Swine Soul, don't know why its blacklisted but here is the latest release: https://merdumgiriz.bandcamp.com/album/ ... ise-plague

Might my new EP/album earn Q'uq'umatz a reconsideration? https://ququmatz.bandcamp.com/album/i-k ... -the-trees

I have restored Koroner, Antioch.

Fnorder
We are an Italian metal band. Our inspiration band are Black Sabbath, Riot, Iron Maiden, Motorhead...a metal with old hard rock melodies. We have saw in your archive band like Def Leppard that is not really metal!!!
In italy is very dufficult to play and made metal songs and so we hope to be accepted by your site: our project is well done and we want also to be a example for other italian metal band.
So please review our request. We are ready for every question by your side.

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No, sorry.

Hi
I think that is not correct to reject Shine of Menelvagor on encyclopedia metallum because there are many similar bands on this site (like nortt or sunn0))) that have been accepted.

Hi
I think that is not correct to reject Shine of Menelvagor on encyclopedia metallum because there are many similar bands on this site (like nortt or sunn0))) that have been accepted. I think Shine of Menelvagor have all the characteristics required to be added on Ency metallum. Rules have to be the same for all the bands, not just for few of them.

Swine Soul, don't know why its blacklisted but here is the latest release: https://merdumgiriz.bandcamp.com/album/ ... ise-plague

Romper Room Rejects

The Phsycal Release : https://www.discogs.com/Romper-Room-Rej ... se/6149516

And yet you have Black Cilice in there...

5. Comparing bands (don't)

This may seem like the obvious course of action in some cases, but be advised that we generally frown upon arguments like "you have band A listed and band B is similar, hence you must also accept band B". Please avoid this, as it comes with the following problems:
1) We simply do not work that way. Each band is assessed and judged on its own merit and trying to compare two distinct bands is treacherous business, even if they may sound similar. And if the two are indeed sonic carbon copies, perhaps the listed one should be deleted instead.
2) Since the site lists a (very) small number of non-metal exceptions, one might be tempted to use them as a reference point. However, these are exactly that, exceptions, and not subject to our guidelines on music.
3) Slippery slope. We do not want to base further inclusions solely on one or more listed band(s) that might be questionable or were wrongly approved to begin with. We would rather (re-)assess the proposed inclusion and the compared listed band(s) on their own instead of expanding a part of the database based around repeated instances of a resigned "we'll, we have this, why not this as well?". See item 1).
4) Most importantly, the Archives can in some ways be seen as a database of metal releases rather than bands. What that means is that in order to gain entry, a band only needs one predominantly metal release (ideally a full-length), regardless of the rest of their discography. This can result in bands starting out as metal, but changing to non-metal later or the reverse. More subtle cases exist, with bands being listed based on a (possibly lesser-known) fraction of their discography. So how does this connect to comparing bands? Well, it's simple: Since we judge releases, comparing band A as a whole to band B as a whole is a fallacious argument when one is actually comparing non-metal output of band A (accepted based on their metal output) to non-metal output of band B (unacceptable because they have no metal output). Consider it one level above arguing that band B should be included because they have a few songs as metal as band A's releases.

So again, each band is judged individually and we don't do the blind approach "A, hence also B".

"Not a metal band; does not belong on Encyclopaedia Metallum. Please read (or re-read) our rules next time to see what qualifies as metal."

Stoner rock. Blacklisted by the boss of that style, Azmodes.

Hi guys ! I understand that some may think that stoner rock is not metal.

Hi,
there's a valid release for the blacklisted band Ilumize, from Denmark, the bandcamp link:

https://ilumize.bandcamp.com/album/at-war

Despite the length, this is pretty much a bedroom demo in sound.

Why the band "Harvest Misery" has been blacklisted? It's Brutal death metal.
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Har ... 540415465#
Thanks.

Prog rock.

I noticed Cream Abdul Babar isn't on here. They sound pretty sludgey/metal to me (and of course some punk and noise in there as well, but not entirely). I found them mentioned a few times in sales threads on the forum, but nothing else. Shouldn't they have a profile?

Inquiring about the Japanese band Sledge Hammer / Iron Hammer (鐵鎚 / 鐵槌) and their blacklisting.

I take it the Metal on "Wolves of Japan" (日本狼) didn't pass muster:


For your convenience, the song marks on that video are:
1. 日本狼 0:00
2. 百錬ノ鐵 4:06
3. 愛國者賦 7:37
4. 我、怒ル故ニ我在リ 11:27
5. 焔 16:35
6. 鋼 21:42
7. 三・千・世・界 26:23
8. 風、蕭々 31:58