Album Cover Art Cup - ROUND 1

[MindRuler]

If you still want to save Toxik: voting is still possible for a few hours!

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Think This: Save Toxik!

 

[MindRuler]

It deserves to go through yes.
I´ll leave the ladder open for a few more hours.

 

[MindRuler]

Promoted to Finals:
Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden

Promoted to Round 2:
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Asia - Alpha
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

Eliminated from the tournament:
Toxik - Think This
Marillion - Radiation

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Round 1: Ladder 3
New Ladder each Monday and Friday

1. Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
Nominated by @The Dissident


2. Dio - Holy Diver
Nominated by @Azas and @MrKnickerbocker


3. Billy Talent - Dead Silence
Nominated by @Vaenyr


4. Rick Wright - Broken China
Nominated by @Cosmiceddie


5. Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast
Nominated by @MindRuler


6. Stratovarius - Eternal
Nominated by @Kalata


0 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
0 Dio - Holy Diver
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Rick Wright - Broken China
0 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[Siddharth]

3 Holy Diver +3
2 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +2
1 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens +1
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal
0 Rick Wright - Broken China

 

[MindRuler]

This is going to be a brutal match!

 

[Azas]

5 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +3
5 Holy Diver +2
1 Rick Wright - Broken China +1
1 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[Shmoolikipod]

5 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +3
5 Holy Diver +2
1 Rick Wright - Broken China +1
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

The round just started and Alive in Athens is already out?!

 

[Azas]

edited my post

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

8 Holy Diver +3
5 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast
3 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens +2
2 Rick Wright - Broken China +1
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[MindRuler]

11 Holy Diver +3
7 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +2
3 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
3 Rick Wright - Broken China +1
0 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[Shmoolikipod]

13 Holy Diver +2
7 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast
4 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens +1
3 Rick Wright - Broken China
3 Billy Talent - Dead Silence +3
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[MindRuler]

Interesting match so far!
Ronnie James on his way to the finals!
Stratovarius´ second cover in the cup very close to elimination but if @Kalata gives it 3 points it will be very exciting!

 

[SixesAlltheway]

16 Holy Diver +3
9 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +2
4 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
4 Rick Wright - Broken China +1
3 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[Lamia020281]

16 Holy Diver
10 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +1
6 Rick Wright - Broken China +2
6 Billy Talent - Dead Silence +3
4 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
0 Stratovarius - Eternal

 

[Vaenyr]

16 Holy Diver
11 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +1
9 Billy Talent - Dead Silence +3
6 Rick Wright - Broken China
4 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
2 Stratovarius - Eternal +2

 

[MindRuler]

Billy Talent has a talent in climbing ladders.
This is an awesome match though.
Dio´s on the loose for the win but happy to see Tull doing well. I thought Iced Earth would do better though.
@Cosmiceddie
@Kalata
@Magnus
@The Dissident

 

[Vaenyr]

I used to have the Alive In Athens cover as my profile image on MSN back when I was a teenager. Always loved the artwork, but my disappointment with Jon has soured my opinion to such a degree that I can't look at it anymore.

 

[Kalata]

18 Holy Diver +2
12 Jethro Tull - Broadsword And The Beast +1
9 Billy Talent - Dead Silence
6 Rick Wright - Broken China
5 Stratovarius - Eternal +3
4 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens

I nominated Eternal because I'm a fan of ancient-looking covers (@MindRuler , please choose hq pictures). Holy Diver is a striking cover. Broadsword And The Beast isn't entirely my thing, but fantasy is always cool. Alive In Athens has its moment too.

 

[MindRuler]

The battle for Round 2!
Billy Talent seems safe but with a few more days left anything is still possible!
I´ll try to use the best possible pics @Kalata but sometimes downloading failed and I had to look for other pictures which seemed ok but of course you made a very fair point.
Broadsword has other colours in the remastered version but the sea isn´t as great as on this brighter version. It's my favourite album cover of all time, that's why I have it as an avatar here.