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I mean the line needs to be drawn somewhere, right? It's not that a band isn't "metal enough", it's just that they have a bunch of rules interpreted by mods and if it doesn't fit those rules they make the editorial decision to exclude it. It's impossible to have some kind of perfect description anyway.

Rush were added probably in the first year or two of the site's existence, so they probably kept them on their for nostalgia.

Or as epic trolling.

It's a little puzzling that Blue Oÿster Cult isn't there. There's a historical case for them and the post-1980's records have recognizable modern metal.

Given how many indisputably metal bands have covered and referenced them, they should at least be grandfathered in.

Definitely a conversation starter with the pony-tailed set!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOrddRaSM8