Ben's Forum Replies
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 24th of July, 2019:
1. Otyg (NORTH)
2. Amestigon (NORTH)
3. Vintersorg (INFINITE, NORTH)
4. Warmoon Lord (NORTH)
5. Runemagick (FALLEN, HORDE)
6. Sacrilege (HORDE)
7. Leatherwolf (GUARDIANS)
8. Titan Force (GUARDIANS)
9. Viper (GUARDIANS, PIT)
10. Chevalier (GUARDIANS, PIT)
11. Traveler (GUARDIANS)
12. No Mercy (PIT)
I think all the things you guys didn't enjoy about Helloween, I actually love. Mind you, not when I was a wee lad, I was far too brutal for that, but as I've gotten older I've grown fonder of Euro power metal (the devil on my shoulder would probably suggest that just maybe I just ran out of other metal genres to explore). The cheese factor is a part of the charm I guess, but definitely isn't for those with a lactose intolerance.
I really wish I liked it. I'm actually jealous of metal fans that get into power metal, cause there's so much stuff to get your teeth into. I'm a sucker for fantasy themes, so I feel like I'm missing out.
I genuinely tried to go in with no preconceptions this time and just take the music for what it is, but unfortunately, I can't really control the gag reflex that it triggers in me. It's just not for me, and I can't just flick a switch to change that.
I hope you enjoyed our singing! It's one of my favourite moments in the Metal Academy Podcast journey.
Oh, and you don't need to list the clans / genres for each band. I have a process I go through while adding albums that will set that anyway. Just names will do, and possibly countries in case there are multiple bands with the same name.
Great. I'll get onto them in the next few days.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 22nd/23rd of July, 2019:
1. Troll (FALLEN)
2. My Ticket Home (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
3. Adramelch (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
4. Beast in Black (GUARDIANS)
5. Rise of the Northstar (REVOLUTION, PIT)
6. Num Skull (PIT)
7. Vendetta (PIT)
8. Heidenreich (NORTH)
9. Malignant Eternal (NORTH, SPHERE)
10. In Battle (NORTH, HORDE)
11. Drastus (NORTH)
12. 3TEETH (SPHERE)
13. Chronic Decay (HORDE, PIT) - requested by Daniel
14. Realm (PIT)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 20th/21st of July, 2019:
1. Angizia (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, NORTH)
2. Tony MacAlpine (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
3. U.D.O. (GUARDIANS)
4. Amebix (GUARDIANS)
5. Paladin (GUARDIANS)
6. Morgul (NORTH)
7. Siebenbürgen (NORTH)
8. Zyklon-B (NORTH)
9. Old Man's Child (NORTH)
10. Sinmara (NORTH)
11. Massacre (HORDE)
12. Sins of Thy Beloved, The (FALLEN)
13. Burial Invocation (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
14. Cenotaph (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
15. Krypts (HORDE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 18th of July, 2019:
1. Dismal Euphony (FALLEN, NORTH)
2. Ataraxie (FALLEN, HORDE)
3. Spirit Adrift (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
4. Sacred Blade (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
5. Sword (GUARDIANS)
6. Fifth Angel (GUARDIANS)
7. Disentomb (HORDE)
8. Setherial (NORTH)
9. Mactatus (NORTH)
10. Obtained Enslavement (NORTH)
11. Einherjer (NORTH)
12. Andavald (NORTH)
Sure have!
How about:
Sortilegia
Dusk (Hungary)
Stworz
The Great Old Ones
Horcrux
Lamentations of the Ashen
Alda
Wędrujący Wiatr
Void Omnia
Old Graves
Old Forest
Wildernessking
These have all been added.
Ben, please add Gotham City.
