Metal Music Analyser

A Python application that uses the Last.fm API to analyse metal music bands; their tracks, albums, and popularity amongst other bands.

It can also be used as an overall artist analyser, since it works just fine with any artist given.

Before Usage

Important

To include a metal band (or any band or artist) in analysis they have to be written in the bands.txt file.

Features

• Fetches information about metal bands, albums, tracks, their biography, their genre and similar artists from LastFM API.
• Analyses most frequently played tracks, top albums, where the band places on a ranking based on listeners and playcount amongst bands in bands.txt.
• Visualizes the band's top five tracks.
• Visualizes four bands that surround the band searched based on their popularity using graphs.

Setup Instructions

Important

Without these steps, this app will not work.

Step 1: Get Your API Key

1. Go to Last.fm API page and sign up for an account (if you don't already have one).
2. Create a new API application and get your API Key.

Step 2: Clone the Repository

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/nicoxeye/Metal-Music-Analyser.git

Create a .env file in the root of the project and add your key as follows:

API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Caution

Never commit your API keys on GitHub.

Step 3: Install needed packages

In your terminal:

pip install requirements.txt

Then run main.py and have fun :D