Ben's Forum Replies

Could you add Goatlord please?

Done

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 7th/8th of October, 2019:

1. The Almighty (GUARDIANS, GATEWAY)

2. Absurdus (HORDE)

3. Myrkskog (HORDE, NORTH)

4. Desultory   (HORDE, PIT)

5. Uncanny (HORDE)

6. Whispered   (HORDE, GUARDIANS) - requested by Daniel

7. Vitriol (HORDE)

8. Source of Tide (NORTH, FALLEN, SPHERE)

9. Silent Stream of Godless Elegy (NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by illusionist

10. Goatlord (FALLEN)

11. Stillborn (FALLEN, PIT) - requested by illusionist

12. Siberian (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

13. Vanha (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

14. Wicca (PIT) - requested by Daniel

I'm on a family vacation this week, so won't be adding releases. Things will be back to normal around Tuesday the 8th. Cheers!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 27th of September, 2019:

1. Toadliquor (FALLEN)

2. Cultus Sanguine (FALLEN, NORTH)

3. Shroud Eater (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

4. Elegeion (FALLEN, NORTH)

5. Seer (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

6. Fatal Embrace (HORDE)

7. God Macabre (HORDE)

8. Electrocution (HORDE, PIT)

9. Skeletal Remains (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

10. Vomitor (PIT, NORTH) - requested by Daniel

11. White Ward (NORTH)

12. Skyforger (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

13. Asagraum (NORTH)

14. Bestial Warlust (NORTH)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 26th of September, 2019:

1. Varg (NORTH) - requested by Daniel

2. Satanic Warmaster (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

3. Rudra (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

4. Chemical Breath (HORDE, PIT)

5. Solstice (HORDE, PIT)

6. Vasaeleth (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

7. No One Knows What the Dead Think (HORDE)

8. Depressive Age (PIT, INFINITE, GATEWAY)

9. Kuolemanlaakso (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

10. Dawn of Dreams (FALLEN)

11. Eterne (FALLEN)

12. Beyond Dawn (FALLEN)

13. Quercus (FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

The first 100 metal releases for Peaceville Records are complete. Now I'm turning my attention to Candlelight.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 24th/25th of September, 2019:

1. Pink Cream 69 (GUARDIANS)

2. Root (GUARDIANS, NORTH, INFINITE, PIT) - requested by illusionist

3. Serenity (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

4. Death Strike (HORDE, PIT)

5. Phrenelith (HORDE)

6. Gallhammer (NORTH)

7. Twilight (NORTH, FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Daniel

8. Quadrivium (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by illusionist

9. Svartsyn (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

10. The Provenance (INFINITE, FALLEN)

11. Richard Henshall (INFINITE)

12. Fear of God (PIT)

13. Sadistic Ritual (PIT)

14. Purification (FALLEN)

15. The Whores of Babylon (FALLEN)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 22nd/23rd of September, 2019:

1. Rosk (INFINITE, FALLEN, NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

2. Madder Mortem (INFINITE, FALLEN)

3. Abysmal Lord (NORTH, HORDE)

4. Stormlord (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

5. Мастер (PIT, GUARDIANS)

6. Employed to Serve (REVOLUTION)

7. Decomposed (FALLEN)

8. Persuader (GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

9. Nuclear Death  (HORDE)

10. Impetigo   (HORDE)

11. Korpse   (HORDE)

12. Trauma   (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

13. Noumena   (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

14. Trigger The Bloodshed  (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

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

1. Slauter Xstroyes (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

2. Oliver Magnum (GUARDIANS)

3. Siren (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

4. Sons of Crom (GUARDIANS, NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

5. Throes Of Dawn (INFINITE, NORTH, FALLEN) - requested by Daniel

6. Old (NORTH, PIT)

7. Noenum (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

8. Nocturnal Graves (NORTH, PIT, HORDE) - requested by Xephyr

9. A.S.M. (NORTH)

10. Serpent Column (NORTH)

11. Great Deceiver, The (PIT, HORDE, SPHERE)

12. Noisem (PIT, HORDE) - requested by illusionist

13. Crypt Sermon (FALLEN)

14. Banished (HORDE)

Ben, please add Throes Of Dawn (Finland).

