Judgement Submissions

The idea behind the Hall of Judgement is to give site members the opportunity to vote on which genre(s) and/or clan(s) a particular release should belong to. If you feel that a release shouldn't be where it currently is, create a new thread here in the Judgement Submissions section. Make sure you're clear about what you think should happen, and provide brief summary as to why. It's your task to convince other site members that your opinion is the correct one.

Once you've stated your case, an admin will either enter the release into the Hall of Judgement or ask for clearer / more information.

It ain't right now. RYM is just throwing some power metal albums under the bus, huh?

Pagan's Mind has always had their Stargate-influenced progressive power metal sound, and Heavenly Ecstasy is no exception. There's still enough fast melodic guitarwork, anthemic hooks, and fantasy-ish lyrics in many tracks to justify adding this album to power metal. So I'd like to submit Pagan's Mind's "Heavenly Ecstasy" to the Hall to be added to The Guardians and power metal while staying in The Infinite and progressive metal.

https://metal.academy/hall/640

For the record, I disagree & have voted NO on this nomination. There is certainly a doom/death influence but it's not enough for a primary tag in my opinion.

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The debut album "Sahara" from Israel melodic death metallers Orphaned Land includes enough progressive metal for inclusion in The Infinite while maintaining its position in The Horde.

https://metal.academy/hall/636

Thanks, Daniel. I say my view is that Culprit album and those first 3 Queensryche albums are progressive metal, whether mostly or to some extent, yet they haven't cut the bridge between that genre and heavy metal, unlike Fates Warning when they went pure melodic progressive metal from No Exit onwards and Dream Theater which has always been an Infinite band. With that in mind, I'll be voting NO there.

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https://metal.academy/hall/630

I've created a Hall of Judgement entry to decide on the doom metal credentials of "Warning":

https://metal.academy/hall/628

I've passed this one rather than waiting for an outcome that will never arrive Andi. I've got a very strong & long-term relationship with this release & you're clearly right.

Symphonic metal doesn't have to be heavy or power based.  Vovin proves that.  Nevertheless I'll give it a spin today.

I've just passed this nomination as the release now qualifies Andi.

https://metal.academy/hall/627

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

https://metal.academy/hall/625

https://metal.academy/hall/626

I've just given this EP some listening and a review, and honestly, it's an amazing return of the post-sludge sound we know. And there's definitely enough sludgy riffing for The Fallen. YES vote from me coming up!

Mirror Touch indeed shows the band taking a turn into just alt-metal, distancing themselves from the djenty roots of their first two albums. In fact, I would say their previous album Happier? continues the direction they've had since Different Animals. So I'll vote YES for this entry. Stay tuned for my Happier? judgement submission...

https://metal.academy/hall/622

Thanks Daniel.

Thanks Daniel.

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

https://metal.academy/hall/620

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I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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For the record, I don't recall much of a folk metal feel to this one so I'm voting NO on this occasion.

https://metal.academy/hall/618

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https://metal.academy/hall/617

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi as it's clearly required in my opinion.

https://metal.academy/hall/615

https://metal.academy/hall/614

https://metal.academy/hall/613

https://metal.academy/hall/611

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I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

I've passed these two nominations uncontested Andi.

https://metal.academy/hall/608

https://metal.academy/hall/607

https://metal.academy/hall/606

I've added these two nominations:

https://metal.academy/hall/604

https://metal.academy/hall/605

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

I've passed these two nominations uncontested Andi.

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.