Can't submit Angel Grave, here's a picture of their EP and a link so you can open them up for submission.
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss65 ... cf51aa.jpg
https://www.reverbnation.com/angelgrave

Yeah, erh... no dice, I'm afraid. I already listened to Dum Spiro Spero in its entirety on YouTube, and while a couple songs were metallic enough on their own, the rest of the release was either borderline deathcore, or J-rock.

Sorry, but for them to be considered they'll need to release something that IS completely, undoubtedly metallic... and not an iffy, half metal/half J-rock affair.


Feel free to PM or e-mail me with the song samples and I'll have a look at it.


The band was blacklisted on the grounds of not having PR. With that in mind, and the shady DIY-looking nature of the demo, I've e-mailed the band for further confirmation. If they get back to me and confirm there were demo CDs passed around, I'll remove them from the blacklist.

Must have been passed around in some way, because another user, McBeverage, tried to add Angel Grave and posted a different picture. He posted this in the previous page:



In both cases the CD is on the same make of CD-R, however the writing utensil used is clearly different - McBev's is a purple marker and THRASHEADEREK's is a black pen or thin marker. In conclusion: The same person made these CDs and their marker ran out of ink so they had to resort to using a different one.

With that in mind, that purple marker would have had to be written on a large number of CDs before running dry and necessitating the usage of a new one.

The two users couldn't possibly be the same person. So, I don't think you'll need a response from the band since the proof more or less is already present.


Damn, I think I watch too much NCIS.

Yeah, well... only one of the releases might be fake. It's also possible they had more than one band member signing CDrs when they were being "pressed", each with a different utensil. *shrugs* Who knows... only one way to find out: and that's with a concrete answer from the band themselves.

It seems a little ridiculous to email a group of 17 year olds to ask if they actually made CDrs that are already pictured twice in this thread.
They played an EP release show Saturday where they handed out CDrs for free, each one came with a stick of gum in the case. Here's the flyer. Merry Xmas.

Also check here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Angel ... 1649128429
The picture that someone posted of the CDr came from their Facebook page. What else do ya need?

Well, I checked Angel Grave's Facebook, and wouldn't you know it - there's pictures there and mentions of an EP release!

• Photograph
• Mention of EP release

In this case, all you should've done was include the link to the band's posts that mentioned the CD... showing strictly photographic evidence isn't enough if a CDr looks blatantly DIY.

I've removed them from the blacklist, so you can resubmit.

EDIT: Yeah, okay, I've seen your second link too... ideally, you should've posted that first, rather than the flyer itself.

Radical! Thanks for sorting this out! Just submitted them again!

Just a heads up did anybody get a chance to ok this so I can add. I have added link to debut cd release below -

http://lonevigilrecordings.bigcartel.com/

Yep, says "NOW AVAILABLE"... I've taken them off the blacklist, you can submit.

Many thanks Alhadis, Ive added them.

And I've approved them.


I've listened to that Mp3 you PMed me, it's fairly obvious black metal. You can resubmit, but please be sure to include the link in the submission notes.

Okay, Thank you!

It is already in the "pending" queue.

Oh yes, so it is. My apologies: I've approved the band. =)

Excellent, fast service indeed!

Hey guys, attempted to add Alcoholicaust from Bristol, CT....was rejected due to lack of samples / proof of release. Here's the missing info:

Samples (reverbnation player / youtube clips) - http://www.facebook.com/alcoholicaust
Also at www.reverbnation.com/alcoholicaust

Proof of release - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hp ... 3313_n.jpg

Thanks!

Yeah, that was me! I'm very strict.

So everyone, please be so kind to provide all the info right from the start. That's why the submission notes are for.

Guys, what you've all been posting here today should've really been included in the submission notes of a resubmission. This thread is really to discuss matters that can't be resolved with cold hard evidence... and the reason for the "fast service" is that there really isn't much to resolve here at all.

Unless a band is blacklisted, or the reasons for a rejection are complicated or ambiguous, you should really just try resubmitting instead of rushing off to the forums with your new evidence...


