Battle of the bands

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I think you're just a little annoyed due to the fact that you're pretty much unfamiliar with most of the bands here that aren't popular.

no matter how special you are.

but i thought you loved me

 

[Caecius]

So what now Jimmy? We pick a winner for each matchup and post it? Then you tally results?

 

[no country for old wainds]

if everyone actually nominated 32 or 64 bands or w/e then youd be able to do seedings n shit, or are you planning to just draw them at random?

 

[Caecius]

I'm down to nominate 32 or 64 if it means we seed this shit. Random seems like a bad idea, but I'd love to see Slayer knockout Metallica in the 1st round.

 

[Slammed]

I think you're just a little annoyed due to the fact that you're pretty much unfamiliar with most of the bands here that aren't popular.

I've heard of Metallica

but i thought you loved me

I called you special, no one else here gets that kind of treatment!

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I've heard of Metallica



I called you special, no one else here gets that kind of treatment!

i just realized that i forgot to list Vektor. This is your chance to slide in a few more good ones

They're making it in anyway so all is well.

 

[Slammed]

i just realized that i forgot to list Vektor. This is your chance to slide in a few more good ones

They're making it in anyway so all is well.

No point taking the easy ones.

 

[Psilociraptor]

Havok, Hatchet and Black Fast shouldn't even be mentioned right now dude. And none of those bands have more than one or maybbbbee two good albums at best. The only new school bands that should go in this early would be Vektor and Hexen. Maybe Warbringer and Exmortus but i think they can get in later.

edit: lol i like Municipal Waste, but really?

I would personally also put Sacral Rage above half the bands mentioned

 

[CiG]

.....lol.

 

[jimmy101]

So what now Jimmy? We pick a winner for each matchup and post it? Then you tally results?

I plan on tallying up all of the nominations after I finish work tonight. Aiming to get 32 of the most popular bands to feature & then we will go into a knockout competition.

I do indeed plan on seeding the bands. Was thinking of seeding them in order of most albums sold (so naturally Metallica would get the #1 seed).

 

[jimmy101]

If you took the best songs from both albums, it wouldn't be too far from the third-best Exodus album in quality, but that shitty Geddy Lee knock-off would still hold them back.

So is this going to be a traditional bracket single elimination dealio? Making these brackets is easy using online tools, 64 bands seems no less doable than 32 imo, and doesn't require sacrificing big names like Suicidal Tendencies and Sarcofago. Also, are we counting Celtic Frost as thrash?

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Pretty good looking setup HBB. I wouldn't mind it being a 64 band competition. After tallying the nominations, it seems like 64 could very well be do-able.

 

[jimmy101]

6
Dark Angel
Razor
Sepultura

5
Voivod

4
Heathen
Coroner
Morbid Saint
Mekong Delta

3
Overkill
Testament
Exodus
Vio-lence
Nuclear Assault
Anacrusis
Tankard
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
Sodom
D.R.I.
Kreator
Watchtower
Deathrow
Demolition Hammer
Despair

2
Sacred Reich
Annihilator
Forbidden
Sadus
Whiplash
Artillery
Sacrifice
Devastation
Rigor Mortis
Warbringer
Sabbat (UK)
Toxik
Vektor
Protector
Holy Moses

1
Atrophy
Exhorder
Celtic Frost
Death Angel
Xentrix
Flotsam & Jetsam
Believer
Obliveon
Exmortus
Solstice
Num Skull
Incubus
Slaughter
Infernal Majesty
Holy Terror
Possessed
Hexenhaus
Exumer
Havok
Hatchet
Antidote
Hexen
Black Fast
Violator
Municipal Waste
Target
Anthrax
Necrodeath
Midas Touch
Vendetta
Mania
Rage
Suicidal Tendencies
Sacral Rage

 

[jimmy101]

So far we have 40 bands which have received at least two nominations.

And 34 bands which have received one nomination. I've also seen Sacrofago's name thrown around, but they're more death metal, aren't they?

Also, what's the consensus on Celtic Frost & Possessed?

Moving forward, we need to add 24 more bands to the list to reach 64 entrants. Anyone care to second any of the bands that have so far received just one vote?

A couple more bands worth considering could be S.O.D. & Cro-mags, but maybe they're too punk?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

i'll just go ahead leave these here...

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'll submit my list tonight, my 64-band list is on my home computer and I don't feel like retyping it.

Personally, I think Possessed belongs since their second album is pure thrash and their first is extremely thrashy (majority thrash I'd say) even if it is also a seminal death metal album. Celtic Frost isn't really thrash to me and I think they'd do well in a death or a black metal line-up, but I have zero problem with them being included for this round, and will vote for them if others are fine including them for a thrash tournament.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Neither Seven Churches or To Mega Therion are true thrash metal albums but TMT probably belongs here not on a death or black metal list. Seven churches should go on the death metal list and that shouldnt even be a question tbh

edit: forgot were doing just the bands and not albums. I still think Possessed clearly belong on a death metal list and not really sure where to put Celtic Frost, but i dont think they belong here either.

 

[Baroque]

Exhorder
Xentrix
Believer
Exmortus
Incubus
Exumer
Suicidal Tendencies

seconding these

 

[Allfader]

And 34 bands which have received one nomination. I've also seen Sacrofago's name thrown around, but they're more death metal, aren't they?

Also, what's the consensus on Celtic Frost & Possessed?

Sarcófago is proto black metal.
CF and Possessed are more death metal than thrash. CF is , in general terms, a mix of doom, death and some "1st wave" black metal with some avantgarde elements, so they shouldn't be considered here.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Sarcofago are first and foremost a thrash metal band before you can start applying/tacking on anything else to their name. So yes, they should be here.

CF is , in general terms, a mix of doom, death and some "1st wave" black metal with some avantgarde elements, so they shouldn't be considered here.

yea i agree but their first album is more thrash than black or death.

 

[Slammed]

Let's just use Metal Archives as the yardstick, search by genre and the first thrash round starts out with 26,954 bands.