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RichardMongler said:
Metal-Archives is as much about Metal as ResetEra is about video games.
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All of the forums besides the chat forums are basically dead too. Like I went to a metal concert a few weeks ago and out of curiosity checked M-A's forum to see what other people said about the bands I saw, turns out not a single person commented because there was only like 4-5 users who even posted in the relevant forum and not many more who regularly posted in the other metal forums.

It used to be a fairly active forum too. Maybe that's the fate of internet forums in today's shitty-ass world where they all devolve into a few dead boards and then nothing but political sperging from people who've spent 10+ years posting there.
 
A Pale Shadow said:
Looks promising. I feel like I know the answer given that it's invite only, but is Revelation of Doom cool about "problematic" bands?
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Revelation of Doom is a spiritual succesor of sorts for the Nuclear War Now! forums. There are quite a few members who used to hang out on the Devourment (the Texas Slam/BDM band) forum and people who are interested in NSBM so whatever debauchery or sinister shit you're into concerning Metal is wholly approved of.
 
RoD is the better of the two. Totally fine with not so kosher bands. Generally a good community, though I sometimes feel some of the mods get a little overzealous when a slap fight breaks out.

TBV is already dying because they let some fat, middle age try hards with mediocre projects run the show and drive off anyone with a differing opinion. Most discourse there is a waste of time and ends up a cryfest/impotent power fantasy of violence towards niggers and lefty bands. Pretty sure one of the regulars is a member here.
 
Islamic Creampie said:
RoD is the better of the two. Totally fine with not so kosher bands. Generally a good community, though I sometimes feel some of the mods get a little overzealous when a slap fight breaks out.
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I have seen this myself, it's not often though. Usually people are well behaved. Frozen's polls are the best part about that site. I just wish some of those Antifa faggots like Highway Corsair/namelessgraverecords would fuck off to Leddit or someshit.

TBV is already dying because they let some fat, middle age try hards with mediocre projects run the show and drive off anyone with a differing opinion. Most discourse there is a waste of time and ends up a cryfest/impotent power fantasy of violence towards niggers and lefty bands. Pretty sure one of the regulars is a member here.
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Some of their "TBV Elites" are lolcow tier like their one Eric Cartman who always whines. I know they are hosted by the New Black Order management (https://www.new-black-order.com) so maybe there is a connection to the NSBM focus. Still it's the forum to go to if you want to talk about politics and make fun of troons, since the Antifa/BLM retards aren't as many here.
 
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El Duce for President said:
I have seen this myself, it's not often though. Usually people are well behaved. Frozen's polls are the best part about that site. I just wish some of those Antifa faggots like Highway Corsair/namelessgraverecords would fuck off to Leddit or someshit.


Some of their "TBV Elites" are lolcow tier like their one Eric Cartman who always whines. I know they are hosted by the New Black Order management (https://www.new-black-order.com) so maybe there is a connection to the NSBM focus. Still it's the forum to go to if you want to talk about politics and make fun of troons, since the Antifa/BLM retards aren't as many here.
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Timewipe got pissy over being accused of protecting Highway Corsair, but he absolutely runs defense for certain people. Nobody there has any time that Jew, though he regularly talks about RoD being a safespace while simultaneously posting on MA and the RABM subreddit. Whenever people start digging into him, Timewipe jumps in and starts deleting posts. Though you're correct in saying it's not a super common thing, thankfully.

I lurk TBV, but pretty much gave up on posting there. It's just a waste of time at this point. A lot of the users know their shit when it comes to BM, but they're mostly living in their own heads and expect everyone to play to their bullshit.
 
Islamic Creampie said:
Timewipe got pissy over being accused of protecting Highway Corsair, but he absolutely runs defense for certain people. Nobody there has any time that Jew, though he regularly talks about RoD being a safespace while simultaneously posting on MA and the RABM subreddit. Whenever people start digging into him, Timewipe jumps in and starts deleting posts. Though you're correct in saying it's not a super common thing, thankfully.
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I remember when HighwayCorsair got banned for trying to start shit all over again, like not even a month after the forum launched. I don't know why they even bothered letting him back in. He even bitched on Facebook to his assbuddies, calling ROD "a neo nazi safespace" because they didn't like the admins allowing people like DTBRex posting. And they have a history of going nuclear on certain threads, like the Decibel USBM book and Steelfest 2022 threads. I just think, they're trying to avoid repeating NWN/FMPisms, but that's the major community it makes up, stuff like that is gonna happen so let people talk. At least, no IXTAB running around and being a dick. ROD is a good forum but I go to TBV when I want politics.

