Metal Archives

Name: Metal Archives
Rating: 4.7 (388 reviews)
Author: Thanh-Nhon Nguyen

By: Thanh-Nhon Nguyen

Encyclopaedia Metallum

Features & Capabilities

Metal Archives Chrome Extension brings Encyclopaedia Metallum to your browser, offering in-depth band and release data, lyrics, discographies, member lists, reviews, and related links at your fingertips.

Enjoy bookmarks and collection management, Deezer search with 30-second previews, advanced search, browse-by options, theme customization, and quick actions for fast navigation.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Content Education Entertainment Data

By:

Thanh-Nhon Nguyen

Rating:

4.70

(388)

Version:

6.0.0 Last updated: 2026-02-03

Version code:

881832519

Creation date:

2016-01-17

Compatible devices:

Size:

10.29MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-11

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 86,863 ▼ 19

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Developed by:

Thanh-Nhon Nguyen

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/metal-archives/id1074038930

Website:

http://www.metal-archives.com/

User Reviews

Users praise the app for helping discover new and hidden bands and for providing rich band information via a free front end to Metal Archives. However, reliability dominates feedback: frequent errors, slow performance, and general instability hinder use. Updates removed key features (login, saved bookmarks/collections, upcoming releases) and some bands are missing from the catalog. The positives of discovery and data depth are overshadowed by stability issues and feature gaps.

Pros

Helps discover new and hidden-band gems.
Provides rich, detailed band information (members, reviews, similar artists) and supports organizing discographies.
Easy-to-navigate user interface and front-end experience.
Free front end to Metal Archives, allowing access without a separate login.
Includes sub-genre and genre information for bands.

Cons

Frequent errors and failed requests (e.g., 403/429) that prevent searching or loading results.
Slow performance and buggy behavior, with searches taking long and often needing refreshes.
Post-update loss of core features (cannot log in, no saved bookmarks/collections, no view of upcoming releases).
Incomplete catalog data (some bands or albums are missing from the app).
Requests for bookmarking/favorite feature and better search recall that are currently not available.

Recent reviews

Frankly don’t understand his apple let this app be published if it’s useless ….Since months ago almost maybe a year and now even with the update to Liquid Glass the app is useless, error 403 absolutely everywhere.

by DY*****, 2026-03-16

This app is SO helpful!! It’s so easy to navigate, you can easily find new bands, you can accurately find bands’ genres(as far as I know). I get pretty much no errors but only one thing there should be a feature were you can save/bookmark bands for later. Other than that, this app is awesome!!

by je*****, 2026-03-10

It helped me discover lots of hidden gems that never achieved mainstream success. The only thing I’d like to be fixed is when I make an advanced search, it should save that search, because it can be annoying typing the same specific things over and over again for an obscure search.