Ben's Forum Replies
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 14th to the 20th of November, 2020.
1. Hyperion (GUARDIANS) - requested by Tymell
2. Adamantis (GUARDIANS) - requested by Tymell
3. Precambrian (NORTH)
4. Onirik (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
5. Ceremonial Bloodbath (NORTH, HORDE)
6. Swarming (NORTH, HORDE)
7. Mora Prokaza (NORTH, INFINITE)
8. Botanist (NORTH, INFINITE)
9. Yoth Iria (NORTH)
10. Schizophrenia (PIT, HORDE)
11. Within Destruction (REVOLUTION, HORDE)
12. In Hearts Wake (REVOLUTION, GATEWAY)
13. Melted Bodies (INFINITE, GATEWAY)
14. Kaunis Kuolematon (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Tymell
15. Aphonic Threnody (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
16. Kryptograf (FALLEN)
17. Vacant Eyes (FALLEN) - requested by Tymell
18. Bloodsoaked Necrovoid (FALLEN, HORDE)
19. Edenic Past (HORDE)
20. The Last Reign (HORDE) - requested by Tymell
21. Bastard Priest (HORDE)
22. Unurnment (HORDE)
23. Countless Skies (HORDE) - requested by Tymell
An excellent idea. I'll attempt to do just that.
Hi Ben. I'm sorry for being thick, but I'm still not getting it. When you say you select, clan, genre and year do you mean via a function that has yet to be added or do we need to state all those things in the list title? I have begun another list but have not been asked to select any of those categories anywhere.
Sorry if I haven't been clear, but this is a design discussion. I haven't added the categories or filters yet. I just wanted to gather some feedback from the community before I go down that path. There could be a better way to configure things that I haven't thought of.
Has anyone tried using this yet? Keen to know what people think. Could it work better? Is it worth keeping the Select Year filter?
Hi Ben, I am a little unsure what you mean. Do you intend to have different sections within the list section to differentiate years, genres etc or do you mean to have a list section within each separate clan? The latter may help tidy things up for clan-specific lists leaving the main lists section for more generalised listings, such as "Greatest Albums of the 1990's" or other less genre-specific lists.
LIST CREATION IN MY LISTS
I'm suggesting that when you're creating a new list, you have to select the Genre, Clan and Year that it relates too. If the list covers multiple of any of those categories, then you select All or Multiple. So every list will have All, Multiple or a specific value for each of those categories.
VIEWING LISTS IN PUBLIC LISTS
I would add User, Genre, Clan and Year filters on the Public Lists page. You would therefore be able to find any lists that (for example) include ONLY black metal albums from 2020, or perhaps any Revolution specific list that covers any date range, or any Doom Metal specific lists for 2018 created by Sonny92 (which would no doubt be pretty awesome).
Make sense? If anyone thinks the system could be different / better, please speak up. I want to get this as close to right as possible before we plough ahead and start making stacks of lists.
Ben, I just found an issue here, the lists are unable to load in mobile devices like iPhones. Can you please find a way to fix that? Thanks.
I can't see any issue with the lists on my iPhone. Can you be more specific around what you're experiencing? Thanks.
If anyone has any further feedback (either good or bad) on the Gallery functions shown in this thread, please let me know ASAP. I want to make sure everything is all good before closing off with my developer.
If anyone has any further feedback (either good or bad) on the Charts functions shown in this thread, please let me know ASAP. I want to make sure everything is all good before closing off with my developer.
OK guys, I need your help. I really think the My Lists / Public Lists feature could be a really fun and useful feature of Metal Academy, but it needs some work. Let's all put our heads together and design the best possible outcome, then I'll do my best to make it happen.
MY THOUGHTS...
In its current state, the Public List section is going to become a complete mess, as everyone's going to create and "publish" their own stuff. It needs to be organised, and the best way to do that is to use categories. It would be really interesting to see attendee top 10 lists for any given year for example, but it would be even cooler if you could see their top 10 list for any given clan for any given year.
So maybe whenever someone creates a list, it's required that they select what year, clan or genre it covers,. They always have the option to leave one or more of those options blank if its not relevant. I could then display all created lists on the Public Lists page and have a title search function, but also offer the ability to find lists that specifically cover a year, clan or genre, or any combination.
