Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle metal

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no consensus. bainer (talk) 12:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Battle metal

This is not a valid music genre, as it is a label used by bands as a form of promotion n an attempt to garner sales, rather than as a descriptive of the band's style. The music style is no different from standard black/folk metal, with the lyrics being the sole difference. This, along with Pagan metal(black metal with slightly different lyrics)and National Socialist Black Metal (black metal with yet another lyrical theme)should all be removed based on the aforementioned criteria. If, for some reason, someone truly believes this article is necessary, merge it and the others with the Black Metal page.

• This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. —Crypticbot (operator) 15:37, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Uncyclopedia as nonsense. --69.208.123.189 20:55, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as valid music term in widespread use. [1]. I was going to vote delete because I'd never heard of it and it didn't make sense, but it passes the google test with 94,600 hits as well as a number of specific examples of its use. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 00:59, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

87 of the first 100 hits on that google search are for the Turisas album "Battle metal". That hardly defines a subgenre to me.

• Keep but when I think of battle metal, the one band that springs to mind is Bal Sagoth, which isn't even mentioned in the article. There are other nonsense statments here too. So if kept it at least requires a gross rewrite. Spearhead 17:04, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.