Any answer about Floodstain? http://floodstain.bandcamp.com/album/sl ... ng-machine Yes theire first EP is not metal but this album is metal.

Psyopus is totally more metal than Psudoku, it's like Braindrill, Origin, Spawn of Possession, Gorguts, early beneath the Massacre, etc. I think that's a stupid comparison.

I'll admit that grindcore's a pretty grey area when talking about Metal vs Punk but I don't think Psudoku's not metal enough to be listed here. While "Space Grind" has sparse vocals, when employed they are death metally grunts reminiscent of early death metal (that reverb drenched sound that's a bit unfamiliar to today's brutal bands.) Beyond the vocals, the whirlwind of technical riffs with an absolutely metal tone bring to mind technically adept metal bands whether they be grind like Discordance Axis (who has a much thinner sound, and I'd argue to be more punk than Psudoku or Parlamentarisk Sodomi) or Ulcerate/DsO. The drums are usually chaotic blasts that'd fit in with the aforementioned bands, not any punky grindcore band I know of. Maybe it's the prog aspect of the band, but then bands like Pain of Salvation as well as this joke of a band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgvDR-Gb_M) are here, and they're far less "metal" than Psudoku. Regardless, this is metal, and frankly it seems silly to not include this band. Eventually the argument "is it metal enough?" or "is it metal at all?" will become a moot point. By ushering in Psudoku flood gates won't open permitting Spazz or Despise You to be part of MA. Hell, if Hatred Surge is in here, a power violence band NOT a metal band, I can't see why denying a metal band like Psudoku is given any authority.

I submitted the band Vørgum, but it was just rejected with "This is your physical release? Really?"

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=285453968176872&set=pu.201076126614657&type=1&theater

This is the image/comments from their facebook that I put in the submission notes. What is wrong with this as a physical release?

Seriously...?

Hatred Surge used to be blacklisted too, until their last couple splits were deemed metallic enough to be worthy of inclusion on a metal site.

Remember, a band needs only one metallic release to qualify for the site, we don't judge on entire discographies (otherwise bands like Ulver would need to be booted too).


Yeah, erh... look, as one grindcore lover to another, I know where you're coming from. But there's lines that have to be drawn, and I'm afraid Psyopus is sitting outside the border. What I heard in Psudoku was a bit too jumpy to comply with the site's definition of metal. Technical, yes. But metal isn't the only technical genre in the world.

Hello,

I was wondering why the Brand New Sin (USA) is on the blacklist.
They sound similar to Down, COC, Alabama Thunderpussy.
I think their style is Southern Metal.

Maybe the band is too rock-ish. I don't know.

Kind regards,

Michiel

I'm just putting this out there, but I feel that Admiral Angry (at least on their album Buster, the only one I have) is metal enough for inclusion on the site.

I can understand why they would be blacklisted, the guitar sound at times sounds like an extremely downtuned form of nu-metal, but the riffs and songwriting bear no similarity to nu-metal at all.

Though the other genre in question would be a form of hardcore, but I think that Admiral Angry includes more than enough sludge metal influences to be metal enough. There are droning parts and the vocals on this album remind me of Khanate. The attitude reminds me of Eyehategod. This is pissed off sludge right here.

Here is most of Buster, excluding one song (Specimen On)... Don't have to listen to all of these, a few would be indicative of their sound. The question at hand is does this band have too much hardcore influence? Or is the band including plenty of DOOM for them to be considered sludge metal?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjg_dLEZb7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CATOw3qMru8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNRQIX8Cu44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tvOTuJLe4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER_hM6hOylA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOISwfiyvrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYRXrCWuh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls87arRvzLg

Plague Widow is blacklisted. May I ask why?

^From the blacklist notes:

Oh, my mistake. I was under the impression the blacklist was permanent, and that the band had been banned forever from being on MA. It appears I was way off. Sorry.

Usually that's the case, but sometimes we have persistently stupid user who resubmit the same no-release band over and over again without changing anything to their submission, so we have little choice but to blacklist the band to make him stop.

No problem man.

My submission was rejected,"because they arent a metal band" haha.i'm pretty sure they are,

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coilguns/119957368080867

listen to them and tell me what you think.They also have 1 album and 1 split out.

Hardcore. The decision stands.

I found a website that proofs the physical release of a rejected band but when I try to resubmit it it says it can no longer be resubmitted because it is in the blacklist even though the moderator told me to find the proof first and then resubmit it.help!!

Submitted Yossi Sassi (Orphaned Land guitarist's solo project), but it was rejected because a) their physical release wasn't out yet and b) they couldn't find enough song footage to prove their metalness. Well, they have released a full song from the album, would this be metal enough?

http://soundcloud.com/yossis/yossi-sassi-numbers-world

Do you might saying what band...?


Sounds acceptable. Bit soft in some spots, but the majority of the song seems pretty solid.

But in either case, you'll still need to wait until the album's release date before resubmitting.

Is my question about Admiral Angry under consideration?

Look, Admiral Angry might be extremely pissed off and balls heavy, but it's really not metal. It's an old adage, but it bears repeating: "It doesn't need to be metal to be heavy". This is sludge in the punk-spectrum; all the riffing is extremely downtuned and percussive. Few, if any, real metallic riffs. So, sorry, but they're remaining blacklisted.