Done

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 19th of September, 2019:

1. Throats (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

2. Cloud Rat (HORDE, FALLEN)

3. Chapel of Disease (HORDE, GUARDIANS)

4. Convulsing (HORDE, NORTH)

5. Charger (FALLEN)

6. Fange (FALLEN)

7. Un (FALLEN)

8. Eternity's End (GUARDIANS)

9. Nocturnal Rites (GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

10. Nocte Obducta (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by illusionist

11. Asgaroth (NORTH)

12. Arnaut Pavle (NORTH)

13. The Howling Wind (NORTH) - requested by Daniel

14. Harakiri for the Sky (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

15. Sojourner (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

16. Thine (INFINITE)

Ben, please add these bands:

Septycal Gorge (Italy)

Severe Torture (Netherlands)

Soreption (Sweden)

All done.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 18th of September, 2019:

1. Blackstar (HORDE, FALLEN)

2. Venom Prison (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

3. Necrophagia (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

4. Tchornobog (HORDE, NORTH)

5. Soreption (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

6. Lid (FALLEN)

7. Dominion (FALLEN)

8. Dvne (FALLEN, INFINITE)

9. Maladie (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by illusionist

10. Nusquama (NORTH)

11. Pillorian (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

12. Skálmöld (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

13. NONE (NORTH)

14. Evilfeast (NORTH)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 16th/17th of September, 2019:

1. The Blood Divine (FALLEN)

2. Trees of Eternity (FALLEN)

3. Lör (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by illusionist

4. Khonsu (INFINITE)

5. Immortal Bird (NORTH, HORDE)

6. Elvenking (NORTH, GUARDIANS)

7. Cân Bardd (NORTH)

8. Lancer (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by illusionist

9. Eternal Champion (GUARDIANS)

10. Unlucky Morpheus (GUARDIANS) - requested by Deadnight Warrior

11. Morta Skuld (HORDE)

12. Baphomet (HORDE)

13. Severe Torture (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

14. Septycal Gorge (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

Few bands that i noticed missing:

Burning Witches

Mystica Girls

Lovebites

Bridear

Mary's Blood

Light Bringer

Dragon Guardian

Unlucky Morpheus

Imperial Circus Dead Decadence

BAND-MAID (considering that there's BABYMETAL too, this one should be applied as well.)

These have all been added with the exclusion of BAND-AID, since they're not considered to be metal on RYM.

I'm about to announce another big new feature too. Go to your profile for a neat surprise.

Yes, eventually I'll add a Bayesian algorithm. I reckon we need quite a few more ratings for that to be viable though. If you all help me spread the word, you'll get it quicker. 

Final round for Infinite Requests:

Beyond the Bridge

Igorrr

Imminent Sonic Destruction

Kaura

The Ocean (aka The Ocean Collective)

Oceans of Slumber

Tronos

With Our Arms to the Sun

All done!

Some more:

Dragonfly

Dream Quest

Dünedain

Dreamtale

Eagleheart

ElvenStorm

Emerald Sun

All done!

Ben, please add Remembrance (France).

Done.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 15th of September, 2019:

1. Tronos (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

2. Kaleikr (INFINITE, HORDE, NORTH)

3. With Our Arms to the Sun (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

4. Macabre Omen (NORTH)

5. Helheim (NORTH, HORDE) - requested by illusionist

6. Barshasketh (NORTH)

7. VI (NORTH)

8. Akhlys (NORTH)

9. Extra Hot Sauce (PIT, HORDE)

10. Decadence Within (PIT)

11. Exmortus (PIT, HORDE, GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

12. Toranaga (PIT, GUARDIANS)

13. Brymir (HORDE, GUARDIANS)

14. Emerald Sun (GUARDIANS) - requested by DippoMagoo

Blut aus Nord - "Hallucinogen" (Release date: 11th October)

The new full-length from these French black metal heavy-weights. I can already hear Ben drooling.

Cannot wait for this one! And that cover!!!!!

Nine Inch Nails - "Broken" E.P. (1992)

NIN's heaviest release & an absolutely superb follow-up to their very strong debut album from three years earlier. All the shackles have come off here. "Broken" harnesses unbridled noise & fury in a way that few have done more successfully. Incredibly consistent & amongst Trent Reznor's best work.

4.5/5

Agreed!

Can you please add their self-titled E.P. then? I wanted them added so I could add a review of that release.

It's a demo.

Ben, please add Psycroptic (Australia).

Done

Ben, please add Pensées nocturnes (France) & Petrychor (USA).

Done

Ben, please add The Schoenberg Automaton (Australia).

Done

I've finished adding the first 100 metal releases for Osmose Productions. What's next? I think I'll go with Peaceville Records!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 12th/13th of September, 2019:

1. Mizmor (FALLEN, NORTH)

2. Mary's Blood (GUARDIANS) - requested by Deadnight Warrior

3. Mystica Girls (GUARDIANS) - requested by Deadnight Warrior

4. Eagleheart (GUARDIANS) - requested by DippoMagoo

5. ElvenStorm (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by DippoMagoo

6. Divine:Decay (PIT)

7. Schoenberg Automaton, The (REVOLUTION, HORDE) - requested by Daniel

8. Obligatorisk Tortyr (HORDE)

9. Arkhon Infaustus (HORDE, INFINITE)

10. Morbus Chron (HORDE)

11. Hel (NORTH, INFINITE) - requested by illusionist

12. Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze (NORTH)

