Please." However, this is false many metalcore bands appear on the archives and many more have been added since the bulletin was posted, but the moderators have become more strict on what metalcore bands can be added and generally work case-by-case rather than saying all, or zero, metalcore bands will be accepted. Many users believe that metalcore bands have been completely banned from the website since a bulletin was posted that simply stated, " Please stop submitting -core bands. Some grindcore bands are accepted if they are more associated with death metal (e.g. Genres that are sometimes associated with extreme metal, such as grindcore and metalcore, are also absent as they are seen to have more in common with punk than metal. These bands are selected by the moderators "in an admittedly arbitrary fashion," and their submission by normal users is discouraged. Some bands which are commonly referred to as traditional heavy metal and NWOBHM, such as Def Leppard and Stryper, are on the website due to only one or two of the bands' albums meeting the website's specifications.Īdditionally, there are some non-metal bands featured on the site that are considered to be part of the metal scene despite not being metal themselves (usually dark ambient and folk bands, examples being Mortiis, Elend, Nest, :Of The Wand & The Moon:, Autumn Tears, Stille Volk, etc.). This is because in the past, some submissions labeled with those genres have turned out not to be metal, according to the site's guidelines. Traditional heavy metal genres and eras, such as the NWOBHM have stringent rulings users are warned in the rules section to consider bands submitted under these classifications as " ambiguous", in the sense that if a band is submitted with these terms as their genre, the music will be extensively reviewed by the moderators before they decide whether or not to accept the band onto the website. The only exceptions are: side projects of members of metal bands that have a release on a label with worldwide distribution, bands that are no longer considered to be metal but were in the past, and grindcore bands that bear close similarities to death metal. Encyclopaedia Metallum only accepts bands which it deems metal, but many bands that once were rejected were accepted later on, and vice versa. The site has extremely strict rules, especially those which mandate band submissions. The most points are given to users when actual bands they submit to the site are accepted.
Typically though, the website offers more points to those who submit info about a band itself. Also submitting reviews of band releases is another way to gain points on the site. The more valuable and complete the information, the more points are awarded. When joining as a member of the site all new members start off with the ranking of "mallcore kid".
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The website is free of advertisements and is run completely independently.Īs an incentive to get people to submit data, the site uses a "point" system, in which registered users gain points and move up ranks with the amount and value of data and information they submit. The site also provides a system for submitting bands to the archives. Nevertheless, there are exceptions for bands which fall under disputed genres not accepted by the website.Įncyclopaedia Metallum attempts to provide comprehensive information on each band, such as a discography, logos, pictures, lyrics, line-ups, biography, trivia and user-submitted reviews.
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Encyclopaedia Metallum was described by Matt Sullivan of Nashville Scene as "the Internet's central database for all that is 'tr00' in the metal world." Terrorizer described the site as "a fully-exhaustive list of pretty much every metal band ever, with full discographies, an active forum and an interlinking members list that shows the ever-incestuous beauty of the metal scene". Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or just MA) is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music.
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