MetalStats
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Plots, maps, and stats on heavy metal.
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https://app.flourish.studio/@metalstats
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@metalstats.bsky.social
· Dec 22
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Artists/musicians Causes of death The Roles Heavy Metal Artist Play and How They Overlap Membership Statistics On the Statistics of Women in Metal Discography Genre Growth Over Time An Analysis of …
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Hello! I like to post about heavy #metal data visualizations
If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
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If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
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Born to spreadsheet (fun)
Forced to spreadsheet (work)
Forced to spreadsheet (work)
August 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Born to spreadsheet (fun)
Forced to spreadsheet (work)
Forced to spreadsheet (work)
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Number of metal bands per 100,000 in Canada (2025 data)
June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Number of metal bands per 100,000 in Canada (2025 data)
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
Or at least those that I can find algorithmically
Now to actually put some effort into verifying the result
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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
Or at least those that I can find algorithmically
Now to actually put some effort into verifying the result
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...
We'll see if I can get something more accurate...
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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...
We'll see if I can get something more accurate...
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
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
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 …
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February 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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
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
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
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
February 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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
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
How many tracks do #metal albums, demos, EPs, and singles have on average?
#metalsky #python #dataviz
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#metalsky #python #dataviz
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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…
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February 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How many tracks do #metal albums, demos, EPs, and singles have on average?
#metalsky #python #dataviz
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#metalsky #python #dataviz
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Is a Single that's over 3.5 hours long with 17 tracks really a single?
Sekten7 - Shine Your Light - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
www.metal-archives.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Is a Single that's over 3.5 hours long with 17 tracks really a single?
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?
Motorhead's 1st is half covers, but I doubt anyone would call it that. So, what's the cutoff?
Do you consider cover albums part of a #metal band's "primary releases"?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
February 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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?
Motorhead's 1st is half covers, but I doubt anyone would call it that. So, what's the cutoff?
Do you consider cover albums part of a #metal band's "primary releases"?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
February 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Do you consider cover albums part of a #metal band's "primary releases"?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
Metallica-Garage inc. Slayer-Undisputed Attitude
What about re-recorded albums?
Dimmu Borgir-Stormblåst
Manowar-Battle Hymns
What about the Cavalera's new albums? Are they covers or re-recordings? Are they primary?
What are #metalheads dying from?
An updated look at causes of death from #metal archives.
The chart is interactive! You can click to see more detail on categories.
#metalsky #dataviz
An updated look at causes of death from #metal archives.
The chart is interactive! You can click to see more detail on categories.
#metalsky #dataviz
Causes of Death Among Heavy Metal Musicians
What are metalheads dying from? Along with info on metal musician band membership, country of origin, and date of birth, Metal Archives also keeps track of date of death and cause of death. They e…
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February 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What are #metalheads dying from?
An updated look at causes of death from #metal archives.
The chart is interactive! You can click to see more detail on categories.
#metalsky #dataviz
An updated look at causes of death from #metal archives.
The chart is interactive! You can click to see more detail on categories.
#metalsky #dataviz
Decided to try recreating my #Metal vs. Non-Metal Artists per million chart in #python and went way overboard labeling every country. I wanted to share this one again because of the strong correlation it shows. Nordics produce a lot of music in general, not just metal!
#dataviz #datavis #metalsky
#dataviz #datavis #metalsky
January 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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That time we started a death metal band without actually having anything much to do with the band. I still find the fact we didn't get an Encyclopaedia Metallum page out of this galling.
The Rise and Fiverr of Fatty Carbuncle
How you can start a death metal band without doing any work
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January 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That time we started a death metal band without actually having anything much to do with the band. I still find the fact we didn't get an Encyclopaedia Metallum page out of this galling.
I am NOT affiliated with any metal awards websites! Just saw that some has me down as such. It's a lie!
January 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I am NOT affiliated with any metal awards websites! Just saw that some has me down as such. It's a lie!
