# \[WS\] Metal Archives
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923
**Category:** Web Sources Scripts
**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923 "2007-12-20T14:52:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 9
### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/164 "2025-08-22T20:36:35Z")
> [@Jaeger1349](#):
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> been CF blocked,
I have been dealing with this problem for over 5 months.
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### Author:  [@MONIKADAVRE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MONIKADAVRE)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/165 "2025-08-23T09:46:22Z")
I have the same problem š«¤
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### Author:  [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/166 "2025-08-23T16:02:46Z")
Iāve trying using internet connection with and without VPN, and nothing happened. So, maybe this is a temporal blocking (I hope š¤ )
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### Author:  [@MONIKADAVRE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MONIKADAVRE)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/167 "2025-08-23T16:17:06Z")
Me too and unfortunately without results š
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/168 "2025-08-23T18:54:36Z")
Yeah, it looks like that they have increased their security again and also it seems that all (initial) requests through a web browser are getting validated.
So, yeah, once again we are out of luck until they decide to bring down the shields to a reasonable level, or a workaround is found\[1\].
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[^1]: As I mentioned before, I know of a potential workaround used by other applications (changing used UserAgent used by script), but unfortunately as far as I am aware it cannot be implemented due to technical limitations.
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### Author:  [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/169 "2025-08-24T00:22:35Z")
Hi everyone! Script is back online again! š
Fortunately, was a temporal CF blocking š
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/170 "2025-08-24T10:48:20Z")
Nor for me š
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### Author:  [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/171 "2025-08-24T18:49:24Z")
Hi! Try using a VPN, probably your IP is blocked by CF to use the script. It happens the same thing when use the script without a VPN connection.
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/172 "2025-08-25T04:48:48Z")
I tried using free vpn extensions for Chrome, still no luck!
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/173 "2025-08-25T06:49:53Z")
Have you tried a system-wide VPN instead a browser extension? Something like mullvad, or ProtonVPN.
I usually use the latter, and although the free version have a limited server selection for simple stuff it works very well.
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/174 "2025-08-25T11:41:44Z")
Just tried ProtonVPn and it worked like a charm.
Thank you very much
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/175 "2025-08-25T19:53:14Z")
Awesome! Glad to hear that it worked for you š
Regards!
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/176 "2025-08-26T05:28:35Z")
Guess i should have waited till this morning.
It is not working anymore, again. ((
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/177 "2025-08-26T05:52:41Z")
Maybe itāll sound obviousā¦ But have to ask: have you tried to connect again to Netherlands? As that was the one that was working before.
I mean, maybe whatever IP that VPN was/is taken from there hasnāt been flagged yet by CFā¦ also I think that on free tier Japan is also available.
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/178 "2025-08-26T12:14:41Z")
I tried all avaliable free connectionsā¦no luck..
Thank you for your recommendations š
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### Author:  [@MONIKADAVRE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MONIKADAVRE)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/179 "2025-08-26T16:34:31Z")
I tried to with ProtonVPN but unfortunately I always have the problem 403.
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/180 "2025-08-27T04:33:23Z")
Wellā¦ It seems that whatever hit MA, hit hard enough for them to have that high protection level.
In any case thatās something that needs to be solved/changes no their end. Letās hope that things will go back to ānormalā soon.
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### Author:  [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/181 "2025-10-01T13:21:22Z")
The scripts started to work out of the blue.
However the band info script still returns forbidden error.
OS: WÄ°ndows 10
Scripts: [GitHub - antonio-gil/Mp3Tag\_WS\_MetalArchives: MP3Tag scripts for pulling data from Metal Archives](https://github.com/antonio-gil/Mp3Tag_WS_MetalArchives)
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### Author:  [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/182 "2025-10-01T19:10:02Z")
Hi there!
Thank you for letting me know about that. Iāll take a look later today once I go out from office, and will let you know what I can find.
By the way, in the past couple of weeks I have been working on a workaround that is kinda ā_technical_ā (i.e., that needs a little bit more than just copy-past scripts), and I donāt know if you would like to test that one in case that solves your issues.
Iām currently polishing it a little bit, but it can be ready to be shared around next week.
cc. @MONIKADAVRE , and @Jaeger1349 - as I know that you' also have faced 403 error in the past.
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### Author:  [@MONIKADAVRE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MONIKADAVRE)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-metal-archives/5923/183 "2025-10-01T19:22:30Z")
Thanks a lot, and Iām ready for a test !
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