ROYAL CARNAGE APRIL MADNESS: Round #1

[Nate The Great]

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"
Isis "Panopticon"
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"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
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"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Mastodon "Remission"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Carbonized]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Anathema "Judgement"
Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Suffocation "Pierced From Within"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy"
Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence"
Sentenced "Amok"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
Saint Vitus "Born Too Late"
Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Mastodon "Leviathan"

Bracket 3:
In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages"
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
Dio "Holy Diver"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
"Neither"
"Neither"
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Overkill "The Years of Decay"
Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
"Neither"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
"Neither"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Tiamat "Wildhoney"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
"Neither"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
"Neither"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
"Neither"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

Some of this mess i haven't heard or just didn't like which is why you get the "Neither" when i had to choose from say: Bad band vs. Band i don't know or just Bad band vs Bad band OR Band i don't know vs. Band i don't know. Blah.

 

[General Zod]

Erik,

Aside from the 5 Bracket thing, you have one other problem. You have 10 bands in each bracket. You need to have 8. You're going to have a problem in Round 2, with 5 bands in each bracket. None the less, cool poll.

Bracket 1:
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:

Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
Dio "Holy Diver"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Mastodon "Remission"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"

Bracket 5:
Angra "Rebirth"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"

Zod

 

[Erik]

Aside from the 5 Bracket thing, you have one other problem. You have 10 bands in each bracket. You need to have 8. You're going to have a problem in Round 2, with 5 bands in each bracket. None the less, cool poll.

I've realized this, I'm dumb as a brick but I have a solution which will be unveiled shortly.

 

[J.]

just give the album with the most votes a bye.

 

[Captain Beard]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Vader "Litany"

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"
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"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Immolation "Close to a World Below"
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"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Samael "Passage"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Erik]

Please vote here also to make the next round work

 

[Demonspell]

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"

 

[KILL TULLY]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Pagan Altar "Vol. 1"
Isis "Panopticon" vs. Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Vader "Litany"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
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"
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"
Candlemass "Nightfall"
Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger"
Immolation "Close to a World Below" vs. Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
Overkill "The Years of Decay" vs. Iron Maiden "Powerslave" HOLLY FUCKIGN SHIT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE?>!?>!?>!
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious"
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"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Children of Bodom "Hatebreeder"

 

[MFJ]

Ulver "Bergtatt" vs. Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"

^ FUCK THAT. How convenient that the only two albums I consider 10/10 match up together...

 

[MajestikMøøse]

just vote bitch.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Bracket 1

Hammers of Misfortune
Meshuggah
Anathema
Skepticism
Ulver
Graveland
Mayhem
Isis
Megadeth

Bracket 2

Motorhead
Mercyful Fate
Testament
Empyrium
In Flames
Enslaved
Saint Vitus
Neurosis
Metallica
Emperor

Bracket 3

The Lord Weird Slough Feg
My Dying Bride
Candlemass
Darkthrone
Thergothon
Primordial
Dissection
Iron Maiden
Immortal
At The Gates

Bracket 4

Dark Tranquility
Obituary
Scald
Bruce Dickinson
Mastadon
Nile
Nokturnal Mortum
Summoning
Iced Earth
Black Sabbath

Bracket 5

Exodus
Sepultera
Bathory
Slayer
Agalloch
Katatonia
Dismember
Negura Bunget
Vintersorg
Eucharist

 

[Thanatopsis123]

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"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Vader "Litany"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Testament "The Legacy"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
In Flames "The Jester Race"
Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
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"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Immolation "Close to a World Below"
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"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Samael "Passage"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[IOfTheStorm]

I think that people should pay some attention to this:

You might want to consider not voting at all if you don't feel you have heard both enough to make an informed decision.

because obviously not all had

 

[Demilich]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Judas Priest "Stained Class"
Venom "Black Metal"
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" vs. Vader "Litany"

Bracket 2:
Motörhead "Overkill" vs. 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"
Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eve" vs. Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood"
Manowar "Hail to England"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
Accept "Balls to the Wall"
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"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
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"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider" vs. Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Black Sabbath "Vol. 4"

Bracket 5:
Exodus "Bonded by Blood"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner" vs. Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Bathory "Blood Fire Death"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore" vs. Anthrax "Among the Living"
Katatonia "Brave Murder Day"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

Fuck, there were some tough ones in there. Slough Feg, Primordial Negura, Vintersorg, and some others I think were really difficult!

 

[NAD]

I think that people should pay some attention to this:

You might want to consider not voting at all if you don't feel you have heard both enough to make an informed decision.

because obviously not all had

However, I'm not really going to declare any uninformed votes invalid, so go nuts

Personally, I followed this advice.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Thats what you do everytime, so it doesnt count. I just think that most people who havent heard any of the albums that are versus each other, vote thinking of what band is praised/has been talked more in the forum

 

[Dark One]

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"
Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"

Bracket 2:
Deicide "Deicide"
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"
Metallica "Ride the Lightning"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"

Bracket 3:
The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols"
Dio "Holy Diver"
Entombed "Left Hand Path"
Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame"
Coroner "Mental Vortex"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Immortal "Pure Holocaust"
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"
Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Angra "Rebirth"
Sepultura "Beneath the Remains"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth"
Children of Bodom "Hatebreeder"

 

[Dark One]

I can't believe this! Will someone PLEASE stop this Bathory madness?????

ARRRRGGGHHH, FIRST FREAKING ROUND against what I feel is the greatest album of all time in Opeth's Morningrise.

 

[Demilich]

ARRRRGGGHHH, FIRST FREAKING ROUND against what I feel is the greatest album of all time in Opeth's Morningrise.

It was a bit of a tough call, Morningrise is a special album to me, but it's one of my least favourite Opeth albums these days...

Orchid > MAYH = Still Life > Mornignrse > BWP ~= Deliverance > Damnation