We actually want to get rid of these "with influences" tags. So, either the genre is predominant enough and it will be added on its own right, or it's not and it will be deleted.

Band: Draconic, genre on MA Modern Metal I don't see what that can mean I think it should be changed.

Their current genre is pure metalcore. I've changed their former genre too. From Avant-garde Progressive Atmospheric Death Metal to Industrial/Melodic Black Metal according to reviews.

Oh really? Well I had no idea as to this change of policy...

However, if you are doing that, isn't that rather an added step to find some bands?

For example, let's say we are hypothetically looking for black metal bands with groove metal influences - under the currnet system I could search "black groove" or "groove black" and get back black metal bands with groove metal influences or "black/groove metal or groove/black metal (and a few groove metal bands with black metal influences, I would suppose).

Under this new system, when searching for "black groove" or "groove black" you would miss out on bands labeled as "groovy black metal" because of the change of wording. You would still get back black/groove metal or groove/black metal, but would have to do a second search for anything that's "groovy".

Now, is your intention to simply take out the mention of (hypothetical) groove metal influences completely, or is this new system going to be based upon the assumption many bands will have to be searched for twice?

Just curious for future references...

cheers,
--N

P.S. & Edit (just found a new offender ):

14 search results for "Eth"

1. Atrocity (Ger) Death metal (early), Ethno / gothic / industrial (later)
2. Betray My Secrets Ethnic influenced Doom/Gothic Metal
3. Dark Gamballe Death metal with folk, jazz and ethno influences
4. Dark Sanctuary Ethereal Wave/Gothic Neo-classical
5. Forgotten Silence Progressive death/doom/jazz/ethnic/ambient
6. Magovira Death/Doom Metal (early), Ethnic Doom Metal (later)
7. Pleroms Gate Ethnic Influenced Extreme Metal
8. Poropetra Ethnic folk music
9. Raxa Doom Metal / Ethnic Ambient
10. Senmuth Industrial Doom Metal, Ethnic Ambient, Electronica
11. Shiva in Exile Ambient/ethno (early), Gothic/ethno (now)
12. Shturm Black/Death Metal (early), Death Metal with Ethnical elements (now)
13. SpiRitual (Ger) Ethnic Influenced Gothic Metal
14. Tenochtitlan Doom Metal / Ethnic Ambient

Many of these should probably be changed to something more appropriate... folk would probably do in most cases, but I am definitely unfamiliar with these bands (and unsure what "ethno" is)

Nah, the last demo has a bit of a death n' roll feeling to it, but it still seems fine to me to leave their genre as just death metal.

There's nothing really heavy metal about these guys:
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=39529
http://www.myspace.com/deadshapefigure

Thrash Metal would be enough.

I would agree with that. By the way, they're fucking insane. The Grand Karoshi was one of my top albums 2008.

I've listened to both demos a couple more times and then decided to change their genre to Death 'n' Roll.

Lord Gore:

I didn't know Grind was Slow to mid paced death metal.

Death Metal/Grind fits. Provide links next time, please.

9 search results for "trib"

1. Ambush (Ser) Death/Tribal Metal
2. In the Nightmare Black Metal (early), Tribal Thrash/Death Metal (later)
3. Neurosis (US) Hardcore Punk (early), Progressive Sludge/Post-Hardcore/Tribal/Ambient
4. One Brick Down Metalcore with Tribal influences
5. Resistant Culture Thrash / Grindcore (early), Tribal music with Grind / Crust and other influences (now)
6. Spirit of the Deep Waters Death/Doom Metal (early) - Tribal Doom Metal (now)
7. Tendencia Death/Thrash/Tribal
8. Tribes of Neurot Dark ambient experimental 'tribal' noise
9. Tribus (early) Tribal Industrial Metal (now) Thrash Metal with Tribal elements

Now, I know tribal has a specific sort of sound, but are these bands all truly tribal and not simply folk metal/folk music with a special name? just curious... that first band especially I am leery of it's genre.

