I have submitted ThermoNuclear for El Salvador

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The ... 3540424738

they do have a digital release on Bandcamp under Bestial Desecration records just released March 19th 2017.

Can anyone review and approve?

The draft is pending in the queue, you posting here with the same information and asking us to check it out is not going to speed things up.

Because the EP is only ~17:30 and 4:30 of that is a cover song. So it's ~13:00 of original material. Not long enough for a digital release.

I seen bands being approved with just a note on band info stating they released a demo in XXXX year, why is that?

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ult ... 3540424151

Why a band with an unlisted production can reach approval and one with a digital and on sale (and I am not just bitching on my casse but for all digital releasing bands :s) have such limitations?

Those are releases with an unknown/incomplete tracklist. They are only added to the "discography" section if we know the track listing. That band was accepted based on a photo of some copies of the CD and a song on YouTube. Entries like that are generally accepted based on evidence such as this:

Hello,
I have question - polish prog metal band HellHaven was rejected some years ago because of non-metal form of it's music. We've accepted that statement. But now we've released new album with the help of PronetRecrods label and we change our music into prog metal/heavy metal. Please check out if we still do not fit into Metallum or maybe I will be able to add HellHaven as a prog/heavy/metal band.

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPzmf57KPU

Sorry to insist, can you help me to understand if Lava could be considered metal enough?

Why was Intestinal Parasites Carnivorous Controllers blacklisted?

https://intestinalparasites.bandcamp.co ... /infecci-n

That's not blacklisted...

Oh, well, I submitted it and got rejected for being "not metal." I guess it wasn't blacklisted then. So why was it rejected for being not metal then?

It's blacklisted now. The only reason it wasn't is cause it was from that one day I forgot to blacklist a bunch of stuff. And the reason being because it's not metal. Just ignorant deathcore slamz.

Why has Slaughter to Prevail been blacklisted? They're signed by Sumerian Records and the label is on Metal Archives with a few bands too. Slaughter to Prevail will be releasing their debut full-length album on the 5th May 2017 with Sumerian Records. They have previously released their debut EP (independently), however, released the same EP with different artwork by Pär Olofsson (on 6th May 2016). Links to prove this will be included below.

Physical Bundles/Merch: https://www.sumerianstore.com/collectio ... er-bundles
Slaughter to Prevail on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/slau ... 1000804900
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_d ... ch-type=ss
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/MiserySermon-GP

Blacklist note says they are too core.

I think this band deserves a second chance
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Vansinne/3540424610

Some kind of experimental black metal.
https://vansinne.bandcamp.com/track/hail-satan-single
https://vansinne.bandcamp.com/track/hora
https://www.facebook.com/pg/vansinne666 ... e_internal

A second chance? They were just rejected. What's different?

Listen? how is this not metal?

The admin who disapproved it have something against me.

We have nothing against you.

We do have something against non-metal bands; we don't accept them. This is one of those.

Tell me why it's not metal

another song
https://vansinne.bandcamp.com/track/wolfchild

I'm not a mod, but I can tell you that even if it was metal, it would not be accepted since that album is not released yet.

The digital audio have been released. It even has a single
https://vansinne.bandcamp.com/track/hail-satan-single

The band isnt metal. Drop it.

Ok, so I tried submitting the band Dying Flame, but it was rejected because I need to provide proof that the EP they/we released in 2008 was released on CD. I was the guitarist for the band but only have a burnt copy of the CD written on it with pen. The examples in the email I received from EM did not work, so I'm asking here whether a photo of a burnt copy would be okay? The CD is definitely not being sold anymore as the band broke up in 2011. I just wanted to add the band for the sake of completion...

I don't know if there's a more suitable thread for this, but can one of the mods submit Nergal's side project Me and That Man? The album is available now digitally (iTunes) and physically (CD, vinyl, cassette).

The photo would help, but we are usually not happy with single CD-Rs since they can be (and have been) faked easily. Can you provide some more context for the release, i.e. how many copies made, manner of distribution, maybe a link to some 3rd-party mention/review online, etc.? The links in the rejection message have been fixed, btw.

Hello, I think Demonauta should be reconsidered. Here is a link of the last album: https://demonauta.bandcamp.com/album/tierra-del-fuego-2

As heavy and cool as this is, it still sounds predominantly like fuzzy stoner/psych rock.

Please remove from blacklist ByoNoiseGenerator. That band is more brutal death oriented. Blastbeats is fast, but drummer is playing it in Suffocation style. He is not playing like Mick Harris style. All BNG musicians are from death metal oriented bands. These guys are from Dormant Carnivore, Lethality, Putrefied Cadaver.
Listen BNG album and think where is grindcore or another not metal things.
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That means nothing.

I know. But it is difficult to me to say what I mean. I think that they're must be on MA

As somebody familiar with the band I personally disagree with their blacklisting as all the heavy parts sound like Brodequin to me, but I guess there are enough "jazzy" parts that a mod might raise an eyebrow to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0xYamFYYI

The new songs from Body Count seem pretty riffy. Of course there are hardcore and rap elements but the meat of this sounds metal to me.

I will defer precise genre identification to the mods. Since I tend to suck at that.

I should add that the new album comes out on the 31st. So, it'll be soon before the whole thing can be discussed among the mods.

One song linked, album not released yet. The other song is definitely more -core than metal.



Correct. No need to give us premature reminders. It can be evaluated once it is released.

Brought up for discussion internally. It's a really long album and seems to be a mix of stuff, from skimming it.[/quote]

Seems pretty metal in places, some good solid riffs, nice chunky guitar tone in places as per this example. Discovered this artist on YouTube and have certainly been drawn in to listening to more. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ99wQesShs# Is it still considered not consistently heavy?

Thanks for the reply.

We had 500 CD-Rs on which we placed the artwork stickers. I remember having a stack of them when I left the band. 2 years later or so they reached out to me again to get the rest of the CD-R's, since then I haven't been in touch at all. I think they were only sold at shows. The band never got any deal, and beyond myspace never got very far on social media at all. I don't think there were any reviews. I only managed to find a mention of on a purevolume account: http://www.purevolume.com/dyingflame/posts

I'll try to find more tangible/concrete evidence. Thanks again.

A while back, I submitted Mother Moon and they were rejected for, if memory serves, not being metal enough. They released a new album earlier today that is significantly more metal than Nourishing the Repetition was. Would you be willing to reconsider Mother Moon based on Bathed in False Light?

https://mothermoonmd.bandcamp.com/album/bathed-in-false-light

That's alright, I've restored them.

Recently tried to post a band called "Immortal Machinery" from the UK but I get the message that has been blacklisted.

I do not understand, technically have most of the requirements to be placed as a band on the page. Or maybe I'm missing something?

thanks.

Hello, my band Announce the Apocalypse was rejected from your database because supposedly there was already a submission for the same band name and your website did not want to duplicate it. We are the only thrash metal band called announce the apocalypse, it is possible I tried to submit us a few years ago, before we had an album out, and never finished the page. We have our official debut out now and would love to be featured on your site. Thank you.

According to the blacklist, they are gothic rock, not metal.


Another user had submitted the band before you, so it was approved instead.

Considering that point, you're right.
Excuse me, is there a way to see if the blacklist of bands?