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Can you promote on r/Metal?

Only in a dedicated thread Its rules send self-promotion to a dedicated thread, such as a weekly or pinned one. Promotion outside it is removed.

Shreddit: Heavy Metal

What its rules say about promotion

Retired/Respited band
Please Refrain from posting music from the bands listed on our [Respite and Retirement Center Lists](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/wiki/respiteandretirement), however they are not banned from being discussed in our daily threads. This is not because we dislike or discourage listening to them, but in order to promote diversity and discovery of smaller artists. All side projects and solo projects from blacklist artists will also be removed.
No Self Promotion (Except in dedicated Saturday thread)
Please save all promotion of your band or someone you know for our [PROMOTE THREAD](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/search?q=%5BPROMOTE%5D+Tell+Us+About+Your+Band%21&sort=new&restrict_sr=on) which goes live every Saturday
All 12 rules of r/Metal
  1. No Slurs
    Homophobic, racist and any bigoted slurs/comments will not be tolerated.
  2. Retired/Respited band
    Please Refrain from posting music from the bands listed on our [Respite and Retirement Center Lists](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/wiki/respiteandretirement), however they are not banned from being discussed in our daily threads. This is not because we dislike or discourage listening to them, but in order to promote diversity and discovery of smaller artists. All side projects and solo projects from blacklist artists will also be removed.
  3. Recommendation Requests in REC CENTER
    Please save all recommendation requests for our weekly [REC CENTER](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/search?q=REC+CENTER&sort=new&restrict_sr=on&t=all)
  4. Discussion Topics & Questions in Daily Threads
    Please save all discussion topics or questions for our [DAILY DISCUSSION THREADS.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/search/?q=Shreddit%27s+Daily+Discussion+&sort=new&restrict_sr=on&t=all) Any text post will be automatically removed.
  5. Underground Friday
    Any artist that has over 10k Last.fm listeners will be removed on Fridays.
  6. No Self Promotion (Except in dedicated Saturday thread)
    Please save all promotion of your band or someone you know for our [PROMOTE THREAD](https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/search?q=%5BPROMOTE%5D+Tell+Us+About+Your+Band%21&sort=new&restrict_sr=on) which goes live every Saturday
  7. No Full Releases
    Please refrain from posting full albums, demos, EPs, splits and any other full releases. Post an individual track instead.
  8. No Image Posts
    No images posts.
  9. No Metalcore/Deathcore/Nu Metal/Alt Metal or any Unrelated Genres
    Please post songs matching these subgenres in their own respective communities. If you are uncertain, verify that it has a **band** page on [Metal Archives](https://www.metal-archives.com/) and does not fall under any of the previously listed genres. This is not because we dislike them or discourage listening to them, but because they fall outside of the scope of this subreddit.
  10. No Clickbait
    This is primarily a subreddit for sharing metal music and news, so clickbait videos, memes, amateur covers and playthroughs, YouTuber spam (BLANK goes METAAAAL, Will It Djent?, etc.) are strictly prohibited and will be removed
  11. No Reposting Bands
    Refrain from posting songs from bands that have already been posted very recently, this includes **any** songs and not just the specific tracks that were posted. Search the subreddit and see if they have not been posted within the last 7 days.
  12. No AI Generated Content
    We have a zero tolerance policy towards AI generated content.

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