I don't think this system limits anyone from making whatever list they want and sharing it, but it does create some control over how searchable and neat it is. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts, and anyone has any other ideas for how it can work (no matter how different they are), please raise them.
Cheers,
Ben.
Yet another bit of functionality has been added to The Gallery page. You can now view all the covers you've rated, and even display all the covers you've given certain ratings. I must admit I think this is pretty cool. 
I've added another bit of functionality to the Charts page. You can now select your own minimum ratings option.
Mors Principium Est - Pure from The Unborn (2005)
Akercocke - Verdelet from Words That Go Unspoken, Deads That Go Undone (2005)
Behemoth - O Father O Satan O Sun! from The Satanist (2014)
Aborym - Disgust and Rage (Sic Transit Gloria Mundi) from Generator (2006)
Shining - Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie from III - Angst - Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie (2002)
And this month's underground gem is...
Asgaroth - Naked Eye from Red Shift (2001)
Great to see the charts expanded. I don't know if it's just me, but there seems to be a problem. When I went onto page two of The Pit chart, it shows the second page of the chart for the combined clans, not just for The Pit releases. Oh, and for The North.
This has been fixed now.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 10th to the 13th of November, 2020.
1. Lesser Glow (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Sleepwulf (FALLEN)
3. Rosy Finch (FALLEN)
4 Anhedonist / Spectral Voice (FALLEN, HORDE)
5. Bismarck (FALLEN)
6. Nova Twins (GATEWAY)
7. Memories of Old (GUARDIANS)
8. Ashbel (INFINITE)
9. Titan to Tachyons (INFINITE)
10. Creature (INFINITE, NORTH)
11. Sxuperion (NORTH, HORDE)
12. Feral Light (NORTH)
13. Oldowan Gash (NORTH)
14. Ljosazabojstwa (NORTH, HORDE)
15. Together to the Stars (NORTH)
16. Ossaert (NORTH)
17. Illkynja (NORTH)
18. Cultus Profano (NORTH)
19. Mefitic (NORTH, HORDE)
20. 156/Silence (REVOLUTION)
21. Fit for a King (REVOLUTION)
22. DEAFBRICK (SPHERE)
23. Tarpan (HORDE)
24. Bear Mace (HORDE)
25. Death Courier (HORDE)
26. Aseitas (HORDE)
27. Pessimist (HORDE) - requested by Tymell
28. Cult of Lilith (HORDE)
29. Pestifer (HORDE)
Great to see the charts expanded. I don't know if it's just me, but there seems to be a problem. When I went onto page two of The Pit chart, it shows the second page of the chart for the combined clans, not just for The Pit releases. Oh, and for The North.
Thanks Sonny. Will get that fixed.
According to RYM the sub-genres of doom metal are death doom, funeral doom and so-called traditional doom. So if it's not death or funeral doom it's traditional. In other words it is JUST FUCKIN' DOOM!!!!
Yep. Which is why I'm ignoring Traditional Doom Metal when creating the subgenres. It's a pet hate of mine too.
I'm inspired to get my entries in early this month to make sure Draconian's latest albums gets a look in. What a fantastic album! Sonny, I'd be surprised if you didn't dig the track I've selected.
1. Draconian - Ascend into Darkness from Under a Godless Veil (2020)
2. Solitude Aeturnus - Opaque Divinity from Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991)
3. Evoken - In Pestilence, Burning from Quietus (2001)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 5th to the 9th of November, 2020.
1. Shards of Humanity (PIT, HORDE)
2. Condor (PIT) - requested by MacabreEternal
3. Reign of Fury (PIT)
4. Vulvodynia (REVOLUTION)
5. Dekadent (INFINITE, NORTH, GUARDIANS) - requested by Revolution666
6. Sadistic Drive (HORDE)
7. AHNA (HORDE, FALLEN)
8. Sanctifying Ritual (HORDE)
9. Shezmu (HORDE, NORTH)
10. Auðn (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
11. Revenant Marquis / Lamp of Murmuur (NORTH)
12. Begotten (NORTH)
13. Blasphamagoatachrist (NORTH)
14. Martwa Aura (NORTH)
15. Level 10 (GUARDIANS)
16. Revenge (GUARDIANS)
17. Mammoth Storm (FALLEN)
I agree with Daniel on this one. A very solid release that was actually pretty exciting at the time!
