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Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by gitrog »

RajT88 wrote: post #4
gitrog wrote: post #2

If there is anything like the Metal Archives for electronic music or rock music (actually any genre) out there, I'd like to know about it. It's simply the greatest music encyclopedia I've come across, albeit entirely focused on metal. As much as I appreciate Discogs and RateYourMusic, they tackle different things and don't really function as encyclopedias, the former functioning more as a catalogue and the latter as…

There may not be. There seems to be something obsessive about metal fans to catalog and classify and document. I mean, look at the wiki page on subgenres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres It fills me with awe and giggles.

I wouldn't take that list too seriously. Metal-archives genres tend to not delve into "styles" as much. But there are certainly many distinct sub-genres and one can't exactly argue that Black Sabbath, Dimmu Borgir and Cannibal Corpse sound similar.

I agree that the community itself takes the genre thing way too far and it often ends up being pretty funny.

Then again, electronic music probably gives metal a run for its money: https://music.ishkur.com/

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by cholantesh »

PHP's one saving grace is that it was used to build MA. The update they did a few years back was great, especially because of the search improvements. The one caveat is that it's not mobile friendly at all; there was an android app created by a member some years back but it hasn't been updated in years. I think it crawled pages and then re-rendered them into a mobile-friendly layout but it didn't always work. MA doesn't have any kind of API which would help with this, but every facet of it is voluntary effort, it's unfair to hold this against the maintainers, great folks who I've met at Montreal fests. \m/

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by oneepic »

Cool site, I love the detail each band has. I learned a lot about my favorite bands than I did on Wikipedia or similar. Although, I think each album's user reviews are my least favorite part. You will commonly see every review score from 100% to 0% with justification like "I don't get it, it just sounds whiny" but in long-winded review format.

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by gitrog »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #12

Ah, yes. The site that has a thousand reasons why the band you're looking for isn't "metal" enough to be in its database, but then has an entry for Rush: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Rush/1206

I mean the line needs to be drawn somewhere, right? It's not that a band isn't "metal enough", it's just that they have a bunch of rules interpreted by mods and if it doesn't fit those rules they make the editorial decision to exclude it. It's impossible to have some kind of perfect description anyway.

Rush were added probably in the first year or two of the site's existence, so they probably kept them on their for nostalgia.

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by Ocerge »

MA, as well as several metal forums I've been a part of, have stayed shockingly consistent over the years. It's really neat to me. There's drama in every corner of the internet, but I've always enjoyed my metal spaces.

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by RajT88 »

jgrahamc wrote: post #8
RajT88 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There may not be. There seems to be something obsessive about metal fans to catalog and classify and document. I mean, look at the wiki page on subgenres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres It fills me with awe and giggles.

I’m not sure what you’re talking about but excuse me while I turn on some female-fronted symphonic power metal.

Ancient Bards, right?

Re: Metal Archives 20th Anniversary

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Post by RajT88 »

gitrog wrote: post #15
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #12

Ah, yes. The site that has a thousand reasons why the band you're looking for isn't "metal" enough to be in its database, but then has an entry for Rush: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Rush/1206

I mean the line needs to be drawn somewhere, right? It's not that a band isn't "metal enough", it's just that they have a bunch of rules interpreted by mods and if it doesn't fit those rules they make the editorial decision to exclude it. It's impossible to have some kind of perfect description anyway. Rush were added probably in the first year or two of the site's existence, so they probably kept them on their for n…

Or as epic trolling.
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