StormbounD for Progressive Metal (Rejected)

Bio:

StormbounD is a freshly brewed metal band straight out of Tel Aviv, Israel. They combine symphonic and progressive metal with power metal, industrial metal, and folk metal to create a harmonious and theatrical experience. Recording between 2021 and 2022, they released their debut album, December, in August 2022, after having played various shows and in several concerts throughout Israel, hoping to make their mark on the Israeli metal scene. The band claims that they "will carry you everywhere from the angelic to the diabolic, from the joyous harmony to the sheer loneliness, and from the beauty to the beast."

StormbounD formed in 2017 by bassist Pavel Kleiman and guitarist/vocalist Ofer Friedman. Ofer's wife, guitarist Shani Friedman, was the next join along with drummer Yuval Partush, keyboardist Rotem Sadia, and lead singer Yael Horwitz.

Cristi wrote: Please try and find/write a bio or at least some more information on the band.

I did write the bio. I did this the same way I've done every other band.

This is all the info I have sorry

^ Likewise. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Nightwish were unanimously rejected, were they to come to us as a submission, today. In terms of David’s pursuit of a “definition” or prog, this is one more indication why it’s a lost cause. There is no consensus, and never will be, on what is or isn’t prog. There’s not one definition that everyone agrees upon - and even if there were, no one would ever agree where the “borders” are. Nightwish, to me, are an immediate and straightforward “no”, but obviously at some point in the past they were considered by someone to be prog “enough”. 🤷🏻‍♂️

To be fair, the whole symphonic/power/prog tightrope is a very tenuous one. On one hand, you have a band like Symphony X; they balance prog and power metal, but they clearly have enough of a prog slant to fit in with bands like Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery. But then you have bands like Kamelot and Blind Guardian, with which the lines are a lot more blurry. They still have those progressive elements, but the question is: how much prog influence will actually suffice? Personally I do think both bands fit into the site, especially Blind Guardian with albums like A Night at the Opera and Nightfall in Middle Earth; however, I can completely see why they might be rejected today as well. I think the Iron Maiden inclusion is fine, considering they're just in the prog-related category rather than full-fledged prog metal.

Also, maybe I'm experiencing the Mandela Effect, but I could have sworn some bands got deleted back then. At the very least, I seem to remember Katatonia getting taken off the site for quite some time, and then being reinstated after The Fall of Hearts came out. But then again, maybe I'm just misremembering