ROYAL CARNAGE APRIL MADNESS: Round #1

[Henrik Main]

I take it that the votes from the users who are NOT RC regulars, won't be counted? This is incredibly silly. What if I went over to the Borknagar forum and made all the forum regulars vote for Quintessence? Do you think that'd be fair, "Dark One"?

 

[Dev]

That's what I thought about the finals , some people just came here (no offence) while they didn't vote in the firsts rounds

 

[Hell Mike]

I take it that the votes from the users who are NOT RC regulars, won't be counted? This is incredibly silly. What if I went over to the Borknagar forum and made all the forum regulars vote for Quintessence? Do you think that'd be fair, "Dark One"?

I dunno. I'd have to see what the other regulars think about how the votes should be counted. It IS the "ROYAL CARNAGE APRIL MADNESS" and not the "OPETH FORUM INVITE-A-THON" tbh.

-- Erik

 

[Hell Mike]

I think you've managed to sperad the choices surprisingly even over the genres, good work.

I try... I even included that Stratovarius album which has 0 votes so far I think

-- Erik

 

[JayKeeley]

Personally speaking, I wouldn't count *all* the Opeth fan votes especially since they won't even come back for the next round.

Just do this: include all the Opeth votes until there are enough to beat Bathory by 1, and then discard the rest. Move to the next round.

 

[NAD]

As long as my votes count triple as anyone else, I don't give a shit.

 

[Ellestin]

Bracket 1:
Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard" vs. Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
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Anathema "Judgement" vs. Venom "Black Metal"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet" vs. Helloween "Walls of Jericho"
Ulver "Bergtatt" vs. Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst"
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Pagan Altar "Vol. 1" vs. Drudkh "Autumn Aurora"
Isis "Panopticon" vs. Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes"
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Bracket 2:
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Stratovarius "Destiny" vs. Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi"
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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"
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Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger" vs. Entombed "Left Hand Path"
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Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" vs. Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients"
Coroner "Mental Vortex" vs. Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane"
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At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul" vs. Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black" vs. Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
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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"
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Tiamat "Wildhoney" vs. Summoning "Dol Guldur"
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Bracket 5:
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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"
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[Ellestin]

And the extra bracket:

Velvet Cacoon "Genevieve" vs. Dawn "Slaughtersun"
Moonspell "Wolfheart" vs. Evergrey "Solitude Dominance Tragedy"
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Borknagar "Quintessence" vs. Reverend Bizarre "In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend"
Dark Funeral "Secrets of the Black Arts" vs. Hate Forest "Battlefields"
Xasthur "Nocturnal Poisoning" vs. Dream Theater "Awake"
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Helheim "Jormundgand" vs. Varathron "His Majesty at the Swamp"
... err sorry, that was Edge of Sanity
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[Ellestin]

A couple tough match-ups. Xasthur vs. Dream Theater, you won't see that on any other forum worlwide!

 

[He Who Dwellest in the Night]

#1: Ulver, Isis
#2: Enslaved, Kayo Dot, Metallica
#3: In The Woods, My Dying Bride, Primordial, Dissection, Iron Maiden
#4: Dark Tranquility, Nokturnal Mortum, Summoning
#5: Angra, Opeth, Agalloch, Katatonia, Vintersorg

 

[Dev]

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:
Deicide "Deicide"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Cradle of Filth "Dusk... And Her Embrace"
Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"
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:
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"
Satyricon "Nemesis Divina"

Bracket 4:
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery"
Obituary "Cause of Death"
Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power"
Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding"
Mastodon "Remission"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Samael "Passage"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[JayKeeley]

Just do this: include all the Opeth votes until there are enough to beat Bathory by 1, and then discard the rest.

As long as my votes count triple as anyone else, I don't give a shit.

Haha, notice how smilies have recently become redundant.

 

[Dark One]

What if I went over to the Borknagar forum and made all the forum regulars vote for Quintessence? Do you think that'd be fair, "Dark One"?

Yep, "Henrik Main".

 

[Dark One]

That's what I thought about the finals , some people just came here (no offence) while they didn't vote in the firsts rounds

Yep, my thoughts exactly. And when the resident Bathory fanboys were at it again against Morningrise, that was enough to push me over the edge. ESPECIALLY because Bathory already won the championship in the other pool.

