There is no proof that the releases have been available/distributed to the public. Pictures of a single copy of each aren't the same as a "distro" having a webstore, a list of titles available for sale, or ideally, a third-party merchant selling the music. In this case, it looks like the band itself printed out the artwork, stuck a single copy in a slipcase, and took a picture in front of a bedroom stereo with it resting on top of a plastic tank toy.

Honestly, a band with no other promotion posting a picture of a single copy on an inactive Facebook page doesn't prove much. Just for an example, small, self-distributed labels often post photos like these of many copies of a release like this or this. We don't require a certain number, rather we require some evidence that the music was actually distributed to the public.

Then, do you need a picture similar to the examples?

Is there a release available anywhere other than from a band member's Facebook page? Do any distros/labels/webshops stock it? Ideally, proof of release isn't "take a picture of x copies" it is simply demonstrating that the release was distributed, not just a couple copies on a dude's desk.

I've sent Oculto Odio a message to see if I can purchase one of these - a split with Granatus. I'll see if they respond.

https://www.facebook.com/ocultoodio88/p ... =1&theater

Just wondering why this band has been blacklisted? This is death metal.

http://www.facebook.com/AntlionOfficial
http://antlionofficial.bandcamp.com

Cheers \m/

Primarily djent with some death metal window dressing. Apparently just misses the mark.

Hey
Just wondering the specifics on why 'Mother of Six' was rejected.
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mot ... 3540391918

The EP is here: https://ndeproductions.bandcamp.com/alb ... ta-resurgo

mostly doom/sludge/rock stuff.
Cheers

Primarily alternative rock.

ok cool, thanks for the clarification

And I have gotten no response.

They are technical/brutal deathcore and they aren't even remotely chug-laden.

They are really a fusion of sludge/death metal and metalcore. Metallic hardcore implies mostly hardcore punk though. All do respect you really can't say the meat is that. Oh and 'mirin the mention of your merch. They are great.

Can you provide samples?

http://infantannihilator.bandcamp.com/

I seem to agree with the blacklist.

Uh... eeyup.

http://youtu.be/SUrmaSvNmfY Did you actually listen to the whole album because most of the album is stuff like this.

The Japanese melodic death metal/metalcore band Her Name In Blood is blacklisted for whatever reason and shouldn't be.

Blacklist says more -core than metal. Feel free to provide samples if you think that's an error (it IS an old blacklisting so if they've done anything recently they may now be valid)

The vast majority of the song you posted is unacceptable. I'm standing by the blacklist on this.

Now is possible??

https://www.facebook.com/ocultoodio88/p ... =1&theater

I think you're kind of missing the point, which is that the release need to be available and distributed to the public. You said it was available from that guy, someone sent him a message and couldn't get a copy. Even though ten copies exist, it doesn't seem to be distributed to the public. There's nowhere which is outwardly apparent as a distro/shop which distributes them. Even if ten copies exist, it doesn't seem like any of them are available to the public.

There's really nothing from this guy's Facebook page you could provide at this point as proof of release. An established third-party distributor (like one of the many NSBM tape distros) would prove distribution just fine, but not a dude's Facebook page which isn't advertised as a distro.

I would like to assess My Band Of Depressive Black Metal "Wolf Krieger (BRA)". For She Is In Black List Due To Band Being Ambient Instrumental And at first, currently follows A Line With Letters And Vocals Purely Depressive Black Metal, I have Tapes Released In Cd Player In Some Countries, Including Digital Sale Also, Do not Know If I Put The link To Assess You More Please A Consideration The Order This!

Even I Joined Another Project As "Primórdio De Caim" Having A Split With The Wolf Krieger How Can See!

Sincerely Yours
Wolf Krieger

In a way it's impressive your band is now blacklisted 8 times. However, what you need to do at this point is post proof in this exact thread. Link samples of the album which you think qualifies as black metal. As many samples as possible. For example, the full album in YouTube would be ideal. If we agree with it being metal, your band will be removed from the blacklist. If we don't agree, submitting the band with another mistyped name will only get you banned again.

http://depressiveillusions.com/search/n ... %20krieger
http://www.panzerrecords.blogspot.com.br/
www.wolfkriegerdsbm.blogspot.com.
http://palcoprincipal.com.br/wolf_krieger
http://imgur.com/a/xGNzu

Musics :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGRmMmN_Ioc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiSl4a7hS_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtWExsdnyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNLE5BLUJCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dys_RAIdA_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C90xLVTiEZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAjWQUq3ogc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zGs48ThuE0

Hey there!

a band called "Tecumseh" (United States) has been blacklisted. There are indeed a handful of non-metal bands from the US with that name, however at least one of them is a Portland-based drone/doom metal band in the vein of Sunn O))). I got one proper physical release with worldwide distribution through a big indie label from them and would be happy to have them listed on the MA.