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3 search results for "other"

1. Lazarus Long Doom Metal with various other influences
2. Resistant Culture Thrash / Grindcore (early), Tribal music with Grind / Crust and other influences (now)
3. Type O Negative Gothic Metal with Alternative, Doom and other influences

same thing with the "various" title, "other" influences is just altogether too vague. These should be changed, as appropriate (and why doesn't TON have any direct mention of punk influences aside from the gothic metal bit?)

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Nekros Pervertor
Electro/Black Metal/Trance

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=55988

The band's listed genre is taken right from the MySpace page. Band is more of a Raw Industrial-Black Metal sound based on the music on MySpace.

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2 search results for "electronical"

1. Aeon Vortex Melodic Dark Metal with electronical influences
2. Unhealthy Dreams Black Metal (early) - Electronical Black Metal (now)

Obviously these are simply minor typos - there's no such thing as "electronical"

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Audioblack
Darkened Progressive/Power Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=105252

The stuff on the MySpace is more like... Experimental/Progressive Metal. There is NO dark metal influences AT ALL... the drummer is quite technical, almost jazzy, and the music is rather strange and out there... generally proggy. I kinda like the reverb on the vocals though; the vocals in general actually.

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Mahoney
Atmospheric Sludge/Dark Metalcore
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=59914
there is no such genre as "dark metalcore", and the atmospheric sludge metal bit is good enough. Sounds like Isis worship to me.

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Maniaca Thrash/Death Metal with Dark influences
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4143

There was not a link to music to be found, but the genre name raised my eyebrow. I have to doubt it's accurate.

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Manic Movement Dark Thrash/Death/Black/Doom Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=5848
This sounds like Symphonic Gothic Metal, and for a band with basically EVERY other major genre listed, I had to laugh at that.

However, they seem to have gone through a few line-up changes, so perhaps their sound has changed drastically? Definitely needs looking into.

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Mörksvamp grind (early), dark metal with pop elements
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=40298

I couldn't get the player to work on the listed site, but this genre is making alarm bells ring in my head...

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Nocturnal Necropsy Black metal (early) - Dark Experimental (now)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=67278

Additional Info:

Now, there is ONLY the demo listed on MA, and besides having an additional info section which breaks the rules, the added genre isn't even applicable because we don't have the music AND it's one that's simply made up by the musician - certainly fodder for the additional notes section, but not appropriate to be listed as such.

I suggest simply put it as "Black Metal/Ambient" (as per the listed demo) and be done with it until this album surfaces.

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Nowonmai Melodic Heavy/Dark Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=42421

again, no music, but the genre just sounds... wrong. Should be looked into.

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The Ninth Path Dark Atmospheric/Melodic Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=83746

This genre is completely misleading... the music here is Melodic Black Metal. Quite good music too, if I may add!

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Xenesthis Dark Metal, Metalcore
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=44922

This is simply metalcore; there are NO dark metal elements here at all.

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Also, just a minor nitpick, but...

4 search results for ":"

1. Iris (Rou) Heavy Metal/Hard Rock - now: Pop Rock
2. Source of Sorrow Melodic/Gothic Metal (former: Power Metal)
3. Stentor (Ser) later: Modern Thrash Metal, early: Speed/Thrash Metal
4. Symawrath first : Black Metal; later : Industrial / Electro Dark Rock

I think that these should be cleaned up as per the normal format.

Also, Symawrath has a very strange genre. The one song on the MySpace is on their newer demo, and it sounds like a combination of EBM and industrial rock with some metal riffs, screams and drumming. They should be looked into further, most certainly.

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Same with these:

8 search results for ";"

1. Akira Takasaki Prog/Hard Rock, Shred/Heavy Metal (early); Alternative Rock/Metal (now)
2. Bad Boat Doom/Stoner Metal; Hard Rock
3. Brats Punk (earlier); Traditional metal/hard rock
4. Profanum (Pol) Black Metal; Dark Ambient/Classical
5. Purgatory's Gate Heavy/Traditional Metal (early); Progressive Black/Death Metal (present)
6. Symawrath first : Black Metal; later : Industrial / Electro Dark Rock
7. Therion (Swe) Death Metal (early); Symphonic/Operatic Metal
8. Tormentor (Hun) Black Metal (originally); Experimental Rock (last album)

the ; should just be changed to a normal ,

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Anyways, I think that's enough for now...

cheers,
--N

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Now playing: Jesu - Your Path to Divinity

Don't you have anything better to do.

