Metal Archives Graphs - Data Visualizations Interactive visualizations of global metal music production from Metal Archives data

Very impressive site with lots of interactives!

Front page of Metal Archives as well...

metal-archives-graphs.neocities.org

Born to spreadsheet (fun)

Forced to spreadsheet (work)

Number of metal bands per 100,000 in Canada (2025 data)

Tempting...

The good news is I think my code finally works better and I've cut out the worst corner cases

The bad news is I'm still seeing a lot of false alarms due to old data and dubious database entries

Now I just have to verify 400+ bands by hand 😭

Ok, I may be getting closer to a better answer for bands with no original members left

Or at least those that I can find algorithmically

Now to actually put some effort into verifying the result

And another one! This guy both was on his first release and wasn't. I guess I can't trust artist's manually entered role specific timelines?

www.metal-archives.com/artists/Alex...

I was trying to avoid using the lineup on first release because of some of them having no data. Instead compared year of first release and listed start year. I might have to sift it by hand 😭

Oh geeze, on top code bugs, it looks like there are straight up database errors too.

This guy is listed as a member on a first release playing drums, but then is listed as having started later?

www.metal-archives.com/artists/Mich...

I have to apologize. My last post on bands with no original members was erroneous. I thought I had weeded out the corner cases and my initial spot checks looked right, but going back through it there are more errors than I'm comfortable with.

We'll see if I can get something more accurate...

32 covers of Zombie!

www.metal-archives.com/search/advan...

He's a band on metal archives

However, I see that this inclusion is an error. My calc has a little trouble with members that have multiple roles with no timelines. He's got one role with a timeline, obviously the rest have been from the start.

www.metal-archives.com/bands/Arjen_...

Tried Veilburner? Never could latch onto Portal.

I feel like market saturation and the rise in streaming are to blame. The incentive to innovate just isn't there and things are getting washed out by the shear numbers of things

Everything everywhere is just scams now or becoming so.

Anaal Nathrakh. I treasure almost every song

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who considers this a favorite

Carnosus "Worm Charmer" - Official Lyric Video YouTube video by Willowtip Records

A song though lol

youtu.be/Q22orsLwu1Y?...

Top 100 Most Covered Songs and Bands by Metal Bands Sometimes beloved, often maligned the cover song is a cornerstone of the music industry.  Whether to show off your influences, skill, or reverence for those that came before or to simply put a new …

I scoured the archives to find the most covered songs/bands by #metal bands!

Tables in the article below for:

Top 100 most covered songs

Top 100 most covered bands

Bonus: Top 10 most covered songs for select bands

#metalsky #top100 #mostcoveredmetal

What do you think is the most covered song by #metal bands?

What do you think is the most covered band by metal bands?

#metalsky

A scatter plot showing metal vs. non-Metal bands per capita over the world. There is a strong correlation showing if a country makes a lot of metal bands per capita, they'll make a lot of music in general too.

It's not just metal!

metalstats.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/m...

A reasonable argument for which I have no final opinion. However, my bigger question is would you include the album in a ranking of Slayer albums, or dismiss it as separate because it's a cover album?

The story of Pap Smear – Slayer’s forgotten 80s punk side project Slayer duo Jeff Hanneman and Dave Lombardo’s hardcore band Pap Smear is one of the great lost side projects of the 1980s

Yes and no. Songs written by Hanneman, but from his previous band Pap Smear. Considered covers on MA as well.

www.loudersound.com/features/sla...

A histogram showing % of tracks on albums that are covers.

How many covers before an album is a "cover album"? Here is a #histogram of the % of songs on albums that are covers.

Do you consider cover albums as part of a band's primary releases? A short discussion on this and more:
metalstats.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/c...

#metalsky #metal #python #dataviz

Average Track Counts by Heavy Metal Release Type One of the most important questions facing the heavy metal community, nay, the entire music industry in today’s economy and political climate is obviously what the difference is between an al…

How many tracks do #metal albums, demos, EPs, and singles have on average?

#metalsky #python #dataviz

metalstats.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/a...

Is a Single that's over 3.5 hours long with 17 tracks really a single?

Huh, almost 600 1 track albums over on metal archives.

Have you done wacky concert experiences?

Follow up question - What percentage of an album needs to be covers before it's a "cover album"?

Motorhead's 1st is half covers, but I doubt anyone would call it that. So, what's the cutoff?

If it's a classical work, is it ever considered a cover?