Talon (Australia - 11394) can be removed from the list. Their demo surfaced on the Heavy Metal Rarities forum. Turned out to be already on the site, also.
Thanks.

Ravish: Listed on the site as Ravish Warriors. Either a minor name change or a mistake on the original site.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ra ... 3540393127

Attika7: Blacklisted as Attika 7

Yup and it sucks

Year Zero: Got confirmation that the album is still being worked on, just got delayed. Should have a check back later note.

Hemmorage: Confirmed that demos were handed out at shows. Will submit. Might need more samples though, so I'll report back if it's rejected.

Needs research. - Theater
Location: Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Listed Genre: Heavy Metal
Band members: Tobisawa (Vocals)
Discography: At least one demo tape, late ‘80’s
Discogs: None
Note: Whilst looking for more on the other ‘80’s Utsunomiya band ‘Thrill ‘ (#1965 on this list) on old music blogs, I found another metal band in the city in the same period who apparently also released a few demos. Not sure if this one is spelt correctly – they may use the UK spelling (Theatre), or even the Japanese katakana “シアター” [spoken as “Shiataa”] (though these are usually mostly used to help Japanese speakers to pronounce foreign words more or less correctly), or possibly even both (like ‘Curtain Rail’ here: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/%E ... 3540533162 ). Their best known song was apparently called ‘Open the Theater’.

Need samples and proof of VR

Needs research. - Vicious Intent
Location: United States - likely in or near Chicagoland area, Illinois
Genre: Unknown (Thrash Metal?)
Location: Only known gig was in Steger, Illinois, with Broken Bones and Abomination: https://imgur.com/a/EeLTK7Z
Discography: Demo tape - https://imgur.com/a/aPMK7UT
- seeking audio.

Should not Iapetus be removed? I commented that nothing was released under that name with info straight from the successor band.

Hematoma: Got samples. Will assess soon.

In Emptiness: Was limited to 15 copies and given to selected people. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/477aq9x

Is there a policy on newer bands that delete all their posts? I've been checking on the 'check back later' bands and some of them have pruned their music and socials. Misantry for examples has had everything taken down.

Purgatory (9594 or 9593, not sure which one...): The discogs page is entirely incorrect. The band pictured is not 'Purgatory', but 'Punisher', a listed band. Should be removed.
https://www.discogs.com/release/2405694 ... -Purgatory
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pu ... 3540514424

I'd say for these types of bands it's fine to just remove them from the list if they vanish without any indication as to qualifying for MA.

Enmity for the Living - USA

Trying to find proof of physical if not digital release.
Sounds like metallic deathcore to my ears


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8G2lAlZ7U

Mental Distortion got added.

Advent: Spoke with band and confirmed VR. Will submit.

Ronny North: Sounds more like rock.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/light/381651425

Hechos: Never released a CD.
https://imgur.com/a/WLyPB8H

Exumados: More details on demo. Might be enough to submit, which i can do.
https://imgur.com/a/4lfSIzj

After the Murder - Denver, Colarado, United States
Trying to find either a CD release or proof of official digital distro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv4Wsbhzk60

Acropathy - Tasmania, Australia
Only active site I can find mentions a CD but too ambiguous for acceptance currently
https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed ... acropathy/

Heavy Soul: Took down their 2023 demo and there's no socials I can find.

Awakened: Samples. Solid stuff, makes me want to do more but info is scant besides a bunch of unofficial download sites.
https://vk.com/wall-15893998_3048

Looks like a member is going to send me a copy of the CD. Looks like this one will submitted soon.

Paincorp: Everything musically here. Might be too hardcore/nu-metal, but I'm unsure.
https://soundcloud.com/todd-rubenack/se ... cal-tracks

Season Of The Spring: Samples here, tracks 22-32. Sounds very borderline to my ears, vocals throw me off. Might submit.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-o ... /915884480

Mayhem of Sanity: Tons of live tracks here. At a glance it seems like acceptable, albeit borderline metalcore.
https://www.youtube.com/@europe19861/se ... f%20Sanity

I submitted the band. Today a release from the band came to light confirming that the demo revised in the fanzine Metal Blood #4 was published to several fans and to other fanzines in Brazil. The review is in Portuguese, but I translated the part where it is mentioned, and I put the link to the original release in the notes for moderation.
I also commented on something that I've heard quite frequently in the interviews I do with (former) members of bands that were active in the 80s, which is that everyone used the term for official demo as studio demo, but they always considered demos rehearsals as an integral part - so much so that they released these recordings - of their discographies, as going into the studio to record in Brazil wasn't easy and was quite expensive.

