Judgement Submissions

And what happens if this is voted a no then Andi? Does that mean that you'll never listen to it again & will remove your review so that you won't be linked to death metal?

For the record, I'll be voting no here.

Should Venom's "Possessed" be in The Pit?

Daniel 4 years ago

I was only joking Andi. I'm fine with the result if that's the way the members have voted but, just to be clear, I wouldn't class ANY of Venom's first four records as legitimate speed metal as (in much the same way as Motorhead) there's no more than the odd speed metal song here & there. Take the "Black Metal" album for example. Of the ten songs included, I challenge anyone to identify more than two tracks that qualify for the speed metal tag. It's really only the title track & "Heaven's On Fire" as far as I can see. The rest all fall under traditional heavy metal with the possible exception of "Teacher's Pet" which is more of a blues/punk/hard rock effort than it is metal. Is 20% of the tracklisting enough for a legitimate speed metal tag? I don't think so as the fact that it's 70% heavy metal comfortably outweighs any speed metal reference but that's just my two cents.

Special Horde removal judgement submission week: Day 7 - The Gathering's "Downfall: The Early Years"

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 years ago

Thanks Ben! And good timing too, my departure from death metal (https://metal.academy/forum/10/thread/748) is only a couple days away. All that's left is my submission for Persefone's Core to be removed from the Horde (https://metal.academy/forum/28/thread/688), could you please add that to the Hall during your next judgement submission addition round? Thanks again!

Hexecutor's "Beyond Any Human Conecption Of Knowledge..."

Ben 4 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Godflesh's "Post Self" should be in The Infinite

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 years ago

Cool, thanks Ben!

Running Wild's "Death Or Glory"

Daniel 4 years ago

Ben, please also create an entry for Running Wild's "Wild Animal" E.P. for the exact same reasons.

Alcest's "Les Voyages de l'Âme" should be in The Infinite (post-metal) and The North (blackgaze) (can be two separate submissions or one)

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 years ago

So I gave Les Voyages de l'Âme a full listen and review, and I was right about this album being metal, specifically post-metal and blackgaze, as heard in most of the album, though the band does what most other black metal bands wouldn't do; evoke hope and tranquil beauty. With my feeling for this release unchanged, I'd like to try again to submit Alcest's "Les Voyages de l'Âme" with the proposal of being added into The Infinite with the post-metal tag and The North with the blackgaze tag (can be two separate submissions with one for each clan, or one for both).

Riot's "Rock City"

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 years ago

I've never been too sure about the release year for Riot's Rock City being 1977, despite popular belief. Barely anyone has heard of them until at least 1978, which was the year they started selling a decently prominent amount of copies and performed with AC/DC and Molly Hatchet, and then later right when they were about to lose momentum, DJ Neal Kay of the Bandwagon Soundhouse helped spread the word about them in the UK, earning the band a higher fanbase and encouraging them to continue. And even though the original vinyl label says 1977, that's not highly reliable because some CD/vinyl publishing years might be slightly false (like for example, Symphony X's The Divine Wings of Tragedy has the release year label 1996 even though its official release year is 1997). With that, I'd like the release year for Riot's Rock City to be changed to 1978.

And by the way, sure this album is mostly hard rock, but I think there's plenty of the heavy metal you would find in bands like Accept and the more popular Iron Maiden...

The Body's "I've Seen All I Need to See" should be removed from The Fallen

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

I just think it's too close to darkwave and death industrial for the most part, but since you two prefer to keep the drone tag, we'll put this submission on hold now.

Riot's "ThunderSteel"

Daniel 5 years ago

Riot's "ThunderSteel" offers a combination of heavy metal, power metal & speed metal & subsequently fits perfectly into the US power metal bracket. There's a three track run in the middle of the record that I'd class as being legitimate power metal in the classic sense of the term too so I feel that this warrants the addition of the "Power metal" genre on top of the existing "Heavy metal" one.

Toxik's "World Circus"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

After the Burial's "Rareform" (both versions) should be in The Infinite

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Sounds good, thanks Ben!

Possibility of canceling stale judgement submissions?

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Thanks Ben! If there are any other judgements I'd like you to cancel, I'll let you know, but for now the only ones I had in mind were those Trivium submissions.

Rosetta's "The Galilean Satellites" should be removed from The Fallen

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Thanks Ben!

Katatonia's "The Great Cold Distance"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Cryptic Slaughter's "Stream Of Consciousness"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Blasfemia's "Guerra total"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Voivod's "Phobos" should be removed from The Sphere

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Thanks Ben! By the way, I can tolerate a little more industrial metal now, but it's more of the experimental industrial metal of Strapping Young Lad and Godflesh, not the alt-industrial metal of Ministry and Rammstein. I still don't think any of Voivod's albums belong in The Sphere though...

My Dying Bride's "The Dreadful Hours"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Nothing Sacred's "Let Us Prey"

Ben 5 years ago

This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.

Voivod's "Phobos" should be removed from The Pit and The Sphere and added to The Guardians plus given the "Avant-Garde Metal" label

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Submission cancelled due to the new Hall rule of only allowing one change per entry. Re-entry link: https://metal.academy/forum/28/thread/589

Judgement Submissions Boost (special poll)

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 5 years ago

Now that most of those albums above have already finished their voting early, I don't think there's any more reason to keep up this poll. Daniel, I'm gonna take your advice and try to get more members to vote for highly voted requests that haven't yet reach an unbeatable lead (starting with Venom's Possessed), so thanks for that. And thanks Ben for the early closure of requests. This poll is officially closed!

Coroner's "Mental Vortex" should be in The Infinite

Ben 5 years ago

This request has been upheld by the Hall and has therefore been added to The Infinite.

Vektor's "Terminal Redux" should be in The Infinite

Ben 5 years ago

The request for Vektor's Outer Isolation and Terminal Redux albums to be added to The Infinite have both been upheld by the Hall.

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The Ocean's "Anthropocentric", "Pelagial", and "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic" (also Instrumental version) should be removed from The Fallen

Special Horde removal judgement submission week: Day 4 - Persefone's "Core"

Rainbow's "Rising"

Judgement Submissions Boost (special poll)

Celtic Frost's "Into The Pandemonium"

Lustre - The Ashes of Light

Queensryche's "Empire" isn't metal

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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats' "Blood Lust" is stoner metal