I'm actually pretty happy to see some of the lesser praised Testament albums on your list saxystephens. I really enjoyed those albums back in the day and feel they're harshly judged. You've made me want to go and listen to them again.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 30th of October to the 4th of November, 2020.
1. Tallah (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
2. Binary (REVOLUTION)
3. Chamber (REVOLUTION)
4. Vothana (NORTH)
5. Gruzja / Neon Scaffold (NORTH, INFINITE)
6. Calligram (NORTH)
7. Bog Body / Primitive Warfare (NORTH, FALLEN)
8. Howls of Ebb (NORTH, HORDE, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
9. Kingfisher Sky (INFINITE, GUARDIANS, FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
10. Paralydium (INFINITE)
11. Cryptae (HORDE, FALLEN)
12. Occlith (FALLEN)
13. Meurtrières (GUARDIANS)
Well mine isn't quite as boring as Daniel's, but it's pretty close. I did manage to squeeze in a 1993 release, although one could easily argue that it sits more comfortably as a progressive metal release. It was either that or Coroner's Mental Vortex.
You can really tell how important ...And Justice For All was to Daniel and I. And yes, I enjoy Arise a little more than Beneath the Remains. They're both fantastic though.
01. Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986)
02. Metallica - Master Of Puppets (1986)
03. Sepultura - Arise (1991)
04. Metallica - ...And Justice For All (1988)
05. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains (1989)
06. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (1984)
07. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
08. Testament - The New Order (1988)
09. Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)
10. Anacrusis - Screams and Whispers (1993)
Oh, and as an avid tabletop and videogame player, I'd be keen to know more about your tastes. I'm a huge Fantasy Flight LCG and Magic the Gathering fan, and a lifelong PC gamer. We've not discussed this topic here before, but I'd be surprised if there weren't a few others with similar interests?
A big warm welcome from me too. I hope you find what we're doing here valuable and fun.
Always been a fan of this album. Solid, aggressive Slayer worship.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 27th to the 29th of October, 2020.
1. Running Death (PIT)
2. Distillator (PIT)
3. Kiske - Somerville (GUARDIANS)
4. Demon Eye (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)
5. Ekpyrosis (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by Revolution666
6. In Tormentata Quiete (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by Revolution666
7. JANVS (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by Revolution666
8. Vous Autres (INFINITE, FALLEN, NORTH)
9. Öxxö Xööx (INFINITE, FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
10. Red Apollo (INFINITE, FALLEN)
11. Pyramids (NORTH)
12. Ethereal Shroud (NORTH)
13. The Moaning (NORTH, HORDE)
14. The Body & Krieg (FALLEN)
15. The Body & Thou (FALLEN)
16. Ruby the Hatchet (FALLEN)
17. Left Cross (HORDE)
18. Chaotian (HORDE)
Can you add Leprous' 2019 album Pitfalls?
It would be tagged as Non-Metal since it's "Art Rock" on RYM, but personally I think there's still enough Progressive Metal running through it to be on the site, and tagged Prog Metal secondary on RYM.
It's also a great album :)
As much as I'd like to make an exception for you illusionist, I'm going to stick to my rule and not add non-metal releases unless the band has a metal album or EP both prior AND after it. If I start breaking that rule I'll be wasting my days entering literally thousands of releases that have nothing to do with metal.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 21st to the 26th of October, 2020.
