Ben's Forum Replies
Crown the Empire
The Dark Element (It says Symphonic/Power metal, but there is a LOT of synth in Songs the Night Sings)
Korn (2019 Release)
Equilibrium (2019 Release)
All of these have been added.
Ben, please add Beneath (Iceland) & Beneath The Massacre (Canada).
Both have been added.
Ben, please add Bengal Tigers (Australia).
Added
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 19th of November, 2019:
1. Windswept (NORTH)
2. Turia (NORTH)
3. Fluisteraars (NORTH)
4. Fluisteraars / Turia (NORTH)
5. Schammasch (NORTH, INFINITE)
6. Mord'A'Stigmata (NORTH, HORDE)
7. Belenos (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
8. Morifade (GUARDIANS)
9. Holy Fawn (INFINITE)
10. Begging For Incest (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
11. Demons of Dirt (HORDE)
12. Atka (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
13. Belphegor (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
14. Blood Red Throne (HORDE)
Ben, please add Belenos (France).
Belenos have been added too.
Ben, please add the gloriously named Begging For Incest (Germany) as well as Belphegor (Austria).
These have been added.
I'd love to see Tjolgtjar and Blood Cult added.
Welcome Mitchfynde. We approve of the name! Perhaps I should have gone with Benediction. Ben Addiction?
I've completed your request. Keep them coming.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 17th/18th of November, 2019:
1. Sunseth Sphere (FALLEN)
2. Ava Inferi (FALLEN) - requested by Daniel
3. Exmortem (HORDE)
4. Throneaeon (HORDE)
5. Avgrunn (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
6. Tjolgtjar (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Mitchfynde
7. Skáphe (NORTH)
8. Wormlust (NORTH)
9. Bloodcult (NORTH)
10. Skáphe / Wormlust (NORTH)
11. Avenger (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by Mitchfynde
Ben, please add As They Burn (France).
Done.
All sorted.
Welcome to Metal Academy saxystephens! I'm guessing from the name that the saxophone is one of the instruments you play? It's an instrument that is rarely used in metal, although Pan.Thy.Monium proved that it can be done in their classic Khaooohs & Kon-Fus-Ion. Actually that's one of the things that I love about metal. As much as the general population believes that "all metal sounds the same", it's in fact a widely varying genre that contains a heck of a lot of talent, daring and creativity too. Anyway, we built this site so that everyone can have a voice, no matter their background and tastes, and we hope you'll stick around and share yours.
Cheers,
Ben.
Paysage d'Hiver self-titled album is missing.
You're right! I don't know how I managed that, given it's the most cherished release. I will fix that tomorrow.
Oh, and welcome to Metal Academy!
Ben, please add Ascariasis (Canada).
Done.
Hi Ben,
Please add The Red Widows, Karyn Crisis' Gospel of the Witches and Year of the Cobra.
All done!
Ben, please add At War (USA) & Attitude Adjustment (USA).
Done.
Edenbridge (2019 Release)
Kobra and the Lotus (2019 Release)
Visions of Atlantis
Thanks!
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 14th/15th of November, 2019:
1. Year of the Cobra (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
2. Ascariasis (HORDE, INFINITE) - requested by Daniel
3. Satariel (HORDE, NORTH)
4. Diabolic (HORDE)
5. Dark Funeral / Infernal (NORTH, HORDE)
6. Tartaros (NORTH)
7. Parnassus (NORTH)
8. Attitude Adjustment (PIT) - requested by Daniel
9. At War (PIT) - requested by Daniel
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 12th of November, 2019:
1. Ascension (NORTH) - requested by Daniel
2. Ellende (NORTH)
3. Midnight Odyssey (NORTH)
4. Defleshed (PIT, HORDE)
5. Uniform / The Body (SPHERE, FALLEN)
6. Arch / Matheos (INFINITE)
7. Azarath (HORDE)
8. Internecine (HORDE)
9. Em Sinfonia (FALLEN)
10. The Red Widows (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
11. Karyn Crisis' Gospel of the Witches (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny92
12. As They Burn (REVOLUTION) - requested by Daniel
13. Visions of Atlantis (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr
Invicta
Lich King
Striker (Canada)
White Wizzard
Mostly Speed Metal, thank you!
All done.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 11th of November, 2019:
1. White Wizzard (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr
2. Sinbreed (GUARDIANS)
3. Alas (GUARDIANS)
4. Striker (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by Xephyr
5. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (HORDE, NORTH, GATEWAY)
6. Antichrist (NORTH, HORDE) - requested by Daniel
7. Fell Voices (NORTH)
8. Ash Borer (NORTH)
9. Ash Borer / Fell Voices (NORTH)
10. The Ravenous (HORDE)
I'm a big fan. Alien is great too!
