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aloof
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:42 am 
 

Fulgurius wrote:
Are you special or something? Nobody is copy/pasting anything, there are standard preset messages, from which the mod chooses one when rejecting the submission. Your submission fell into the "no valid release" category, so there was no need for any additional explanation. Also, you either didn't bother to read the rules about the valid releases, or simply ignored them when you wrote "poorly produced and instrumental, but deemed an "album" by the band" (by the way, where did you get that it's deemed an album by the band? Bandcamp treats everything as an "album"). It's up to submitter to fill as much fields as possible, including discography, lineup, and links. And you didn't add any of these, the bandcamp link was in submission notes, not in the "Related links" section, so no one would see it after the band is accepted.


Azmodes wrote:
aloof, the problem with the submission is simply that it was another one of those Bandcamp-trawling perhaps-this-is-just-about-enough attempts. Silly genre aside, not a lot of effort and (seemingly) thought was put into it and the release itself looks rather unacceptable, maybe okay and oscillating a nanometer above and beneath of what is acceptable, if you catch my drift.

I've made a rather huge post about this particular issue earlier this year. What it boils down to is that the digital full-length guideline is there for a reason. Stop constantly testing the lower bounds of the digital release rule with barely acceptable is-it-a-demo-or-is-it-a-shitty-EP releases.

Please.


okies, thanks both for your replies. since I respond a little bit better to reason than threats and insults (which could be down to me being "special", though I think it's more of a universal trait), I'm gonna go with Azmodes'...

I'm not "testing the lower bounds of the digital release", in my ("special") head I am trying to contribute to the site's completeness. I don't(/didn't) think that checking a band on the submission queue is/was such a hassle, and generally I don't dispute the rejections, as long as there's a clear reason given, so I can educate myself on how submissions work. sincere apologies if my recent rejected submissions caused such a problem.

also, I keep my submissions minimal lately on purpose... once I had submitted a "full" draft of a band that got rejected, and got told off by a mod, as I had added all band members, guests and session musicians (all of whom were already on M-A), "creating" extra work for him. I'll see what I do from now on.

for future reference, how does the digital release combine with the release status? for.ex, if a band releases (digitally) a very poor recording (due to either aesthetic choice, or limited skills) but label it a "debut album", shall I consider submitting it, or would it be a pain for you mods? does the length weigh on that at all, like make it considerable if it's an hour long, as opposed to "just over 20 mins"?

thanks again.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:16 am 
 

After trying to add the Portugese "Rainha Cólera" to the archives:

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Sorry Mythics, Encyclopaedia Metallum was forced to reject your submission for the band Rainha Cólera (Portugal), for the following reason:

This is pure noise.


Could the statement above be clarified a bit? Yes, it is raw, chaotic and mostly improvised but still is follows certain lines and compositions in a similar concept to the other bands belonging to the Black Circle from Portugal. Also, in which way is it different from, for example, the material from Mhnunrrn or Alkmorhilyion? : )

Please note that this is not criticism, I just like to know out of interest : )



Also, why is Tune of the Skies blacklisted? : )
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:47 pm 
 

aloof wrote:
I'm not "testing the lower bounds of the digital release", in my ("special") head I am trying to contribute to the site's completeness. I don't(/didn't) think that checking a band on the submission queue is/was such a hassle, and generally I don't dispute the rejections, as long as there's a clear reason given, so I can educate myself on how submissions work. sincere apologies if my recent rejected submissions caused such a problem.

We are thankful for you trying to add to the site's completeness. I know frustration can abound from a user perspective, especially with the sometimes hazy digital release guidelines. Obviously nobody's day was ruined by your submission, but you also have to see it from our perspective. There's dozens of digital-only submissions coming in every week, a good portion of them either unacceptable or infuriatingly dodgy, and we have seen a (predictable) tendency to probe the formulated guidelines to their absolute limit and beyond. This need not always be intentional, of course. You're a good user AFAIK, so I don't believe there was any malice or laziness/point-whoring behind the submission. But the appearance and tone of your Wizard Lizard draft didn't really help your case, Fulgurius is right.

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also, I keep my submissions minimal lately on purpose... once I had submitted a "full" draft of a band that got rejected, and got told off by a mod, as I had added all band members, guests and session musicians (all of whom were already on M-A), "creating" extra work for him. I'll see what I do from now on.