I lurk TBV, but pretty much gave up on posting there. It's just a waste of time at this point. A lot of the users know their shit when it comes to BM, but they're mostly living in their own heads and expect everyone to play to their bullshit.
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For a BM forum, it does well but they're not remotely interested in any other kind of genre, metal included. Even death metal bands barely get traction. They get too much of a boner for second wave shit and that leaves out potential for discussion. As you said, some regulars treat it as their own echo chamber. The admins are okay with this because they comprise their most active posters. If they left, it would shrivel up and die, much like that Warfare Noise forum that the Klaxon guy started.
 
watching that board discover the guy from iced earth was at the capital on jan 6th was hilarious. just an absolute liberal hivemind cesspool. ANUS was shitty too back in the day but they at least didn't outright ban discussion of certain artists, they just bullied you for talking about gay shit
 
El Duce for President said:
For a BM forum, it does well but they're not remotely interested in any other kind of genre, metal included. Even death metal bands barely get traction. They get too much of a boner for second wave shit and that leaves out potential for discussion.
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What about bands that have elements of both like Dissection?
 
Here's a user that has done nothing but fixed capitalization for song titles for the past 11 years DAILY https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Gelordum
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holy shit, I've used MA (the archive side, anyway) for years now; can't believe I never noticed there was a thread on it.

it's been said before but the archives are generally quite useful and thorough. really nice for looking for side projects and getting lyrics if you don't want to go to genius or azlyrics. I lurked on the forums years ago and didn't remember it being as cancer...likely due to Morrigan's purge, I guess.

a great source of lulz are the band rejection appeal threads. lots of "REEEEE WHY IS [insert -core band] NOT HERE REEEEE"
some choice excerpts:
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just between the years of 2010-2019 there's 500+ pages of these.
 
I don't really find that stuff very funny but someone thinking Coheed and Cambria are metal is weird. They're a progressive rock band. It's like wanting Genesis on metal archives. Even the other guy noted that they sound like something from the 1970s.
 
longerdonger said:
a great source of lulz are the band rejection appeal threads. lots of "REEEEE WHY IS [insert -core band] NOT HERE REEEEE"
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The rejected reviews thread was (is) also great because of all the autistic Engrishy Brazilians.
Pointless Pedant said:
I don't really find that stuff very funny but someone thinking Coheed and Cambria are metal is weird. They're a progressive rock band. It's like wanting Genesis on metal archives. Even the other guy noted that they sound like something from the 1970s.
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Well they do have Rush on Metal-Archives. And this Genesis song is pretty heavy for 1970.
 
Love Metal Archives but the site owner, Morrigan, is a massive overly triggered feminist retard/cunt, she will threaten to ban you if you even find (slightly) racist jokes funny.

I have no remote idea how metal has become so overly sensitive with pussies everywhere trying to get offended over anything that isn't strictly PC, she's the finest example of that mentality.

when I see her post I just picture this 45-55 year old unattractive and morbidly obese woman behind a keyboard waiting to get mad at everything and everyone,, it's kind of like a feminist on Twitter, but instead she happens to own the biggest metal site on the web. She's kind of the reason why I sort of stay off it these days, it's insufferable when she sees you do anything.
 
Save the Loli said:
The rejected reviews thread was (is) also great because of all the autistic Engrishy Brazilians.

Well they do have Rush on Metal-Archives. And this Genesis song is pretty heavy for 1970.
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to my knowledge, the site mods acknowledge that Rush isn't metal but still for some reason list them on the site anyway. figure that one out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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I can't imagine how the 2008 version of the forum would have reacted to someone saying "one of my friends announced that she's a tranny lite and now I need to be a tranny and smear makeup on my face, too!", but it definitely would not have been "I've been there, right now I'm in the process of getting my dick chopped off."
 
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