Something I can share regarding #metal artist connections is a histogram showing how often artists play in the same band. The majority (~94%) only ever work with other people in one band. At least 8 people have worked with the same person in 13 bands!
#metalsky #python #dataviz
#metalsky #python #dataviz
January 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Well, I thought I had 6 degrees of separation for metal artists figured out, but if the degree is higher than 4 it seems I'm running out of memory or something. Even after removing live membership and dead ends from people having been in one band, there are still over a million connections.
January 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Well, I thought I had 6 degrees of separation for metal artists figured out, but if the degree is higher than 4 it seems I'm running out of memory or something. Even after removing live membership and dead ends from people having been in one band, there are still over a million connections.
Messing around with RYM song ratings and Flourish story mode. This is a test version for Death
Do you find this visual interesting?
Do you find this visual interesting?
Song career test
A Flourish story by MetalStats
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December 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Messing around with RYM song ratings and Flourish story mode. This is a test version for Death
Do you find this visual interesting?
Do you find this visual interesting?
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Bringing my 2024 metal coverage to a close with awards and some other stuff. plaguerages.substack.com/p/favorite-5...
Favorite 50: 2024 Edition, Part Last
Awards, otherwise known as an excuse to talk about a lot of bands I haven't yet
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December 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Bringing my 2024 metal coverage to a close with awards and some other stuff. plaguerages.substack.com/p/favorite-5...
Just found and updated a number of projects other people have done with heavy metal data to my growing list!
Let me know if you know of more!
#metal #metalsky #dataviz
metalstats.wordpress.com/2021/10/08/w...
Let me know if you know of more!
#metal #metalsky #dataviz
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What are Other People Doing with Metal Data?
Here’s a listing of various pages and projects from other people doing things with metal and data science. If you come across this list and want me to add your project to it or know of any ot…
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December 25, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Just found and updated a number of projects other people have done with heavy metal data to my growing list!
Let me know if you know of more!
#metal #metalsky #dataviz
metalstats.wordpress.com/2021/10/08/w...
Let me know if you know of more!
#metal #metalsky #dataviz
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Plus a ton of notes about how I approach interviews, structure, etc. plaguerages.substack.com/p/so-where-i...
So, Where Is It?
Searching for metal's most infamous lost albums
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December 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Plus a ton of notes about how I approach interviews, structure, etc. plaguerages.substack.com/p/so-where-i...
Apparently there's 34 dinosaur themed bands according to Metal archives!
December 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Apparently there's 34 dinosaur themed bands according to Metal archives!
Hello! I like to post about heavy #metal data visualizations
If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
metalstats.wordpress.com/posts-by-top...
If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
metalstats.wordpress.com/posts-by-top...
Posts by Topic
Artists/musicians Causes of death The Roles Heavy Metal Artist Play and How They Overlap Membership Statistics On the Statistics of Women in Metal Discography Genre Growth Over Time An Analysis of …
metalstats.wordpress.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Hello! I like to post about heavy #metal data visualizations
If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
metalstats.wordpress.com/posts-by-top...
If you have come across one of my posts and want to see more I suggest starting with the below link
If you've done something, let me know I'll repost!
#dataviz #python #flourish
metalstats.wordpress.com/posts-by-top...
On the first day of Christmas Metal Archives gave to me:
A Christmas themed Death metal band called Coffin Fuck
A Christmas themed Death metal band called Coffin Fuck
Coffin Fuck - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
www.metal-archives.com
December 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
On the first day of Christmas Metal Archives gave to me:
A Christmas themed Death metal band called Coffin Fuck
A Christmas themed Death metal band called Coffin Fuck
I don't get it. All this interaction for a short list of grossly outdated numbers. The metal zeitgeist continues to allude me.
A list of ten countries and the number of heavy metal bands they have per 1 million people...
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
December 19, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I don't get it. All this interaction for a short list of grossly outdated numbers. The metal zeitgeist continues to allude me.