2 years ago Necroharmonic announced several rereleases, most of which did not happen. Among those the 1990 demo from the band called Decay, consisting some future Incantation members, so it's safe to assume the band comes from New Jersey. It's possible that the demo remained unreleased at that time, but who knows. Here is the pic with artworks for the planned releases, including Decay:
https://i.ibb.co/6DWfFnJ/271000222-4627 ... 2458-n.jpg

Shine Dark: got added, can be removed from the list

Additional info for Viscaxeration - they were featured on a recent 4-way split:
https://www.discogs.com/release/2947778 ... -Way-Split
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/A ... it/1202648

The other 2 bands on it not yet on the site, nor blacklisted, and not already on the research list (like Viscaxeration) may be worth looking into:
Needs research. - Rotted Priest
Needs research. - Khristhate
https://myspace.com/khristhate
Member of all 3 bands: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... dez/191808
- seeking audio.

Needs research. - The Patriots
Location: Unknown
Listed genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Discography: 10-song self-titled demo (cassette, year unknown)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/3012603 ... e-Patriots
- seeking audio.

Needs research. - Blessed by the Sin
Location: Colombia
Genre: Metal
https://www.facebook.com/blessedbythesin
Were featured on a 2022 compilation: https://www.discogs.com/artist/14234611 ... By-The-Sin
- not sure if they have a release. Looked around the Facebook page for a couple minutes.


Needs research. - Macabre Darkness
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Genre: Metal
https://www.facebook.com/Macabredarknessb/
https://soundcloud.com/macabre-darkness
https://www.youtube.com/@MacabreDarkness
- another band featured on this compilation ( https://www.discogs.com/artist/14234611 ... By-The-Sin ) that aren't on the site yet. Haven't thoroughly looked through their Facebook page to see if a release exists. Both of these newer bands might be worth checking back on later if nothing is out yet.

Contacted the ex-band member today, who confirmed that the CDr in that Discogs link, was made by his decision; it was burnt with the material, that was ripped from the tape/reel-to-reel, which is mentioned in that FB link (from the year 2011). There were 50 copies of the CDr made and spread among the fans. Is this considered a valid release? Or is this metal enough at all (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Kg7C8EDcs)?

Dykuma: Spoke with band, confirmed no VR.
https://imgur.com/a/GwcQ7qR

Dominator (778): Sample uploader was a friend of the band. Tapes were only handed out to friends. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/P1TEyvS
https://youtu.be/QtcVoVLN504?si=mYX24p6WaLEAjTOe

Fatum (11170): Samples here, will submit.
https://soundcloud.com/heartattackbass

Utopia Within: Another where VR seems to be covered by the discogs page. Borderline, but I'll submit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqI4jTq9E98

Merging With Machines: Full album here, will submit.
https://youtu.be/MJHsSP12AOg?si=Ysu1B1cxT5qtRMRx

Mortuario: Demo was available for download from band's facebook. Link is dead now, but clear it was once available. Will submit.
https://www.facebook.com/MortuarioDeathMetal/
https://www.youtube.com/@Mortuariodeath/featured

Viuda Negra (8637): Couple tracks here, probably need more.
https://www.youtube.com/@Maquinarock93u ... da%20Negra

Mercenarios: Samples here, will submit.
https://youtu.be/kaxL6XmpSxU?si=KhcR56yOnwTdEyp4

Reactor (8913): Has a bandcamp with samples. Will submit, borderline though.

Cirrhosis: I think has enough to submit for VR. The samples have scans of what is obviously a booklet, and a commentor (bandmember) mentions it's on CD.

Nosferatu: This has been wiped clean from what I can tell. used to be on apple music and spotify. This site has brief samples of the tracks. All i can gather is that it's ambient intros followed by black metal.
https://www.cancioneros.com/letras/disc ... -nosferatu

Cirrhosis got accepted.

Darkonus: Spoke with a bandmember. He wasn't always in the band but he believes they never put anything out. Says the tracks on youtube sound like home studio recordings. Probably no VR.
https://imgur.com/a/1xmhsIM

Cruento Durbentia: Vocalist confirmed no VR.
https://imgur.com/a/o2iRjgq

946: Confirmed to have been handed out on burned CDs. Needs samples, although the band told me the tracks were repurposed into songs on the Slavegrid album.
https://imgur.com/a/WVyJ8Uj

Needs research. - The Uninvited
Location: Tennessee, US (423 phone area code)
Described genre: Death Metal
Discography: Demo '96 (cassette; track listing: Humanities/ Skin As Melting Wax/ Wormhole/ Emperor in Black)
eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176293431201?i ... R8jE3cXKYw
- seeking audio


Needs research. - Remembrance
Location: Washington State, US
Listed genre: Death/Thrash Metal
(pre- https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Di ... ent/115704 - has 3 of the 4 members, and one of the songs from their 1994 demo appears on a 1997 Disinterment release)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/3012983 ... emembrance
- seeking audio


(The recently added to list bands Khristhate and Rotted Priest country can be marked as USA. Both are Ohio bands of https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... ndez/19180. Thanks.)