By the way, I spend hours looking for the best possible artwork for each album cover, and then you fill the forums with shitty ones like this. Do your brother a favour and use the art from this site. 
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 8th/10th of November, 2019:
1. .Gif From God (REVOLUTION)
2. meth. (REVOLUTION)
3. Antediluvian (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Daniel
4. Thanatos (HORDE, PIT)
5. Skyfire (HORDE, GUARDIANS)
6. Antropofagus (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
7. Demoncy (NORTH)
8. Lich King (PIT) - requested by Xephyr
9. Invicta (PIT) - requested by Xephyr
10. Lion's Share (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
11. Argus (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)
12. Hourglass (INFINITE)
Fragments of Unbecoming
Ghastly
Inferi
Infernal Coil
Lantern
Mammoth Grinder
Nailed To Obscurity
Pyrrhon
Carnifex (2019 Release)
Thank you!
All of these have been added. Cheers!
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 7th of November, 2019:
1. Angel Eyes (INFINITE, FALLEN) - requested by Daniel
2. Jex Thoth (FALLEN)
3. Daylight Dies (FALLEN, HORDE)
4. Anhedonist (FALLEN) - requested by Daniel
5. Blaze (GUARDIANS)
6. Pyrrhon (HORDE, REVOLUTION) - requested by Xephyr
7. Octinomos (NORTH)
8. Viking Crown (NORTH)
9. Cruachan (NORTH)
Ben, please add Crumbsuckers (USA) & Allegiance (Australia).
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 6th of November, 2019:
1. Time to Burn (INFINITE, FALLEN)
2. Miscarriage (FALLEN, HORDE)
3. Nailed to Obscurity (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Xephyr
4. Ictus (REVOLUTION)
5. Infernal Coil (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Xephyr
6. Dimmu Borgir / Old Man's Child (NORTH)
7. Tulus (NORTH)
8. Verdunkeln (NORTH)
9. Dead Silent Slumber (NORTH)
10. Murg (NORTH)
11. Crumbsuckers (PIT) - requested by Daniel
12. Allegiance (PIT) - requested by Daniel
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 5th of November, 2019:
1. Tumulus / Mock (NORTH)
2. Haunter (NORTH, HORDE, INFINITE)
3. Negative Plane (NORTH)
4. Antaeus (NORTH)
5. Trelldom (NORTH)
6. Manes (NORTH, FALLEN)
7. Mammoth Grinder (HORDE, FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr
8. Lantern (HORDE) - requested by Xephyr
9. Takafumi Matsubara (HORDE)
10. Pijn (INFINITE)
11. Conjurer (FALLEN)
12. Pijn / Conjurer (INFINITE, FALLEN)
13. Witch (FALLEN)
14. Alice Through The Windshield Glass (REVOLUTION) - requested by Daniel
Ben, please add Agnostic Front (USA).
Done
A couple more to add, since it seems you've completed my main list a few posts above:
Obscuring VeilFejd
Massemord
Mirrorthrone (also Infinite)
Myrkur
Thulcandra
Also, the new Alcest album! It came out this weekend!
All added!
Ben, please add the Adversarial/Antediluvian split album as well as Aeon of Horus (Australia).
Done
Ben, please add Abnormality (USA) & Abominable Putridity (Russia).
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 3rd/4th of November, 2019:
1. The Gault (FALLEN)
2. Skumring (FALLEN)
3. Savage Circus (GUARDIANS)
4. Old Funeral (HORDE)
5. Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Converge (HORDE, REVOLUTION) - requested by Daniel
6. Aephanemer (HORDE)
7. Ghastly (HORDE) - requested by Xephyr
8. Inferi (HORDE) - requested by Xephyr
9. Ishtar (NORTH)
10. Carpe Tenebrum (NORTH, HORDE)
11. Obscuring Veil (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by illusionist
12. Thulcandra (NORTH) - requested by illusionist
13. Flamen (NORTH)
14. Agnostic Front (PIT) - requested by Daniel
15. Inherit Disease (HORDE)
Gonna assume that they're not getting back together because someone told them to do it. After all, they've been pretty clear in the past that they're not going to do what anyone tells them to do.
Ben, please add HIM (Finland).
I know they're more of a gothic rock band than metal, but the band has some metal in some albums. So please add the albums Venus Doom (which already has Gothic Metal on the top of its genre list in Rate Your Music), Love Metal (even though none of the metal genres that describe this album are on top of its genre list, the album and its title help describe the band's musical genre, so please at least put it in The Fallen and/or The Gateway), and Dark Light (non-metal album between the two aforementioned albums).
