M-A - The Corroseum forum (new design under construction)

lunaboy · Post by **lunaboy** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:06 pm

Is there some guys whos contributed to this site,but due to their stuborn view were banned? I know that Futuresynner were one of the first guys.Is it really "Archives" database? .Some Cannadian guys wanna be metal "Gods"

.Also another question.How many you can trust in M-A?

roihlem · Post by **roihlem** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:46 pm

MA is pure shit. I will not bother anymore and waste my time with trying to add a band and then there is a 50% chance that they will take it. Sometimes they need more evidence for the existing of a band and sometimes they don`t.
There are more things that makes me puke. I am mostly informed about the exYu scene, and just for that territory there are so many mistakes:
1. I told them that the band Necromantes is from Serbia (there is even a contact address on the MA site) and they put them under Croatia. They can`t make a little research that Smederevo is a Serbian city and not a Croatian...
2. Eclipse Of The Sun is a German band (the singer is Croatian) not a Croatian. The first album they released in Yugoslavia only, while the second one is a German pressing. The names of the members are also clearly German...
3. Zele is also put under Croatia, while this was Divlje Jagode released under a different name because of problems with their label, so a Bosnian band.
4. I wanted to contribute Annabel Lee and they told me it is not a Metal band, though I gave them a link to their demo, but they added other bands which play Hard Rock, Rock or even HC!

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:17 pm

roihlem wrote:4. I wanted to contribute Annabel Lee and they told me it is not a Metal band, though I gave them a link to their demo, but they added other bands which play Hard Rock, Rock or even HC!

They even add zero%metal side-projects of guest/session musicians.
It's still nice check a few things once in a while, but a true factual heavy metal database it will never be.
Maybe in a decade or so the corroseum will become the true heavy metal database where facts > opinions. With a group of reliable people adding information and bands.

Cochino · Post by **Cochino** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:34 pm

Yeah, I was more active before, but I got tired. Their concept of what's metal and what's not is not very clear, and there's not too much logic behind which bands they decide to include and which not. But it's a free site, run by a bunch of guys and they can do whatever they want with it. Let's face it, it has a lot of info and is one of the best basic tools to use when you're researching something about metal, but is important not to trust 100% in them and their standars. I still like and use the website anyway, and as I say, they don't owe us anything, they are free to do whatever they want with their site, and we are also free to criticise them but not DEMAND anything.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:34 pm

Cochino wrote:Let's face it, it has a lot of info and is one of the best basic tools to use when you're researching something about metal...

Yeah, as basic research tool MA is simply unbeatable. The site has flaws coz it is open-public source and there are plenty idiots fucking around for whatever reasons.

It cannot be any other way, though, coz if restricted to site personnel only, it would never have grown so big. It is a collossal work maintaining and updating such database and would require a team of full-time paid workers to do so - something the owners cannot afford I'm sure.

So I'm happy with what it is, cool site.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:37 pm

I use it a lot

Yeah, I was more active before, but I got tired. Their concept of what's metal and what's not is not very clear,

It's because their definition of what metal is is based on cultural tagging and most of all, the sound of guitars and drums. They don't count for aesthetics. If it's loud, it has riffs and double kick bass drums and nobody called it metalcore, then it's 'metal' to them.

Cochino · Post by **Cochino** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:17 am

Yeah, I still use it. I just don't contribute much anymore.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:54 am

I'm kind of getting tired of taking the time to add bands that exist, are definatly metal and then having them tell me that they need more proof when I own the god damn release myself.

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:32 am

I'm fed up with it too, chrashes constantly and adding tons of uninteresting crap on a daily basis doesn't make it well organized.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:41 am

Well apparently Version 2 of the archives is in the works, so hopefully they will correct these issues, but who knows when that will happen.

It's been announced for how long already...

BlackStele · Post by **BlackStele** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:55 am

relying on M.A. for your Metal information, is like jumping off a high cliff without net protection, or even worse swimming in a water pool with a bare electric wire in it, hahaha!

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:20 am

BlackStele wrote:relying on M.A. for your Metal information, is like jumping off a high cliff without net protection, or even worse swimming in a water pool with a bare electric wire in it, hahaha!

I'm sorry, but if you want a website to check for quick refference (discography/tracklists), there isnt any even remotely close to MA.

Yes, it has its flaws and I'm not endorcing it by any means, but it is useful. And if there is a person here to tell me they never used it even for once, I'd call them hypocrites right here and right now

BlackStele · Post by **BlackStele** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:44 am

yeah, everybody uses M.A, everybody uses thrashmageddon, etc...we live in the era of the digital info, BUT providing the correct info is another matter, I appreciate someone's work if it is completed, and as far as M.A. are concerned, there's a big part missing...

Nightlock · Post by **Nightlock** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:46 am

Yeah I completely agree, I quite like the site in fact. The people there however (minus a few like Gutterscream) is another question.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:58 pm

That the site is so huge is giving a few moderators there a superiority complex, I'm afraid. They think their opinion is the end all be all of what HM is, and their opinion is based purely on sound, not on aesthetics.