A 6 page essay on technology and society due in a day and a half that I've yet to start. I suppose I could do one on computer addictions, but the research might be marred by my own experience

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8 search results for "prim"

1. Baal Sebul Primitive Black Metal
2. Frozen Winter Primitive Black Metal
3. Grabesland Primitive Black Metal
4. Höllentor Primitive Black Metal
5. Martial Might Primitive Black/Death Metal
6. Mielofon Primitive Black Metal/Noise/AvantJazz
7. Nimetön Primitive Dark Metal
8. Trimegisto Primitive Death Metal

this should either be omitted or changed to "raw" or somesuch.

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2 search results for "shi"

1. Goat Tyrant Thrashing Black/Death Metal
2. Karneywar Thrashing Death Metal

"thrashing"???

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Jason Becker Shredding / Progressive metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=5886

should be changed to simply "shred" as his is the only genre in the database labelled "shredding"

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Moon of Sorrow Eclectic / Atmospheric / Doom
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=816

"eclectic" is not a valid genre; should either be "various" or taken out completely,

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Classical came up with a few oddballs:

Angrist (Esp) Classical/Progressive Heavy Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=35626

Dixon II Classical Doom Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540275055

Empire of Dreams Melodic/Classical/Progressive Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=87399

Gwydyon Classical Medieval Melodic/Folk Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=9359

Haggard Death Metal (early), Classical/Orchestral/Symphonic Metal (now)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=63

Ibéria heavy/classical/progressive metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=7696

Ignitor Classical Heavy/Power Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=21597

Inhuman Form Death/Classical/Experimental Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=87757

Leprycorn Classical/Progressive Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=44732

Liva Operatic/Classical Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1016

Orphonic Orchestra Symphonic Gothic/Power Metal (old), Classical/Orchestral Rock/Metal (new)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=98926

Savage Heart Classical Metal/Hard Rock
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=56327

Showy Rags Classical Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=111460

XthoughtstreamsX Progressive, Experimental Classical, Death Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=12805

Arditi Industrial, Neo-Classic, Ambient
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=21944

Most of these I'm sure either mean to read as either neo-classical or simply classic heavy metal, however they will have to be looked at case-by-case.

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18 search results for "neo thrash"

1. Brainpeaches Thrash / Neo-Thrash
2. Cyclone P. Thrash / Neo Thrash
3. Disciples of Hell Neo-Classical/Thrash Metal/Shred
4. Elysium (Cze) Neo/Thrash Metal
5. Funny Farm Thrash / Neo-Thrash
6. Gravity (Ger) Thrash / Neo-Thrash
7. Greed Thrash/Neo-Thrash Metal
8. Ground Inch Neo-Thrash Metal
9. Gryn Thrash / Neo-Thrash
10. Head Hung Low Thrash / Neo-Thrash
11. Inrage (Bra) Neo-Thrash Metal
12. Maltese Cross Neo-Thrash/Groove Metal
13. Natural Selection Agency Neo-Thrash Metal
14. Rising Down Thrash / Neo-Thrash
15. Stollwerk Neo-Thrash / Groove Metal
16. Stoneflow Thrash / Neo-Thrash
17. The Outburst Melodic Neo/Thrash Metal
18. United Thrash Metal (early), Metalcore / Neo-Thrash Metal (now)

these all have to be changed, save for Disciples of Hell.

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Valdreg Blackened Death Metal, Funeral Black/Doom Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=55599

The music on the MySpace sounds like simply Black/Doom-Death Metal, not that rather wordy (and inaccurate, it would seem) style above.

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20 search results for "melod gri"

1. Abacinate (US) Melodic Thrash/Death/Grind/Hardcore
2. Anaxim Melodic/Progressive to Death/Grind
3. Appalling Spawn Melodic Death/Grind
4. Cerber Black/Melodic Death Metal (now) - Death Metal/Grind (early)
5. Cowhandler Experimental Technical Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
6. Croque-Mort (Pol) Melodic Death/Grind
7. Dislocated Cerebrum Melodic Death Metal/Goregrind
8. Excrements (Pol) Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
9. Forever Lost Melodic Death Metal/Grind
10. Fuck the Facts metalcore, melodic death/groove metal, noise/grind
11. Glory in Vengeance Melodic Death/Grind
12. Imprecation (Pol) Melodic Death / Grind
13. Poostew Melodic Grind/Death Metal/Hardcore (early) - Brutal Death/Grind (now)
14. Shadow Cult Melodic Grindcore/Death Metal
15. Solipsism Melodic Death/Thrash/Grind
16. Stigma (Ita) Melodic Death/Grind
17. The Hica Legacy Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
18. The Ludovico Technique Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
19. The Taste of Silver Melodic Grind/Noise/Hardcore/Thrash Metal
20. The Truckers Melodic Thrash Metal/Grind

Asides from the bands that have changed style, I do find it hard to swallow that there are so many melodic bands with grindcore influences - these two elements are rather exclusionary. The only band I am aware of succeeding in this is Lykathea Alflame - and their genre doesn't even list melodic! I would venture to say investigation is needed in all of these cases to confirm the elements of melodic styles and grindcore. Anaxim in particular has a shitty genre description.

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11 search results for "tou"

1. Brainwash (Esp) Thrash/Death Metal with Grindcore touches (early), Deathcore/Grind (now)
2. Cathanion Industrial Gothic/Black Metal (early) Industrial Ambient Music with Metal Touches (later)
3. Cydonia (US) Black Metal with Hardcore Touches
4. Danger (Blr) Death Metal with Doom Touches
5. Drep Metalcore with viking and gothic touches
6. Limelight NWOBHM, Traditional Metal with Progressive touch
7. Mincery Death/grind/thrash with a touch of jazz.
8. Neurasthenie Death/Black Metal with Gothic touches
9. Pazuzu (Hol) Atmospheric Heavy Metal with Hard Rock touches
10. Sentiment (Fin) Melodic Heavy Metal with Hard Rock Touches
11. The Difference (Bel) Doom Metal with Technical/Melodic touches

Shit-tastic genres.

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5 search results for "overt"

1. Art in Exile Dark/Gothic Metal with Industrial overtones
2. Centaur (Aus) Death Metal with Thrash Overtones
3. Diesel Theory Death/Thrash with industrial overtones
4. Strapping Young Lad Death/Thrash with Industrial Overtones
5. The Heavils Alternative/Groove Metal with Industrial Overtones

Another set of winnahs!

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Thud Doom/Thrash with Stoner Moments
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=19253

Bad genre, baaaaaad!

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That's all for tonight. Sleepy time for me

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I've changed the following:

Resistant Culture (Thrash / Grindcore (early), Grind / Crust (now))
Nekros Pervertor (Industrial Black Metal)
Aeon Vortex (Electronic Black/Industrial Metal) certainly less misleading than the previous genre
Unhealthy Dreams (typo)
Audioblack (Experimental/Progressive Metal) dark metal is not considered as something valid anyway
Mahoney (removed dark)


The band's ID is actually 41438.

Maniaca (removed dark influences)
Manic Movement (as suggested)

I leave it here for now.

As far as I'm concerned, dark metal is a valid genre.

I remember some discussions where dark metal was a tag we wanted getting rid of.
How do you define it ?

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4252

What is guitar rock metal? Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Shred maybe?

Is there actually a genre called guitar rock?
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=15483
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=5850
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=23918
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6284

Also this could probably be shortened to something like Neoclassical/Progressive Heavy Metal/Shred :
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=103852
http://www.myspace.com/kevinmbuck

Checked out the other main instruments in genres, found:

Mentality (Svk)
Death Metal/Grindcore with Keyboards
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=11869

I doubt this need be here.

Trepalium is currently tagged as Brutal Death Metal. I own all 3 albums and I'm not sure how anyone could call this BDM. It's a very melodic and catchy Groove/Death Metal. http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=23963

If there was such a discussion, I'm quite sure I didn't see it.

I'm no specialist in the genre, but as I see it, dark metal is some sort of black / doom, reminiscent of Bethlehem's debut, Dark Metal.

Witcher and I had a minor bitch-off on page 14 of this thread, he said:
http://www.metal-archives.com/guidelines.php
No, it is not. It could be just about anything. Nyaricus, could you please do me a favour and stop commenting site/submission/database related things, about which you do not seem to have the slightest idea?

My take on the genre:
It denotes a fusion of Black, Gothic and Doom Metal with a heavy atmosphere, usually utilized with synths adding in little pieces here and there. The general consensus is with the release of Dark Metal by Bethlehem, this style came to be. Many bands flirt with it, but it's a rather minor (but legit) sub-genre.

So, I dunno. The section in the guidelines Witcher is referencing is talking about "ambiguous" genres, such as stoner, shred, NWOBHM, industrial, crossover, gothic metal and so on... but then again the entire guidelines section is rather outdated

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Black Metal (1st release) - Black Metal/Dark Ambient (later)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=9279

only band in archvies with "release" listed in genre; should be changed.

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2 search results for "metallic"

1. Danzig Heavy Metal - Metallic Doom Rock
2. Purity (Fin) Thrash Metal (early), Metallic Rock (now)

should be changed to something more appropriate. I get what they are trying to imply, but it could be said better.

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Okay, I have a question... there are so many formats for writing how a band's style has changed... I have a few examples here which are fairly sideline and almost never used and should likely be changed to the more often used "early" > "mid" > "later" format. Also, note that "early" comes up 855 times, when "first" only comes up 49 times - and beginning only 3 times! Likewise, "later" comes up 450 times, "now" comes up 489 times and "last" comes up 8 times... I really think a universally decided-upon format should be used to make sense of all these various bands and their stylistic changes.

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5 search results for "1st"

1. Bloodshed (Grc) Heavy/Thrash metal (1st demo) / Power/Speed Metal (2nd demo)
2. Mind Revolt Thrash Metal (1st demo), Doom/Death (2nd demo)
3. Necropsy (Fra) Death Metal (1st demo) - Heavy Metal (2nd/3rd demo)
4. Satanicum Tenebrae Black Metal (1st release) - Black Metal/Dark Ambient (later)
5. Swordmaster Black Metal (1st EP), Thrash/Death Metal

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4 search results for "2nd"

[first three listed in the "1st" list above]
4. Noslom Punk/Hardcore (early) - Crossover (2nd demo)

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2 search results for "orig"

1. Purusam Heavy Metal (later), Hardcore (originally)
2. Tormentor (Hun) Black Metal (originally); Experimental Rock (last album)

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8 search results for "last"

1. Davidian (Grc) Thrash/Punk (early) Heavy/Power Metal (last)
2. Deteriorate Death Metal (early) - Black Metal (last album)
3. Diafragma Death Metal (early), Gothic/Death Metal (last album)
4. Nightstick Noise/Doom (first EP), Sludge Metal (last two albums)
5. Runxor Black / Thrash Metal (early demos) Death Metal (last demo)
6. Tormentor (Hun) Black Metal (originally); Experimental Rock (last album)
7. Viking Crown Black Metal (early) - Ambient Black Metal (last album)
8. Zero G Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Pop Rock (last album)

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18 search results for "album"

1. Alyze Heavy Metal (First Album), Glam/Hard Rock (Later)
2. Bruque Heavy Metal (first album), Hard Rock (later)
3. Deteriorate Death Metal (early) - Black Metal (last album)
4. Diafragma Death Metal (early), Gothic/Death Metal (last album)
5. Dzelzs Vilks Death Metal (first album), Pop/Rock (later)
6. Extreme Napalm Terror Grindcore (First album) / Death Metal (Second Album)
7. Five Fingers Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (first two albums), Pop/Rock (later)
8. H2O Heavy Metal (first single/album), AOR/Modern Rock (later)
9. Nightstick Noise/Doom (first EP), Sludge Metal (last two albums)
10. Red Harvest Industrial/electronic metal, Thrash metal (first album)
11. Requiem Aeternam (Ury) Melodic Black/Death Metal (first album) / Extreme Progressive Metal (Now)
12. Rodmir Glam Rock (first album), Heavy Metal
13. Sacred (Esp) Progressive Metal (first album), Rock (now)
14. Tormentor (Hun) Black Metal (originally); Experimental Rock (last album)
15. Valhall Black Metal (demos), Doom Metal (albums)
16. Viking Crown Black Metal (early) - Ambient Black Metal (last album)
17. Wasted Youth Hardcore Punk (EPs), Thrash Metal (album)
18. Zero G Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (early), Pop Rock (last album)

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And I am sure there are more examples.