13. Bekëth Nexëhmü (NORTH)

14. Spectral Lore (NORTH)

15. Forefather (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

16. Mare Cognitum (NORTH)

17. Oceans of Slumber (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

18. Imminent Sonic Destruction (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 11th of September, 2019:

1. Dream Quest (GUARDIANS, INFINITE) - requested by DippoMagoo

2. Light Bringer (GUARDIANS, INFINITE) - requested by Deadnight Warrior

3. Dünedain (GUARDIANS) - requested by DippoMagoo

4. Lovebites (GUARDIANS) - requested by Deadnight Warrior

5. Spotlights (INFINITE, FALLEN)

6. Igorrr (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

7. Cormorant (INFINITE, HORDE, NORTH)

8. Beyond the Bridge (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

9. Kristendom (HORDE)

10. Enshine (HORDE, FALLEN)

11. Dementor (HORDE)

12. Hate Eternal (HORDE)

13. Defacement (HORDE, NORTH)

14. Psycroptic (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

15. Notre Dame (FALLEN, NORTH)

16. Remembrance (FALLEN) - requested by Daniel

17. Cultes des Ghoules (NORTH)

18. Cor Scorpii (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

19. Mo'ynoq (NORTH)

20. Caladan Brood (NORTH)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 9th/10th of September, 2019:

1. Rok (PIT, NORTH)

2. Demoniac (NORTH, GUARDIANS)

3. Violet Cold (NORTH)

4. Catamenia (NORTH, HORDE) - requested by illusionist

5. Kaevum (NORTH)

6. Cirith Gorgor (NORTH)

7. Dordeduh (NORTH)

8. Nordjevel (NORTH)

9. Hypno5e (INFINITE, HORDE)

10. Pressure Points (INFINITE) - requested by Daniel

11. Dragon Guardian (GUARDIANS) - requested by DeadnightWarrior

12. Dreamtale (GUARDIANS) - requested by DippoMagoo

13. Dragonfly (GUARDIANS) - requested by DippoMagoo

14. Imperial Circus Dead Decadence (HORDE, GUARDIANS) - requested by DeadnightWarrior

15. Noctambulist (HORDE)

Cellar Darling

Chaos Divine

Eumeria

Intervals

Pomegranate Tiger

Votum

Witherfall

Xanthochroid 

Thank you!

All have been added.

Wolves In The Throne Room - "Two Hunters" (2007)

Superb atmospheric black metal from Washington USA. Mixes the classic Scandinavian black metal sound of Burzum, Darkthrone & Emperor with the post-metal of Neurosis & Isis & the analogue ambience of Gas & Popol Vuh. Quite possibly the best US black metal release ever recorded.

4.5/5

Couldn't agree more. Definitely my favourite WitTR album.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 6th of September, 2019:

1. 40 Watt Sun (FALLEN)

2. Bridear (GUARDIANS) - requested by DeadnightWarrior

3. Vultures Vengeance (GUARDIANS)

4. Burning Witches (GUARDIANS)- requested by DeadnightWarrior

5. Imperial (PIT)

6. Gehennah (PIT, NORTH)

7. Ritual Carnage (PIT, HORDE)

8. Death Toll 80k (HORDE)

9. Inanimate Existence (HORDE, INFINITE)

10. Pensées nocturnes (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by Daniel

11. Akphaezya (INFINITE) - requested by illusionist

12. Witherfall (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

13. Akasha (NORTH)

14. Abbath (NORTH) - requested by illusionist

15. Petrychor (NORTH) - requested by Daniel

16. Aquilus (NORTH)

Awesome Thanks!

Could i also request:

Dopethrone (The Fallen)
Pseudogod (The North)
Vortex of End (The North)
Throane (The North/The Fallen)
Tetragrammacide (The North/The Horde)

All done.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 5th of September, 2019:

1. Xanthochroid (INFINITE, NORTH, GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

2. Votum (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

3. Instanzia (GUARDIANS)

4. Orden Ogan (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

5. Tiluland (GUARDIANS)

6. Unshine (GUARDIANS, FALLEN) - requested by Xephyr

7. Tsatthoggua (NORTH)

8. Swordmaster (NORTH, PIT, HORDE)

9. Vortex of End (NORTH) - requested by Vlgrim

10. Infernö (PIT)

11. Zyklon (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

12. Witch Vomit (HORDE)

13. Infernal Conjuration (HORDE)

Ben, please add October Falls (Finland).

Done

I figure this is as good of a place as any to also mention that I'm seeing two duplicate artist entries for Timeghoul

Fixed! Thanks for letting me know.

Ben, please add Order of Ennead (USA & Orpheus Omega (Australia).

