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This article was originally deleted because the band was not significant enough. At the time of it's original deletion, the band was not significant. They had released only one album and had disappeared. However, on 03/15/2011 (since the last delete), the band has released their second album. They've changed line ups and they've been touring extensively, including the Summer Slaughter Tour 2011. I believe this band now meets the criteria for a Wikipedia entry. The French wikipedia left them in: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Blood_Runs_Black The russian, german, portuguese, polish, italian and spanish wikipedias also have an article for this band. I feel like there are much smaller bands on Wikipedia and this band is getting a short stick. This article needs to be re-added. Kevinh456 (talk) 16:56, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Unsalt because (1) a good faith user wishes to create an article in this space and (2) a second album has been released which gives the nominator an arguable case that they pass WP:BAND. (In fact whether they pass or not appears to depend on whether Mediaskare Records are "one of the more important indie labels". If my personal opinion mattered, I would say probably not, but that's not the DRV way of thinking. Whether or not something's notable is a matter for AfD.)—S Marshall T/C 18:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • They charted at 111 on the Billboard 200. http://www.billboard.com/artist/as-blood-runs-black/chart-history/736733#/artist/as-blood-runs-black/chart-history/736733 They also charted number one for two weeks on the Billboard Heatseekers. http://www.billboard.com/artist/as-blood-runs-black/736733 I believe this classifies them under "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart." for WP:BAND consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinh456 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, that does rather strengthen the case for the "unsalt" that I recommended above.  :-)—S Marshall T/C 20:09, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Unsalt - as the concern addressed by the AfD back in 2006 is at least arguably no longer valid. Rlendog (talk) 21:14, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Unsalt. Nominator has described the situation accurately. Glancing at some web results, it seems clear that band currently has a large audience and substantial coverage from multiple reliable sources. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 00:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Unsalt. With a good chance of now meeting WP:BAND at any future AfD, the previous rationale is no longer definitive. --joe decker^{talk to me} 07:28, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]