Corpus Christi genre corrected. Thanks.

Hey, sorry for bothering, but I am wondering if you could check back on my two previous queries regarding Flametal and Lovebites.

Abducción sounds like a death metal band, yes, but they have a lot of melodic elements in their music which are a bit reminiscent of power metal or early melodeath. Maybe their genre should be changed?

https://abduccionmetal.bandcamp.com/album/ep-abducci-n

Abeydon's full-length has various songs with fast tempos, galloping palm-muted riffs and just a generally power metal sound. Maybe their genre should be changed to "Heavy/Power Metal".

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Kf5uPfl ... hinFV2cHbA

Absemia might better be labeled "Brutal Death Metal" in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R4d_VBhFvg

Acacia Caven's second EP is just dark ambient.

https://acaciacaven.bandcamp.com/album/guyana-ep

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Br ... iscography

The band has nothing to do with Symphonic Black/Death Metal (except for one track); Melodic Death Metal at best. But from my perspective - Melodic Doom/Gothic Metal is more accurate (or simply Gothic Metal).

https://brazenforgery.bandcamp.com/album/brazen-forgery


(edit - change made, thank you.)

Theres like 10 or so bands that come up as simply "melodic metal" when you search them on the site, I feel like this needs to be changed for all of them cuz what does "melodic metal" even mean? https://www.metal-archives.com/search/a ... ame=#bands

'Melodic Metal' band genres fixed.

Hello!

I want to speak about Russian band WINTERIA https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wi ... 3540486511.

Their genre on MA is "melodic progressive metal", and it's true for several songs because they use fitting synthesizers, complex arrangements etc., close to late Amorphis. But other songs sound like simple "sympho metal", without any relates to progressive. The user who wrote a review on their full-length is right: band's music is not clean progressive, such a definition may interfere with the full perception. Could you change the style to Melodic Progressive/Sympho Metal?

Listen to "Крылья", "Странник", "Воля" and ESPECIALLY "In the Name of Winternight": https://band.link/winteria2022

Thank you!

There's hardly anything symphonic about this. Mostly it's melodic prog with some power metal along with it. So yeah, power metal was added to the genre.

I think Infected Virulence should probably be updated. The EP In the Outline of Clouds is much closer to doom metal with just a few death metal moments, mostly in the last two songs. So it should probably be Death Metal (early), Doom Metal (later). Or maybe Doom/Death (later). I don't think it has enough death metal to be called doom/death. The death metal is there, although it is completely overshadowed by the doom metal elements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKBg1M7BuMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hRhMY1B2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKOatg5ksmA

I can't find the third track on Youtube. I can probably upload it somewhere or provide a link to download the EP if needed but it sounds more or less like the other three songs.

Hello!

I'm not sure that Amorphis' "later"genre on MA is right. Do they really play "melodic heavy metal/rock"? I think we should name it at least "melodic progressive metal".

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Amorphis/

I think for example the songs "Sky is mine" (light progressive metal), "From Earth I Rose" (nordic melodeath/folk metal), "Tree of Ages" (folk metal), "The Moon" (progressive metal) and the whole album 'Halo' (2022) make their style far from heavy metal, even if melodic.

Theres a million reports for Solution .45 , arguing that theyre not "melodic groove metal" but rather melodeath so i decided to dig into this myself, i kind of half agree, but i also dont think the current genre is wrong either.,...
im thinking: "Groove/Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal/Rock" might be perfect for the band honestly.

Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf1SuxfTrhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZULE0GOZw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGXH-5K9Bro (listen to that first song very melodic death)

really, the current genre implies they sound like melodic pantera which they dont. to nutshell their sound: they have a lot of early In Flames/Dark Tranqulity kind of sound combined with accessible radio buttrock sensation so listing both (i.e. the genre which i proposed) is most likely the best move.
...Also thats not to mention that theres over 10 different people in the reports saying theyre melodeath - when theres that many people saying the same thing i kind of feel like they must have a point

This makes sense to me too.

Thanks

The genre is fine as it is. Mostly melodic heavy metal/rock with some other sporadic influences thrown in like folk, melodeath, etc. Progressive would be more in line with their early stuff (ex. Elegy) than with anything later, thus we have that as one of the early tags.

