Oh and I thought of an idea regarding the charts. For the '80s (since that's when the vast majority of trad was released and there's so many godly albums from that decade) why not separate the charts into batches? So like you'd have one for 1980-1981, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, and so on. It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective as well, since 1982-1983 is when pretty much all of the core sub-genres were birthed/being formed and 1980-1981's metal is (for the most part) more rock-y.

>>127428489
>Great list!
Thank you!
>What are some eras/genres that you think should also be covered?
Thrash, USPM, and speed are necessities and I believe should come first. Then doom, stoner, and the movements (like the NWOBHM, NWOTHM, etc.)
>Or possibly one big list combining everything.
Hell yeah! When every single one is complete, I think it'd be a cool idea to take the best of the best from each genre and cram them all into one mega list. But we shouldn't have to worry about that for a while. =)

>>127387393
>I haven't abandoned all hope for /rustal/, but fuck does it get bad.
Yeah, there's been a select few decent threads in the past couple weeks or so... but goddamn when /metal/ gets bad, it gets genuinely fucking unusable for anything other than shitposting. Most of the time I just hang out there to post what I'm blasting and talk to people about it, otherwise that general's a complete and utter joke.
>Have to split your eggs to multiple baskets.
Yep. That's why I started doing the /cmm/ threads a while back. Because most of the time /metal/ just doesn't satisfy my needs, and while I enjoy fucking around in there sometimes... I'd much rather have a general free of retardation, and where I can post and talk about the type of metal that I primarily listen to.

>>127301121
>>your metal archives account gets leaked
the only reason i have an account is to use the search function in the appeals section of the forum (i think it's pretty enjoyable to go on deep dives and see why bands weren't included) so i have nothing to lose