I think the one on the blacklist is the same band. Please link to samples from the release, if you want them re-evaluated.

The only Youtube video which I found for this band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9lwcNoJ_ac

Samples the label website:
http://www.blrrecords.com/samples/00._2 ... a4f3c4.mp3
http://www.blrrecords.com/samples/00._3 ... a4ff40.mp3

I'm no expert on this genre, but there's drone/doom and there's drone and to my ears this refuses to consistently fall under the former. Before you do the inevitable and post that Sunn O))) sound just like them... maybe they do. I've never listened to them. I'm not going to whitelist Tecumseh based on this alone, though. So not a nope, but not a yes from me either.

Wolf Krieger has three releases, I'll check them again.

Depression, Blood and Suicide
Tracks 1, 2, 4 are ambient.
Track 3 is black metal.
Track 5 is a cover.
->Not a predominantly metal release.

The Death Is Only the Beginning
Tracks 1, 5 are ambient.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 are techno beats with guitars beneath them. I think it is supposed to be black metal.
->Possibly acceptable, open to interpretation.

Atmosphere Suicide
Track 1 is ambient.
Track 2 seems to be driven by a distorted organ? Perhaps a poorly recorded guitar, but it doesn't sound like a metal riff.
Track 3 is black metal. Using this as a point of reference, it's the only original black metal track on the album.
Track 4 is ambient with distorted guitars, but in the context of track 3, it seems more ambient despite some use of guitars.
Tracks 5, 6, 7 are covers.
Track 8 doesn't appear to be online?
->One original track is clearly black metal, the other three originals I found seem to be more ambient. Only 1/4 of the running time of the original tracks is clearly black metal, but 18/33m of the album are metal songs, but mostly covers.

I'll consult with the rest of the staff to see if they think it is acceptable.

edit: We seem to agree that it isn't acceptable.

I say no to Wolf Krieger, based on these descriptions.

Hi, I was going to submit the band Dendritic Arbor from Pennsylvania and it seems they're blacklisted. They have an EP out in physical format - dendriticarbors.bandcamp.com/album/sylvan-matriarch. Their sound is a mix of grindcore and black metal that seems (to my ears) sufficiently metal to be listed on the site so I was hoping a mod could explain the blacklisting.

Thank you!

Dendritic Arbor was blacklist for being primarily Noise/Grindcore and was blacklisted by our resident noise expert. This was around March 2013 so unless you can link us some new content they will stay blacklisted.

Ok, thanks for looking into that anyway.

the records and distros did Release Both In Tape In The Cd In Several Countries And Being DSBM / Ambient Due Phase Of First Cd And Start Of The Band, Yes Have Enough Cover Even I A Cd Cover Of Fully In Tribute The Big Black Metal Bands and the band has tracks and thematic Black Metal Yes! and then these releases will not be part of the site?

the records and distros did Release Both In Tape In The Cd In Several Countries And Being DSBM / Ambient Due Phase Of First Cd And Start Of The Band, Yes Have Enough Cover Even I A Cd Cover Of Fully In Tribute The Big Black Metal Bands and the band has tracks and thematic Black Metal Yes! and then these releases will not be part of the site?

We don't judge covers, we judge a band's original material.

Fair enough, the material I listened to was from 2013 so seems like just a difference of opinion. Thanks anyway!

Hello. I'd like to know why was the Romanian heavy metal band Desant blacklisted. I listened to their album which was officially released through Desant Factory Records and I think it is a valid heavy metal release. I'm gona post some links, just in case the previous submitter didn't do it:



And some proofs:
http://desantrock.ro/shop/muzica/joc-de-noroc-album/
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desant_%28forma%C8%9Bie%29

Sorry for the bad quality of some songs.

Based on those tracks, I'd call them melodic/metallic hard rock.