The admins on this site are too insecure about trying to be as pure of metal is possible, without having anything else.

Sure, we could all argue about what is really metal and what isn't, but when it comes down to it, WHO GIVES A SHIT. SO WHAT if a Prog Metal/Rock band or a Metallic Hardcore band or a Post Rock/Black band or a Deathcore band is on the archives. SO FUCKING WHAT. The point of this site isn't so by a hyper categorizing fuck fest, it's a database which people can refer to to find information, members, releases, and whatnot of bands. And if this site decides it wants to nit pick and be really anal about what it allows on the site, so be it, I'll just journey over to Spirit of Metal. Sure, I would prefer it all to be on one site. Sure, I'm still going to come to this site for the bands that actually are on this site. But let's say as I've gone further underground and as I've ventured into other genres or into hybrids, I've been visiting this site less and less.

This is excluding the forums, of course.

I think Deep Purple is a case where their early influence on metal as a whole is significant. They definitely have several songs which are straight-up Priest-influencing speed metal, and their more rock-ish songs are still on the heavier side of their time.

I think the decision is dumb. Why? Because their first album is predominately metal with obvious progressive influences in it, but that's why there's a sub-genre called progressive metal. I mean if you remove AAL, you might as well start hacking away any other band with too much progressive influence in it. I have not heard their second album, so maybe you could argue that one.

They were deleted for the fact that they have progressed beyond the boundaries of traditional metal, and threaten the very existence of tr00 metal by the fact that they are, indeed, the future of metal. I know this act was one of the last token gestures of a dying breed, and that the world will follow the dazzlingly light beacon of the AaL and its kind, and there's no point in fighting back, it's inevitable. But I had to, like the last emperors of Rome, my foolish pride does not allow me to act otherwise; anything not distributed on 66 hand-numbered crappy cassette copies by Malignant Mom's Underground Basement Distro does not count in the delusional world, and I just can't shake off the dogma, even if it means going down with the ship. All the elitist metal in the world is headed for extinction in the near future, and the future of metal is more core-influenced, funny time signatures, no distortion, and something that... well, isn't metal. Just like Korn is the saviour of metal, at least it was five years ago. I'm pretty sure that AaL and Korn will indeed together be the future of metal, and I'm just gasping for air here. Once we see the light, we'll surely hail Human666 as the most important visionary ever. To type this in the tr00 m3tulz w4y Hunam666 sh0wed uz, N4ppy l0zes!

I think it's time for me to set up the noose and down a bottle of vodka, and then make a stage exit the way old-school Finns are supposed to take. The dinosaurs are extinct, what the hell am I doing in this world of new breeds of metal, iPads and other things I obviously can't understand...?

Is MA becoming TEH TRVE KVLT ARCHIVES OF HOLY S@T@n?

As for the Soulfly comment, they are more on here because of the Side Project rule I think

I'm going to play devil's (heh heh) advocate here for a minute. I'm not going to get riled up over borderline cases because this problem will be encountered no matter what. If M-A starts including the bands that people are bitching about now than someone else will come along and say "Well, you accepted this barely metal band, why don't you accept this other barely metal band?"

However, Devil Doll being on here makes no sense. Just about any random metalcore band has more metal than they do. I'm not upset about their inclusion because it was you wonderful users who introduced me to what is now one of my favorite bands. Less than half of the music even has guitar and I find their guitar lines are more like simplified prog rock than metal.

Let's take a look at the genre:
Avant-garde / Symphonic / Progressive with Rock and Metal Elements

I'd imagine there's less than 15 minutes of "metal elements" across 5 Devil Doll albums. My point is that no one seems to debate the band's inclusion to the site because... well, they're fucking awesome. I think there is a bias here. Devildriver should've been on here long ago and it seems like some people are purposely obtuse to these things. They're terrible, but that's irrelevant.

No one outside of this forum refers to a genre, or group of genres, known as "core."

No, you are verifiably wrong on all accounts. Core, as in deathcore and metalcore generally refers to distinct elements that are primarily inherent in those genres. What allows a core band to be accepted here is how strong the influence of metal actually is. Yes, breakdowns pop up in non-core bands, but they are easily differentiated from deathcore chugging, just like tremolo riffs are present in both death metal and black metal, yet are undeniably different in black metal.

No one outside of this forum refers to a genre, or group of genres, known as "core."

Do you want to know why? Because it's a useless term. It means absolutely nothing except maybe a vague implication breakdowns. Even that only applies to relatively recent "hardcore" which as we know sounds nothing like the progenitors of the genre.

What about Animals as Leaders makes them more "core"? They chug a little? So does Meshuggah, and since when have they been a metalcore band?