or Vegan!

At least they weren't vegetarian. If you're gonna cut animal-based foods out of your diet, either go vegan or stay a carnivore. Don't be a fence-sitter.

(also, huge LOL @ the description of Hardline, J.F.C.)

Deleted Marplots. Nu-metal.

Deleted ErdKabel. Nu-metal.

The band "White Diamond Death" seems extremely suspect. I still have work to do in detecting the rest of their discography (I may need assistance in this matter, because it'll difficult to sift through tons of NSBM bands), but if their "covers" are any indication, this outfit has taken songs from other bands and merely dubbed new vocals over the original tracks.

I can't vouch for the apparently original material, but all things considered, this is far too suspicious to slip by unnoticed.

"Legion Blanche (Legion 88 cover)" by Kolovrat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQziYNlItQ
"Legion Blanche (Legion 88 cover)" by "White Diamond Death":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9FAPy30Mq4

"Kipás Irão Pro Ar" by Stuka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kifcao_RgOE
"Kipás Irão Pro Ar" by "White Diamond Death":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICfA6ov0yTw

Basically the same song with electronic drumming added over the original.


"Angel of Death (Slayer cover)" by "White Diamond Death":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIra2JfkVUI

"White Diamond Death"'s sound is also wildly inconsistent, suggesting they may have taken songs from numerous sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqnddo_oCWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyJMCKMcds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GFHdPzBYEc

ive been listening to a bunch of light bearer records recently and i wonder if they should be on at all.
Stuff mostly strikes me as post-hardcore/neocrust than anything really metallic. Silver Tongue i am now 100% sure about not being a metal record. Not that sure about the older stuff though.

Having about 7 of their releases, I disagree with WDD rather substantially. Yes, the covers are awfully done and dubbed, but that's what they are - they're backing tracks with his own vocals. This isn't uncommon in bedroom NSBM.

To your knowledge, is WDD's original material authentically theirs?

Yes, I believe it is.

I have a lot of friends in Brazil who know the guy and they also seem to think it's legitimate.

I couldnt help notice that Verbal Abuse are on the site. They are a great punk band, but I have always thought of them purely as a punk band. Not complaining, I like their music but, you know, they're punk.

Didn't listen, but it says "Hardcore (early), Thrash Metal (later)". So you're saying that even their later material isn't metal? Just checking.

you guys might consider the later stuff marginally acceptable cross-over a la early D*R*I* or maybe the Rich Kids on LSD, I dunno, to me it is a fine line but still on the punk side of the line. your call though.

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

I'm pretty sure they got in based on Red, White and Violent.

Sounds like acceptable crossover thrash so far.

Deleted Revengeance from Canada. No valid releases proven, dubious submitter, mostly likely Myspace-only.

Thanks for dealing with this so promptly.

G6PD from Thailand

Are they metal enough for this site?
They listed as Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal, Do they actually play Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal?
I'm not sure about them, any opinion?

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/G6PD/99841

Songs from Zero EP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4N5M41eGo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnRpe4pmHEE
Past of Pieces Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OVQAoc2iU
Grand Murder Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWiUfa0loeQ

This one too. Annalynn from Thailand. Can you check them up?

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Annalynn/3540355178

A Year of Misery Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XQntzL8Bs
Stare Down the Undefeated Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrD6V9PCt5U

What I heard from G6PD sounds OK, but this second band is seriously inundated with placid breakdowns that just sputter out.

That said, I'm not very good with genres, so I'm awaiting a second opinion on Annalynn.

Removed Sear (UK). Though it had ties with UK bands like Dominion, this was mostly in the atmospheric/electronic/trip hop-department, like the non-metal releases of bands like The Gathering and The Third and the Mortal.

The Black Antler from United States listed as Black Metal/Hardcore, but I am not sure I hear any Black Metal influences on both EPs of them. Could you take a look at them?

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The ... 3540390284

The Black Antler EP: http://theblackantler.com/album/the-black-antler
100 Wolves EP: http://theblackantler.com/album/100-wolves-ep

This was added by a moderator, I'll ask her to drop by and comment. EDIT: As for my own thoughts, hm yeah, this is not really that overtly black metal. As I half-expected, it's like the now-popular mix of frantic dark hardcore/crust and metallic/sludge tendencies. It might be metal enough still, but the black metal part should probably be removed or rephrased.

