Royal Carnage March Madness - Round 1 (Votes Needed)

[General Zod]

Inspired by a similar poll on another board, I thought it might be interesting to see who the RC Champion would be. Please vote for a winner in each of the head-to-head matchups. I'll let this thread run for a week, post the winners, and start Round 2. Unless of course there's a lack of interest, in which case I won't bother to waste the bandwidth.

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath vs. Arcturus
Iron Maiden vs. Mar de Grises
Candlemass vs. Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune vs. Neurosis
Satyricon vs. Emperor
Helloween vs. Isis
Dark Tranquillity vs. Nile
Ayreon vs. Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity vs. Moonsorrow
Burzum vs. Negura Bunget
Vader vs. Graveland
Primordial vs. Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg vs. Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir vs. Meshuggah
Kataklysm vs. Wolverine
Iced Earth vs. My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass vs. Novembers Doom
Finntroll vs. Blut Aus Nord
Novembre vs. Stratovarius
Amorphis vs. Decapitated
Enslaved vs. Megadeath
Blind Guardian vs. Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate vs. Orphaned Land
Drudkh vs. Anathema

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth vs. Cradle of Filth
Opeth vs. The Chasm
Death vs. Angra
Judas Priest vs. Vital Remains
Bathory vs. Deicide
Immortal vs. Kayo Dot
At the Gates vs. Manowar
Mastodon vs. Nevermore

For the record, the matchups were completely random.

Zod

 

[NAD]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Satyricon
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Negura Bunget
Vader
Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Kataklysm
Iced Earth vs. My Dying Bride ???

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Blut Aus Nord
Novembre vs. Stratovarius ???
Decapitated
Megadeath
Anthrax
Orphaned Land
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Vital Remains
Bathory
Kayo Dot
At the Gates
Mastodon

 

[Erik]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Candlemass (TOUGH)
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Helloween (gee whiz... I like "Ride the Sky" and have never really heard Isis)
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Graveland
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm (only heard like one song, never heard Wolverine)
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll (maybe I would like BAN's older stuff)
Novembre (heard neither really. Have a feeling I'd hate these less.)
Amorphis
Enslaved (JK will kill you for the misspelling)
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth (tough... Gee fuck I'll have to say Opeth and the ANUS fanbois will think I'm silly but I'm still getting used to The Chasm)
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory ÜBER ALLES
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[Papa Josh]

My picks, I suppose.

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Candlemass
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Ayreon

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Burzum
Vader
Edge of Sanity
Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Novembers Doom
Finntroll vs. Blut Aus Nord (don't listen to either one)
Novembre
Decapitated
Enslaved
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Cradle of Filth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
Manowar (of course!)
Mastodon vs. Nevermore (too tough, brain fracturing....)



Zod[/QUOTE]

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Sure, what the hell? I'm bored anyway.

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Graveland
Edge of Sanity
Akercocke
Meshuggah
Kataklysm
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Novembers Doom
Blut Aus Nord
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Vital Remains
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[Crimson Death]

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity vs
Negura Bunget
Vader
Primordial
Akercocke
Meshuggah
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Novembers Doom
Blut Aus Nord
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Anthrax
Orphaned Land
Anathema

Cradle of Filth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Kayo Dot
At the Gates
Mastodon

P.S.

Have been trying to edit my post for 10 minutes, wooooooo.

 

[Lee_B]

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Iron Maiden
Candlemass
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Helloween
Nile
Ayreon

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Vader
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Stratovarius
Decapitated
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Cradle of Filth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

Some of these were tough, and I had to eliminate a couple of my favorites. I also had to let a couple of shitty bands through as I wasn't too familiar with who they were up against.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Bracket 1:

Black Sabbath
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Isis
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Burzum
Vader
Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Kataklysm
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Novembers Doom
Blut Aus Nord
Stratovarius
Amorphis
Megadeath
Blind Guardian
Orphaned Land
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Kayo Dot
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Graveland
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[Carbonized]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Helloween
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Negura Bunget
Vader
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm
Iced Earth

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Novembre
Amorphis
Megadeth
Anthrax
Orphaned Land
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore
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Blah, most of it i had to choose on criteria that was barely there since most of the stuff listed doesn't do a whole hell of a lot for me. Some is was more of a comparison of which band was less shitty than another. Anyway there it is.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Satyricon
Helloween
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Negura Bunget
Graveland
Primordial
Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm
Iced Earth

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Stratovarius
Amorphis
Enslaved
Anthrax
King Diamond/Mercyful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortalt
Manowar
Nevermore

Woah, a couple of those were TOUGH! I'm sure Ali loved the King Diamond vs. Orphaned Land matchup. And I had to flip a coin for Enslaved vs. Megadeth. A couple others I had no idea about.

 

[J.]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Negura Bunget
Graveland
Primordial
Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
Orphaned Land
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
The Chasm
Death
Vital Remains
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Mastodon

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I'm thinking I know who the winner will be for this forum.

 

[unhinged]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Candlemass
Neurosis
Satyricon
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity vs. Moonsorrow
Negura Bunget
Vader
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Wolverine
. My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Blut Aus Nord
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
The Chasm
Death
Vital Remains
Bathory
Kayo Dot
At the Gates
Mastodon


have to admit, a few of those aren't really fair because i either deleted a band I hated against one I hadn't heard
or just kept one i'd heard of

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Negura Bunget
Graveland
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Kataklysm
Iced Earth

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Stratovarius
Decapitated
Megadeath
Blind Guardian
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[Dark One]

Wow, thanks Greg, I'm MUCH more interested in this one than the one on the PM Board:

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Satyricon
Helloween
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Negura Bunget
Vader
Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Dimmu Borgir
Wolverine
Iced Earth

Bracket 3:
Novembers Doom
Finntroll
Stratovarius
Amorphis
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
Orphaned Land
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Angra
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[Henrik Main]

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Vader
Primordial
Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Finntroll
Novembre
Decapitated
Enslaved
Anthrax
Orphaned Land
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
The Chasm
Death
Vital Remains
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Mastodon

 

[Demilich]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Mar de Grises
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Helloween
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Graveland
Primordial
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Novembers Doom
Finntroll
Stratovarius
Amorphis
Enslaved
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[lurch70]

Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune
Emperor
Helloween
Dark Tranquillity
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Into Eternity
Negura Bunget
Vader
Primordial
Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm
Iced Earth

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Blut Aus Nord
Stratovarius
Decapitated
Megadeath
Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate
Drudkh

Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth
The Chasm
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Immortal
At the Gates
Nevermore

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I'm thinking I know who the winner will be for this forum.

I can virtually guarantee I won't vote for that band

 

[Black Winter Day]

Bracket 1:
Arcturus
Iron Maiden
Ulver
Neurosis
Emperor
Isis
Nile
Agalloch

Bracket 2:
Moonsorrow
Burzum
Graveland
Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Meshuggah
Wolverine
My Dying Bride

Bracket 3:
Carcass
Blut Aus Nord
Novembre
Amorphis
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
King Diamond/Mercyful Fate
Anathema

Bracket 4:
Cradle of Filth
Opeth
Death
Judas Priest
Bathory
Kayo Dot
At the Gates
Nevermore