Metal Archives 6.0.0 - App Store

Metal Archives version 6.0.0

Updated At: 2026-06-02

Changes: Version History Experience the biggest visual overhaul in years, embracing the new Liquid Glass design. 6.0.0 Feb 3 - Fixed 429 errors - Introduced custom icons and loading indicators - Added functionality to view artist's trivia in full 5.1.0 04/05/2024 Revamped UI m/ 5.0.0 02/24/2023 Fix a bug that makes upcoming album section empty 4.6 01/23/2022 Fix a bug that prevents you from changing simple search type on iOS 14 and above. Thank to Rob for reporting this issue. 4.5 03/25/2021 • Fix buttons in photo viewer not tappable for iPhone X and above. • Fix statistics page error. 4.4 03/20/2021 - Introduce badge system: a release with more than 10 positive reviews (> =75%) is annotated with a badge. - Display band’s total reviews, overall average rating & total badges. - Display year gap between this year and a band’s year of formation. - Copy lyric with a simple tap. - Photo viewer detects eyes in background so that the detection process is much faster and does not block the user interface. - Upcoming album section: fixed label priorities so that a long release title does not overlap other informations. - Some font & colour changes to clearly differentiate between full-length and other release types (demo, single, compilation…). - Update underlying libraries to latest version & refactor code structure so that the app is less likely to crash. 4.3 05/08/2020 - This version comes with user profile page which shows user's reviews, public collection, submitted bands & modification history. - You can also search a user by username in Simple Search page. - You can now quickly go to search page or go back to homepage from anywhere. Simply tap the "+" button and properly choose an option. - Fix error retrieving your collection. - Fix crash when picking a release other version. - Fix some silly broken English. Special thanks to Lenn for his continuous suggestions. 4.2 04/18/2020 - Fix app crash when username has spaces - Fix left menu item title 4.1 04/13/2020 - You can now log in with your Metal Archives account. - Manage your bookmarks: add/remove/edit bands/artists/labels/releases. - Manage your collection: add/remove/edit releases. - Fix reminder creation error. - Create reminder from inside a release page. 4.0 04/12/2020 - You can now create a reminder for an upcoming album. - Fix Today widget background issue. - Display album title/artist name alongside the cover/photo. - Replace some icons & minor UI fixes. 3.5 04/08/2020 - Homepage section reordering capacity. You now have full control to your homepage layout. - Today widget “Unable to load” fix. - A filter by genre for Upcoming Albums list. Thanks to Andreas for the suggestion. - Split releases are now more informative. All involved bands are listed comparing to only the first band in precedent versions. A band name annotation is also added to involved artists who are band member. Thanks to Lenn, once again, for the suggestion. - A minor typo fix in homepage. Thanks to Matt for pointing out. Hail metal m/ 3.4 09/02/2019 - Add annotation to instrumental songs in a release (thanks to Lenn for the suggestion). - Upcoming albums section is now on top of homepage. - Artist page with thumbnails for band's logo and release's cover. - And many more small UI changes. Hail metal m/ 3.3 08/08/2019 - Integrate Deezer Search & Preview (30 seconds preview) which allows user to listening to band's top tracks and releases inside the app. - Minor UI improvements. - Fix occasional crashes. 3.2 07/24/2019 - Fix band lyrical themes not being updated. - Fix crashes on iPad. 3.1 07/17/2019 Second important update with many UI/UX improvements.


 - Band/Artist/Release/Label detail page with new design. - Homepage with new layout. - Thumbnails can be tapped. - Search history tracking. 3.0 07/11/2019 - Fix crashes on iOS 10 & 11.
 - Add default discography mode option.
 - Fix Today Widget's height issue. 2.2 04/11/2019 - Support 3 font size options: default, medium, large 
- Integrate Push Notification 
- Some UI improvements 
- Homepage now loads each section separately 2.1 04/03/2019 Fix crashes on iPad. 2.0.1 03/31/2019 This biggest update since the release of the app comes with various new features and a completely new interface. - The app now has a homepage with almost everything you can do on the web version: statistics, new archives, latest additions/updates/review, upcoming albums... - Much more informative: items are displayed with thumbnails. - Advanced searches are now supported. - Customizable theme with 4 built-in themes. - Customizable today widget. - 3D touch for quick actions: search, random band. 2.0 03/29/2019 This update is signed with Apple’s latest signing certificate. No new features are included. 1.0 01/17/2016

Metal Archives version 6.0.0

Updated At: 2026-02-03

Changes: Experience the biggest visual overhaul in years, embracing the new Liquid Glass design.

Metal Archives version 5.1.0

Updated At: 2024-04-05

Changes: Apr 5, 2024 Version 5.1.0 - Fixed 429 errors - Introduced custom icons and loading indicators - Added functionality to view artist's trivia in full

Metal Archives version 5.0.0

Updated At: 2023-02-24

Changes: Feb 24, 2023 Version 5.0.0 Revamped UI m/

Metal Archives version 4.6

Updated At: 2022-01-23

Changes: Jan 23, 2022 Version 4.6 Fix a bug that makes upcoming album section empty

Metal Archives version 4.5

Updated At: 2021-03-25

Changes: Mar 25, 2021 Version 4.5 Fix a bug that prevents you from changing simple search type on iOS 14 and above. Thank to Rob for reporting this issue.

Metal Archives version -

Updated At: 2020-10-15

Metal Archives version 4.3

Updated At: 2020-05-08

Changes: 8 May 2020 Version 4.3 - Introduce badge system: a release with more than 10 positive reviews (> =75%) is annotated with a badge. - Display band’s total reviews, overall average rating & total badges. - Display year gap between this year and a band’s year of formation. - Copy lyric with a simple tap. - Photo viewer detects eyes in background so that the detection process is much faster and does not block the user interface. - Upcoming album section: fixed label priorities so that a long release title does not overlap other informations. - Some font & colour changes to clearly differentiate between full-length and other release types (demo, single, compilation…). - Update underlying libraries to latest version & refactor code structure so that the app is less likely to crash.

Metal Archives version 4.3

Updated At: 2020-05-08

Changes: May 8, 2020 Version 4.3 - Introduce badge system: a release with more than 10 positive reviews (> =75%) is annotated with a badge. - Display band’s total reviews, overall average rating & total badges. - Display year gap between this year and a band’s year of formation. - Copy lyric with a simple tap. - Photo viewer detects eyes in background so that the detection process is much faster and does not block the user interface. - Upcoming album section: fixed label priorities so that a long release title does not overlap other informations. - Some font & colour changes to clearly differentiate between full-length and other release types (demo, single, compilation…). - Update underlying libraries to latest version & refactor code structure so that the app is less likely to crash.

Metal Archives version 4.2

Updated At: 2020-04-18

Changes: Apr 18, 2020 Version 4.2 - This version comes with user profile page which shows user's reviews, public collection, submitted bands & modification history. - You can also search a user by username in Simple Search page. - You can now quickly go to search page or go back to homepage from anywhere. Simply tap the "+" button and properly choose an option. - Fix error retrieving your collection. - Fix crash when picking a release other version. - Fix some silly broken English. Special thanks to Lenn for his continuous suggestions.