ROYAL CARNAGE APRIL MADNESS: Round #1

[Erik]

Vote here too, thanks!

Okay, here we go. The rules: vote for the album you LIKE BEST of each pair. You might want to consider not voting at all if you don't feel you have heard both enough to make an informed decision. However, I'm not really going to declare any uninformed votes invalid, so go nuts

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard" vs. Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class" vs. Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement" vs. Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet" vs. Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Ulver "Bergtatt" vs. Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Kreator "Coma of Souls" vs. Graveland "Thousand Swords"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" vs. Suffocation "Pierced From Within"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1" vs. Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon" vs. Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace" vs. Vader "Litany"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill" vs. Deicide "Deicide"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath" vs. Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy" vs. Cradle of Filth "Dusk... And Her Embrace"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields" vs. Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
In Flames "The Jester Race" vs. Sentenced "Amok"
Stratovarius "Destiny" vs. Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange" vs. Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Manowar "Hail to England" vs. Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Mastodon "Leviathan" vs. Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols" vs. In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
Accept "Balls to the Wall" vs. My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Dio "Holy Diver" vs. Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger" vs. Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Immolation "Close to a World Below" vs. Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" vs. Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients"
Coroner "Mental Vortex" vs. Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Overkill "The Years of Decay" vs. Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium" vs. Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul" vs. Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black" vs. Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death" vs. Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" vs. Manilla Road "Crystal Logic"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore" vs. Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Mastodon "Remission" vs. Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin" vs. Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" vs. Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Tiamat "Wildhoney" vs. Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider" vs. Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness" vs. Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Angra "Rebirth" vs. Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner" vs. Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death" vs. Opeth "Morningrise"
Slayer "Reign in Blood" vs. Samael "Passage"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore" vs. Anthrax "Among the Living"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day" vs. Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream" vs. Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
The Chasm "Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph" vs. Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls" vs. Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation" vs. Children of Bodom "Hatebreeder"

All pairing-ups are random so don't whine about that other than in a jovial manner. Also: don't complain about missing albums/artists, thanks. I've tried, and I'm sure there will be something awfully obvious I've missed one I've posted this. Shit happens. BTW, this also closes after 3 days, like the March Madness.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Graveland "Thousand Swords"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Graveland "Thousand Swords"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
Dio "Holy Diver"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Mastodon "Remission"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Hell Mike]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" OVER ANYTING
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora" too new on PA yet, sorry
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace" Too new on Vader

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales" ARGHH
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" never heard either
Metallica "Ride the Lightning" HAH
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens" Heard one song it rls
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" kills most
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave" T O U G H
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding" Touch again
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends" HAHAH THINKING FOR BABIES: DA KILL
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Tiamat "Wildhoney" I hope this si early tiamam
Destruction "Eternal Devastation" HAH
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death" Third best ever
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day" Haven't heard th eother but "day" gets MINUS A MILLION POINTS
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului" LUCKILY I don't own that the Chasm album or this would kill me
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls" HAH
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[NAD]

5 brackets? Have fun during the finals.

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Cradle of Filth "Dusk... And Her Embrace"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Mastodon "Leviathan"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness" vs. Black Sabbath "Vol. 4" OMG YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHOOSE I REFUSE.

Bracket 5:
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

I only voted for one album I've never heard (Left Hand Path), but against a whole shitload of stuff I've never heard. I also deleted several matchups of albums/groups I've never heard.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Suffocation "Pierced From Within"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eye"
Manowar "Hail to England"
Mastodon "Leviathan"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Immolation "Close to a World Below" vs. Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens" - i dont know
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" (toughest choice , "Testimony.." totally rules)
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Manilla Road "Crystal Logic"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
The Chasm "Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph" vs. Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului" - i dont know
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Erik]

5 brackets? Have fun during the finals.

...Dude. I didn't even think of that. I'll sort it somehow though. Fuck.

 

[lurch70]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Suffocation "Pierced From Within"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
Dio "Holy Diver"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients"
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"

 

[Erik]

WARNING WARNING. I accidentally put in two Mastodon albums, fuck. Should I replace one of them with another band, or just carry on like nothing happened?

EDIT: Ah fuck it, I doubt they will survive against Dark Angel and Emperor anyway.

 

[Erik]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales" (TOUGH)
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains" (TOUGH)
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood" (bye Samael)
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Chromatose]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Manilla Road "Crystal Logic"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Mastodon "Remission"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Angra "Rebirth"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Samael "Passage"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class" vs. Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Kreator "Coma of Souls" (damn tough one!)
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange" vs. Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols" vs. In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust" (no fuckin' contest!
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death" vs. Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" vs. Manilla Road "Crystal Logic"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" (I like Goat Horns, but not that much)
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner" vs. Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream" vs. Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Russell]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Isis "Panopticon"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Cradle of Filth "Dusk... And Her Embrace"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Opeth "Morningrise"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"

 

[Lutz]

Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls" (hard one)
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill" vs. Deicide "Deicide"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath" (really hard)
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields" vs. Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence" (not heard beside a song or two from empyrium one)
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange" (hard one again)
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" (not heard either)
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" vs. Manilla Road "Crystal Logic" (not heard either)
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[J.]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Graveland "Thousand Swords"
Suffocation "Pierced From Within"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Overkill "The Years of Decay"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Mastodon "Remission"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Samael "Passage"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[JayKeeley]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard" vs. Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"

What. The. Fuck.

First match up in the first bracket? This is a conspiracy, just like there were no jews in the towers on 9/11.

 

[Erik]

Dude, notice Opeth vs. Bathory again too? I swear to [deity] these are all computer-generated random matches.

 

[JayKeeley]

Dude, notice Opeth vs. Bathory again too? I swear to [deity] these are all computer-generated random matches.

No I hadn't noticed. My eyes could take me no further than the first row. I am in mourning.

Oh well, at least Rust in Peace might fucking make it through a round or two, you dirty Enslaved vunt lovers.

EDIT: Oops, yeah, I did check out the Megadeth entry.

 

[NAD]

What. The. Fuck.

First match up in the first bracket? This is a conspiracy, just like there were no jews in the towers on 9/11.

Yeah that was the hardest one. I had to go with The Bastard simply because I listen to it more often.

 

[Vilden]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon" vs. Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes" <-never heard either
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Sodom "Agent Orange" HARDEST
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" <-never heard either
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" vs. Manilla Road "Crystal Logic" <-never heard either
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"