 

[Necramentia]

Bracket 1:
Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Meshuggah "Chaosphere"
Anathema "Judgement"
Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet"
Ulver "Bergtatt"
Kreator "Coma of Souls"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
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"
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"
Immolation "Close to a World Below"
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"
Death "Scream Bloody Gore"
Dark Angel "Darkness Descends"
Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance"
Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns"
Summoning "Dol Guldur"
Destruction "Eternal Devastation"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"

Bracket 5:
Angra "Rebirth"
Godflesh "Streetcleaner"
Opeth "Morningrise"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Agalloch "Pale Folklore"
Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God"
Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon"
Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului"
Vintersorg "Till Fjälls"
Eucharist "A Velvet Creation"

 

[Dark One]

Just do this: include all the Opeth votes until there are enough to beat Bathory by 1, and then discard the rest. Move to the next round.

I'm fine with that. I would not be interested in recruiting their help against any other band but Bathory right now. Even if Opeth loses to Slipknot or something, whatever.

 

[Erik]

Bathory 14, Opeth 13, with everyone who has no business in the RC forum not counted (21 otherwise, I bet you can do better Dark One, send a fucking petition around to Åkerfeldt's close friends and family or something.) That the majority of Opeth fanboys didn't even bother to vote in the other part of the poll makes it pretty fucking obvious that they're not here for anything but to skew the results to reflect anything but the general opinion of the Royal Carnage crowd -- and this poll is about just that, it's not supposed to be a "what's the favourite album of the Earth in general" poll -- so I'm currently leaning towards disallowing votes by people who have never once posted in this forum before.

 

[NADs]

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

 

[Erik]

Also, these are the final brackets. I've decided to distribute the Brain Damage Repair Round albums evenly (well, 4-3-4-3) among the brackets instead of tacking them onto the end, seeing as one could make the case that some of those albums are not really as well-known or -appreciated as some of the more obvious ones (That said, there's stuff like "Mindcrime" there...) so I'm trying to make this as fair as possible.

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"
Motörhead "Overkill" vs. Deicide "Deicide"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath" vs. Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Velvet Cacoon "Genevieve" vs. Dawn "Slaughtersun"
Moonspell "Wolfheart" vs. Evergrey "Solitude Dominance Tragedy"
Soilwork "A Predator's Portrait" vs. Exciter "Violence and Force"
Nightwish "Wishmaster" vs. King Diamond "Abigail"

Bracket 2:
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"
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"
Amon Amarth "Once Sent From the Golden Hall" vs. Mithras "Worlds Beyond the Veil"
Cannibal Corpse "Tomb of the Mutilated" vs. Deströyer 666 "Cold Steel... For an Iron Age"
Borknagar "Quintessence" vs. Reverend Bizarre "In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend"

Bracket 3:
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"
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"
Dark Funeral "Secrets of the Black Arts" vs. Hate Forest "Battlefields"
Xasthur "Nocturnal Poisoning" vs. Dream Theater "Awake"
Rotting Christ "Thy Mighty Contract" vs. Napalm Death "Scum"
Helheim "Jormundgand" vs. Varathron "His Majesty at the Swamp"

Bracket 4:
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"
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"
Edge of Sanity "Crimson" vs. Unleashed "Where No Life Dwells"
Queensrÿche "Operation: Mindcrime" vs. Astrofaes "Heritage"
Annihilator "Alice in Hell" vs. Behemoth "Zos Kia Cultus"

 

[Dark One]

Bathory 14, Opeth 13, with everyone who has no business in the RC forum not counted (21 otherwise, I bet you can do better Dark One, send a fucking petition around to Åkerfeldt's close friends and family or something.) That the majority of Opeth fanboys didn't even bother to vote in the other part of the poll makes it pretty fucking obvious that they're not here for anything but to skew the results to reflect anything but the general opinion of the Royal Carnage crowd -- and this poll is about just that, it's not supposed to be a "what's the favourite album of the Earth in general" poll -- so I'm currently leaning towards disallowing votes by people who have never once posted in this forum before.

Whatever. GO BATHORY, WHOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!