The Band is called Al Qaynah is a folk/oriental metal band from Afghanistan.The moderator approved it for its "metalness" but he rejected it because the proof I sent wasn't trustful.He/She told me to resubmit it with better proof.Here is the proof http://www.freemetalalbums.com/download ... -demo.html (new one) can you help me Alhadis or anyone else?

You need physical proof. Proof that the demo was released as a CD, or tape. What you've linked us to is a download for a bunch of mp3s, which could have been given away by the band for free.

A good example of proof would be linking a page to a label's distribution list (that says they're selling a copy of Al Qaynah's demo), or a photograph of the jewel-cased CDs (usually from the band's Facebook, etc). If you can't find such proof, then it's clear that the band never released anything physical to begin with, and the band can't be accepted.

I blacklisted Al Qaynah because it had already been submitted numerous times before and there is no sign that the physical release issue is going to change soon. If you find evidence to the contrary, by all means post it here and I'll remove them. But that's that for now.

I'm sorry I can't find any photo of the CD or label referance(it is self-released) but wherever I search the internet it says that Al Qaynah have released two demos (one on 2005 an one on 2008). I'm sorry for the annoyance as soon as the band release something that I can prove its existance I will resubmit it.

Hi, I was asked to prove metalness by providing a track from the demo of the band I was trying to add. How do I upload a song or who do I email one? I can't add mp3's to the listing as far as I know. Let me know, it's metal enough!

Hi guys! How're you doing?
First of all I must admit that i'm not an English native speaker, so you shall forgive my mistakes.

Second:
I know I've already submitted a request and I know thet that request have been rejected, but I don't know why. So, I'm here again because asking is cheap and answering or ignoring is cheap too.

Third:
I'm writing to submit a grindcore italian band that IS metal enough IMHO, at least more than some bands I've seen on this super-useful metal-archives.com (and, by the way, I'm the bass player of that band).

The band's name is "Jesus Ain't In Poland", they (us!) are active since 2004 and they released 2 album, Holobscene (2008) and Freiheit Macht Frei (2012). The first one is auto-produced, the second one has been released by Grindpromotion Records on February 10th, 2012.
These CDs are so physical that I can even send you a copy of each one, simply drop me a line at rigetto(AT)gmail.com.
JAIP also appeared on a couple of compilation (both physical and digital), but I think this is a superflous information.

Here below some links that you may be very pleased to check:

http://grindpromotion.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/jaiprocks
http://www.myspace.com/jesusaintinpoland
http://www.soundcloud.com/jaiprocks

PLEASE let me know.
Thank you so much & keep up the good work guys.

R

Why is ASP from Germany blacklisted?

If you mean popular German goth band, the answer is obvious.

Same reason Rammstein is blacklisted: gothic/industrial.

EDIT: Damn, Fulgurius actually replied between me reading that post and hitting the "reply" button...

Floodstain ?

EDIT: [found the album]

With ASP the answer should really be obvious, yeah.

I have taken Floodstain off the blacklist.


The blacklist note says "modern rock", which I think is a bit of an overgeneralisation, but still, they're more rock than metal.


You can upload it to instant hosting sites such as https://rapidshare.com/ or http://www.mediafire.com/ and include the link in the submission notes.


Probably blacklisted for being punk-based grindcore.

Hi Azmodes,
I can guarantee that we're not punk based, did you listen to the albums?
All the reviews we received put us between napalm death and nasum with some cephalic influences, and the new album, freiheit macht frei, is even more metal.
Just to be precise.
though if you think we're not metal enough, it's ok. Peace and love.
Thank you again.

R

Yes, the songs I heard from "Holobscene" sounded very punky. The one song from the new album sounded more metallic. Can you provide more samples from it?

Hello rigetto I am not a moderator but I can tell you something that may help you with your case:

Your band wasn't probably blacklisted based on your second album, released on 10th February 2012. Therefore if you consider this album to be more metal than your first one then I would suggest that you upload the entire album somewhere on the Internet and post the link here so a moderator could check the album and judge it based on that.

Hey guys,
Obviously I can't post a download link of the new album here since we've been produced by a label. What I can do is to send you a PM with the link as soon as I upload it, I'm not at home at the moment. Sounds good, huh?
Thanks again guys, keep up the metal work!

R

Yes, you can PM me the link.

Hi Metal-Archives
I want to fuckin' know WHY THE FUCK the argentinian band named "Humo del Cairo" was deleted/blacklisted...
1- They have physical releases
2- They are FUCKING METAL-ENOUGH to be here, I guarantee you
3- You want evidence? YOU FUCKIN' GOT IT: http://on.fb.me/zJoVRv http://mysp.ac/4ssPFg
sees this as a suggestion, let me add to this band, plase...I got good info, good album covers, the lyrics...
and this website FUCKIN' ROCKS!

Rejected by Witcher for being predominantly psychedelic/stoner rock and I agree (telling from the songs on Myspace).

Yeah, same here. Heavy? Yes. Metal? Afraid not, sorry.

Hey guys,

I recently submitted the band Ajris but it was rejected due to: "Not a metal band; does not belong on Encyclopaedia Metallum."

I really don't understand why this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQWAJqEofk isn't metal
(I know youtube it's not the best way to show you, but it was the least complicated one right now).

Thanks for your help!

That song is metal, yes. The others on that release were pure ambient/noise, however.

A release needs to be mostly metal for the band to be accepted. One or two metal tracks out of five or six isn't enough.