pedro70512
12.07.14 | full EP: https://taravanamusic.bandcamp.com/ |
Tunaboy45
12.07.14 | Everyone knows that, it's just full of fat sweaty elitists who only like the trvest of metal. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | Well they let Soulfly in recently on account of Enslaved being "melodic death metal" or something. |
Archelirion
12.07.14 | Haha, that advertising ;) But in all seriousness, Encyclopedia Metallum is filled with bands that only ever recorded one super-kvlt demo before disbanding. Until recently, they didn't allow only downloadable albums either if I remember correctly. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | And the reviews are often garbage too. There's no feedback on them. And yeah, super kvlt demos are awesome if you're Aspid or someone, but they're just making themselves look like assholes. There are like five complaints on the same page of the thread of bands that are definitely metal and the mods just make fun of the users who are trying to be polite. |
Tunaboy45
12.07.14 | http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Darkthrone/A_Blaze_in_the_Northern_Sky/612/DanFuckingLucas/4267
This review is why the site needs feedback. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | "It also stands out because it’s good."
dat logix |
Archelirion
12.07.14 | I wrote my first ever review for EM, it was, reading back, absolute dogshit. (http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Omega_Massif/Geisterstadt/149657/AaronIsCrunchy13795/258420 if you feel like reading some pure excrement). I was 16 at the time, and I think if they had some kind of feedback I either a) would have never written it or b) written a better review. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | Should see the bile they throw at Max Cavalera. |
Asdfp277
12.07.14 | lmao metallum
also, wow they're rude |
Tunaboy45
12.07.14 | He was nu metal with early soulfly which makes them not metal. I'm going to masturbate over some trve black metal now. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | Don't worry Aaron, you've since redeemed yourself. Hold you head high, man :P |
Gameofmetal
12.07.14 | Might just be because you don't do guitars on your stuff, but I wouldn't say that doesn't make it metal necessarily. Guitars are a pretty intrinsic part of metal, I do admit however |
Asdfp277
12.07.14 | black metal doesn't involve any kind of instruments at all yet nobody complains |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uqz03Fgngk Metal Archives in a nutshell. Especially when asking a mainstream metal guy about the kvlt stuff.
"Do you like it"
"I dunno it's OK"
"Then I hate it." |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | haha, asdf.
@game, they explicitly stated that it's not the guitars on my last one. they're just being douchebags at this point. I'm not even mad, I'm just confused. |
TheGreatQ
12.07.14 | Site is a joke but I have found some cool bands on there. |
Gameofmetal
12.07.14 | Dunno what the hell it would be if it's not the lack of guitars then |
Gameofmetal
12.07.14 | That reminds me that I should go and listen to your ep right now
|
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | I have it as a reference for finding metal bands from as many different countries as possible. Though I knew about Afghanistan's first metal band way before them |
Tunaboy45
12.07.14 | Example of elitism- suicide silence aren't on there. I'm not a fan but I can accept that they're metal. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | "Though I knew about Afghanistan's first metal band way before them"
I actually heard about them from NPR radio. I forget the name, though I could just not be a lazy bum and google it. |
KriegdemKriege
12.07.14 | It's really a shame how terrible the community is on that site, because it's honestly the best metal music resource available today. They're ruining it though, because they're not welcoming at all. It's not going to last if they keep driving everyone away.
The album is metal, by the way. Anyone who says otherwise has either not listened to it, or does not know anything about metal. |
VinVal
12.07.14 | i fucks with encyclopedia metallum
it sounds like youre just butthurt cause you got denied
man up boy |
KriegdemKriege
12.07.14 | EM hosts my favorite review of all time though:
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Dismember/Death_Metal/702/stickyshooZ/9043
I wonder what happened to this guy. His last review was in 2007. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | http://www.rocksins.com/reviews/district-unknown-anatomy-of-a-24-hour-lifetime-22552/ |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | "it sounds like youre just butthurt cause you got denied"
yeah, it was a little disappointing until I saw how they treated the other people trying to submit to the site. |
Greyvy
12.07.14 | metal-archives is dope |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | they have a commendable database |
Tunaboy45
12.07.14 | great place to discover new music, just stay away from the community. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | seems to be the consensus. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | I wanna submit Unleashing My Demons (look them up) to them |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | that's brutal...I wasn't aware William Hung sang for a metal band |
SpiritCrusher2
12.07.14 | hmm well I don't know, I'd probably reject your EP too, sorry. if those riffs were played on a real guitar, then yea, sure. otherwise everyone who has ever made a few songs in guitar pro for example could also be in their database |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | that seems a little petty to me...I mean, Meshuggah doesn't use real drums. but welcome to the
world of metal, I guess. |
KriegdemKriege
12.07.14 | ^ That's a terrible argument. Moonsorrow is labeled as folk metal, but they've never recorded a single folk
instrument on their albums. It's all done through keyboards. Does that mean that label should be removed? Of
course not. It's the sound that matters.
