Judgement Submissions

Although Boris' earlier works certainly deserved metal status, I'm not sure I can say the same for 2005's "Pink" album. There's really only one full metal track included in the ultra-heavy psychedelic doom monster that is "Blackout". There's also a ten minute drone metal section included on the closing track if you pick up the vinyl version but I don't think we can take that into account given that it's not included on the standard release. The most prominent subgenre is noise rock in my opinion while stoner rock also pops up quite often. There are one-off tracks that take a shoegaze or post-rock approach too. I'm suggesting we demote "Pink" to "non-metal" as I don't think I'd be comfortable with it topping the stoner metal charts.

Even though it's noticeably thrashier than Voivod's debut, I still think that "Rrroooaaarrr" sounds much more like Venom, Motorhead & Exciter than Metallica, Slayer or Exodus so it should be retagged as speed metal. Much like "War & Pain", it also offers more than the odd hint at hardcore punk & progressive metal but those elements are not strong enough to warrant a additional tag.

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Kayo Dot's debut album "Choirs Of The Eye" is pure post-metal. It's really not all that avant-garde in my opinion. Especially given that the post-metal tag allows for a reasonable amount of experimentation anyway. So I'm proposing that we remove the avant-garde metal tag for reasons of accuracy.

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Messiah's "Hymn To Abramelin" album combines thrash metal with elements of speed metal, black metal, traditional heavy metal & even some doom metal. But there's very little death metal on offer. I don't see that it has any right to be in The Horde so I'd like to see it removed & remain only in The Pit.

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The debut studio album from female-fronted German outfit Holy Moses is generally regarded as thrash metal but I disagree. There's really only one song that sounds like your classic thrash sound while the rest vary between speed metal & traditional heavy metal. I propose that the subgenre tag is changed to speed metal & the album is added to The Guardians on top of its existing position in The Pit.

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"Frizzle Fry" certainly contains its metal moments. But is there enough there to warrant it being labelled as funk metal or alternative metal overall? Or does sit closer to a band like Red Hot Chilli Peppers than it does Tool? Vote "Yes" to have it maintain it's place in The Gateway & "No" to have it included under our "Non-metal" genre classification. 

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