He or she would have had good reason for the rejection. If you think the rejection was unjustified, then you know where to post. As for the tone of the rejection... well, see the above, sometimes the work tries our patience. If someone is needlessly rude, though, please do "report" it by contacting an admin or one of the owners.

What you say doesn't make much sense, though, since rejecting a more complete/detailed submission doesn't entail any extra work at all. Maybe you misunderstood something?

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for future reference, how does the digital release combine with the release status? for.ex, if a band releases (digitally) a very poor recording (due to either aesthetic choice, or limited skills) but label it a "debut album", shall I consider submitting it, or would it be a pain for you mods? does the length weigh on that at all, like make it considerable if it's an hour long, as opposed to "just over 20 mins"?

That's difficult to say, generally speaking. It would really depend on multiple factors like cover art, distribution, length, exact nature/style of the music, production, etc... Length does play a role, but if it's just an hour of rehearsal recordings thrown together then it won't make much difference. It's really something that needs to be judged case-by-case. As with borderline bands, though, if you're not really sure yourself, perhaps it's best not to submit.

Dunno, I don't want to reiterate everything I wrote in the lengthy post I linked earlier. I think I covered it pretty well there. This thread might also contain some answers.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:27 pm 
 

Azmodes, I just resubmitted Demented Assault.

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RobVR
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:31 pm 
 

Up...
Alhadis wrote:
RobVR wrote:
Hello... I can not understand why you didn't approve the Gore Grind band Fecal Addiction...


Buddy I think you didnt listen to tour músic... I don know where is the Noise and the non metal riffs... We have 2 guitars and 1 bass. Drums are clean and 0 noisy... please reconsider this... Why MA includes banda of our genre like Fecalizer and Paracoccidioidomicosis.... I think that Fecal Addiction hard work and prifessionalism must be recognized... Heres another song... listen to it and enjoy tour Gore Grind

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=utWO5fAW0RM

Live performance
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FGCQVbesK1 ... GCQVbesK1M


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:33 pm 
 

Don't up your post if it's still on the same page... Be patient.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:47 pm 
 

Quote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVUl08Jub1I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mws54fYG9cM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVBeP8iZFL4

Good metal riff, distorsion and atmospheric stuff is all that I hear, sounds similar to other similar bands that are in the archives.

I hope you can ask my question, thanks a lot ;)
Sure sounds like ambient to me. Not much actual metal there.



Hmmm, maybe Zirt should not enter, sounds ambient, but if Zirt is rejected then Equitant and another electronic projects should be deleted as well.

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Equitant/71186

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:52 pm 
 

Go away.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:17 am 
 

Azmodes wrote:
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also, I keep my submissions minimal lately on purpose... once I had submitted a "full" draft of a band that got rejected, and got told off by a mod, as I had added all band members, guests and session musicians (all of whom were already on M-A), "creating" extra work for him. I'll see what I do from now on.

He or she would have had good reason for the rejection. If you think the rejection was unjustified, then you know where to post. As for the tone of the rejection... well, see the above, sometimes the work tries our patience. If someone is needlessly rude, though, please do "report" it by contacting an admin or one of the owners.


I wasn't challenging the rejection, merely explaining why I don't "fill out" my band submissions and usually only include info in the moderation/submission notes...

Azmodes wrote:
What you say doesn't make much sense, though, since rejecting a more complete/detailed submission doesn't entail any extra work at all. Maybe you misunderstood something?


could be I misunderstood sthg, though I was made to think that because I had added all the musicians (who were already in other bands, and consequently on M-A) in the album line-ups, he had to remove them from those albums, etc. before rejecting/nuking the band. is/was that not the case? I obviously don't know how things work from the moderators' end.

thanks for your words, as usual :)
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:27 am 
 

aloof wrote:
could be I misunderstood sthg, though I was made to think that because I had added all the musicians (who were already in other bands, and consequently on M-A) in the album line-ups, he had to remove them from those albums, etc. before rejecting/nuking the band. is/was that not the case? I obviously don't know how things work from the moderators' end.

