RC March Madness: The Contenders

Not that I want to make a big deal, but under that logic, if Hail was mentioned twice, as was Repugnant, why would it go over Zero Hour?
I tried to grab at least one disc, that each poster responded with. If I grabbed a disc from your list, that I viewed as the more prominent disc on RC, I would have skipped Hail and Repugnant. Keep in mind, as I said in the first thread about RC MM, I can't escape my own perceptions. If I haven't taken notice of Hail or Repugnant being discussed around these parts, and I've taken more prominent entries from the people lists who listed them, then they may get left off.

As JK said, this isn't a science.

Zod
 
Replace Drudkh - Blood in our wells with Forgotten Legends.
Add Iron Maiden - Brave new world
Add Kreator - Violent revolution
Add Naglfar - Sheol
Add Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
Add Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung
Add Taake - Över Björgvin gråter himmerik
 
I "vote" for Zero Hour to be on the list too, if that helps. It will be an oasis among mostly donkey vocal bands. "Brave New World" too.

I'll second both of them. I was a bit surprised to see some post-rock in the final list especially since the nominating thread did specify metal, but as those are great albums and add to the diversity of the list (and by extension that of the forum), I won't argue against their inclusion.
 
it was better than:

Amon Amarth - Versus the World
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Ayreon - Human Equation
Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Empyrium - Weiland
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold, Dead Place
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift your...
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Graveland - Dawn Of Iron Blades
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
Isis - Panopticon
Jesu - Silver
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Klabautamann - Der Ort
Manegarm - Vredins Tid
Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express
Mastodon - Leviathan
Maudlin of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Melechesh - Sphynx
Meshuggah - Catch 33
Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kuniasta
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
October Falls - Tuoni
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Pagan Altar - Lords of Hypocrisy
Pelican - Australasia
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Secrets of the Moon - Antihesis
Slough Feg - Traveller
Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra
Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
SunnO)) - Black One
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
The Chasm - Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
Thyrfing - Urkraft
Tool - Lateralus
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Vreid - Pitch Black Brigade
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons

so yeah