Black metal news

A number of new features and quality of life improvements that should make the site easier to use, both on desktop and mobile.

Minor changes, including support for multiple bands with the same name from the same country.

We recently surpassed the 50,000 album mark (well... 50,000 albums, EPs, demos, compilations, promos, and the odd rehearsal, live recording and single that got dragged into the mix) bringing the total number of releases featured on the site to 50,117 at the time of writing this.

That's quite a step up from the 100 albums originally featured when the site was first launched over 8 years ago. We've come a long way since then, so here's to another 50,000! If my estimates are correct, we'll reach that milestone in about 2031.

Of course, this couldn't have been achieved without you, the ... [+]

Improved site performance and a new nested comment system in preparation for user accounts further down the line.

Still not in the mood for writing reviews, so here's some more features and bug fixes instead.

A small update to replace the old double-genre system with something a bit more conventional.

Almost six years ago I published a poll to see which country's Black Metal scene you liked the most.

To be fair, the poll outstayed its welcome, and its premise was flawed to begin with. What was the point of asking users to choose a single country? Why would it matter? And why include some countries but not others? The truth is that not a lot of thought went into it, but at the time it seemed like a good follow-up to the previous poll (favourite genre).

I took the poll down some months ago, but for those wondering what the outcome was, here are the predictable and purposeless results:

I'll be ... [+]

One last patch before we switch gears and focus more on site content.