Ummmm, no. No such thing is necessary. If the artists are part of listed bands, then the relation won't show up once the band is rejected and the submission will be purged completely after a while. If the artists aren't connected that way, then as orphans they'll be purged in a similar fashion. In either case, a simple rejection does the trick no matter if there's a thousand artists already in the database or none.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:09 am 
 

ah, ok. I guess he might have been a bit exaggerating then... but no worries. I'll file better (or at least fuller) submissions from now on :)
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:23 am 
 

drengskap wrote:
I just tried to add an entry for Bird of Omen (USA), a side project of Monument of Urns, who have an entry, but was told that the band was blacklisted. Can anybody tell me why this is? Bird of Omen is more melodic and less doomy than Monument of Urns, but it still sounds like metal to me, and to this Aquarius Records reviewer:

http://aquariusrecords.org/bin/search.c ... N%20Eulogy

(note the comparisons to Earth and Skepticism)

There are also two physical releases available, so I'm not sure why this band should have been excluded from MA. I'm not going to worry about this like a dog with a bone, I'm just curious.


Azmodes wrote:
The blacklist says it's ambient/drone. Please provide song material from the release for us to listen to, if you disagree.


The Aquarius Records site has just posted excerpts from the second Bird of Omen release, What Was Once There Is Now Gone:

http://aquariusrecords.org/bin/search.c ... 0OF%20OMEN

May I draw your attention in particular to the excerpt from the second track? Certainly sounds like doom metal to me.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:51 am 
 

Can this go to the archives (Band: GEARS, Country: Macedonia (fyrom)). They are blacklisted probably because of the demo but they released full-lenght which basicly is metal. Its kind of metalcore with huge melodic death metal and groove influeces...

They released album early in 2013 through Sixtynine records and also whole opus is available for download on their bandcamp profile.
here is their cd on merch list for buying (scroll down): http://www.sixtyninerecords.org/merch/

hear these samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... E76oR_IOKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... aR5e_YtsG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 9rZb76zVSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... _EAaJfBBWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOVXCtHhIok

99 percent on the full-lenght are melodic death/metalcore, and one song that is more into cheezy metalcore..What do you think????


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:43 am 
 

Selene (Northern Ireland) was rejected for not being metal. I think it could be because I placed the wrong link into my submission.

This should have been the correct link:
Selene Bandcamp

There's also a trailer for the album here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURApyPqocw

If that was the issue, let me know and I'll resubmit, as I have all the info still saved on my draft.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:31 pm 
 

Oops, my bad. I received this response to my submission of DRUIDUS and their tape "Bestial Crust":

"I'm afraid that the release is too short to be considered a valid digital release. The last track is a cover, and does not count."

But this here release is in fact a physical media release. A cassette released by Till You Fukkin Bleed.

Hope that helps. If not, no big and thanks for the amazing database.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:42 pm 
 

Please, resubmit with pictures of that tape IMMEDIATELY!
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hello I try to submit the project Forgotten Sorrow of Costa Rica, first was reject because ¨needs a valid release before they can be accepted to the site¨so I resubmit with that information corrected and for my surprise is rejected by Not to be a metal band.In metaltracker,darport,metalarea,etc is treated like a Depressive ambient Black metal.¿What is the problem?

http://forgottensorrow.bandcamp.com/tra ... -la-lluvia

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:07 am 
 

Yeah, see, the problem with a lot of depressive black "metal" bands is they don't even fucking riff. Proper DSBM bands play long, drawn-out riffs that still sound like traditional black metal, just played at a languishing tempo. Then there's bands that just play the same chord over and over for 15 minutes while growling into a microphone. That's not metal. That's ambience.

Trouble is, there's enough DSBM bands who love shoegaze/ambient that these bands are promoted on metal sites to DSBM lovers, generally labelled as "DSBM" based purely on the presence of vocals or programmed drums... :rolleyes:

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:13 am 
 

drengskap wrote:
Azmodes wrote:
The blacklist says it's ambient/drone. Please provide song material from the release for us to listen to, if you disagree.


The Aquarius Records site has just posted excerpts from the second Bird of Omen release, What Was Once There Is Now Gone:

http://aquariusrecords.org/bin/search.c ... 0OF%20OMEN

May I draw your attention in particular to the excerpt from the second track? Certainly sounds like doom metal to me.

