RC March Metal Madness - Sweet 16 (Round 3)

[General Zod]

Please follow the format I used (below) to cast my votes.

Please use "NO VOTE" only if you're not a fan of either release in a given match up. If you're a fan of one disc, but have never heard the other disc, you should vote for the disc you're a fan of.

If you love both discs, man up and pick one.

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells vs. Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars vs. Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising vs. Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend vs. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului vs. Empyrium - Weiland
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite vs. Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Colour Haze - Colour Haze vs. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Summoning - Oath Bound vs. Agalloch - The Mantle

My votes...

Bracket 1
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
NO VOTE
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
NO VOTE
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
NO VOTE

Wow... Novembers Doom over Drudkh was painful. And Symphony X over Enslaved wasn't much easier.

Zod

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
NO VOTE

Bracket 3
Empyrium - Weiland
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Bracket 1
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

Bracket 4
Colour Haze - Colour Haze
Agalloch - The Mantle

The HOM vs Rev. Bizarre thing was by far the toughest so in this Metal Madness for me, so just went with the one i listen to more frequently.

 

[Claws of Perdition]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
no vote

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[Demilich]

Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Colour Haze - Colour Haze
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[Dark One]

Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite (really tough one)

Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

Jason

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Bracket 1
NO VOTE
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
NO VOTE
NO VOTE

 

[Demonspell]

Bracket 1
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Empyrium - Weiland
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[J.]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
NO VOTE

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Summoning - Oath Bound

 

[swizzlenuts]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
NO VOTE

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[Johanna]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[lurch70]

Bracket 1
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
NO VOTE

 

[Doom]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
NO VOTE

Bracket 3
Empyrium - Weiland
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[unknown]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[General Zod]

It appears that were headed towards a Hammers of Misfortune / Primordial showdown.

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Bracket 1
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Empyrium - Weiland
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle

wow, I really had to think about some of those. Could have gone either way, but I had to man up and pick!

 

[Henrik Main]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
NO VOTE

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Summoning - Oath Bound

 

[Krilons Resa]

Bracket 1
NO VOTE
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Empyrium - Weiland
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Colour Haze - Colour Haze
Agalloch - The Mantle



That Rev Biz v. Hammers made me wanna shit myself.

 

[circus_brimstone]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons
NO VOTE

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
NO VOTE
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[Tranquillian]

Drudkh - Blood in our Wells
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului
Enslaved - Below the Lights

Bracket 4
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Agalloch - The Mantle