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We are going to use early / later. All tags will soon be changed.

As for your other findings, I'll take care of them soon.

Cool, good to know.

Did you also see my post about Dark Metal above? Should give you at least one other mods insight into it.

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EDIT:
Rodosvet Pagan/Folk Metal with Atmospheric Interludes
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=91994

Only band on the archives with "interlude" as a part of the genre. This should be removed.

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EDIT 2:

2 search results for "div"

1. Aneurysm Half-thrash with diverse influences
2. Excision (Idn) Death Metal (early), Experimental Metal with diverse influences (Recent)

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Bayt Gadol
Melodic Death Metal with Middle Eastern melodies
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4286

only band on the archives with "melodies" in the genre; should be changed.

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Demon Project
Death Metal with Industrial/Jungle influences
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=35399

"jungle" influences could be anything, or it could be that style of rap. SHould be looked into.

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18 search results for "of"

1. At Dawn (Ger) Gothic Rock/Metal with influences of Death Metal and Industrial
2. Diedro Los Diablos Crossover/Metalcore with elements of Sludge
3. Distorzija Uma Punk, crossover and a bit of heavy metal
6. Flametal Mix of Speed Metal and Flamenco
8. God in Ruins Mix of Death/Black/Thrash
9. Judgement Day (US) thrash with hints of doom
10. Matellica Groove/Thrash/Death with Elements of Punk Rock
11. Mincery Death/grind/thrash with a touch of jazz.
13. Pale Existence Death Metal with hints of Doom
14. Picture of the Moon Mix of Progressive Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
15. Pleymobil Death Metal with elements of Doom and Thrash
16. Scar of the Sun gothic/doom metal with hints of melodic death
18. Vargavinter (Hol) Melodic Death/Doom Metal with a hint of Black

Omitted the "neofolk entries; all of these should have format revisions.

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Morganatische Machenschaft
Atmospheric Black/Death Metal with Heavy Elements
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=12427

What sort of heavy elements?

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Street Child
heavy metal with epic elements
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=15232

Likewise, what sort of epic elements?

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2 search results for "slight"

1. Möse Sludge/Doom Metal with slight Black Metal elements
2. Sacred Curse (Bra) Thrash Metal with slight punk influences

should be changed to something more appropriate.

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72 search results for "modern"

I am not going to bother to post the entire list here, but these should likely all, or mostly, be changed; modern x genre is highly undescriptive and vague.

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That's all for now.

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via FoxyTunes

EDIT 3:

64 search results for "new"

115 search results for "old"

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Now playing: Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat
via FoxyTunes

hmm..we dont have much music recorded since our first demo, but my band Sledgehammer Autopsy surely needs a genre tag change.

We're listed as brutal death/grindcore, but check out our player: www.myspace.com/sadeathmetal

Would be correct to change us to Death metal, or something along those lines. Opinions?

link to MA page: http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540255060

Changed to just death metal.

Actually, I'm probably mistaken about that supposed discussion about dark metal. Just individual mod's comments.
The rules states dark metal as being ambiguous. I guess it's not as well-defined as other main genres.

I would compare it to being much like viking metal or slam death (despite the latters' purposeful exclusion here) - a few certain elements that come together to form a very niche sound; definable, yet elusive - and generally abused by many bands who are not truly a part of that genre (how many viking metal bands are simply Scandinavian folk metal with no ties to the viking metal sound? TYR used to be listed as progressive viking metal, for example).

Anyways, just my two coppers.

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Well, it's not really that important anyway. Most bands that claim to be dark metal can probably be submitted with other genre tags anyway.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=123313
please change to:
Black Metal, Ambient, Noise

pm send to MMisantropo with link to music.

Changed.

I've also went through a lot of the changes that were proposed by Nyaricus.

The band Mörksvamp was deleted. It's basically black metal vocals over piano music.

Yeah but shouldn't the bands that are already here as dark metal be changed? I mean there are more than 500.

If you care to listen to their music and post an appropriate genre, go ahead.

Okay. I will listen to a few every day and report them here. Eventually we'll have no more dark metal bands. Would anyone else help me in this?

So here are the first few "dark metal" bands that need to be changed. I'll go through the ones which only have dark metal and no legit genre listed, because those are the most urgent in my opinion.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=11292
http://www.myspace.com/asorrowfuldream
This is some kind of gothic metal. Gothic/doom maybe?

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=49081
http://www.myspace.com/abigailsmercy
This sounds like something between Sirenia and Motorhead. Heavy/Gothic metal i guess.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=21123
http://www.myspace.com/abstractsk
Progressive Metal/Rock

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=21083
http://www.myspace.com/advitamaeternam
Gothic/Doom Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=92796
http://www.myspace.com/aetasobscura
Melodic Black Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=25947
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNKTupdm ... re=related
Symphonic Gothic/Death Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=38985
http://www.myspace.com/agonialink
Gothic Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=305
http://www.myspace.com/agalloch
Agalloch is pretty hard to categorize. Their old stuff was Ulverish Folk/Black metal, but now it's Folk/Black/Doom Metal/Post-Rock or something like that.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=13750
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBnZeHa-u4
This sounds to me like something melodic death and power metal.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=54020
http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=18908
Melodic Death/Black Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=19843
http://www.myspace.com/annozero
Some songs are melodeath, some gothic. I suggest Melodic death/gothic metal.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=68922
http://www.myspace.com/aortamedallo
Melodic Black Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=20359
http://www.myspace.com/aphangakband
Melodic Black Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=42895
http://www.myspace.com/ardual
Melodic Death/Black Metal

Ok, this all for now. If you would like to help out, please do so.

I will, eventually, just have to do some school stuff.

If something does come across as truly sounding derived from the sound of Bethlehem's Dark Metal though, don't be afraid to say it. I'm fairly certain most of the 600 or so bands listed are "Dark Metal" are incorrectly so, but it wouldn't hurt to give credit due where earned.

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Now playing: Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat

Couldn't Bethlehem be labeled as Black/Doom? I'm not really that familiar with them, but what is on youtube from their first album sounds like black/doom to me.

MMisantropo: You've added one "guitar rock" band. Is it a valid genre?

After five hours of non-stop work, I've managed to go through most bands that Nyaricus posted. Some notes:

01. I didn't touch any "tribal" band.
02. I didn't touch some of those "classical" bands.
03. I didn't touch any "Melodic Grind" bands.
04. All "Half-thrash", "neo-thrash" and "modern thrash" will eventually be changed to "Post-thrash".
05. I'm still not sure if the dates in the genres should be removed. While the standard should be "early", "mid" and "later", dates seem really useful if the genre change is crystal clear.

A few more "dark metal" bands, who's genre could be changed to something legitimate:

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3690
http://www.myspace.com/asyndess
Atmospheric/Industrial Death Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=79903
http://www.myspace.com/atheistcbr
Melodic Black/Gothic Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=23285
http://www.myspace.com/avernaloath
Symphonic Black/Death Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4353
http://www.myspace.com/blackcrucifixionband
Their new genre seems to be some kind of doom metal.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=47924
http://www.myspace.com/blessthesilence
Melodic Death/Black

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=47155
http://www.myspace.com/blissrockt
Gothic Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=11461
http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=33224
Melodic Death Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46444
http://www.myspace.com/chaosdynastyband
Some kind of Doom/Death

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=20366
http://www.myspace.com/chaquencolombia
Melodic/Symphonic Death Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=96821
http://www.myspace.com/conceptoftime
Symphonic/Progressive Power Metal

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=54203
http://www.myspace.com/daisycutter
Progressive Heavy Metal