Encyclopaedia Metallum
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website on heavy metal bands
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Vinony's link graph records 813 inbound references to Encyclopaedia Metallum, and connects out to Montreal, HTML and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 21st-century encyclopedias, Canadian music websites and Canadian online encyclopedias.
Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type of site
- Music database, reviews
- Owner
- Morrigan, HellBlazer
- Created by
- Morrigan, HellBlazer
- Url
- metal-archives .com
- Commercial
- No
- Registration
- Optional
- Launched
- July 2002
- Current status
- Active
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Main subject
- heavy metal music
- Official website
- www.metal-archives.com
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- inception
- 2002-07-17
- topic has template
- Template:Metal Archives
- Alexa rank
- 5452
- social media followers
- 1028
- Commons category
- Encyclopaedia Metallum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or abbreviated as MA) is an online encyclopedia based upon musical artists who predominantly perform heavy metal music along with its various sub-genres. The contents are user-generated. Encyclopaedia Metallum was described by Matt Sullivan of Nashville Scene as "the Internet's central database for all that is 'tr00' in the metal world." Terrorizer described the site as "a fully-exhaustive list of pretty much every metal band ever, with full discographies, an active forum and an interlinking members list that shows the ever-incestuous beauty of the metal scene". Nevertheless, there are numerous exceptions for bands which fall under disputed genres not accepted by the website.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Encyclopaedia Metallum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.