Ben's Forum Replies

Welcome! We genuinely hope you find value and will contribute in any way that works for you.

In order to give user's Clan choices a bit more weight, I thought it would be cool if you could change the ordering that your clan icons show up in your profile/posts so others can get a better idea of someone's preferences at a glance. Possibly could be thrown in Account settings with a drag/drop style interface? 

For example I'd rather have my icons ordered Infinite/North/Guardians instead of the generic ordering. Gives people a better sense of "Oh this person really likes this stuff out of the three they've chosen" and makes each profile more unique. 

 That's an interesting idea. I'll have to think about how it could be implemented.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 22nd of November, 2019:

1. Werian (FALLEN, NORTH)

2. Black Alice (GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel

3. Black Task (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by Daniel

4. Black Breath (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

5. Contrarian (HORDE, INFINITE)

6. Encoffinized (HORDE)

7. ...and Oceans Vs. Bloodthorn (NORTH)

8. Geasa (NORTH)

9. Obsidian Gate (NORTH)

10. Furious Trauma (PIT)

I like the idea. Would give me some focus in what I listen to. Are you volunteering to run it Daniel or merely suggesting the idea?

Can you add the Norwegian MasseMord? Should've specified in my earlier request. Looks like you added the Polish one - haha.

The Norwegian Massemord has now been added. You really sent me down the rabbit hole with that one. How does a band have 14 albums with next to no fanbase? Most of these albums have under 5 ratings on RYM.

I did wonder which one you meant when adding it the first time. I must admit that I chose the Polish one because they have about a million less releases, so it would be a lot less wasted time if I got it wrong.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 21st of November, 2019:

1. Oxiplegatz (INFINITE)

2. Latitudes (INFINITE, FALLEN)

3. Wheel (INFINITE)

4. Bison (FALLEN, GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel

5. Bloodthorn (NORTH, HORDE)

6. Massemord (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

7. Bethzaida (NORTH)

8. Sadisme (NORTH)

9. Bifröst (NORTH) - requested by Daniel

10. Birth Of Depravity (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

I have to admit that I don't mind a bit of "ggghghghghghghghghghgh.....thwack.....ggghghghghghghghghghghgh....thwack" every now and then.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 20th of November, 2019:

1. Danse Macabre (FALLEN)

2. Nightfell (FALLEN, NORTH)

3. Bengal Tigers (GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel

4. Impious (HORDE, PIT)

5. Beneath The Massacre (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

6. Beneath (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

7. Liturgy (INFINITE, NORTH)

8. Crown the Empire (REVOLUTION) - requested by Xephyr

9. Dimension F3H (SPHERE)

10. The Dark Element (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

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 Veil

Fejd

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