Connections
Influence lines
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Shared-member lines (dashed)
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Drag to pan · scroll to zoom · Shift+scroll zooms time only · click a band for details · click the ruler: top row toggles a decade, bottom row picks a year · arrows, + / − and 0 on the keyboard · G graph · L list · T theme · / search
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On this day in rock and metal
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Today
Albums released on this date in any year. Exact release dates come from MusicBrainz and are known for many, not all, of the releases on this map.
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Pin two or three to compare them side by side.
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Loud Atlas is an interactive map of rock and metal history, from the Delta blues to today: how bands and
artists, their releases, genres and subgenres, influences and shared members connect.
View the source on GitHubJuanAguirre-95/loud-atlas
Spotted a wrong date or a missing band? Open an issue
or send a pull request. The data is plain JSON in data/.
Keyboard
Tab to the map, then J / K for the next or previous act, Enter for its details.← → ↑ ↓ pan, + - zoom, 0 fit, Esc clears./ search, L list view, T switch theme.Focus the time strip and use the arrow keys, + and - .
Using the map
Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, Shift+scroll to zoom time only.Click a band for its summary, releases, influences and lineup. Its tags and filter buttons narrow the map.The time brush at the bottom pans and zooms time. The ruler picks a decade (top row) or a year (bottom row).
Open a genre's arrow in Filters to pick subgenres. Alt+click shows only one.
Explore has four tools: browse a year , see what was released today in history, connect any two acts through influences and shared members, or compare up to three.The sun and moon button switches between the dark and light themes. L shows everything as a text list.
How accurate is it?
The dates, release years and influence links were written by hand and have not all been checked, and the
influence lines are judgement calls rather than facts. Lineups and the optional "All albums" lists come from MusicBrainz and may
include regional editions for 1960s acts. Corrections are welcome.
Data and credits
Lineups and album lists: MusicBrainz (CC0).
Summaries: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), shown with a link to each article.
Fonts: Metal Mania, Cinzel and Barlow Condensed (SIL Open Font License).
Band names, album titles and the music belong to their owners. This only maps the history.