Hello,

I just tried to submit "Sakna" from Canada, but the band is apparently blacklisted. I have not tried to submit this band previously. Can you please tell me why it was blacklisted? As the brother of the only band member, I can provide additional information as necessary.

Thank you.

Blacklist note says it's more ambient than black metal and it was just blacklisted three days ago, so that will stay.

That's.. an interesting assessment of a band that sounds like Windir mixed with Funeral Doom. It sounds like someone skipped through a few ambient intros and called it a day.

Can I request a re-listen from another mod or two? Or bring it to the Discord server? I've calculated the non-ambient portions of the album at 40+ min out of a 56 min runtime / 5/6 tracks (there is *one* Dungeon Synth bonus track of 9 min), so "more ambient than black metal" feels incorrect. Happy to provide explicit details and timestamping.

This was my brother's only album before committing suicide, so there will be no further appeals in the future. Whatever decision is made here is final, so I appreciate your understanding in why another set of ears would mean a lot. Thanks!

Timestamps for anyone who cares to check (album link - https://sakna.bandcamp.com/album/de-syv-d-dssynder):

Track 1 - 6:30 min - 2:00 onwards
Track 2 - 7 min - 1:00 onwards
Track 3 - 16:15 min - 3:00 onwards
Track 4 - 13:30 min - 1:00 onwards (atmospheric break from 8:00-9:00)
Track 5 - 4:30 min - 0:30 onwards (though admittedly atmospheric in nature)
Track 6 - 9 min - Dungeon Synth bonus track

Hope that helps.

Sorry but I brought it up internally and the thought is that it's still not predominantly metal. On the side though - I listened to the whole record and it's great.

Very well, thank you for listening.