This project contains the source code and data for the Map of Metal website first launched in 2009. An interactive map of Metal history and the influential bands that helped shape the genres we know today.

https://mapofmetal.com

Join our discord https://discord.gg/yW2wrPT7ZE

Contributing

To submit a bug report please visit https://github.com/patrickgalbraith/mapofmetal/issues/new

Playlist Contributions

All playlists are stored in the /data/genre-info/ directory.

Each genre is stored as a seperate json file with the following structure:

{
  // Genre Title
  "title": "Heavy Metal",

  // Genre Description - May contain HTML
  "description": "Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal)...",

  // List of tracks
  "tracklist": [
    {
      "artist": "Black Sabbath", // Track artist name
      "title": "Black Sabbath",  // Track name
      "year": "1970",            // Year released

      "videos": [                // List of YouTube video IDs
        "0lVdMbUx1_k",           // The ID can be found in the URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[THIS BIT]
        "2KnyL4IFcwo",           // If a video fails to play the next video in the list is tried
        "qrVKmTPFYZ8"
      ]
    },
    // ...and so on
  ],

  // Genre ID
  "id": "heavymetal"
}

To make changes follow these instructions https://help.github.com/articles/editing-files-in-another-user-s-repository/.

Important Before submitting any changes to a json data file make sure it is valid by pasting the contents into https://jsonlint.com/.

Genre Suggestions

I am happy to receive suggestions for new genres however due to the amount of work involved I would expect at least the following to be provided.

• Name of genre
• Short description of genre or link to a description of the genre
• Decade that genre began - 80s, 90s, 00s, etc...
• List of tracks exemplifying the genre (at least 4, ideally 8-10)

Please be aware that adding a new genre to the map can take time as it requires making changes to the underlying map design.

Installation

Requirements

NodeJS & NPM - https://nodejs.org

Install

Install packages:

npm install

Setup dist directory by copying static assets:

mkdir -p dist && cp -r ./tiles ./dist/tiles && cp -r ./static ./dist/static && cp -r ./data ./dist/data

Run

npm run dev

Build

npm run build

License

Basically I am happy for you to use anything except for the images, design, and name (Map of Metal).

See the COPYRIGHT and associated LICENSE files for details.