That's a strange overview of the "relevance" in here to me. I myself suggested many bands that add up no more than 5 fans in the side so far (if that), yet, they were added. Guess what? Doom, black or any other style
in the musical world. Seether may be one of the few South African bands of note, but SA's metal scene just isn't as international or as deep as many other countries', so of course it isn't going to be as prominent here.
that description. That said - I'd always love to see more bands from less represented countries make it onto Metal Storm, and I try to expand my own tastes when I can, but I wouldn't say that the United States is underrepresented
the limited time and energy that we are able to spend on maintaining the database, we have to prioritize stuff that we know is going to interest either us or a significant number of users. Seether and Staind don't really fit
is not really a great need to include them. Staind, for its part, languished in the suggestions page for ages before we finally decided to just blacklist them. There was very little community interest in adding them, and given
