Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Synth 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 was delete. WjBscribe 23:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Synth metal

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The page consists of a very short and vague introduction that leaves the reader with more questions than answers. The article lists no source whatsoever. Only three articles link to this one. One is Synthphonia suprema, an article about a band of disputed notability for Wikipedia. The name of the alleged genre is probably derived from this band's name, since they also use the word "Synthphony" in their album name (according to the article). The other article that has a link to synth metal is the list of genres of music: S-Z, and the final one is industrial metal. This article is not only kind of useless, but it gives us a list of bands that don't have much in common. One one side you have power metal bands like Sonata Arctica and Dark Moor, and on the other you have HORSE the band, a post-hardcore band, along with Les Wampas, a punk band, and a progressive metal band (Royal Hunt). I think we should add that the quality and neutrality of the Screaming Mechanical Brain article is highly disputed, as it is an autobiography. Overall, this is a very short article with very few information, and claims of certain bands being "synth metal", when they are not metal at all. Zouavman Le Zouave _{(Talk to me!)} 00:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Not a musical genre according to any reliable sources, and due to lack of sources it seems to be non-notable and unverifiable as a term. Prolog 13:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Should every band with unorthodox use of an instrument have it's own <instrument> metal genre? Chello metal (e.g Apocalyptica), violin metal, etc.? No. Unless a lot of bands fit the genre. For synth metal it's not the case Google displays about 15000 hits. Non of them notable. Tags on Last.fm displays about 25 bands, all very different from the bands in the wiki article, bands I wouldn't call Synth metal and bands that don't sound similar at all (Mnemic, Orgy, Bal Sagoth). Emmaneul 17:53, 19 April 2007 (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.