I'm being sent that 4 way split, so hopefully we'll hear some of that soon.

Awesome.

Needs research. - Trauma
Location: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Listed genre: Thrash Metal/Hardcore
Discography: "Inhuman World" demo (2009, CD-R)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/5329175-Trauma-48
- seeking audio.

Ekron Thamar: Would not VR be covered by the Headbangers Encyclopedia entry? It mentioned a demo.
https://imgur.com/a/4vwdqcc

Evil (853): Not sure what needs VR proof here, there's a pretty clear photo/scan of the tape. Can submit if this is proof enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rVYaqrCJI
https://disqueriaespecializadaraggedmus ... rch?q=Evil

(about Ekron Thamar) - Someone submitted it recently. More samples needed, I'm guessing.

Needs research. - Resonance
Location: Washington State, US
Listed genre: Industrial/Death/Speed Metal, Grindcore
Members: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Al/760884
- the other 3 are listed on the back of the 7" on Discogs. Also released a demo tape in '95.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/13365732-Resonator-11
- seeking audio.

Unveiled Nightsky: Band says it was burned to CD-Rs for friends only. no vr.
https://imgur.com/a/5RqPtxz

Pantara: Brief sample of the music here. Up to Azmodes if more is needed to make a determination, but this sounds and looks like rock to me.
https://www.plaidroomrecords.com/produc ... it-5244555

Pantera: A track has since been uploaded and the style has been changed on discogs. It's just listed as Hard Rock now and if the sample is anything to go on, that's accurate, hardly a lick of metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alAvsVT1Ta4

Looks like probably everything needed right there. Don't think that it ever got submitted, just placed in here.

Evil (853): Submitted.

Excelsior (11423): Uploader knows the bassist and says that the tapes are official. Will submit.
https://imgur.com/a/6rBR1BP

Desiderius: Uploader believes the compilation song is all there is but not 100% sure.
https://imgur.com/a/HxHzyQN

BlackFire (2209): Changed names to Vivid before they could release anything under this name. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/kHhvnb3

Parsifall: Someone sent me samples of two of the CDs. Expect audio soon.

Apocalipsis (8841): Uploader says music was released privately through email.
https://imgur.com/a/I0uP5j8

Night (from Lithuania, ID 8310): can't find material of the album (https://www.discogs.com/release/6329192 ... kie-Laikai), but there are several live tracks on Youtube (sound more like Hard Rock than Metal):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFN6kMAc6vM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2S07akGwZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GacE4M4iqZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2S07akGwZA

Extreme Exit (from Lithuania, ID 8290): live samples (from the year 1993-1994):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBcmx10c1xg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIqgQT7z4es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31MDOat6FN8

Though in the link (https://thecorroseum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8006) it is mentioned "Live At Metalines Eglutes Festival 1991", can't find any info regarding VR; don't think they had any release.

Additional information about Decay (11990) -

It's mentioned in this interview ( https://www.carnagedeathmetal.de/carnag ... raphy.html ) that the 2 Incantation members that played in Decay were:
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... vic/122659
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Sal_Seijo/2867

Owner of Necroharmonic could be contacted to ask about whether it was released on tape in 1990, and perhaps for audio samples.
https://www.facebook.com/satan.pain

Submitted Parsifall with samples

Redrum (1617 - Detroit, MI) can be removed. Heard both songs from the 7" and they're rock, kind of similar to Starz.

Needs research. - Light of Orion
Location: Russia
Genre: Power Metal
Members: Михаил "БМВ" Барбашин - вокал (vocals) (Mikhail Barbashin)
Анатолий "Чубайс" Емельянов - бас (bass) (Anatoliy Emeliyanov)
Сергей "Марсэль" Пелогеевский - гитара (guitar) (Sergei Pelogeevskiy)
Алексей "Щур" Щуров - гитара (guitar) (Alexei Tsurov)
Евгений "JorN" Пересторонин - клавишные (keyboards) (Evgeniy Perestoronin)
Александр "Санзил" Терехов - ударные (drums) (Alexandr Terekhov)
Discography: "Теперь ты враг" demo (2009)
https://vk.com/light_of_orion (maybe could be contacted here to see if the material was released)
http://xzona.su/metal/24219-light-of-or ... -2009.html
https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/vi ... 19&t=61784
https://world71.spcs.bio/musicat/artist ... ion-92478/ (bio here in Russian)
https://musclub.ru/light-of-orion/music ... orion-1560
- seeking release info.

