Blacklisted for being droning ambient/riffless noise.


Sorry mate, but while there's some metallic overtones in places, the majority of your music is rooted in hardcore-fuelled grindcore. There's a lot of non-metal bands that take cues from metallic groups, without the focus of their music being metal itself.

I will just say this though, I listened to your music in full and it's AWESOME. Bullshit-free grind, the way nature intended. Good shit.

My band Gambling Man have been blacklisted, despite that the moderator stated that if links to Bandcamp, Amazon etc were added the band would be once again added to the draft and up for reconsideration.

Another reason to why the band were rejected in the first place was that the moderators didn't think it sounded like metal.
My question is: If this isn't metal, what is it?



Anyway the moderators stated that if additional links were added to bandcamp etc they would reconsider if the band really were metal. Therefore the blacklisting is an error.

Hello,

Could someone tell me why the canadian band Chainbreaker is blacklisted?

Hello,

I'm a member of the italian band called CAYNE. I was trying to compile the band profile but it seams that CAYNE band has been blacklisted.
I read the site rules, we have 2 albums and one EP pubblished: I'm just trying to unerstand why my band has been blacklisted and what can be done to modify this status.
Thanks in advence.

Andrea

It shouldn't have been blacklisted (the only reason is that it was submitted few days ago when the tapes weren't available yet). Can be submitted now.

Blacklist reason is metallic modern rock

Just in case this was overlooked. (Or maybe with this band the process is... slow. Heh. Doom pun)

"Project "Висельник" is blacklisted for being most ambient."

It was blacklisted because someone tried to submit this project and posted only one album which is ambient. But "Висельник" is mostly black metal! Sorry for bad english.

Post the link to bandcamp here and we'll have another listen. I just searched for you on bandcamp and couldn't find you. I blacklisted it for being more rock than metal. The song you linked here is more metal than rock but that's just one tune. I'm willing to listen again though.

Edit: here's the official youtube channel for other mods to listen.
http://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRciK3KBgNMqF0dUSa6wM-g

Also, that EP of yours, is it just the four songs posted there? If so, it will need to have a physical copy to be accepted as a digital only release needs to be a min of 20 minutes. So we'd need to see that as well.

Here is the proof of "Висельник" being mostly black metal. Look at the genres: http://depressiveillusions.com/items/ta ... 0%BE%D0%B4

I think you have been very extremists to banned Kadavar (Germany), you may consider including this band is one the best in his genre,

thanks

I agree, they're one of the best vintage rock revival bands with Graveyard.

Yup, definitely rock.

Sorry , i need to know why my band was rejected. Whe do thrash, whe have no stpped since 2006 but we where rejected. The message said because the release was not on
physical format. but it is. Im attaching the front photo, and the cd photo. I hope you can accept it.http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x60 ... 4/g8fr.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/35/7gb3.jpg if it's helps, i can take my camera and take a real photo from the physical cd.

The message was that the release wasn't valid. Is the CD available for the public to purchase? In your notes you put "Promo Only" ahead of the real release (or something similar). If this was a promo sent out for reviews / press and not distributed in a way that the public could get it, then it doesn't qualify as a valid release. If available for the public, please post that link here and let me see it before I unblacklist it.

I put promo only? it must be a mistake. my apologyse. I will take my camera and take photos from the real physic cd. and yes, it's available for the public. We sell it in our shows.

whe are finishing our first full lenght too. It would be physic in a few month.

This is a jpg from the booklet.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x60 ... 4/5en4.jpg

and a preview of the cd, to check it's thrash.

Hi guys, you rejected my band "Man Down", and it's okay, my fault

Here is the EP on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFuYAfc0Eh8

And here are the download links:

http://rg.to/file/387bfe0422a10acbd98077bd0018a686

http://uploaded.net/file/yskx6yek

And this is our EP cover:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 5091_n.jpg

We are real, and sure as hell we are metal

Cheers

I've removed it from the blacklist - go ahead and resubmit putting in all the links you listed here.

Man Down isn't on the blacklist.

Mkay, I hope I addressed all open inquiries, here goes...


Whatever the music, a single is not really going to sway us. Please wait until the release of the full-length, and then post again with samples.


You can resubmit. Don't forget to include the photo in your submission.


I dunno, is it just me or is there not much actual riffing going on? Might be the hardcore vocals are throwing me off, I have to give it another listen. We're still discussing that one, actually.


You can submit them. If you own a tape, please also take a picture of your copy and include it. Some more samples wouldn't hurt either (unless the tape only consists of those two songs).


Liveride: As another mod said, the problem is with the release(s). Does the band have anything released AND is it distributed physically or is a full-length/lengthy/professional EP available for download from an official source?
Volat: Seems like that one is already listed.
Mjöllnir: Were judged RAC -i.e. punk/rock-, not metal. I vaguely recall something like that. If you disagree, post sufficient samples from the release(s) you consider to be metal.


Can be submitted now.


