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Ben
A guide to the Hall of Judgement
Ben 6 years ago

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.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Culprit's "Guilty as Charged" should be in The Guardians
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 6 days ago

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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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Lord of the Lost's "Opvs Noir Vol. 3" should be in The Sphere
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/635

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Mirrorcell's "Long Nights in Lovescape" should be in The Revolution
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/634

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Growth's "Under the Under" should be in The Infinite
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/633

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Myrath's "Shehili" should be in The Infinite
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/632

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Therion's "Live Gothic" should be in The Infinite
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/631

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Stick to Your Guns' "Comes from the Heart" should be removed from the Revolution
Daniel 6 days ago

https://metal.academy/hall/630

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Warning (German band)'s 1982 self-titled debut is doom metal, not avant-garde metal
Daniel 1 week ago

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

https://metal.academy/hall/628

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Damaged's "Passive Backseat Demon Engines" should be removed from The Revolution
Daniel 3 months ago

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.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Sirenia's "Sirenian Shores" should be removed from The Guardians
Rexorcist 3 months ago

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

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Vision of Disorder's "The Cursed Remain Cursed" should be in The Gateway
Daniel 3 months ago

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

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Lychgate's "Precipice" should be removed from The Horde
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/627

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Ithilien's "Shaping the Soul" should be removed from The Horde
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Volumes' "Happier?" should be in The Gateway
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/625

https://metal.academy/hall/626

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Vinny
Dimscûa's "Dust Eater" should be in The Fallen as well as The Infinite
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 months ago

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!

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Rexorcist
Volumes' "Mirror Touch" is NOT djent or prog
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 months ago

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...

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Upon a Burning Body's "Fury" should be under groove metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/622

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Xandria's "Ravenheart" and "Salomé: The Seventh Veil" should be under gothic metal
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 months ago

Thanks Daniel.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Lord of the Lost's "Opvs Noir Vol. 1" is more than just symphonic metal
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 4 months ago

Thanks Daniel.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Leaves' Eyes' "Melusine" isn't Celtic metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Leaves' Eyes' "Vinland Saga" and "Njord" should be under gothic metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/620

https://metal.academy/hall/621

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Stray from the Path's "Internal Atomics" should be under rap metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Equilibrium's "Renegades" should be under folk metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/619

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

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Ensiferum's "One Man Army" should be removed from symphonic metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/618

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Ensiferum's 2001 self-titled debut and "Iron" should be under power metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/616

https://metal.academy/hall/617

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
The Arbitrary Method's "Augmentation" shouldn't be in The Pit
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Riot's "Thundersteel" should be under power metal
Daniel 4 months ago

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

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
An Abstract Illusion's "Atonement Is Nigh" should be under melodic death metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/615

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Wolves at the Gate's "Types & Shadows" should be in The Revolution
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/614

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
VoidCeremony's "Abditum" should be in The Infinite
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/613

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Novembers Doom's "Into Night's Requiem Infernal" should be under melodic death metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/611

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Green Carnation's "Journey to the End of the Night" should be in The Fallen
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/609

https://metal.academy/hall/610

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Coroner's "Dissonance Theory" should be in The Infinite
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Orbit Culture's "The Forgotten" and "Death Above Life" should be under melodic death metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed these two nominations uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Orbit Culture's "Nija" should be under groove metal
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/608

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Vinny
Holy Scum "All We Have Is Never" is not metal and should be removed from The Fallen
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/607

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Zaraza's "Slavic Blasphemy" should be removed from The Infinite
Daniel 4 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/606

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Deathrite's "Delirium" should be in The Horde and/or The North
Daniel 4 months ago

I've added these two nominations:

https://metal.academy/hall/604

https://metal.academy/hall/605

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
The 2003 "Cream Abdul Babar / Teen Cthulhu" split should be removed from The Guardians
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Blessthefall's "His Last Walk" should be in The Revolution
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Iron Fire's "Blade of Triumph" and "To the Grave" should be under heavy metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed these two nominations uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
3 Inches of Blood's "Here Waits Thy Doom" should be under power metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've passed this nomination uncontested Andi.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Conception's "The Last Sunset", "Parallel Minds", and "In Your Multitude" should be under power metal
Daniel 4 months ago

I've just added these three nominations Andi:

https://metal.academy/hall/601

https://metal.academy/hall/602

https://metal.academy/hall/603

For the record, I'm well across "Parallel Minds" & I don't think there's enough Power Metal there to command a second primary genre tag.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
The Dark Element's "Songs the Night Sings" isn't power metal
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) 6 months ago

OK, thanks Daniel.

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Avantasia's "Ghostlights" should be under power metal
Daniel 6 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/599

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
As Blood Runs Black's "Allegiance" should be in The Horde
Daniel 6 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/598

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Killwhitneydead's "Never Good Enough for You" should be in The Horde
Daniel 6 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/597

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Hope for the Dying's "Aletheia" should be under symphonic metal
Daniel 6 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/596

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Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Vildhjarta's "+ Där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar +" should be removed from the Revolution
Daniel 6 months ago

https://metal.academy/hall/595

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Judgement Submissions / Last Replied

Shadowdoom9 (Andi) in Culprit's "Guilty as Charged" should be in The Guardians at 01.05.2026 11:56 PM: Thanks, Daniel. I say my view is tha...
Daniel in Lord of the Lost's "Opvs Noir Vol. 3" should be in The Sphere at 01.05.2026 07:55 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/635...
Daniel in Mirrorcell's "Long Nights in Lovescape" should be in The Revolution at 01.05.2026 07:52 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/634...
Daniel in Growth's "Under the Under" should be in The Infinite at 01.05.2026 07:49 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/633...
Daniel in Myrath's "Shehili" should be in The Infinite at 01.05.2026 07:45 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/632...
Daniel in Therion's "Live Gothic" should be in The Infinite at 01.05.2026 07:39 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/631...
Daniel in Stick to Your Guns' "Comes from the Heart" should be removed from the Revolution at 01.05.2026 07:35 PM: https://metal.academy/hall/630...
Daniel in Culprit's "Guilty as Charged" should be in The Guardians at 01.05.2026 07:04 PM: So, I tell you what I've done Andi. ...
Shadowdoom9 (Andi) in Culprit's "Guilty as Charged" should be in The Guardians at 30.04.2026 12:43 AM: The (as of now) sole album by Culpri...
Daniel in Warning (German band)'s 1982 self-titled debut is doom metal, not avant-garde metal at 29.04.2026 06:48 PM: I've created a Hall of Judgement ent...

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