording: Demo 2000 (track listing: The Vengeance/ The Demon Slayer/ Burst into Flames)
https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... 19&t=55379
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6tyGBZH_Qs
- looking for further info

Added. - Conspiracy


Needs research. - M80's
Location: US
Credits: written by Mahoney / Miller. Produced by Michael Mahoney.
- song "Angela" was on a split 7" record in the '80s (exact year unknown) on Dragonfly Records with a band called Jail Bait (who play "downtempo hard rock", according to the Corroseum). What the Corroseum said about the song "Angela": "easily one of the best heavy metal tracks you'll ever hear on an obscure split 45."
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1748732 ... -Jail-Bait

Needs research. - Asylum
Location: US (Texas? - recorded at Crazy House Hymms (sic), in Houston, Texas)
Listed genre: Heavy Metal
Songwriting credits: John Marin, Ben Rod
Discography: "You Got Control of Me" / "Take Me Away" 7" (year unknown, likely '80s. Crazy House Records)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/2376780 ... trol-Of-Me
- hopes not too high, but would be interested to hear it if it turns up on YouTube, or if a cheap copy turns up on Discogs.

Needs research. - Mad Hatter
Location: Chicago, Illinois, US
Listed genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Band members: Marshall Hartmann, David Fairfield? (songwriters on both tracks)
Discography: "Mad Hatter" / "Survivor" 7" (1984, Urban Disturbance records)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1160964 ... Mad-Hatter
Several documented times that it's been sold (Popsike): https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch ... cldescr=1#
Rockadrome: https://www.rockadrome.com/store/mad-ha ... 7inch.html

Added. - Murder

The review says it's pure death/thrash metal and it reaches the ideal climate? of both styles and if we trust it then I guess the band could be accepted.

Thanks. I'm going to restore that one. Cheers.

Added.

Great! List updated.

Needs research. - Slave
Location: London, UK
Genre: Black/Thrash Metal
Discography: Unmerciful Enslavement (demo, 2001)

Looks like a one-man thing, just randomly popped up on Instagram.

(Happy Saturnalia, everyone)
Some stuff written by this band was released by Christina Kelley in 2020 and 2022 under the moniker Renascense. I was going to add the new project but she gives credit to her old band for most of those songs (6 of 7, as far as I know), so I assumed they are covers.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2JdjXq0VDfACWJdHsef4e2
https://www.facebook.com/renascencemetal/
https://www.renascencelegacy.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@renascencemetalusa6996

Thanks, BlackFlag - same to you.
It seems like Renascense could be submitted, since Firststrike never bothered to release anything officially (which is a shame). They may have been written with that band, but so far this is the first time the songs have seen the light of day. In my opinion they could be submitted, and there could be a mention of it in additional notes that they were written during one of the members' time with Firstrike.
Was just wondering what your opinion is of the Toxia songs? I can cross them off the list if they're not metal. That's how it seemed from a couple minutes of listening, but maybe you've had a chance to hear them more thoroughly. Thanks for looking into these bands.


Needs research. - Catarsis / Catarzis
Location: Hungary
Genre: Metal (?)
Discography: Demo '95 (1 original song and 4 covers). Maybe they have something else out, though. Partial message (translated) from the person who posted it: "Metal-archives.com has nothing about the band."
https://imgur.com/MKdIcDU

@KingSpooky
Toxia is mostly Alternative/Nu-metal. In my opinion, they can be scratched off the list.

I'm submitting Renascence with that mention on the additional notes and a link to these posts.

Much appreciated. Renascence has been accepted, Toxia crossed off.

Needs research. - Silver Fire
Needs research. - Stardriver

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... c0HX5Lo0RR

Two bands aren't listed:
- Silver Fire: https://www.facebook.com/SilverFireSpeedMetal
- Stardriver: https://www.instagram.com/stardriverr/

It appears that Siege's convoluted discography is continuing with that YouTube stream/2-song download from the stream-only compilation. Of the 5 bands included, only their tracks are digitally downloadable. Have mentioned the songs in their bio/additional notes, as well as the other 2 bands on the site that were part of it. The other 2 bands can stay here as something to check back on later, but unless they have another release they can't be added at the moment.

Needs research. - Oddyssey
Location: Canada
Listed genre: Progressive Metal
Band members: Caroline Boucher - vocals
Martin Lefebvre - electric guitars, keyboards
Eric Beaudin - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Richard Bilodeau - bass
Nicolas Diab- drums, percussion - none seem to be on the site, unless Martin Lefebve is the drummer of the band Deafness - could find no indication that this is the case.
Discography: "Crimson Skies" EP (2007)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/12280921-Oddyssey-4
More info: https://www.progarchives.com/FORUM/foru ... 37#2647237
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album ... son-skies/

Needs research. - Shattered Earth
Location: 26 Duncan Avenue, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK
- their song "The Flame" was part of a 16-band, 17-song metal compilation tape made by Fight Zone 'zine in 1993, called "Death Zone". Only one other band, Violent Headache (blacklisted; "grind") from it isn't on the site. Every other band had a demo release that included their song(s) from the comp. There's a good chance they played metal, and put out a demo tape in 1992 or '93.

M.O.S.S. (Method of Self Satisfaction)

Thanks. M.O.S.S. has been added.

Needs research. - Onyx
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Genre: Heavy Metal
Discography: 4-song demo (1987) - release/member info unknown
https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... p?p=196495

Added. - Celestial Autopsy

Needs research. - Forging the Sun
Location: USA-MD
Genre: Stoner Metal

Not related, but this band has a song titled "Celestial Autopsy".
https://www.reverbnation.com/forgingthesun/

More info about the band + proof of valid release needed.

Needs research. - Unholy Flame
Location: Russia
Genre: Raw Black Metal
Discography: Demo 2020 on (29/12/2022, Jems Label [Jems Label #116]; cassette limited to 20 copies)

Promo on Jems Facebook

Demo since wiped off YT, so samples needed.