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 16th/17th of July, 2019:
1. Korova (INFINITE, NORTH)
2. Extol (INFINITE, HORDE, PIT)
3. Nåstrond (NORTH)
4. Wildernessking (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
5. Unpure (NORTH, PIT)
6. Wędrujący Wiatr (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
7. ADX (PIT, GUARDIANS)
8. Inculter (PIT, GUARDIANS)
9. Morgion (FALLEN, HORDE)
10. Intestine Baalism (HORDE)
11. Allegaeon (HORDE)
12. Q5 (GUARDIANS)
13. Warrior (GUARDIANS)
14. Riot City (GUARDIANS)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 14th/15th of July, 2019:
1. Turbo (GUARDIANS)
2. Shiva (GUARDIANS)
3. Culprit (GUARDIANS)
4. High Power (GUARDIANS)
5. Slomatics (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
6. Blood Of Kingu (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
7. Full of Hell (HORDE, FALLEN)
8. Nortt (FALLEN, NORTH)
9. Reverence (NORTH, SPHERE)
10. Bran Barr (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
11. Sortilegia (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
12. Nocternity (NORTH)
13. Deus Mortem (NORTH)
14. Funereal Presence (NORTH)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 9th/10th of July, 2019:
1. Winds of Plague (REVOLUTION, GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
2. Saracen (GUARDIANS)
3. Demon (GUARDIANS)
4. Praying Mantis (GUARDIANS)
5. Twilight Force (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
6. Schizo (PIT, HORDE)
7. Véhémence (HORDE)
8. Esoctrilihum (HORDE, NORTH)
9. Wyrd (NORTH, FALLEN)
10. Horcrux (NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
11. Lamentations of the Ashen (NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
12. Eternity (NORTH)
13. Batushka (NORTH)
Hey guys! Please add these bands:
DragonForce (The Guardians (all albums), The Pit (Inhuman Rampage), The Infinite (Reaching Into Infinity))
Dragonland (The Guardians (all albums), The Infinite (Astronomy, Under the Grey Banner), The Horde (Astronomy))
Power Quest
Freedom Call
Alestorm (The Guardians, The North)
Battlelore (The Guardians, The North, The Horde)
Dream Evil
Edenbridge (The Guardians (all albums), The Infinite (Sunrise in Eden, Arcana, Aphelion, My Earth Dream, Solitaire)
Elvenking (The Guardians, The North)
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody (The Guardians, The Infinite)
Timo Tolkki's Avalon
Battle Beast
Twilight Force
Gloryhammer
All of these bands have now been added.
"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.
Submitted.
There's no question that "Possessed" includes three or four speed metal numbers but is there enough of that component spread across its thirteen tracks to warrant it being considered as a part of the subgenre? Or is it more of a traditional heavy metal album with a few speed metal leanings thrown in for variation? Vote "No" to remove it from The Pit or "Yes" to have it maintain its place.
Submitted
Ben, please add the following bands:
Anihilated (England)
Korzus (Brazil)
Metreya (Australia)
This was completed.
Ben, please add Avsky from Sweden.
Done
Ben, please add these bands:
AtomA (Sweden)
Periphery (USA)
Done
Hey guys! Please add these bands:
Avatar (The Horde (all albums), The Gateway (Avatar, Black Waltz, Hail the Apocalypse, Feathers & Flesh, Avatar Country), The Guardians (Avatar, Feathers & Flesh, Avatar Country))
Nightrage (The Horde (all albums), The Revolution (A New Disease is Born, Insidious))
Before the Dawn (The Horde, The Fallen)
Mayan (The Horde, The Guardians, The Infinite)
Solution .45 (The Horde, The Guardians, The Infinite)
Parasite Inc.
Thanks in advance! More band requests for other clans coming soon...
All done.