Unless the excerpts are really misleading: First track is ambient/drone. The second track has a certain funeral doom quality to it, with the drumming and some heavy guitars coming in, but in the larger context of the band's musical output this isn't enough. We have one unacceptable release and one release divided between unacceptable and borderline (provided those two streams make up all the songs found on the EP). So in conclusion, Bird of Omen would need to put out a consistently metal release (preferably a full-length). Feel free to bring them up again once that happens, but the facts at this point suggest the band is a non-metal act taking some influences from metal and thus not acceptable.

GasGiant wrote:
Oops, my bad. I received this response to my submission of DRUIDUS and their tape "Bestial Crust":

"I'm afraid that the release is too short to be considered a valid digital release. The last track is a cover, and does not count."

But this here release is in fact a physical media release. A cassette released by Till You Fukkin Bleed.

Hope that helps. If not, no big and thanks for the amazing database.

That's a pre-order. Please wait until November 4th before you resubmit.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:01 am 
 

Hello there,

my one band submission was rejected twice due to my lack of proper way to submit and as IT said that this band sounds more ambient than metal. now today i have edited everything nearly perfectly and was about to submit again but then i have noticed that it says the band have been blacklisted. would u be please kind enough to review my submission and think again if its ok to be on Metal-Archives? i know it had already been blacklisted but still im saying this because past 2 times my submission had lots of flaws and my understandings.And this band is surely not more ambient than metal.i can not agree to that term.so please i want u to look at the submission again. thank u.

here is the link of my draft : http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mou ... 3540351761

here is the link of my profile : http://www.metal-archives.com/users/Melancholy%20Beast

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:42 pm 
 

Hello, I'm just wondering what makes 'Totalt Jävla Mörker' not metal. Sounds pretty metal to me. Some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyyRj2yB2qs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AKkD50jwo

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:08 pm 
 

Kanoj wrote:
Hello, I'm just wondering what makes 'Totalt Jävla Mörker' not metal. Sounds pretty metal to me. Some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyyRj2yB2qs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AKkD50jwo

Crust/hardcore punk. Some metal dressing from what I know, but it's not predominant. Feel free to prove me wrong with a consistently metal release, though.
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delcev903 wrote:
Can this go to the archives (Band: GEARS, Country: Macedonia (fyrom)). They are blacklisted probably because of the demo but they released full-lenght which basicly is metal. Its kind of metalcore with huge melodic death metal and groove influeces...

They released album early in 2013 through Sixtynine records and also whole opus is available for download on their bandcamp profile.
here is their cd on merch list for buying (scroll down): http://www.sixtyninerecords.org/merch/

hear these samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... E76oR_IOKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... aR5e_YtsG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 9rZb76zVSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... _EAaJfBBWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOVXCtHhIok

99 percent on the full-lenght are melodic death/metalcore, and one song that is more into cheezy metalcore..What do you think????

Looking into it.

TheStormIRide wrote:
Selene (Northern Ireland) was rejected for not being metal. I think it could be because I placed the wrong link into my submission.

This should have been the correct link:
Selene Bandcamp

There's also a trailer for the album here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURApyPqocw

If that was the issue, let me know and I'll resubmit, as I have all the info still saved on my draft.

Can be submitted now.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:39 pm 
 

I'm just going by a single song, but Protest The Hero has a new album coming out. It sounds like technical/progressive power metal... with metalcore vocals, and some metalcore here and there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMc0Hb-d ... r_embedded

I remember when they were listed here with a genre of "Progressive Power Metal / Metalcore" or something like that. It was that weird genre amalgamation that I even checked them out. Haven't bothered with them in a while but this song is pretty neat and it's about saving dogs from the government. If the new album is like this song, at least to my ears, it ought to be metal enough for the Metal Archives.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:57 pm 
 

I was gonna listen to the new album anyway since I do like PtH but "progressive power metal"? wat. And going by a single song? Come on, you should know better after your Max Cavalera cock sucking crusade, the album leaked so at least listen to it.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:01 pm 
 

Metantoine wrote:
...you should know better after your Max Cavalera cock sucking crusade...

That's the actual, proper name for that previous action.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:36 pm 
 

I don't post in this thread that much, and I figured that track would be good enough to start the discussion on Protest The Hero. Eh. Also, I don't like penises, I certainly wouldn't put my mouth near one... o.o
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:48 pm 
 

Dude, seriously, WHERE the hell is the Prog/Power in there!? Are you genredeaf (as in musically "colourblind")?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:23 pm 
 

The part around 3:20 reminds me of power metal, as well as the riff at 3:45.

