Clan challenge progress
Hey all, i've been out a while due to the pandemic and man life has changed quite since i've been here last. Maybe I'm missing something, (and sorry I didn't feel like reading all the posts here in this thread) but what happened to the clan challenges lists, or where can I see them again? I was in the middle of doing the The North's challenges and reviewing all of the first album list but kinda lost track of that. I will say this site runs smoother than before as well and want to get back into things. Appreciate the hard work y'all do to see this still going through these last frustrating years though. :)
Great to hear from ya Shezma & welcome back. You can find the Clan Challenges here:
Hey all, i've been out a while due to the pandemic and man life has changed quite since i've been here last. Maybe I'm missing something, (and sorry I didn't feel like reading all the posts here in this thread) but what happened to the clan challenges lists, or where can I see them again? I was in the middle of doing the The North's challenges and reviewing all of the first album list but kinda lost track of that. I will say this site runs smoother than before as well and want to get back into things. Appreciate the hard work y'all do to see this still going through these last frustrating years though. :)
Good to have a metalhead back.
I would've never thought to look in lists to be fair, but thanks. Maybe a link to those on the clan page as well? Appreciate the help, will get back in on this now.
I would've never thought to look in lists to be fair, but thanks. Maybe a link to those on the clan page as well? Appreciate the help, will get back in on this now.
Are you on mobile? There should be three bars by your username, go a little under and to the right. Touch that, and a menu will drop down, including a link to the clans page and the lists page. If you're on Desktop, the menu is already expanded, albeit horizontal and not vertical.
Finally after over 3 years of being on here and coming back I have finally finished the THE NORTH: Black Metal The 2nd Decade. Black metal is still not my thing, but I found new artists and albums to add to my listening collection. Now on to THE GUARDIANS: Heavy Metal - The 1st Era, where I feel I'll get a better feel for the roots of metal and such. Wonder if anyone else is still working on these, or if I am a bit late to the party and everyone's already done what they wanted. Still a great idea in my opinion.
Congratulations Shezma. I'm sure you'll find The 1st Era The Guardians challenge to be genuinely rewarding.
Congrats, Shezma!
You weren't wrong Daniel! 3 years to finish the North challenge, and about 2 months to do the Guardian one. With the North I think I had only heard maybe one or two albums before going into it and Guardians I had heard at least half of them before and was at least acquainted with the other bands that I hadn't heard the album before. Only a few I had no knowledge of. It was a great spread of styles. Now I'm onto my last challenge for The Infinite. There sure is a bunch for them, any suggestions of where to start to get a good variety there? I know Progressive is such a huge genre as is that the Infinite might be the widest variety of all the clans.
Well done Shezma. I'd suggest going chronologically as it helps with context.
Congrats Shezma. I would look at all the Infinite challenge lists, see which is likely to appeal to you most and then go through it in chronological order. I have always found that it helps in understanding the development of a genre and possible influences if you do it that way.
Back when I was contemplating where I would go for my 4th clan I actually began the Guardians Heavy Metal - The 1st Era challenge. However it became increasingly clear that I didn't have the same enthusiasm for the clan as for the more extreme metal sub-genres, so ended up choosing the Horde instead. Over the past few months though I have actually felt better disposed to good old heavy metal and have been inserting a fair bit into my metal listening diet. So, with this change of heart, I have decided that over the summer months I would be up for trying to finish the challenge I began way back whenever. I have reviewed 13 of the 25 releases on the challenge already, so just over half remain. Some of them are from bands I admit I am not too keen on such as W.A.S.P. and Manowar, but rough with the smooth eh?
As I have resumed work on my abandoned Guardians Heavy Metal - The 1st Era challenge I was wondering if anyone else was still working through clan challenges. So is there anyone out there trying to complete any, particularly those who haven't already "locked-in" their required number of challenges?
I was also wondering whether anyone would be interested on going through a challenge together. What I mean by this is, select a challenge that is agreeable to all participants and then go through it in order, say a release a week with everybody reviewing the same album ( a bit like a book club, or even the monthly features I suppose). I guess it would be too onerous of a commitment for most people and it would probably be quite slow in order to give all participants time to do their reviews, but I just thought I would put it out there to see if we could re-ignite the old community spirit in a shared project.
I am still less than halfway through the Groove Metal challenge after about a year. I just don't have the time really. I will complete it, eventually
Since were talking about it.
I'm not sure how many I've done.
I know I initially did enough to obtain a 4th clan affiliation, but they were deemed to low-effort so I went back several times and beefed them up. Then I started to work my way through doubling my efforts, and I'm not sure how far I got before I say "fuck it". Dunno if somebody can tell me how many of 'em I've done and where I left off-I think I was in the middle of one before my wife's accident.
It looks looks you have reviewed all the entries in THE FALLEN: Gothic Metal - The Modern Era, THE GUARDIANS: Heavy Metal - The 1st Era and THE HORDE: Death Metal - The Modern Era, Zach. I can't speak as to whether Ben and Daniel decided if you had locked your clans in or not, you would have to ask Ben.
It also looks like you have reviewed 23 out of the 25 in theTHE NORTH: Black Metal - The 1st Decade, so I am guessing that was the one you were working your way through.
I had definitely done all 25 of that clan I remember it. Maybe they got deleted at some point and time but I know I did em.
I had definitely done all 25 of that clan I remember it. Maybe they got deleted at some point and time but I know I did em.