Submitted the following today:
М.Ч.С.
Hematoma
Talum
Inhuman Betrayal
Skaffold

Recall: I found some interesting developments on this band. Two members renamed the band to Recallium, a minor name change. This is verified by the album sharing track titles and members. I'm gonna submit Recall under this later name.

Scapegoats: Apparently this is the band. Sounds more rock centric.
https://www.youtube.com/@lespaul3331/se ... scapegoats
https://www.fwoshm.com/index/S/1486-scapegoats-swe

Savage Heart: Found samples. It's rock.

Needs research. - Rachekult
Location: US
Genre: Black Metal
Discography: "Antisemitic Conquest" (2020): https://www.discogs.com/release/2033408 ... -Conquest-

Samples needed.

Beasstproductions.com
This is where Rachekult physical media is sold.

Recall: Was added under Recallium.

The Equinox: Found a song and it's probably a sign to take them off the list. Way more core/djent than metal. Even the person I spoke with on facebook thought it was weird I was trying to add them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02rhmHDCbLg

I have some info about Minstral Gravy.

I think I meant to do this. I have some info on the band (very little but it might help), and I might be able to find some songs or something.

You can remove Dustbin (Japan) - found a split they were on and they've been added.

Virus Garbage: Misspelling of Virus Garage, already listed.
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/V ... ogy/303173

Vobiktus: Cassette release fell through. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/38M4yC6

Is this band heavy enough? Some songs suck, other could be interesting but my soundboard is almost dead and I can't listen properly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJW4WlP8N7c&t=225s

Sounds fine to me at a glance. Skimming through it there's certainly non-metal ballads, but also standard heavy metal.

Unrelated, I purchased the Oddyssey CD.

Ok, good, thanks. I submit the band right now, with the few information that I could find

Ravendark: Found samples, will submit.

Lazybones: No VR according to uploader.
https://imgur.com/a/h2p8WH1

Paincorp: I think this should be removed based on the music. I spoke with the band and they produced two demos. Problem is that the more metal music from this band and was on the demo that wasn't "really releaesd", and the second demo is more hardcore/nu-metal sounding.

Damage (10324): Should be removed. Found the other track and it's not even close to metal like the other.

Rebirth: Spoke with band. Recording on youtube is their only recorded material and was never publicly distributed. Never put out anything else. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/8ymV230

I've gotten samples for the following bands and will assess metalness soon.
Silent Misery
Dementia Praecox
Scanner

Evading the Enemy - Sydney, NSW, Australia.
I have confidence this is the same band. Was already rejected on the Triple J Unearthed tracks provided but I am looking to find the CD here and see if it fits the site's criteria. Listed on Discogs as Death Metal,Thrash (could be wrong) but what I hear on TJU sounds like Metalcore/Deathcore.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1288874 ... -Treachery
https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed ... ing-enemy/

Daisetta - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Another Sydney based deathcore band I had rejected. I submitted a video and the one track but the EP teaser seems to show all the breakdowns so yeah not that helpfu. Ordered a CD off of big cartel but the band seems long dead so yeah $10 down the drain lol. Hoping the full EP if I can get it is more death than core. One off song I could find sounds borderline acceptable.

https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed ... /daisetta/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfMSnQobouQ
https://daisetta.bigcartel.com/

Mtsiri: The eastern bloc channel that uploaded the 1990 recording says it was never officially released.

The Opponent Process: Found lots of live footage. Should be enough to submit.

Lay To Waste: Found samples. Will submit.

Lot: Prog/Alt/Hard Rock. Reverb mentions Metal, but the youtube doesn't. If someone thinks it's worth keeping for the full-length then please let me know.
https://www.reverbnation.com/lotband/songs
https://www.youtube.com/@BEDZLOT

Mental Pain: Confirmed no VR by bandmember.
https://imgur.com/a/WAdLq4m