En Tu Agonia: Download link was posted by member 'Kako'. This is for sure a member as their nickname is tagged in band photos. Will submit.
http://lostmymusix.blogspot.com/2009/06 ... co-xd.html
"The first wea that I publish xD. Well since we have already officially released our album with my band, I put it here so you can download it and weas..."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/entuagonia/
https://www.youtube.com/@kako374/search ... entuagonia

Forlorn: Spoke with the band Aryos. Confirmed that while they tolerate the existence of discogs listing, it's unofficial. Material was only ever given out for private purposes. No VR.
https://imgur.com/a/vviIEA1

Speaking of bootlegs, is there any exception for "allowed bootlegs" per MA's standards? Or could that just be construed as a preference towards inaction rather than endorsement?

Needs research. - Riekerz
Location: Ohio, US
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Members: Bass, Backing Vocals – David G. Britton
Drums, Backing Vocals – Patrick J. Gaffney
Guitar – George A. Head, Jr., Michael J. Micheli
Lead Vocals – Steven R. Oiler
Were also on a 1993 compilation CD, with the song "High on Rock" (which is one of the three songs on their '91 demo) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_0JrMN3M4
https://www.discogs.com/release/3015357 ... te-Singles
- seeking more audio.


Needs research. - Валет Мечей
Location: Ukraine
Listed genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Discography: "Путь Домой" CD (2013, Rostok Records)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/3014510 ... %BE%D0%B9-
- seeking audio.

Funeral (11789): Uploader, who was sent the tape by the band, believes the tape was not official, or at least never got an official release.
https://imgur.com/a/1IfNWqP

Needs research. - Suicide King
Location: New Jersey, US
Genre: Heavy Metal and/or Hard Rock
Members: Pete (bass), Rich (drums), Ken (guitars), Bobby (vocals), Dave Olszewski ( guitars - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100051820304696 - also played in Minx)
Discography: unknown
- some band photos and a flyer from when they played with Lizzy Borden was recently posted. Active in the '80s.
https://facebook.com/story.php/?id=4668 ... 9005210766

Goat Lord: Looks to have been officially distributed, albeit in an unknown format. Think it might be enough to submit.
https://imgur.com/a/UkP5GvU

Needs research. - Minx
Location: Wildwood, New Jersey, US
Genre: Heavy Metal and/or Hard Rock
Member: David Olszewski ( https://www.facebook.com/david.olszewski.376 - also played in Suicide King, the band from 2 posts above)
Discography: "Dare to Dream" demo tape (pictured here - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=34 ... 0295840389 )
Minx FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100051820304696
- seeking audio.


Needs research. - White Rock
Location: New Jersey
Genre: Heavy Metal and/or Hard Rock
Members: Jimmy Sholl, Larry Betson ( https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... tson/50735 ), Bob Perrault, Chris Trace, Larry Campanella ( https://www.facebook.com/larry.campanella.5 )
Discography: "White Rock" demo (1987, cassette; track listing: Dreams of Fear/ Lost in Time/ The Day After) - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 1728230766
Back-up image: https://imgur.com/a/RUza2Dr
Band photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=102 ... 1728230766 (there are a couple other posts about them in this FB group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMG4qxT7CAY
- Seeking more audio if possible, though maybe there's enough here. The song (and there are only 3) is totally metal.

I've already listening to both releases, the riffs are predominantly straight-up hardcore in the vein of early Throwdown accompanied also by nu-metal riffs that aren't in the vein of early Slipknot (1999-2001), unfortunately. It can be scratched off the list unless someone wants to get For You to Fight

I say keep it off the list. Even if that last cd is somehow more metal, it’s only 5 tracks compared to two 40+ minute CDs deemed unacceptable.

Pirate (1529) can be removed. They recorded a 4-song demo that wasn't released, and reels are missing nowadays.

The Inside Dead: Already listed as 'Inside Dead'
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Inside_Dead/56669

Curare Pills: New material sounds like alt rock/nu-metal/core. Old stuff sounds like rapcore.
New stuff: https://vk.com/curarepills
Old stuff: https://vk.com/wall-12564536_898
https://vk.com/audio?section=recoms_blo ... dVleRA0GFg

Dissector: Already listed.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Dissector/114483

Gangrena: Sounds a bit too noisy/punky.
https://youtu.be/UD95nOxSPU4?si=efewlvCkkND1MfjX

Probably more on hard rock side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6PVdG2cIiE




Looks like this is also not metal judging by this single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0vvID3WhTc

Forrest Gump: Uploader says the album is an unprofessional home recording that wasn't published anywhere.
https://imgur.com/a/02APmYj

Gekatha: Uploader has little info, but believes it was never published officially.
https://imgur.com/a/l9M3sOh

Abadon: Band says they are in the process of recording a demo. Check back later.
https://imgur.com/a/68bI7IS

The Wicked Mode: Was on CD. Will submit.
https://imgur.com/a/CrPLFE8
https://imgur.com/a/jPbEtHK

Dead Phigo: Released an EP. Needs proof of VR. Borderline deathcore.
https://youtu.be/92VGKHSEHto?si=fEWItTpVND3szsx0