Well, one album met the criteria.
Ben, please add Admiral Angry (USA).
Done
Ben, please add these new albums:
Oh, Sleeper - Bloodied / Unbowed
The Contortionist - Our Bones (not in The Revolution but the band used to be, please put that EP in The Infinite)
Betraying the Martyrs - Rapture
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 30th of October / 1st of November, 2019:
1. ShadowStrike (GUARDIANS)
2. Aeon of Horus (HORDE) - requested by Daniel
3. Fragments of Unbecoming (HORDE) - requested by Xephyr
4. Vastum (HORDE, FALLEN)
5. Mattias Eklundh (INFINITE)
6. Mirrorthrone (NORTH) - requested by illusionist
7. Denial of God (NORTH)
8. Nyktalgia (NORTH)
9. Myrkur (NORTH) - requested by illusionist
10. Xasthur / Leviathan (NORTH)
11. Bifrost (PIT)
12. Desekrator (PIT)
13. HIM (FALLEN) - requested by shadowdoom9
I agree with that last comment. I could have spent all of my time recruiting, but instead decided that the best thing to do is spend that time adding content. That way when people do visit, they have a more positive experience.
Plus it's actually really fun adding bands / releases.
We would appreciate any "marketing" effort by any members, so would be more than happy for you to give that a go. Daniel and I decided at the outset that we'd make a website that we both personally wanted to use, and we've achieved that, but it would obviously all work much better if we could get the word out and build a bigger community.
Cheers!
Looks like a great list!
One day I will give Power Metal a serious go. I might even devote a month or two to really delving into it and seeing if I can make the connection that has eluded me so far. The themes are right up my alley, being a big fan of fantasy and science fiction. I just have a constant struggle with the lack of darkness and the abundance of cheese.
Finnr's Cane
Hermóðr
Rhadamanthys
Strigae
Ulsect
Veldes
Waylander
Zornheym
Finsterforst
Thank you!
All done!
Ben, please add The Accused (USA).
Done
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 28th to 29th of October, 2019:
1. Nocturnal Breed (PIT, NORTH)
2. S.V.E.S.T. (NORTH)
3. Zornheym (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr
4. Hate Forest (NORTH)
5. Ceremonial Castings (NORTH, HORDE, PIT)
6. Callenish Circle (HORDE)
7. The Accüsed (PIT) - requested by Daniel
8. Space Odyssey (INFINITE, GUARDIANS)
9. Lost in Misery (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)
03. Deathspell Omega - "Kenose" E.P. (2005)02. Burzum - "Filosofem" (1996)
01. Slayer - "Reign In Blood" (1986)
Deathspell Omega at number 3! Kenose should have made a show in my list too. Wasn't thinking about EPs.
IMO, it's the greatest EP in all of metal. High quality throughout, close to album-length, and none of the material appears elsewhere, plus I think the track "II" is their finest moment. It set the bar for EPs and hasn't been beaten.
In fact I edited a couple My Dying Bride albums to play at a 2x faster tempo so they wouldn't sound too slow and doomy for me.
Blasphemy!
Also agreed! I'm going to suggest that Funeral Doom would not gel well with shadowdoom9's tastes.
Of their modern era, Viva Emptiness is my go-to. It has a bleak urban feel to it that pairs well with the crime/noir lyrical concept.
Agreed.
This has finally been fixed. You can now search for either Dillinger Escape Plan or The Dillinger Escape Plan (or any other format you can think of). I'm very pleased, as this has been bugging me for a while.
As well as Katatonia. They're a band I definitely need to spend more time with, I listened to The Great Cold Distance and The Fall of Hearts and really enjoyed them but never really went back.
Katatonia's discography is fairly eclectic, so there's no guarantee that you'll enjoy their early work based on your experience with their modern output. Brave Murder Day is an absolute classic though, and I'm not surprised to find it on Daniel's list as well. If you've ever heard and enjoyed Rapture's Futile, Slumber's Fallout or Enshine's Origin, then it's a no-brainer that you'll love the album that sound originated from.
My list is surprisingly recent, with 11 of the 25 being in the 2010's, which makes sense given my listening habits. Kinda neat.
Mine is very 90s heavy. I think there would be a lot more modern releases, but I just haven't listened to recent stuff anywhere near as much as early metal. Now that Daniel and I have put the Metal Academy podcast on hold, I hope to remedy that.
Very happy to see Fallujah and Bell Witch on your list. There's two bands that I need to spend more time with.
And I forgot about Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine.