![]() ![]() Since the data I collected was user-submitted, we should assume some nonzero error rate. ![]() Now, the normal acknowledgements and disclosures for this type of exercise apply, such as: Yeah, the wall in my room at the asylum is real gross. (Someone gets that and we’re soulmates and we should talk.) I broke each year’s totals down month-by-month and then ranked the months from 1 – 12, with “1” signifying the month with the most albums and “12” signifying the one with the least. If you thought I was smart enough to use R, THE JOKE’S ON YOU. Once collected, I dumped the data into a super-proprietary metal analysis program named Excel. Know that you would’ve preferred an earlier draft of this intro. Look, I definitely hate myself, but not enough to pick through every release type, such as the ultra-common, totally normal (*reads slowly*) split…video? Huh. Using Encyclopaedia Metallum’s “ Advanced search” feature, I compiled the release dates for every full-length listed in the database that made its way into the world between 19. But before we get to that, let’s talk methodology and caveats and whatnot. What do I have to show for it? Black metal lung. Reader, to figure out if January really is the (*extremely blown out Chris Barnes voice*) dead zone, I done did some data mining in them thar Metallum hills. Ah, but why guess when we have Encyclopaedia Metallum – The Metal Archives. I mean, we could do another catch-up column since January usually feels slow, right? Is this not the season when metal goes into hibernation and hits snooze for a month or two? Is this not…the dead zone? If I had to guess, I’d say January contains the fewest metal releases of any month in the calendar year. ![]() So, for the third installment of our 2018 wrap-up, we’re going to be looking at… ![]()
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