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As an incentive to get people to submit data, the site utilizes a "point" system, in which registered users gain points and move up ranks with the amount and value of data and information they submit. The more valuable and complete the information, the more points are awarded. The site is known for its extremely strict rules, especially those which mandate band submissions. Encyclopaedia Metallum only accepts bands which are, without debate, metal bands. The only exceptions are: side projects of members of metal bands, bands that are no longer considered to be metal, but were in the past, Darkwave bands that are still considered to be members of the metal scene, and Grindcore bands that bear close similarities to Death Metal . Genres that are usually associated with metal, such as Grindcore and Hardcore , are also absent as they are seen to have more in common with Punk than metal. Hair Metal is rejected for the most part and Industrial Metal is only allowed if it's conservatively more heavy metal than industrial music. The site rejected the industrial metal band Ministry until recently. Bands that are associated with the Nu Metal or Mallcore labels are completely forbidden and have been since the website started. Many users believe that Metalcore bands have been completely banned from the website since a bulletin was posted that simply stated, "Please stop submitting -core bands. Please." However, this is false; many metalcore bands appear on the archives and many more have been added since the bulletin was posted, but the moderators have become more strict on what metalcore bands can be added and generally work case-by-case rather than saying all, or zero, metalcore bands will be accepted. Most of the metalcore bands that are allowed are the ones heavily influenced by Melodic Death Metal . The process of being banned from contributing to the site has been nicknamed "Dursted", named after Fred Durst (lead singer of Limp Bizkit ). Durst is cited as a possible "enemy" of metal, and thus, an enemy to members of the site. The website is notably completely free of advertisements, and as of April 2006 is run completely independently. Some however, question whether or not this affects the quality of the website. Since the middle of 2005 up to March 2006, frequent visitors noticed that the site was often down. The instability was due to a bug that was fixed around April 2006. HISTORY The Encyclopaedia Metallum was founded in 2002 by two Canadians going by the names of Morrigan and HellBlazer. The two have been interviewed twice about their site. The first interview was given to the now defunct MetalGospel.com site, and the second interview was given to the Finnish magazine Miasma during May and June of 2005, and the issue was published in mid-October of the year. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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