Can be submitted now.


Can be submitted now.


Definitely metal, but yeah. We need proof of a valid release. I have removed them from the blacklist, but before you resubmit read carefully, Danielsfl.


Blacklisted for being ambient, and telling from that one song on DIR, I have to agree. Are there any more samples from that release?


@theunrelentingattack: No, but I rejected them for lack of any proof whatsoever. ManDown, the digital release looks okay, but the music sounds like hardcore with growls more often than not. Though I'm not sure, I'd certainly like input from other staffers.

Omnivore - death/thrash from Italy. It was rejected because the CD isn't out yet. However, it is in stock and shipping (I'd know - I released it). The official distribution date isn't until Feb 18th.

Hi,

I have a band called Grey Skies Fallen with a page on here since 2002.

I am in another band, called Buckshot Facelift, also out of New York, that has been around since 2004 with 3 studio albums under our belt (although I am new to the band) as well as a ton of splits and live stuff.

We are wondering why this band has been "Blacklisted" when I try to create a page for the band.

We'd really appreciate any clarification to this matter.

Thanks,
Rick
Grey Skies Fallen/Buckshot Facelift

We generally wait until the official release date to add bands to the site even if some copies are out early. I sent you an email about the album anyway as I want to get a copy of it.



The band is blacklisted for not being a metal band - grindcore that is primarily non-metal, the punk/powerviolence side of it. I recall the name being brought up in the past. A band must have at least one predominantly metal album to be accepted.

Ok, sounds fair. However, I invite you to check out the album "Elder's Rasp" which was released in 2013.
http://buckshotfacelift.bandcamp.com/al ... ers-rasp-3

Start with "Touch the Monolith" and "Across Dead Oceans." This record is more experimental towards the death metal/sludge side.

This is also the first record to feature guitarist Paulo Henri Paguntalan from Copremesis.
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Copremesis/4772

Just curious as to why Animetal USA was rejected a while back, they're metal (obviously) and if I remember correctly it was because of a lack of original material, however, their single "Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee" was original work by them.

Can you please accept our band, this is very important to us for getting a record label

Thank you very much!

That isn't "grindcore", dude. Not even close.

Just saying.


Similar issue with metalness as it is with original material: if a band records dozens of non-metal tracks but records one that is, it's not going to fly. The same is true of bands who've built the bulk of their discographies playing the music of other bands.

Isn't flipping basic riffing pretty much a genre staple? As for the vocals - I totally get where you're coming from, but I personally find them less -core than, say, their counterpart in a bog standard "atmospheric sludge" outfit due to them leaning more towards a standard growl than a mid-range hardcore scream.

Anyway, thanks for your time re-evaluating the band. Looking forward to your final verdict.

a russian band ВИСЕЛЬНИК black listed on site.
here i send you tracks from he albums: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a794to
can you listen it and unblock?



a russian band ВИСЕЛЬНИК black listed on site. and i can not add it because thi sis not metal.
here i send you tracks from he albums: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a794to
can you listen it and unblock?

i was released all albums of this band before and the reason why this black listed because first demo was totally acoustic but all orther are metal you can heard it.

Still sounds rooted in grind/powerviolence. It also would appear that this album was already considered before the blacklisting, which happened in September 2013.




Висельник: Alright, can be submitted.

thnks a lot!!! but Im sorry, i don't how this page works, im new here, i press the button to re-submit becoause i thought that I have to make the canges after taht :s so i re submit the same information! I would change it as soon as the sistem allow me. If you approve it, or let me re submit one mor time, I will add all the links you told me to. Please, sorry again! and I take a picture too, of the physical cds,

^Approved. Telling from their FB, it is or was a publicly available promo-EP.

my friend submit my band a month ago, and now the band blacklisted, anyone can explain me why. check out our song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syQwlY1nJ48

Thnks a lot men! We are very happy of being part of metal archives community!! Keep on thrashing!!!!

Ah, I figured that might be the case. Thanks anyways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syQwlY1nJ48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpE8PrilfbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_LBwG9oUsQ

so, how bout that song, is it not metal?
we play Gothic/Folk Metal Music, and we use some tradisional/etnic vocal technic
and its our song, we composed it.

Does the band have a valid release?

we release on our website digothal.com on dec 26th 2013 and then we release Limited 25pcs Pysical CD on Dec 27th 2013

I know that the band is not metal, but it was a short-lived side-project of members of Peste Noire and Amesoeurs.
As Old Silver Key was a side-project of Alcest and Drudkh members (it is not metal too).

Neige and Famine are also notable French artist, I believe.

Valfunde have a valid physical release with De Profundis Éditions label.
With worldwide distribution.

Not necessary metal, I don't know the official genre of this project, but it is not far away of the metal line, I mean.

So I ask you, Can be accepted as a side-project of those bands members (Peste Noire, Amesoeurs)?

PD: Excuse my english, It's not my first languaje.

Can you post photos of these CDs?