Done.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 3rd/4th of September, 2019:

1. Magrudergrind (HORDE)

2. Sadistik Exekution (HORDE, PIT, NORTH)

3. Musmahhu (HORDE)

4. Orpheus Omega (HORDE) - requested by Daniel

5. MyGrain (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

6. Belzebubs (HORDE, NORTH)

7. Luciferion (HORDE) - requested by illusionist

8. Funebrarum (HORDE)

9. Bewitched (PIT, GUARDIANS, NORTH)

10. While Heaven Wept (GUARDIANS, FALLEN, INFINITE)

11. Syu (GUARDIANS, INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

12. Pomegranate Tiger (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

13. Throane (NORTH, FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Vlgrim

14. Devil Master (NORTH)

15. Tetragrammacide (NORTH) - requested by Vlgrim

16. Drautran (NORTH)

17. The Fall of Every Season (FALLEN)

18. Diabolos Rising (SPHERE)

This is all fantastic feedback Xephyr. I'll begin work on all of it and see what we can do.

The site has over 12,000 releases now, and I'm still adding popular bands. Just shows how massive the history of metal is!

Rise Above Records is complete. I've done a lot of research, but can only discover 98 metal releases on the label to date, so technically this list is complete for now.

There have been no further list requests, so I'm going to do...Osmose Productions. Shouldn't take long to hit 100 releases, as I've added the majority of bands already.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 1st/2nd of September, 2019:

1. Torche (FALLEN)

2. Witchskull (FALLEN)

3. Menace Ruine (FALLEN, NORTH)

4. Dopethrone (FALLEN) - requested by Vlgrim

5. Kylesa (FALLEN) - requested by illusionist

6. Saint Deamon (GUARDIANS)

7. Theocracy (GUARDIANS)

8. Keldian (GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

9. Blasphereion (HORDE)

10. Masacre (HORDE)

11. Pseudogod (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Vlgrim

12. Order of Ennead (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Daniel

13. Moon Tooth (INFINITE, GATEWAY)

14. Intervals (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

15. Eumeria (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

16. Gruzja (NORTH)

17. October Falls (NORTH) - requested by Daniel

18. Wormwitch (NORTH)

Have you forgotten to put up the last three bands I requested Ben? It's probably been a week since I posted them.

I somehow missed those. Two are done now.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy on the 29th/30th of August, 2019:

1. Ides of Gemini (FALLEN)

2. Colosseum (FALLEN)

3. Beastmaker (FALLEN)

4. Saturn (GUARDIANS)

5. Judicator (GUARDIANS) - requested by illusionist

6. CMX (INFINITE)

7. Chaos Divine (INFINITE, HORDE) - requested by Xephyr

8. Cellar Darling (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

9. Odraza (NORTH) - requested by Vlgrim

10. Trist (NORTH)

11. Sielunvihollinen (NORTH)

12. Inferno (NORTH) - requested by Vlgrim

13. Hoth (NORTH, HORDE) - requested by illusionist

14. Shadow of Intent (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

15. Cerebral Rot (HORDE)

As for The Others, there is another clan for non-metal releases, but it's hidden from all the views. I'm more than happy to include non-metal releases by otherwise metal bands, but I think the focus of the site would suffer if we started adding purely rock bands or any other genres for that matter. If I start adding Nirvana, Van Halen and Guns N' Roses, I think we've probably gone in a direction we didn't intend to.

Haha, I've heard of RuneScape but not played it. In fact, I tend to stay away from MMORPGs due to my obsessive personality (I prefer to devote my obsessive tendencies to Metal Academy). I think the clan and clan symbols we've created could be applied to lots of games, including Warhammer. Undead would be The North. Demons The Horde. Robots The Sphere. etc. Although you could argue that the Elves and the Undead should both belong to The North.

Actually, I've not told anyone this yet, but I based a lot of my design for this site on the Magic the Gathering card game. I started by trying to attach metal genres to the five colors of magic (below), but soon realised that it was impossible to snugly fit them into five clumps. I even dabbled with the idea of having clans and sub-clans, but that quickly became too complicated. You have no idea how long it took Daniel and I to agree on the clans the way they are. I'm pretty happy with them, particularly as no-one has questioned our decisions. The only thing that bothers me is that The Gateway, The Sphere and The Revolution are extremely difficult to attract new members for. There are a few obvious reasons for that, but I don't think the site would have worked if we just started throwing the likes of Metalcore, Industrial Metal and Alternative Metal into other clans. Hopefully we find some passionate fans of those styles of music.

Easily one of my favorite albums, and the album that got me into Black Metal! 

Bethlehem - Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irreligiöser Darbietung

That's a pretty out there album to be your first black metal album, particularly with the extreme vocals. I guess if you come in through that doorway, then a lot of more typical black metal would sound conventional.