1. Chaos Echœs (HORDE, FALLEN)
2. GuilThee (HORDE) - requested by Revolution666
3. Island (HORDE) - requested by Revolution666
4. Teeth (HORDE, FALLEN, NORTH) - requested by Revolution666
5. Devilment (PIT, FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
6. Speedtrap (PIT, GUARDIANS)
7. Liv Kristine (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
8. Heavenwood (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
9. Lord of the Lost (FALLEN, SPHERE) - requested by Revolution666
10. The Man-Eating Tree (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
11. Theatres des Vampires (FALLEN, NORTH, GUARDIANS) - requested by Revolution666
12. Mortemia (FALLEN, GUARDIANS) - requested by Revolution666
13. Damned Spirits' Dance (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
14. Remmirath (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
15. Lux Occulta (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
16. Nucleus Torn (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
17. Todesstoß (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
18. Wayfarer (NORTH, INFINITE)
19. Transcending Bizarre? (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
20. Ørkenkjøtt (INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
21. Aberrant Vascular (INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
22. The Reticent (INFINITE) - requested by saxystephens
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
Sólstafir's Svartir Sandar has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
Please add local-to-me band Earthworm Von Doom (USA) and their strange 2018 album 8279.
Thanks Ben.
This band is not on RYM or Metal-Archives, and only has one release on Discogs. I can add them if you provide all the info.
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
There have been times when I've altered the clans of releases after finding I'd made a mistake during the original entry, or when I see that voting at RYM has swung dramatically since the original entry (which is often days after a release comes out and therefore not necessarily accurate). One thing I make sure not to do though is to change the genres / clans of any release that already has at least one rating / review. If someone has taken the time to listen to an album and rate / review it, I don't think I should be altering the clan it belongs to without entry into the Hall of Judgement. So that's my general rule.
As with the Katatonia request, can you please select what you consider to be the clearest case for removal from The Fallen? We'll push that one through and see how it goes.
I'd much prefer not to put multiple releases into the Hall like this, instead choosing the most obvious case and seeing how that goes before going any further.
Can I ask you to select either Viva Emptiness or The Great Cold Distance to enter the Hall? If it comes back as categorically no, then you may choose not to push the other album through.
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
This release has been added to the Hall of Judgement.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 15th to the 20th of October, 2020.
1. Greg Puciato (GATEWAY, SPHERE, REVOLUTION)
2. Hexecutor (PIT)
3. Sacral Rage (PIT, GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
4. The Armed (REVOLUTION)
5. The Last Ten Seconds of Life (REVOLUTION)
6. Black Magnet (SPHERE)
7. Night (GUARDIANS)
8. Christian Mistress (GUARDIANS)
9. Trial (GUARDIANS)
10. Dumal (NORTH)
11. Nocturnal Departure (NORTH)
12. 0 (NORTH, FALLEN)
13. Rejoice! The Light Has Come (NORTH, INFINITE)
14. Dkharmakhaoz (NORTH)
15. Grifteskymfning (NORTH)
16. Sunken (NORTH)
17. Emyn Muil (NORTH)
18. Obsidian Kingdom (INFINITE, HORDE, FALLEN)
19. Panzerballett (INFINITE)
20. Exist (INFINITE, HORDE)
21. Mutoid Man (FALLEN)
22. Rezn (FALLEN)
23. FOUL (FALLEN)
24. Frowning (FALLEN)
25. George Kollias (HORDE)
26. Encenathrakh (HORDE)
27. Enthean (HORDE)
Well, thinking about it now, I guess her taste should really have come into question.
Your disdain for the mighty Summoning will not go unpunished. May the infernal legions of Mordor vomit on your new Razor hoodie.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 8th to the 14th of October, 2020.
1. Father Sky Mother Earth (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
2. Great Cold Emptiness (FALLEN, NORTH) - requested by Revolution666
3. Mistress of the Dead (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
4. Funeris (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
5. Noctu (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
6. The Funeral Orchestra (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
7. Cruthu (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
8. The Crooked Whispers (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
9. Pharmacist (HORDE)
10. Kommand (HORDE)
11. Cryptworm (HORDE)
12. Visceral Mass (HORDE)
13. Proscription (HORDE) - requested by MacabreEternal
14. Gorephilia (HORDE)
15. Burden of Life (HORDE, INFINITE)
16. Lik (HORDE)
17. Plague Organ (INFINITE, NORTH)
18. Thirty Nights of Violence (REVOLUTION)
19. Alpha Wolf (REVOLUTION, GATEWAY)
20. Seether (GATEWAY)
21. Lamp of Murmuur (NORTH)
22. iANO (NORTH)
23. A Light in the Dark (NORTH)
24. Gates of Tyrant (NORTH)
25. Silver Knife (NORTH)
26. Sørgelig (NORTH)
27. Svalbard (NORTH)
28. Ars Magna Umbrae (NORTH)
The Hall has judged this release and a decision has been made. With a result of 14 to 1, Cynic's Focus will be given the Death Metal genre and subsequently added to The Horde.