American Head Charge, Godsmack
This was done.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 8th of July, 2019:
1. Waste of Space Orchestra (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Hell (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Old Graves (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
4. Yellow Eyes (NORTH)
5. Azaghal (NORTH)
6. Grey (NORTH)
7. Ad Hominem (NORTH)
8. Dark Funeral (NORTH)
9. Girlschool (GUARDIANS)
10. White Spirit (GUARDIANS)
11. Vardis (GUARDIANS)
12. Threat Signal (REVOLUTION, HORDE) - requested by shadowdoom9
13. Solution .45 (HORDE) - requested by shadowdoom9
14. Periphery (INFINITE) - requested by Daniel
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 6th/7th of July, 2019:
1. Haunted (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
2. Slumber (FALLEN)
3. 311 (GATEWAY)
4. Power Quest (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
5. Cancer (HORDE, SPHERE, PIT)
6. Parasite Inc. (HORDE) - requested by shadowdoom9
7. Disincarnate (HORDE)
8. Jolly (INFINITE)
9. AtomA (INFINITE) - requested by Daniel
10. Seth (NORTH)
11. Astarte (NORTH)
12. Beatrik (NORTH)
13. Old Forest (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
14. Avsky (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 5th of July, 2019:
1. Ea (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
2. Flight of Sleipnir, The (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Mayan (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, HORDE) - requested by shadowdoom9
4. Meads of Asphodel, The (NORTH, INFINITE)
5. StrommoussHeld (INFINITE, SPHERE)
6. Phlebotomized (HORDE, INFINITE)
7. Usurper (PIT, NORTH)
8. Shade Empire (HORDE, NORTH)
9. Unanimated (HORDE, NORTH)
10. Nightrage (HORDE) - requested by shadowdoom9
11. Superstition (HORDE)
12. Mysticum (NORTH, SPHERE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 3rd/4th of July, 2019:
1. Arkham Witch (GUARDIANS, FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
2. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
3. Mordor (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
4. Doomraiser (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
5. FragileHollow (FALLEN)
6. Necrodeath (PIT, HORDE)
7. Ice Nine Kills (REVOLUTION) - requested by shadowdoom9
8. Breathing Process, The (HORDE, NORTH, REVOLUTION) - requested by Daniel
9. Avulsed (HORDE)
10. Memoriam (HORDE)
11. Sun of the Blind (NORTH)
12. Nehemah (NORTH)
Ben, please add these bands:
Arise (Sweden)
Black Sun Aeon (Finland)
The Breathing Process (USA)
All done.
Both the Swiss funeral doom Mordor and the Polish death doom/gothic Mordor
Cemetary, Sundown, and Cemetary 1213
Diabolique
Amederia
Celestial Season
Clouds (UK supergroup)
Immensity
Graveyard Dirt (although their RYM page might be missing a couple of releases)
Love Like Blood
Mourning Beloveth
Charon
Sunterra
Trail of Tears
The 11th Hour
Rapture
Perhaps that's enough for now, lol
These bands have all been added!
Next batch, as time allows of course. Thanks in advance I see you are cruising right along with these additions.
Krisiun, Machetazo, Lunatic Gods, Lost Soul (PL), Deivos, Punish (Swiss), Dies Irae (PL)
All done.
The Foreshadowing
Trail of Tears
Mental Home
Ceremonium
Dawn of Solace
The Vision Bleak
Wolvennest
Idle Hands
All done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 1st/2nd of July, 2019:
1. Wolvennest (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Dusk (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Trail of Tears (FALLEN, HORDE, GUARDIANS) - requested by Revolution666
4. Funeral (FALLEN)
5. Timo Tolkki's Avalon (GUARDIANS)
6. Elvenking (GUARDIANS, NORTH) - requested by shadowdoom9
7. Gloryhammer (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
8. Arise (HORDE, PIT) - requested by Daniel
9. Punish (HORDE, PIT) - requested by Strig
10. Winterwolf (HORDE)
11. Black Sun Aeon (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
12. Winds (INFINITE)
13. Nifelheim (NORTH, PIT)
14. Enochian Crescent (NORTH)
15. Alda (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 29th/30th of June, 2019:
1. Lunatic Gods (HORDE, INFINITE, GUARDIANS) - requested by Strig
2. Machetazo (HORDE) - requested by Strig
3. Nucleus
4. Edenbridge (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
5. Freedom Call (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
6. As Divine Grace
7. The Foreshadowing (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
8. The Vision Bleak (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
9. This Gift Is a Curse
10. Doom:VS
11. Raventhrone
12. Ancient
13. Lord Belial
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 27th/28th of June, 2019:
1. Idle Hands (GUARDIANS) - requested by Revolution666
2. Dragonland (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
3. Lunar Shadow - (GUARDIANS)
4. KAT (GUARDIANS, PIT)
5. Death SS (GUARDIANS, FALLEN, SPHERE)
6. Dream Evil (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
7. Mental Home (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
8. Ancient Wisdom (NORTH)
9. Havohej (NORTH)
10. Necromantia (NORTH)
11. Funeral Oration (NORTH, HORDE)
12. Christ Agony (NORTH)
13. Lost Soul (HORDE) - requested by Strig
14. Ingested (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
15. Krisiun (HORDE) - requested by Strig
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 26th of June, 2019:
1. Wolf (GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel
2. DragonForce (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
3. Bullet for My Valentine (REVOLUTION, GATEWAY) - requested by shadowdoom9
4. Godsmack (GATEWAY) - requested by Strig
5. Carpathian Full Moon (NORTH)
6. Abysmal (NORTH)
7. Carnal Forge (PIT, HORDE) - requested by Strig
8. Vulture (PIT)
9. Ophthalamia (NORTH, FALLEN)
10. Ceremonium (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Revolution666
11. Dawn of Solace (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Revolution666
12. Firespawn (HORDE)
13. Beheaded (HORDE)
Ben, please add German heavy metallers Sinner & NWOBHM outfit Wolf.
