Royal Carnage Top 64 CDs of 2000s - Round 1 Results

[General Zod]

Bracket 1
AKERCOCKE - Words that Go Unspoken… (12) vs. DARKTHRONE - Sardonic Wrath (13)
KATAKLYSM - Serenity in Fire (3) vs. NOVEMBERS DOOM - Pale Haunt Departure (19)
ARCTURUS - Sideshow Symphonies (3) vs. EMPYRIUM - Weiland (19)
MASTODON - Leviathan (18) vs. SATYRICON - Volcano (7)
AGALLOCH - The Mantle (15) vs. DEATHSPELL OMEGA - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Cirvmspice (12)
KAYO DOT - Choirs of the Eye (8) vs. NEUROSIS - Eye of Every Storm (14)
TOOL - Lateralus (15) vs. DRUDKH - The Swan Road (14)
MANOWAR - Warriors of the World (1) vs. PRIMORDIAL - The Gathering Wilderness (28)

Bracket 2
BLUT AUS NORD - The Work Which Transforms God (25) vs. ICED EARTH - The Glorious Burden (2)
MOONSORROW - Verisakeet (22) vs. THYRFING - Farsotstider (2)
ANATHEMA - A Natural Disaster (11) vs. DIMMU BORGIR - Death Cult Armageddon (8)
MANEGARM - Vredens Tid (7) vs. ORPHANED LAND - Mabool (13)
AYREON - The Human Equation (7) vs. ENSLAVED - Isa (17)
MAR DE GRISES - The Tatterdemalion Express (15) vs. SLAYER - God Hates us All (4)
CARPATHIAN FORREST - Defending the Throne of Evil (9) vs. IRON MAIDEN - Dance of Death (10)
NAGLFAR - Pariah (16) vs. ULVER - Blood Inside (11)

Bracket 3
AMORPHIS - Far From the Sun (3) vs. DESTROYER 666 - Cold Steel...For an Iron Age (23)
KREATOR - Enemy of God (12) vs. OPETH - Ghost Reveries (13)
AMON AMARTH - Fate of Norns (19) vs. DECAPITATED - The Negation (6)
KING DIAMOND - The Puppet Master (12) vs. OLD MANS CHILD - Vermin (5)
BLOOD RED THRONE - Altered Genesis (8) vs. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE - The August Engine (15)
MESHUGGAH - Catch 33 (7) vs. THE CHASM - Spell of Retribution (16)
DARK TRANQUILITY - Character (15) vs. JUDAS PRIEST - Angel of Retribution (9)
NEVERMORE - This Godless Endeavor (13) vs. VITAL REMAINS - Dechristianize (12)

Bracket 4
BRUCE DICKINSON - Tyranny of Souls (19) vs. IN FLAMES - Soundtrack to Your Escape (3)
MY DYING BRIDE - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (9) vs. TOWNSEND, DEVIN - Accelerated Evolution (10)
BATHORY - Norland II (15) vs. GOJIRA - From Mars to Sirius (10)
MEGADETH - The System has Failed (4) vs. SLOUGH FEG - Atatvism (17)
BEHEMOTH - Demigod (8) vs. GRAVELAND - Fire Chariot of Destruction (10)
MELECHESH - Sphynx (15) vs. SYMPHONY X - The Odyssey (7)
CRADLE OF FILTH - Nymphetamine (0) vs. ISIS - Panopticon (25)
NEGURA BUNGET - 'N Crugu Bradului (27) vs. VADER - The Beast (3)

 

[General Zod]

Lot's of these results surprised me.

Novembers Doom over Kataklysm, so easily?
Mastadon over Satyricon? I had to double-check to make sure I hadn't cut and pasted wrong.
RC favorite Drudkh out in Round 1?
Once again, Slayer gone in Round 1.
No love for Ulver's latest.
"Soundtrack to Your Escape" got 3 votes? Who were the 3?
I thought Gojira's opus would be strong enough to take out one of Bathory's lesser discs.
Isis pitches a shutout.

Zod

 

[Crimson Velvet]

A big BOOOO at Henrik, Letho and neal for actually voting for In Flames's piece of utter and complete crap over Bruce Dickinson's latest heavy metal masterpiece!

 

[J.]

Graveland slays Behemoth, and thus, owns Poland.

 

[JayKeeley]

neal also voted for Drudkh over Tool, which really surprised me tbh. I thought he was a tool. fan.

 

[JayKeeley]

Agalloch beat Deathspell.

In other news, Pinkage killed Satan.

 

[Doom]

"Soundtrack to Your Escape" got 3 votes? Who were the 3?

Haha, when I saw that this album got 3 votes, first thing I did was check back to see who the 3 were. Seriously, fucking AWFUL album.

 

[JayKeeley]

Less than 5 votes....

Kataklysm = 3
Manowar = 1
Iced Earth = 2
Thyrfing = 2
Slayer = 4
Amorphis = 3
In Flames = 3
Megadeth = 4
Cradle of Filth = ZERO
Vader = 3

 

[JayKeeley]

So did all 15 people who voted for "Nordland II" HONESTLY compare it to "From Mars to Sirius"? How many of you have actually heard "From Mars to Sirius"?

Before you answer, allow me to say BULLSHIT.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

To be honest I could have voted either way on that one, I think there both really great albums, perhaps Gojira just needs more time to sink in with me. "From Mars.." was one of those albums that hit me hard when I heard it, then two weeks later I forgot about it.

 

[JayKeeley]

Don't get me wrong, Nordland II is a fine piece of work. A return to form if you will. I just don't believe ALL 15 people have actually heard both albums to make that same judgement, but who cares. I'm just stating and laughing at the obvious.

 

[J.]

kinda like you voting against Fire Chariot of Destruction, you mean?

 

[JayKeeley]

kinda like you voting against Fire Chariot of Destruction, you mean?

You're saying I voted for Behemoth? Nope, I didn't.

And yeah, I've got both Demigod AND Fire Chariot and I STILL didn't vote.

 

[J.]

sorry, didnt know you had fire chariot. i was talking about melechesh vs graveland. haha, whoops!

 

[JayKeeley]

Albums I do not own from round 1:

Carpathian Forest
Decapitated
Cradle of Filth

Even still, if I didn't know which way to vote, or I wasn't well enough familiar with an album, I abstained.

EDIT: But in the case of Melechesh, Sphynx all the way.

 

[Henrik Main]

A big BOOOO at Henrik, Letho and neal for actually voting for In Flames's piece of utter and complete crap over Bruce Dickinson's latest heavy metal masterpiece!

Didn't vote for any of them, because both suck cock

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Didn't vote for any of them, because both suck cock

Sorry 'bout that, Henrik. Opeth17 was person nr. 3 with shitty taste.

 

[Henrik Main]

It's OK

 

[SonOfNun]

I placed that vote based on principle. I'm probably just bitter. And I figure In Flames at their worst probably isn't THAT bad.

 

[lurch70]

Thank God Gojira and Slayer are out ...