Delete Thanatopsus http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thanatopsus/47766

same as Thanatopsis http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thanatopsis/1061

Just a spelling mistake

There are many, many people who would vehemently disagree with you, and state that we're too strict in letting bands in and excluding others.

It might be a surprise, but there really are nearly 80000 metal bands out there. Even though most of them haven't published much, they've still produced and released something "metal." Each of those bands have produced and released a physical release, and have some evidence of distribution; that's part of the guidelines for this site. When bands are accepted to the site, we sometimes ask for samples as proof when no other means is readily available. This is done solely to prove that they are metal. As those samples often are tracks uploaded for the ears of the mods, they are not included in the band's page when it is approved. The fact that a band has nothing online or has chosen not to create a website should not stop their inclusion. The internet, as we know it, only started to become popular for musicians in the last decade. There are plenty of metal bands from the 80s into the 90s that never bothered to use the internet, but instead opted to use zines, distros, or simply word of mouth to give news and distribute albums to fans. We don't discriminate on the lack of internet use.

Your other requests are not reasonable, either. Many bands go on their entire careers without producing a "full-length" album. We are also not responsible for providing samples to users, or for facilitating communication with the band. If a less-known band split-up in 1988, their music is probably in the hands of someone who was a metalhead back then, and whether that person will trade it or make it available through other means is up to him/her. The band members might have moved on, and don't wish to associate themselves with the band. MA is an encyclopedia; we collect info on what has existed. We are not a last.fm, or a myspace, or a facebook.

But more importantly I consider the "book of heavy metal" to be a very holy text, and I find it quite insulting that all my favorite bands are surrounded by tens of thousands of junk bands. Why should some completely shitty unheard of band get to have a spot in this holy temple? Does everything that ever existed get listed in an encyclopedia? No because it would be never ending. You only list the ones that are important and have at least some kind of impact in the world, or at the very least has a cult following. It's just stupid that you find it necessary to include all these unheard of, unimportant bands, just because they're metal.

The thing that irks me is that there are sooooooooo many shitty metal bands in this world and it makes it very difficult for me to find new, good music using this place. If I want to find a random power metal band that I like, I don't want to have to sort through thousands of shitty bands before I find one.

But more importantly I consider the "book of heavy metal" to be a very holy text, and I find it quite insulting that all my favorite bands are surrounded by tens of thousands of junk bands. Why should some completely shitty unheard of band get to have a spot in this holy temple?

Does everything that ever existed get listed in an encyclopedia?

No because it would be never ending.

You only list the ones that are important and have at least some kind of impact in the world, or at the very least has a cult following.

It's just stupid that you find it necessary to include all these unheard of, unimportant bands, just because they're metal.

Jesus. Is that you, heavymetalbackwards?

Close, but not quite. Take a glance at the FFA.

FFA?

I've no idea what's going on, here

Deleted Gore Santuarium. No real releases.

*click for Google Cache*

Discography:

"Demo" 1998
"Succubus' Anger" EP 1999

Hang on, how do you know those weren't actual releases that were photographed by the submitter...?

But more importantly I consider the "book of heavy metal" to be a very holy text, and I find it quite insulting that all my favorite bands are surrounded by tens of thousands of junk bands. Why should some completely shitty unheard of band get to have a spot in this holy temple? Does everything that ever existed get listed in an encyclopedia? No because it would be never ending. You only list the ones that are important and have at least some kind of impact in the world, or at the very least has a cult following. It's just stupid that you find it necessary to include all these unheard of, unimportant bands, just because they're metal.

That there are bands in the MA that didn't have an impact on your part of the world doesn't mean they didn't have an impact in some other part of the world!
The fact that people add them to the MA proves that those bands did have an impact on some people.
There are some Dutch bands that didn't have a huge impact globally but that really inspired other people from the Netherlands to start a band of their own. Those bands did have an international career (like Gorefest, Pestilence, Thanatos to name a few). So the more obscure bands should not be listed because you don't know them? I think that several people from the aforementioned bands might disagree with you in that!

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/2_Minute_Hate/79834

Nu-metal.

Just ignore him, Rob. He's only trolling.

Deleted. I wonder how this ever got accepted and labeled as "death metal".

Hey Amzodes, when I added 2 Minute Hate some years ago their only release was their self-titled 2006 album and I'm quite sure it was predominantly (if not only) Death Metal. I don't know if with their later release used to play Nu Metal. Unfortunately, I don't have samples from that album as proof.

Hey Amzodes, when I added 2 Minute Hate some years ago their only release was their self-titled 2006 album and I'm quite sure it was predominantly (if not only) Death Metal. I don't know if with their later release used to play Nu Metal. Unfortunately, I don't have samples from that album as proof.

Hello,

Well as I can see the (new-school) sludge bands are accepted/rejected based on the mood of the moderator checking the queue. I would suggest that you set a clear rule about those bands. Anyway the genre of the recently accepted new-school sludge band "Mose Giganticus" should be modified from Progressive Metal (funny genre tag for such band) to Industrial/Hardcore (early) Industrial/Sludge Metal/Post-Hardcore (now).

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Yousei_Teikoku/3540328512
I want to know based on which album is this band accepted. I listened to all their three albums and none of them can be called metal. The closest one to metal is "Metanoia", which, to my ears, is still far away from being metal.

Since there are four full-lengths mentioned on their page it might be possible that the one you didn't listen to is the most Metal one of them all!

I've been wanting to ask this question forever

Why are Converge and Agoraphobic Nosebleed not on this site?

Why was Above Symmetry accepted? The CD is simply a re-release (with red cover) of the CD they released as Aspera.

"They re-issued 'Ripples' with the new band name on the cover; and with a red background as opposed to the blue background on the original issue. "