Done.
Hi Ben. Any chance of adding Stilla, Skogen, Downfall of Nur and blackened doom outfits Yith and Gaul?
These are all done. Got any more!? 
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 24th of June, 2019:
1. Hate (HORDE)
2. Before the Dawn (HORDE, FALLEN) - requested by shadowdoom9
3. Blood Tsunami (PIT) - requested by Strig
4. Metreya (PIT) - requested by Daniel
5. Bloodwritten (PIT, NORTH) - requested by Strig
6. Stilla (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
7. Yith (NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
8. Sunterra (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
9. The 11th Hour (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
10.Sear Bliss (NORTH)
11. Mörk Gryning (NORTH)
12. Enthroned (NORTH)
13. Betraying the Martyrs (REVOLUTION, GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
14. Sinner (GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 21st of June, 2019:
1. Battlelore (GUARDIANS, NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by shadowdoom9
2. Battle Beast (GUARDIANS) - requested by shadowdoom9
3. Gaul (FALLEN, NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
4. Atomizer (PIT, NORTH) - requested by Strig
5. Skogen (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
6. Rapture (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Revolution666
7. Sundown (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
8. Anihilated (PIT) - requested by Daniel
9. Korzus (PIT) - requested by Daniel
10. Black Fast (PIT) - requested by Strig
11. Fleurety (NORTH, INFINITE)
12. Gorefest (HORDE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 19th of June, 2019:
1. Crematory (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Daniel
2. Mourning Beloveth (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
3. Avatar (HORDE, GATEWAY) - requested by shadowdoom9
4. Downfall of Nur (NORTH) - requested by Sonny92
5. Ammit (NORTH, PIT) - requested by Strig
6. Drain S.T.H. (GATEWAY)
7. Russell Allen & Jorn Lande (GUARDIANS)
8. Naglfar (NORTH)
9. War From a Harlots Mouth (REVOLUTION, HORDE)
10. Dååth (SPHERE, HORDE)
11. Witchery (GUARDIANS, PIT)
12. Into Eternity (HORDE, INFINITE)
13. Obscure Sphinx (INFINITE, FALLEN)
14. Iron Monkey (FALLEN)
Ben, please add the following bands:
Adrift For Days (Australia)
Blood For The Black Owl (USA)
Crematory (Germany)
Done.
I notice you haven't added any ratings or reviews yet. That's absolutely fine of course, but do you mind if I ask how you intend to use Metal Academy? Will it be a resource for you to find music or do you plan to contribute stuff at some stage. Perhaps you just like the idea, and want to see it turn into something special? I'm keen to find out what value different members get from the site.
Cheers,
Ben.
Awesome!! You included one the bands I requested! Thanks man!