I'd love to offer more in the way of Groove Metal and Crossover Thrash, but I'm really very inexperienced beyond the obvious.
- Iron Angel - Sinner 666 from Hellish Crossfire (1985)
- Testament - Disciples of the Watch from The New Order (1988)
- Sadus - Certain Death from Illusions aka Chemical Exposure (1988)
Here's my three for October...
- Anorexia Nervosa - The Shining from Redemption Process (2004)
- Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn from Old Mornings Dawn (2013)
- Coldworld - Dream of a Dead Sun from Melancholie² (2008)
Alright...three very different tracks...from three different decades.
- Dark Tranquillity - Hours Passed in Exile from Damage Done (2002)
- Nocturnus - Possess the Priest from the Nocturnus EP (1993)
- Fallujah - Starlit Path from The Flesh Prevails (2014)
Making sure I get in this month...
- Void of Silence - Opus II: With No Half-Measure from Criteria ov 666 (2002)
- Theatre of Tragedy - Venus from Aégis (1998)
- Evoken - In Pestilence, Burning from Quietus (2001)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 3rd to the 7th of October, 2020.
1. The Spirit Cabinet (GUARDIANS, FALLEN) - requested by illusionist
2. Terra Atlantica (GUARDIANS)
3. Izah (INFINITE, FALLEN)
4. Decoherence (NORTH)
5. The Committee (NORTH)
6. Over the Voids... (NORTH)
7. Nexion (NORTH, HORDE)
8. Phinehas (REVOLUTION, HORDE)
9. Mikau (REVOLUTION)
10. Fawn Limbs (REVOLUTION, HORDE)
11. Carnation (HORDE)
12. Murkrat (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
13. Towards (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
14. Until Death Overtakes Me (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
15. Dreams After Death (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
16. Black Lodge (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
17. Illimitable Dolor (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 25th of September to the 2nd of October, 2020.
1. New Years Day (GATEWAY)
2. Palisades (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
3. Satan's Wrath (PIT, NORTH, GUARDIANS)
4. Bulldozing Bastard (PIT, NORTH)
5. Frosthelm (PIT, NORTH)
6. RAM (GUARDIANS)
7. Satan's Host (GUARDIANS, NORTH, HORDE)
8. Night Demon (GUARDIANS)
9. Axxanngabannaxaxagannababaillukuku (FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
10. Amaranthine Trampler (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
11. Funeral Moth (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
12. Aeonian Sorrow (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
13. Funeral Mourning (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
14. Despond (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
15. Abske Fides (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
16. Arcana Coelestia (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
17. Ennui (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
18. Lethian Dreams (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
19. Death Karma (NORTH, HORDE)
20. Wiegedood (NORTH)
21. Shrine of Insanabilis (NORTH)
22. Ghost Bath (NORTH)
23. Northland (NORTH)
24. Autokrator (HORDE)
25. Beaten to Death (HORDE)
26. Wrvth (HORDE, REVOLUTION, INFINITE)
27. Of Feather and Bone (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
28. Zierler (INFINITE)
29. Mestis (INFINITE)
30. Earthside (INFINITE)
31. Jarrod Alonge (REVOLUTION)
32. Heccra (REVOLUTION)
33. Miss May I (REVOLUTION)
I shit you not, this is the best Metal Academy playlist to date. I'm not actually part of The Sphere, but this playlist makes me wish I as. It has a slightly rocky start for me, but once I reached Rammstein at track 6, the remaining hour and a half were consistently excellent.
So many classics that I already know and love (Samael, Ministry, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad, Godflesh, Red Harvest) while also introducing me to heaps of great new tracks I've never heard before (Killing Joke, JK Flesh, Neurotech, Corrections House, Napalm Death).
Excellent work Daniel!