Requests for The Guardians Releases / Bands to be added to Metal Academy

February 08, 2021 02:32 PM

Could Labÿrinth's new 2021 be added please? Awful cover art and all?

February 09, 2021 09:22 PM

I'd like to request the addition of US Symphonic/Power Metal band Everdawn, who released their debut album this week. It's excellent material mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö. I'd love to post a review!

March 09, 2021 08:50 PM

Ben, please add Brazilian heavy metallers Ignited's album "Steelbound".

April 01, 2021 12:04 PM
Ben, please add the new solo album by Queensrÿche vocalist Todd La Torre, Rejoice in the Suffering.
April 01, 2021 04:56 PM

Moving over a backlog of ratings, here's some stuff to add:

Herzel 

Konquest 

Secret Sphere 

Lunar Shadow 2021 album

Crystal Viper 2021 album

Orden Ogan 2021 album

Warrior Path


April 18, 2021 01:38 PM

Hi Ben, please add Oakland's War Cloud.

July 25, 2021 05:50 PM

Could you please add Portland's Silver Talon Ben?

September 17, 2021 04:16 PM

Texas power metal band Immortal Guardian would be a great add, thanks!

November 12, 2021 08:19 PM

Hi,

I'd like to request the following be added please:

Chalice (FIN)
Theragon (SPAIN)
Burning Point

Also the new albums from Beast in Black (Dark Connection) and Running Wild (Blood on Blood).

Thanks!

December 03, 2021 05:38 PM

Massive update dump to end out the year: 

Númenor

Sonic Haven

Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Enigma Birth

Embrace of Souls

Ravenous E.H.

Lords of Black - Alchemy of Souls, Part II

Silent Winter

Hunted

Sunrise

Mentalist

Blazon Stone - Damnation

Ningen Isu - 2021 album

Cauldron Born - Legacy of Atlantean Kings

Vexillum - When Good Men Go To War

Thank you!

December 11, 2021 10:13 AM

Hi Ben, could you please add US Power Metallers Morgul Blade.

January 09, 2022 09:39 PM

Hi Ben, please add:

Ancient Empire from San Francisco, California

Thanks

January 20, 2022 07:39 PM

Hi Ben, please could you add Tower from New York?

January 21, 2022 05:18 PM

...and also the 2020 release from Sölicitör "Spectral Devastation"


Thanks.

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
January 23, 2022 11:56 PM


...and also the 2020 release from Sölicitör "Spectral Devastation"


Thanks.

Quoted Vinny

This one is already on the site under the name Solicitor. I've made it so that it returns for a search for Sölicitör as well.

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
June 04, 2022 12:32 AM

I've added all your requested bands Morpheus. Note that it wasn't always clear which genres should be added to each release, as some of them have no genre votes at all at RYM. I've made educated guesses, based on the releases either just prior or just after them in the band's discography. If you know better for any of them, please let me know and I'll adjust.

It was fun tracking down good quality covers for some of these albums, particularly the 33 Seikima-II releases. Had to use all my investigative skills.

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
June 21, 2022 06:04 AM


I went to the end of the A albums in my collection, so this should be the last big ask I have of you for a while:

Amahiru
Ancient Myth
Antillia
Centvrion
Cross Borns
Crystal Gates
Fatima Hill
Mari Hamada (I want to say everything between In This Precious Age and Persona is not metal, with the first couple of '00s albums being Alternative)
Misako Honjoh (Visualize I and Shall We Dance? are not metal, I'm not certain if Visualize II is or not)
Natur
Nemophila
Pyramid (New York)
Saber Tiger
Sonic Prophecy

Quoted Morpheus Kitami

These have all been added. There were exactly 100 releases all up!

July 28, 2022 12:15 AM

Could Fellowship (UK) be added please? 

August 12, 2022 01:26 AM

Skyliner, please.  I know one of the bandmates online and he sent me the debut album.  Don't worry.  Three albums, two EP's, the first of which of which is rare.  Progressive power metal, so two of my clans: the Guardians and the Infinite.

August 24, 2022 10:53 PM

These guys have ten albums, so they can wait: Keydragon.  I may consider making a worst metal albums ever list, but that won't be for a while so I can wait.

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
August 25, 2022 12:22 AM


Hi, Ben, could Chaos Control (JPN) be added?

Quoted Morpheus Kitami

Happy to do so, but they're not on RYM. Metal Archives has them listed as Power / Speed. Can you comment on whether that's accurate? In other words, should they be in both The Guardians and The Pit?

August 31, 2022 01:00 PM

Could the strangely niche album The Alchemists released by Liquid Note Records be added please? It's not all metal but there's enough tracks that are Guardians/Neoclassical shredfests that it earns its place among the other guitar shredder albums. 

RYM link below as the album is quite difficult to find.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/various-artists/the-alchemists/

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
September 01, 2022 10:38 PM

Sorry Xephyr, but we're not adding Various Artists releases to Metal Academy at this point. I may review that decision at some point.

September 02, 2022 08:58 PM


Could you also add Imaginations From the Other Side Live, please?

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/blind-guardian/imaginations-from-the-other-side-live/