moderators "in an admittedly arbitrary fashion," and their submission by normal users was discouraged. In 2021 the staff collectively decided that they will not be adding any more of these "exception bands" to the database. Certain genres related to metal that the site does not accept are djent and nu metal, although some bands who are on the site have released albums in the latter genre such as Machine Head and Chimaira; who both released nu metal material in the early 2000s, but are mostly recognized as groove metal bands. Metalcore and deathcore are only allowed on the site if the moderators consider at least one album "clearly more metal than core", examples being Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, After the Burial, Carnifex, All Shall Perish, The Red Chord, and Despised Icon, while other bands such as Bring Me the Horizon, Converge Atreyu, Born of Osiris, Between the Buried and Me, and Oceano are not allowed on the site. See also Heavy metal subculture List of online music databases List of online encyclopedias References External links Canadian online encyclopedias Online music and lyrics databases Heavy metal publications Internet properties established in 2002 21st-century encyclopedias Canadian music websites Lists of practical jokes