EDIT: Directed at Spirit Crusher, these comments are coming too fast. EDIT EDIT: Google tells me Moonsorrow
recorded some actual folk instruments on later albums. THE MAJORITY IS STILL DONE ON KEYBOARDS. |
SpiritCrusher2
12.07.14 | lol ok that's dumb (the physical release thing) |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | because somebody on there worships Devin Townsend, I guess? I should get around to listening to that, actually.
@Ov - is that still a rule? I heard they dropped it. that would be a legit reason (for now, at least) |
SpiritCrusher2
12.07.14 | "That's a terrible argument. Moonsorrow is labeled as folk metal, but they've never recorded a single folk instrument on their albums. It's all done through keyboards. Does that mean that label should be removed? Of course not. It's the sound that matters."
yea, but they've always recorded guitars |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | cassettes? huh, I've only seen a few bands still doing those. though I just paid almost $100 for a tape of Das Tor. |
KriegdemKriege
12.07.14 | SpiritCrusher, you're missing the point. Moonsorrow is called folk metal, but they don't play (m)any folk instruments. Do you think they deserve the title of folk metal? |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | time to prove keyboards can lead metal, then. I'll captain this ship. |
KriegdemKriege
12.07.14 | @OvDeath, that's exactly my point.
Metal doesn't have to be played on guitars. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | then what's the issue here? .___. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | hey guys I reviewed UMD who I just mentioned http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65262/Unleashing-My-Demons-Tran%E2%80%8B%28ce%E2%80%8B%29%E2%80%8Bscen%28e%E2%80%8B%29dance/
I listened to as much as my brain could take before I wrote it so I could make an informed review. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | woah bud, first sort out them paragraphs haha |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | Fixed |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | I missed that while submitting due to psychological trauma |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | much better. thanks for taking this bullet for us. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | It was not worth it. |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | It might be a little better if I get a feature out of it though |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | that would be da metulz. I'd suggest it to the mods but I can't forum because dead email address. |
BMDrummer
12.07.14 | Post-rock, Post-punk, Post-hardcore (ex: Killing Joke, Shinedown, Rosetta)
lol this site is so fucking stupid |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | post-stupid? |
BMDrummer
12.07.14 | might submit my band as a joke just to see what they'll say |
DatsNotDaMetulz
12.07.14 | Submit Unleashing My Demons |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | everyone submit Unleashing My Demons |
tempest--
12.07.14 | good database but shitty guidelines yea. they didn't allow osmark's sludgy post-metal band on for being "not metal enough"
and the new thing they did with having different releases is fuckin stupid. like they're trying to be RYM but no one who goes on metal archives cares about that shit. now my collection is full of "unspecified" versions of albums like fuck I have the album that's all you need to know! |
Keyblade
12.07.14 | I use it for its database which is actually really fucking good. Couldn't care less about the userbase, or whether or not Suicide Silence or BTBAM are on it tbh |
Shuyin
12.07.14 | they have the best reviews ever |
Alastor
12.07.14 | your songwriting is nice, but that "guitar" sound really puts me off, not to mention the rest of the production. If you want to be metal, be less midi. |
thacoconut94
12.07.14 | It's a great source of information but it is run by the foulest Uruk-hai of isengard |
Hyperion1001
12.07.14 | "I use it for its database which is actually really fucking good. Couldn't care less about the userbase"
this. why you would use metal archives for anything other than the database is beyond me. |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | Thanks Alastor. But yeah there's no MIDI. All came through an amp and a mic. |
Keyblade
12.07.14 | I mean cmon do you really wanna kick it with a bunch of dudes who use the term mallcore unironically in 2014 let's be real |
pedro70512
12.07.14 | Or just a mic, for the drums and flute. Also, tell me mallcore isn't a thing. |
Snowdog808
03.01.15 | As much as I have used the site to find plenty of metal artists I enjoy, it would be nice if they had comments on the reviews, plus I also think they should put some of their blacklisted metalcore bands on there. As much as I hate Suicide Silence, I don't think it would be too much to ask to have some artists like that on the site. |
pedro70512
03.01.15 | Haha, yeah.
Looking back, I do sound really butthurt in this list. And frankly, I was way more pissed off than I should have been...really, it wasn't the metal-ness so much as that they're just dicks to people over there. The site doesn't have much quality control in the actual reviews, but they're anal over the release dates of the second tape pressing. It's just dumb and I really don't care that I'm not part of it. |
controlled
03.01.15 | Sabbats better anyway.
Good for him. |
rockandmetaljunkie
03.01.15 | I love this site. It can provide you with some important information about obscure bands and some of its uploaded reviews are actually well-written. And what seems to be a biased policy, it really doesn't bother me. I mean, honestly, who cares if some guy(s) doesn't consider a band to be enough Metal. |