It's generally the leadwork and clean vocals as well.
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Ok, I'm midway through the album and unless the 5 other songs are influenced by Awaken the Guardian and Symphony X, Goatfangs is utterly talking out of his ass. It's perhaps their most progressive album with hints of Dreamtheaterisms (hence metallic elements) but it's still rooted in math/metalcore. You could also argue they're a "gothic" band since there's some clean female vocals in many songs. Come on.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:19 am 
 

"Progressive power metal" o_O

You're less reliable than a broken clock, please don't waste our time.

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BastardHead
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:54 am 
 

Remember when Protest was on the Archives back in the day with some woefully incorrect genre like "Melodic Progressive Speed/Metalcore"? *wistful nostalgia*
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hakarl
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:41 am 
 

OpsiusCato wrote:
Dude, seriously, WHERE the hell is the Prog/Power in there!? Are you genredeaf (as in musically "colourblind")?

Didn't he also assess that early technical death metal was proto-djent?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:32 am 
 

delcev903: You can submit Gears.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:35 pm 
 

Any verdict on Epta Astera yet?

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Melancholy Beast
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:35 pm 
 

Hello there,

my one band "Mourning Hours" submission was rejected twice due to my lack of proper way to submit and as IT said that this band sounds more ambient than metal. now today i have edited everything nearly perfectly and was about to submit again but then i have noticed that it says the band have been blacklisted. would u be please kind enough to review my submission and think again if its ok to be on Metal-Archives? i know it had already been blacklisted but still im saying this because past 2 times my submission had lots of flaws and my understandings.And this band is surely not more ambient than metal.i can not agree to that term.so please i want u to look at the submission again. thank u.

here is the link of my draft : http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mou ... 3540351761

here is the link of my profile : http://www.metal-archives.com/users/Melancholy%20Beast

here r some audio links to listen to if they sound more ambient than metal or not : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139Q18kr-9o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEoC-32Qey0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frb_YtHLU_s

Sincerely
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immortaltriumph
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:23 am 
 

Sorry guys! I have a question: I was waiting for my band to be submitted on the archives (I saw that someone created the profile and was in the band queue) but after some days I found out that the band has been blacklisted. I just want to know why or if it is possible to recreate the profile: the band is called Human Improvement Process, plays experimental death metal, has a full length album and two EPs out; here is a link to the last lyric video to proof that the band can be considered absolutely more metal than core. Thanks for you attention, I'm waiting for some explanations ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KRo5KMU7EM
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Azmodes
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:04 am 
 

immortaltriumph wrote:
Sorry guys! I have a question: I was waiting for my band to be submitted on the archives (I saw that someone created the profile and was in the band queue) but after some days I found out that the band has been blacklisted. I just want to know why or if it is possible to recreate the profile: the band is called Human Improvement Process, plays experimental death metal, has a full length album and two EPs out; here is a link to the last lyric video to proof that the band can be considered absolutely more metal than core. Thanks for you attention, I'm waiting for some explanations ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KRo5KMU7EM

It's predominantly techy deathcore, not metal. I recall listening to the full-length and it was similar to the song you linked.
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immortaltriumph
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:38 am 
 

Azmodes wrote:
immortaltriumph wrote:
Sorry guys! I have a question: I was waiting for my band to be submitted on the archives (I saw that someone created the profile and was in the band queue) but after some days I found out that the band has been blacklisted. I just want to know why or if it is possible to recreate the profile: the band is called Human Improvement Process, plays experimental death metal, has a full length album and two EPs out; here is a link to the last lyric video to proof that the band can be considered absolutely more metal than core. Thanks for you attention, I'm waiting for some explanations ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KRo5KMU7EM

It's predominantly techy deathcore, not metal. I recall listening to the full-length and it was similar to the song you linked.



That can be your opinion, man, but in lots of review and articles people tell that it is absolutely more metal than core.. There are some bands like The Faceless or Fallujah featured on the archives.. there is no possibility to ask for different opinions? Maybe what for you is core, for another guy can be death metal. Thanks
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:46 pm 
 

Gotta agree with Az here, definitely more -core elements than metal.
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