Sweet 16 Results (RC March Metal Madness)

[General Zod]

Bracket 1
Drudkh - Blood in our Wells (23) vs. Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure (7)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars (22) vs.Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness (11)

Bracket 2
Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising (17) vs. Woods of Ypres - Against the Seasons (15)
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend (8) vs. Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine (17)

Bracket 3
Negura Bunget - N' Crugu Bradului (22)vs. Empyrium - Weiland (9)
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite (7) vs. Enslaved - Below the Lights (23)

Bracket 4
Colour Haze - Colour Haze (5) vs. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness (25)
Summoning - Oath Bound (7) vs. Agalloch - The Mantle (23)

The next round will be posted tomorrow morning...

Zod

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

The next round is gonna be a mega bitch

 

[EricT]

Theres only one match-up I won't have a problem with. The other 3... I'll be crying.

 

[J.]

pfffttt, all 4 matchups are a cinch

 

[skeptik]

pfffttt, all 4 matchups are a cinch

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[Reign in Acai]

Drudkh vs Wolves will be the only difficult choice for me. May need to revisit both discs tonight to give a fair analysis.

 

[General Zod]

pfffttt, all 4 matchups are a cinch

Agreed. Though, similar to RiA, I may go listen to that Wolves disc again, just to be sure.

Zod

 

[skeptik]

How predictable though...Drudkh, Agalloch, Negura Bunget in the final four...the only one that I imagine could even slightly be contested is D666 and HoM.

 

[J.]

im pulling for primordial over agalloch

the mantle is 6/10 tops. 7/10 on a genorous day

 

[skeptik]

I guarantee Agalloch will win in a landslide though.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

How predictable though...Drudkh, Agalloch, Negura Bunget in the final four...the only one that I imagine could even slightly be contested is D666 and HoM.

isn't that kind of the way it's meant to be though? i mean if there were three big upsets in their place i think they would meet some kind of negative reaction, surprise at the very least...


edit: the mantle is my current all time #1, and blood in our wells has been really high up there ever since it came out. i'm pleased

 

[Reign in Acai]

And rightfully so...

 

[MajestikMøøse]

It'll be a shame that the WiTTR record will probably lose out because you've all got wet vagina juices for that lame Drudkh record.

 

[skeptik]

Why do we bother doing it then if it's so obvious what albums it's going to come down to? To double check to make sure everything's still kosher?

 

[Reign in Acai]

Let's have a March Madness top album of the 90's tournament following this one. Fuck waiting a year!! Let's keep this shiat going year round until we are exhausted with possibilities.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I think the last March Madness probably came to similar conclusions by this point also

lets check:

 

[skeptik]

We should do one where the outcome isn't so obvious. The board's post-2000 tastes are far too similar because we all developed and lived through them together, so we all listen to the same shit through that.

 

[J.]

i recently placed an order for the WITTR album. i hope i like it more than that overrated 5/10 weakling album

 

[J.]

an 80's tourney might not be too obvious...thrashers vs trads maybe

 

[General Zod]

I guarantee Agalloch will win in a landslide though.

Win, maybe. Landslide? Doubt it.

Zod