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"Well, apparently there are at least 200,000 metal bands out there. When the Metal Archives started in 2002, even 10,000 bands seemed like a pretty ridiculous number. Twelve years later, in 2014, we reached 100,000. And now, in 2026, we've doubled it. You'd think we'd be running out of bands by now, but judging by how many bands still get submitted every day, we're not even close. We want to thank everyone who has submitted bands over the years and helped to make MA into the heavy metal resource that it is. A lot of people have put a lot of time into digging this stuff up and cataloguing it, and we obviously wouldn't be anywhere near this amount without you. Looking forward to the day we hit 300,000! \m/"

"Hey. Just a quick note to say that we added a "Streaming" category for links, so from now on, put stuff like Spotify, Deezer, YouTube Music, etc. in there. Note that this category should be used for sites that are primarily used for streaming full releases (often, the entry is created automatically by a digital distributor rather than the band). For sites that a band uses more like social media, with news and features other than streaming (Bandcamp, ReverbNation) or where they might upload stuff other than finished releases (Soundcloud, regular YouTube), keep using the "Official" category. Also, for artist pages, if you're linking to, say, the Spotify page of one of their non-metal bands not listed on MA, that should still remain in the "Unlisted bands" category (like any link related to unlisted bands). EDIT: To clarify the case of YouTube, some channels are band-managed and feature individual uploads that may or may not be studio tracks (there could also be live videos, interviews, etc.). Those should be in the "official" category. There are other channels (usually with a name including the word "topic") that are simply automatically generated playlists of the band's releases, serving the same purpose as, say, a Spotify listing, so these should go in the "streaming" category (possibly with the label "YouTube (Topic)" to specify)."

"For those interested in statistics, friend of the site oneyoudontknow has created a project called Metal Graphs that shows the evolution of the number of releases on MA, based on various criteria (year, genre, country, etc.)."

"The results of the Album of the Year poll for 2025 are now available here."

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