I think Yakuza is in need of a change.
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/832754
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Yakuza/3540525587

Toxic Smile's genre can be changed. They have only one progressive metal album, which is I'm Your Saviour. After that, the rest of their discography is progressive rock. Check:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Toxic_Smile/105537
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/im-your-saviour
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/m-a-d
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/retrotox-forte
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/overdue-visit-ep
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/7
https://marekarnold.bandcamp.com/album/farewell

Fine as it is. Let's not needlesly overcomplicate things.

40 Watt Sun's latest album is basically just folk. Folk rock if you wish, but it's almost entirely acoustic instruments with a few distorted sections in one or two songs. I don't think it fits their "atmospheric/alternative rock" tag pretty well, which is better for their second album.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5MjCWxNiGEz6P9dm9Se3a5

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/40_oz._Fist/97859

40 oz fist should probably be listed as Death Metal/Hardcore or something, it's really not metalcore the way we think of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omWyRMX9muo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfPOJ7V9Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wre1VtJUMfA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVv09kzabSM

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ex ... 3540365534

Extinction Protocol should honestly be tagged as Technical Brutal Death Metal. If not technical, then just Brutal Death Metal will do but the riffs are pretty technical but absolutely not just death metal. That is just straight-up wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omXpQqVIDi4

Also:

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Henosis/3540383841

Should be black/death metal.

https://henosisxi.bandcamp.com/album/un ... ed-version

Russian Metal band Мастер (Master) should be include Heavy Metal because their music owes as much to traditional Heavy Metal as it does to Thrash. Even their early albums had a share of Heavy Metal tunes. If nothing else, the genre field could justifiably include Speed Metal.

Heavy Metal and Speed Metal songs of note:

• "Храни Меня"
• "Щит И Меч"
• "Воля И Разум"
• "Кто Кого?"
• "Встань, страх преодолей"
• "Палачи"
• "Боже, храни нашу злость"
• По ту сторону сна (full album)
• "Миротворец"
• "Магия"
• "Злой век"
• "Крысиный рай"
• "Женщина-кошка"

Just noticed that 'The Kovenant' had their genre changed about two months ago. Not sure how I entirely feel about the new change, as 'Rock' really only applies to SETI. At the very least, I feel 'Electronic' needs to be added back, as just industrial/gothic isn't quite right. When I think of just "Industrial", I don't think of the glittery keyboards and large amounts of synths used. I think more droning, methodical music like early pitchshifter, Corrections house, Ministry, etc... Having electronic makes it more distinct, which The Kovenant certainly is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQvH1pGAmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDMjKUR ... Vr3vCF6smY

I made that change. Rock is most definitely needed in their genre, no doubt about that whatsoever. As for electronic on the first album not that much, but the second one yeah. So electronic tag was re-added.

Face of a Virus: Listed as Thrash Metal, but has a substantial amount of death metal and hardcore in there as well.
https://www.youtube.com/@faceofavirus/videos
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fa ... irus/74239

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/He ... 3540507127
Currently says Blackened Thrash/Speed Metal, but should be (Raw) Black Metal/Punk; music is in the style of Ildjarn, Sexdrome, Raspberry Bulbs, etc.
https://hexenbezem.bandcamp.com/album/depopulate
https://hexenbezem.bandcamp.com/album/desensitized

New stuff is pretty standard death/doom imo

https://open.spotify.com/album/10AEi4jeJohKrtatDO4xN8

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fe ... 3540536642

Face of a Virus: been a while, thought I'd repost with some others.
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/847976

Bazurgah: https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/852011

Castle Wolfenstein: https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/850075

Heller: https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/850890

Morrigan:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Morrigan/593

The Black metal tag is correct for the earlier stuff, but the mid albums are pure "Hammerheart" style Viking metal with the exact tropes used by Bathory. There's almost no elements of bm on these releases, so I wonder if Black metal(early)/Viking metal(later) is more appropriate?

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Am ... iscography

The band has very various stylistic range; listened to three releases today:
https://amrasnumenesse.bandcamp.com/album/injustice - ranges from Progressive Deathcore/Groove/Metalcore
https://amrasnumenesse.bandcamp.com/album/metalesque - more like Symphonic Black/Death Metal
https://amrasnumenesse.bandcamp.com/alb ... s-one-died - general Black Metal