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Contact: Gortician [band]
Born one day after watching the, uhm, Country Music Association Awards, with the hope of promoting a still very much underground death music scene. DMMA is missing the support of major bands, and their membership listing is not horribly impressive, which would make it somewhat less than official. So the name is misleading; DMMA is self-named and appointed. It is really a glorified bands link page (somewhere over 100 entries), with a banner, link, and contact info for some bands. There is a rather under-represented gigs list as well. The Java chatroom is always empty (according to the author anyways)... I never liked those Java chat applets too much. No-one has ever managed to write a decent, reasonbly fast chat client, or server for that matter. Just go on IRC already. The red/red combination for page background and links takes a bit of time to get used to, and is definitely not well viewable under monitor glare conditions. The design is not advanced by any means, but gets the message across. It is obviously tough to incorporate someone else's graphics and banners into your page, and still maintain any level of consistency. If you want to find out about more about the underground death metal bands, this resource might of some use for you. Otherwise, visit a band list page near you.
Contact: Brian Russ
Self-described as the encyclopedia of information and opinions about over 500 metal bands, ranging from the 70's to the 90's. Quite an undertaking, but I found it was done very well. The site is professional looking, with nice, simple, to the point graphics, and the frames load up fast. All the pages contain such information as current lineup, albums, like bands, links to official and fan pages, and a short description of the band history and style. The last update appears to have been done on February 1st, and the updated list includes some 60 bands, in addition to a dozen new entries. Since this is all done by one person, the descrptions are somewhat slanted, but well written. And that is the point of the BNR pages - to give visitors an idea of what a certain band is like, and maybe to hand out recommendations occasionally. Only the bands Brian has heard are listed, but there is also the mandatory links page, list of stuff he has not had a chance to hear yet. BNR pages are definitely what personal and project web pages should aspire to.
Contact: Dan Harding
Well, if names like AC/DC, Europe, Judas Priest and Scorpions turn your crank, you need to see Halls of Glam. I'm not a fan of glam at all, but I always like to see a well done, encompassing, page. A 'search' feature lets you find that musician or song you liked years ago (or still like ;-), and all is of course indexed alphabetically. All album entries include catalog info (in case you want to track it down), lineup, track list, and a voting booth. The design is, well, simple and quite appropriate for the genres covered. So if you ever need to check your KISS collection for completeness, or just want to know, you have a place to go to.
Contact: Zev Toledano
Wait a minute! I didn't know GeoCities gave out that much web space. Some pretty and original-looking graphics grace this site. The Last Exit is a large index of band links and resources, zines and commercial stuff. The band links are called addresses, because the listings also include mailing list references, addresses and fan pages, and are extensive. The zines sections have short descriptions so you're not stumbling around looking for that one good site. My only gripe from a usability / navigation point of view is that the redirection messages (ex. Nefilim: see Fields of the Nefilim) could really use an actual link right beside them. There are really quite a few of them. And the labels / stores list is longer than one would expect. Turns out that lots of places sell and produce heavy music. It'll be worth your while to check out this well done site, with a bit of a twist on an old idea.
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