/metal_dataset

metal lyrics and band names dataset (raw)

METAL dataset

scrapped info from Metal-Archives

But what is this good for?

Check Metal Generator for some experiments using this dataset

Data per genre

no duplicates, no filtering of any kind except genre

song names and lyrics are scrapped for each scrapped band name

black metal

    Names: 27418 band names
    Songs: 549442 song names

avant-garde metal

    Names: 572 band names
    Songs: 22943 song names

death metal

    Names: 36477 band names
    Songs: 1340371 song names

death-core

    Names: 1385 band names
    Songs: 39700 song names

doom metal

    Names: 8413 band names
    Songs: 297577 song names

electronic metal

    Names: 131 band names
    Songs: 6967 song names

experimental metal

    Names: 767 band names
    Songs: 29122 song names

folk metal

    Names: 1572 band names
    Songs: 43228 song names

gothic metal

    Names: 3466 band names
    Songs: 130303 song names

grindcore

    Names: 4229 band names
    Songs: 193401 song names

groove metal

    Names: 4318 band names
    Songs: 143781 names

heavy metal

    Names: 15294 band names
    Songs: 651758 song names

industrial metal

    Names: 1170 band names
    Songs: 55342 song names

metalcore

    Names: 3368 band names
    Songs: 93325 song names

pagan metal

    Names: 849 band names
    Songs: 20935 song names

power metal

    Names: 6950 band names
    Songs: 320014 song names

progressive metal

    Names: 7911 band names
    Songs: 282387 song names

sludge metal

    Names: 2714 band names
    Songs: 83214 song names

speed metal

    Names: 2050 band names
    Songs: 119971 song names

stoner metal

    Names: 2720 band names
    Songs: 76293 song names

symphonic metal

    Names: 2481 band names
    Songs: 75336 song names

thrash metal

    Names: 22552 band names
    Songs: 916325 song names

viking metal

    Names: 550 band names
    Songs: 18217 song names

Inspiration

The inspiration to gather this dataset came from the following links

Char-RNN

Char-RBM

Markov-Chain Metal