Requests for The Sphere Releases / Bands to be added to Metal Academy
Hope I'm not being too cheeky in starting this one, couldn't see such a thread for The Sphere yet.
Anywho, I'd like to request the addition of Scum of the Earth.
Nothing cheeky about it. I'm happy that someone has finally requested a release for this clan!
Cleaning out my ratings for the new year, could we please add:
Blue Stahli
Could Blue Stahli's 2021 album be added please, thank you.
Ben, please add Trust Obey.
Ben, please add these new albums:
Architects - Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit
Gothminister - The Other Side
Gothminister - Pandemonium
Psyclon Nine - Less to Heaven
Ben, please the new Fear Factory remix album Recoded.
I'm doing some cleanup for the end of the year, thanks Ben!
Final Light - Final Light
The Algorithm - Data Renaissance
Hi Xephyr... The Algorithm's Data Renaissance release is considered a purely Darksynth release on RYM. I can add it as Non-Genre if you plan to add it to the Hall of Judgement.
I see Darksynth, Electronic, and Djent as main genres and a Cyber Metal subgenre on RYM, unless you use another way to determine it. If Polymorphic Code and Compiler Optimization Techniques are considered to have Djent as a main genre then I'm not sure why Data Renaissance cannot as well. Which I now realize is The Infinite and not The Sphere, which is probably another issue as these albums definitely have a Cyber Metal component to them due to all the electronics.
I see Darksynth, Electronic, and Djent as main genres and a Cyber Metal subgenre on RYM, unless you use another way to determine it. If Polymorphic Code and Compiler Optimization Techniques are considered to have Djent as a main genre then I'm not sure why Data Renaissance cannot as well. Which I now realize is The Infinite and not The Sphere, which is probably another issue as these albums definitely have a Cyber Metal component to them due to all the electronics.
We use a 50% rule when looking at genres on RYM, meaning the amount of No votes for a release cannot be over 50% of the Yes votes (unless there is only one primary genre selected, in which case it's accepted). So in the case of Data Renaissance, Djent is currently 6 Yes and 5 No. Since No is well over 50% of the Yes votes, it's discounted. Note that Electronic is 5 Yes and 4 No, making Darksynth the only Metal Academy acknowledged primary genre for the album.
This system has really helped to remove a LOT of the dubious genre selections on RYM, particularly releases that have 200 Yes to 180 No for any given genre. I'm always happy to adjust a release's genre(s) over time without needing to go through the Hall if things change dramatically on RYM. So if in 6 months time, Djent is upvoted to 20 Yes and 8 No, I'll just change it. Otherwise I can add it as Non-Metal and it can be added to the Hall for judgement.
I note that both the secondary genres for the release are metal (Djent is 6 to 1and Cyber Metal is 7 to 2), so it seems a lot of voters are not hearing metal when they listen to it.
Ben, please add the new Deathstars album Everything Destroys You.
Ben, please add Skynd.
Ben, please add the New Godflesh album Purge.
Ben, please add AP2 (one-off reformed industrial metal incarnation of industrial rock band Argyle Park).