No problem. I'll get through them all, one each day.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 17th of June, 2019:
1. Mordor (FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Revolution666
2. The Wounded Kings (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Blood For The Black Owl (FALLEN, NORTH) - requested by Daniel
4. Dirge (FALLEN, INFINITE)
5. Aghora (INFINITE)
6. Alestorm (GUARDIANS, NORTH) - requested by shadowdoom9
7. Shotgun Messiah (SPHERE)
8. I (GUARDIANS, NORTH)
9. Dark Fortress (NORTH)
10. Hellwitch (PIT, HORDE)
11. Dies Irae (HORDE)
12. Rotten Sound (HORDE)
13. Wednesday 13 (GATEWAY)
14. Beartooth (REVOLUTION
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 14th of June, 2019:
1. Love Like Blood (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Spiritus Mortis (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Deivos (HORDE) - requested by Strig
4. Adrift For Days (FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Daniel
5. Burning Witch (FALLEN)
6. Ra (GATEWAY)
7. Voyager (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
8. Cro-Mags (PIT, GUARDIANS)
9. (V.E.G.A.) (SPHERE, NORTH)
10. Firewind (GUARDIANS)
11. Angelcorpse (HORDE)
12. Svartidauði (NORTH)
13. Incendiary (REVOLUTION)
Thank you very much for putting this list together. With everything I'm doing for the site, I've been wondering how I will find the time to hunt down non-metal anomalies. This list will be a great starting point.
Hello, could we see Pungent Stench, Disastrous Murmur, Disharmonic Orchestra, Miasma, and Visceral Evisceration added to the site?
Done.
Ben, please add these bands:
Aborted (Belgium)
Aeternam (Canada)
Ares Kingdom (USA)
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 13th of June, 2019:
1. Immensity (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Seamount (FALLEN, GUARDIANS) - requested by Sonny92
3. Ares Kingdom (HORDE, PIT) - requested by Daniel
4. Visceral Evisceration (FALLEN) - requested by Samael666x
5. American Head Charge (GATEWAY) - requested by Strig
6. Buried Inside (FALLEN, INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
7. Deadsoul Tribe (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
8. Augury (HORDE, INFINITE)
9. Endon (INFINITE)
10. Heavenly (GUARDIANS)
11. Anorexia Nervosa (NORTH, SPHERE)
12. Exumer (PIT)
13. Destrage (REVOLUTION)
14. Genitorturers (SPHERE)
Ben, please add 1349 (Norway), Agrypnie (Germany) & An Autumn For Crippled Children (Netherlands).
All done.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 12th of June, 2019:
1. Graveyard Dirt (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Monolord (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Aeternam (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
4. Miasma (HORDE) - requested by Samael666x
5. Blood Ceremony (FALLEN)
6. Psychostick (GATEWAY)
7. Pagan's Mind (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
8. Sabaton (GUARDIANS)
9. Ripping Corpse (PIT, HORDE)
10. Benediction (HORDE)
11. Der Weg einer Freiheit (NORTH)
12. Psyopus (REVOLUTION)
13. Sonic Violence (SPHERE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 11th of June, 2019:
1. Diabolique (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Lord Vicar (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. Aborted (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
4. Disharmonic Orchestra (HORDE, INFINITE, GATEWAY, PIT) - requested by Samael666x
5. 10 Years (GATEWAY)
6. Schammasch (NORTH)
7. Sacrilege (PIT, FALLEN)
8. Starkweather (REVOLUTION)
9. Pig (SPHERE)
10. Torche (FALLEN)
11. Jason Becker (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
12. Quo Vadis (HORDE)
13. Scale the Summit (INFINITE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 9th of June, 2019:
1. Clouds (FALLEN) - requested by Revolution666
2. Isole (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
3. An Autumn For Crippled Children (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
4. Disastrous Murmur (HORDE) - requested by Samael666x
5. Kauan (FALLEN, INFINITE)
6/ Klone (GATEWAY, INFINITE, PIT)
7. Martyr (HORDE)
8. Anubis Gate (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
9. Angel Dust (GUARDIANS, PIT)
10. Tanzwut (SPHERE, NORTH)
11. Misþyrming (NORTH)
12. DevilDriver (PIT)
13. Ithaca (REVOLUTION)