Also, I really, really hate it when another mod's already beaten me to the answer.

can anyone tell me why this band was rejected? http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The ... 3540344229

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

Didn't you get the rejection email? The songs on their Facebook page are a mixture of chaotic grind and mathcore. Not metal. Do they have a decidedly more metal release?

Submitted a NeoFolk/Martial Industrial band named Souverain, which has members of the band Kvaathan in it, but was rejected because it is not a metal band (obviously). However (and this is a question, not a complaint or bitching, don't worry), didn't you guys accept non-metal bands who have members of metal bands present on MA? Did this rule changed? If so, well, then sorry for trying to add this band and making someone lose his/her time.

Did you write that it was a side project in the submission notes?

Just in case Porman didn't see this, my recently rejected band Usurpress​ had come physical releases.

http://usurpress.com/releases/

I will ask you as well. Why didn't it say that in the submission notes? Do you actually expect us to read through every link to see which band has a release or not? If they, just write the link. It saves us time and makes it easier to verify this.

The notes say, "Released a split with Pyramido."
The link in the submission notes says it will be released in March, not that it's out.

Sloppy drafts will be more often rejected because the do not contain proper information and/or false/changed release dates.

You had the opportunity to fill in on those releases that they made and the band line up as well, but you chose to submit a pretty much empty draft, with almost no information at all.

Ah no! I did write it in the ''additional notes'' section however. I pretty much had to, since the band's full line-up is unknown, but I.K. of Kvaathan has confirmed on Kvaathan's facebook profile that he is the vocalist/song writer and played some guitars on the band's first EP.

Ok then. Re-submit when the EP is officially out.

Oh it is already out. The CD version even had the time to be sold out between the submission and rejection time.

Hi, the cd of my project FIRELORD is finally out.

could you accept my band now?
thanks.
Mario

Yes, resubmit. Include this https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 691&type=3 in the submission notes in case someone who didn't read this post comes across the band in the queue.

Just tried to submit Thrillhouse. Got this message 'Their FB seems to confirm this. "We are actually waiting on all the merch right now. Shirts are being made as we speak and should be available soon and the same goes for the LP. Both of which will be in armageddonshop as soon as it gets into our grubby mits."'

I suppose I should've linked to their other facebook account (which is more up to date though somewhat less official for some reason) where they talk about it being released today: http://www.facebook.com/ThrillhouseRI

It's being sold at a local (Boston/Providence) record shop. Here's a link: http://www.armageddonshop.com/search.php?artist=THRILLHOUSE.

Also they're awesome dudes!

Approved.

Thanks!

the problem is the new band of luca turili was rejected, i not accept the band was revealed the track list
I refuse to deny me the band thanks

The album is not out yet. The band had to be temporarily blacklisted because so many people are unable to read/comprehend the rules. When the album is out (apparently June) the band can be submitted.

Chordotomy was, once more, rejected. First time was because I did not knew, that the album must be already released to proof physical existence, but now, or rather, since yesterday, where I resubmitted the band, the album is released!

I already added a similar link in the proof of existence field, but it got ignored nevertheless?
http://shops.channeladvisor.de/epages/2 ... ucts/10076

Chordotomy have already been added, it seems: http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cho ... 3540343863

Just saw it... sorry. As I resubmitted, they were neither in the database nor in the submitqueue or my search engine does not like me.

curious if they'll use the downtime to actually approve the Soulfly entry, haha

I've a little doubt, and I thought this thread was the closest for the kind of question I'm about to ask since not having right info leads to rejections or deletions. If this is not the right place to ask, then I'm sorry.

I'm adding info on a band submission that's on my drafts, but I do not know exactly where they're from, and there's no direct contact with he band. After writing an e-mail to the record label, their answer was "I can only tell you that it's an one man project located somewhere in former Yugoslavia.", so I was wondering what to do. Would it be ok to add "international" as the country of origin, and in location write "somewhere in former Yugoslavia" since there's no specific mention of any of the 7 Ex-Yu countries?

EDIT: The record label is Greek, and the band is listed as Greek on discogs. Maybe that would be another option, right?