Annalynn sounds too borderline. They will be deleted shortly.

Oh OK, and thanks about the update on Annalynn.

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Grond/3540375500

Probably not metal, review says keyboards and drums:
http://atmospheric.pl/grond-the-mystery ... burial-00/

I think I submitted it based on this list which ended up not being very trustworthy. Even the description of "Heroic Fantasy Black Metal" is kinda iffy, anyway.

Burnt. Better safe than sorry.

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ivi ... 3540391243

Saw it, because it had been updated today. No download links anymore, but it is a digital only release. Bandcamp down, itunes down.

hmmm, the submission notes claim there were photos of CD copies on FB, but that page is gone as well(?). It was approved as non-digital, though.

Even so, the album was available on Bandcamp at some point and presumably for a certain period of time. We can't go around and delete bands whenever their digital distribution gets taken down (unless we're talking about some extremely short-lived cases); we'd be deleting and restoring stuff constantly. Not feasible and an absurd approach anyway. After all, we don't nuke bands whenever their CDs sell out, either.

EDIT: Oh wait, that was added by TSIR. The sub notes are trustworthy, then.

There was some confusion with the band being renamed. It was Ivil's Pandemonium Carnival when they initially released the album. Apparently, a few months (maybe weeks) later they changed the name and re-released the album under that name (whatever they changed it to). I'm trying to research it a bit now, but it seems that they've completed wiped the Ivil's P.C. off of official channels. There are a few random download blogs that still show it.

What about the CDs you mention in the submission notes?

It has almost the same tracklist as this, by the way:
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Sa ... Man/490754

There was a physical CD available through the band's Facebook page at the time of release. It has the same tracklist as the Sauron album because it's the same band. The Sauron page shows that it was released in 2011 but it was added by a band member in 2015, after Ivil's Pandemonium Carnival changed their name back to Sauron.

My guess is that the band wanted to whitewash the Ivil's P.C. and just pretend it was initially released under the Sauron name.

A little more info:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/sauron/u ... 0574043692

A post from the band stating that the album was recorded between 2009 - 2011 and distributed under the changed band name in 2015.

that clears matters up quite well.

Thanks for pointing out the issue in the first place. That was a freaking mess!

Deleted Dos Malés/Dosmalés. This is not sludge, nor much metal in general. Mostly stoner rock with ultra-fuzzy distortion.

I would like you to check these two bands out, Eccentric Toilet and Solid Core, both from Thailand.

Eccentric Toilet
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ecc ... let/125529

All three songs from the demo, The Roar of Cerberus. Actually, it is not the valid demo, it is a compilation by the Banana Records label featuring three bands Cadaver Not Talk , Eccentric Toilet and Enemy.
Unheaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGXVC0HQFKs
Good Thing Before I Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ43SlgoC04
It's Too Late: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn8F1DSNNqk

Their probably latest single, Count to SIx (666): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIvQZV8TBHk

Solid Core
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Solid_Core/117194

Their full EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS81UeEVVO0

Cleaning up some of my submissions:

Vocivus
Only one demo and Side A is kinda metal at times, sorta black/doom riffs here and there, but it mostly trudges along rifflessly. Side B is completely ambient.
https://yadi.sk/d/k-UeF044Q9kJs

Resistance to Z.O.G.
Kinda in the same boat, first track isn't metal. Second track has a few moments of metal, but loses focus a lot.
https://yadi.sk/d/SWCFvRuWmMNJ3

Downloading them now, will let you know soon.


Yeah, I'm not surprised that one's not completely metal.

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EDIT: Resistance to Z.O.G. are nuked into orbit. Weakest fucking resistance I've ever heard. Though I laughed at the mental image of somebody trying to headbang to amateur guitar twanging.

As for Vocivus... ehhh, I'm not 100% sure. The first track (which is longer) is borderline, and the last few minutes aren't really metallic, but the remainder of the track kinda strikes me as metallic enough. Just... very noisy, and the drums are overpowering the rest of the instruments. I'll ask the other mods to lend their thoughts.

Yeah, I wasn't really sure myself. I figured it might be enough when I first heard it, but I felt it might be better safe than sorry. I submitted it without samples so it might be good to evaluate it, in either case.

With the exception of Blackmoon Warrior 88 and Comrade Borislav 88, the rest of the Nazi Propaganda bands should go. They're all noise / punk with the odd metal riff.