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Nothing really major, but I feel they warrant some clarification regardless. Here's a few items regarding some largely unrelated things we've noticed during the last year or so of working on the site and which either (to my knowledge) aren't explicitly addressed in the rules or may need an explicit refresher here. Looking forward to your participation! \m/ The challenge will start one week from now at 12:00AM EST on Monday November 29th and will run until 11:59PM EST on Sunday December 5th.Įveryone is welcome to participate - all you have to do is submit reviews as usual during that week. He was the first person to have ever written 100 reviews for a single challenge! The challenge is named in memory of our friend Diamhea, a long-time contributor to the challenge and staff member here at Metal Archives, who sadly passed away on May 21, 2018. Please read this thread for the rules and to discuss the challenge! There's also bragging rights for the most reviews, if that matters to you. There's no prizes or rewards except knowing that you've given a review to an album that didn't previously have one. virgin albums).Įvery day, the reviews submitted and accepted are tallied, so that participants can see how they compare with one another and whether or not, altogether, we've been able to surpass previous challenges' totals. Every spring and every autumn, reviewers are encouraged to spend a week writing and submitting as many quality reviews as possible, with the aim to focus on albums with no reviews so far (i.e. This challenge is a time-honored tradition among our reviewers here. Greetings, all! It's almost that time of the year again - time for our classic reviews challenge! Link 8th Diamhea Memorial Review Challenge / 15:25 Have fun, and look forward to the results.
In the meantime, feel free to discuss the poll in the thread located here. The results of the poll will (ideally) be announced on January 1st, 2022 or shortly thereafter.
Please read the first post here for more details on the way the poll works. You get one ballot, and your account on MA must've been registered before November 30th, 2021 in order to participate. You have until 12:00AM EST on January 1st, 2022 to submit your list to him. Once you're certain you have your list, send it to BastardHead by private message (pm) on the forum. Put your list in order, with #1 being the album you liked the most. How does it work? Select your top ten metal albums of the year they have to be metal, they have to be new, original material, they have to be on MA, and they have to have been released in 2021. The end of the year is nearly upon us, which means it's time for the Album of the Year poll for 2021! Link The Album of the Year Poll 2021 / 16:08