Greetings and felicitation, children of technology!
We have something good to announce - going forward, we're focusing our efforts on only the good metal bands.
We have grown the database to 128k bands, 362k albums, 680k artists, 34k labels, and 102k reviews, thanks to contributions from 85k users. We have adapted our rules to accept digital releases, which are being released at a faster rate than ever. What hasn't changed much is the size of our staff, who have been listening to every single band we accept, assessing every genre we list, and overseeing the whole operation. We are tremendously proud of our work, but we're all getting burned out. The greatest challenge in moderating the site is that the majority of bands on the site are, well... not good.
We, the staff, have decided that we're not going to give up on what we love, but we're going to give up on what we don't like. The current staff have started to curate Encyclopaedia Bonum Metallum: The Good Metal Archives. In this day and age, we're finally comfortable coming out as elitists. We're sick of accepting metalcore bands because they stole enough In Flames riffs. We're sick of In Flames, too, so we've reverted their discography to how it was when the site started, back in 2002. We're cutting off some classic bands when they should've cut themelves off, like Metallica and Slayer. We've got a blanket exclusion on bands with tribal tattoos, white guy dreadlocks, and oiled beards.
We debated how to manage the existing site, and we found the answer from the same place which killed our passion for running it - artificial intelligence. We discovered a series of atmospheric black metal albums that were made by neural networks, which had a fanbase consisting primarily of other robots commenting on YouTube. It felt dehumanizing. We later found some of the code behind it had been made open source on GitHub, and we eventually started working on developing automated assistance for moderating the archives. We also experimented in the potential sabotage of false genres, which led to converting ASCII data from the text of reviews on the archives down to binary, then into synthesized 'djent' music - this project was nixed when the script caused the web server to hang and every song it created sucked. That's not the only type of work we're going to leave to other people, though. The plan is to automate about 95% of current moderator work, while allowing our loyal userbase to continue adding and editing information on their favorite bands, which probably suck.
Encyclopaedia Bonum Metallum will be publicly viewable starting today. Existing non-staff user accounts have been migrated and banned, because we don't want you f*cking this up. Over 500 bands have been migrated, and we are starting to focus our attention on curating the pages and implementing sweeping qualitative improvements on them. At this time the public-facing frontend of the site has been borrowed from the old site, but our agile software development team has made strong improvements on a beta version, and our first six sprints of 2019 have been a learning process, but nonetheless led us to complete our objective of a public release at the end of Q1. We slept on it, we had a meeting this morning, and the site is ready to go.
We still have some work to do on the site, such as removing the no-longer-needed "metalcore/deathcore" section under "browse bands by genre" as well as deleting reviews with incorrect opinions, and making a new logo once we confirm the Latin in the new name is correct. The search still utilizes the old site's database, because we're working on developing a script that redirects you to a calculatedly similar good band when you search for and click on a crappy band (apologies for this feature not being live, but the current beta version redirects every link to the entry for Carnivore, which, while it fits our proselytizing modus operandi, is not by design.)
We are proud to present Encyclopaedia Bonum Metallum: The Good Metal Archives.
"We never ever will die 'cause Heavy Metal is life
And not eternal hell"
-Manilla Road, "Crystal Logic" (RIP Mark Shelton)
FAQs
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. http://www.metal-archives.com/index.php. “The purpose of this site is to grow the largest and most complete database regarding heavy metal bands as possible.” Each entry contains information regarding various bands, their discographies, members, and links to more information.
Who created metal archives? ›
Encyclopaedia Metallum
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| Type of site | Music database, reviews |
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| Created by | Morrigan, Hellblazer |
| URL | metal-archives.com |
| Commercial | No |
4 more rowsHere are a bunch of statistics regarding the site's database, just for fun. Updated daily. There is a total of 179396 approved bands. 99314 are active, 3869 are on hold, 54075 are split-up, 7158 changed name, and the rest (14950 bands) are unknown.
How do I contact the Metal Archives? ›
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at webmaster@metal-archives.com.
What is the meaning of metallum? ›
metallum n (genitive metallī); second declension. metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms) precious metals, especially gold or silver. mine (place where metals are found)
What are the three types of archives? ›
Types of archives
- College and university archives: typically preserve materials related to the university or college. ...
- Corporate archives: manage and preserve records of that business. ...
- Government or national archives: may collect materials related to all levels of government.
Senior leadership
The National Archives is overseen by its chief official, the Archivist of the United States who is a political appointee of the President but is not a member of the cabinet. The current Archivist of the United States is Colleen Joy Shogan.
Who started the metal genre? ›
Critics disagree over who can be thought of as the first heavy metal band. Most credit the British bands Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, with American commentators tending to favour Led Zeppelin and British commentators tending to favour Black Sabbath, though many give equal credit to both.
What kind of metal is Lorna Shore? ›
Musical style. Lorna Shore's musical style has been mainly described as deathcore, blackened death metal, blackened deathcore, symphonic metal, and symphonic deathcore. The band's music contains influences from black metal and utilizes symphonic elements.
What is the number 1 metal band in the world? ›
Metallica. Metallica are the biggest metal band on the planet. The reason for this is because they are also one of the very best. They have the anthems, they have the anger and, musically, they almost re-wrote how bands could approach heaviness, with an angular, European sensibility of chromaticism and note choice.
In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal. In 1981, three of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands emerged (Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax), to be joined on the scene in 1983 by Megadeth.
Who are the Big 6 metal bands? ›
The Big Six originally unveiled their existence in December with vocalists from Attila, Fit For An Autopsy, Lorna Shore, Left To Suffer, Traitors, and Infant Annihilator.
How do I find old archives? ›
Look for websites dedicated to your topic. Do they list any archives? Talk to a reference librarian at your local library about accessing the WorldCat database, which includes listings for archival materials stored in libraries all over the world. Check Archive Finder at http://archives.chadwyck.com/home.do.
How do I donate to the archive? ›
To make a donation in stock, by bank transfer, or if you'd like more information around legacy giving, please email donations@archive.org.
How do I contact NBC News archives? ›
NBC News Archives has one of the world's largest broadcast libraries, capturing history as it unfolds since 1948, with people, places and events that define our times and shape our world. Buy clips online at www.NBCUniversalArchives.com or email us at footage@nbc.com for customized service.
Is metal archive accurate? ›
It's a fantastic resource for, almost, all things metal. It's only failing is the sense of elitism that goes along with the website. They have a very strict definition of what they consider Metal that is unevenly enforced. Hair bands, metal-core, nu-metal and some bands that are borderline metal are not listed.
What are archives in the Bible? ›
ar'-kivs (the more correct the Revised Version (British and American) rendition of beth ciphrayya', in Ezra 6:1, "house of the archives" instead of "house of rolls" as in the King James Version): A part of the royal treasure-house (5:17), in which important state documents were kept. These files are public domain.
How many albums does metal Church have? ›
Led by guitarist and songwriter Kurdt Vanderhoof, the band has released thirteen studio albums and is considered to be an integral part of the Seattle heavy metal music scene of the 1980s.
