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Yes and yes. Listening to "An Ocean of Strange Islands" for the first time now, and it definitely sounds like it's sitting somewhere between Dark Passion Play and Imaginaerum. I'm so far hearing none of the dullness of Human/Nature, thank God! Probably the best of the three teaser tracks, and a...

"Thorn" is not exactly my favourite Blind Guardian song, but it's still superior to most AC/DC songs. Look, even if I will never be a fan of Avenged Sevenfold, I can appreciate them being pretty skilled musicians. But they are really terrible songwriters. "Afterlife" admittedly isn't as bad as...

Any song from Paranoid could win the entire game and I would have no complaints. The same cannot be said for any song that features King Diamond. Black Sabbath. "Papercut" isn't top-tier Linkin Park in my book, but it's still an expertly crafted song. As for "Keeper", I've always considered it...

Getting some votes in right at the end! Priest and Metallica take the first two matches with some of their absolute best tunes, respectively. "The Coffin Ships" is very cool, though, and I would've voted for it had it been in any of the other ties. I find "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here"...

Slayer. Easy, not even a contest. Van Halen. "Gypsy" is cool, but not Uriah Heep's best. The intro to "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" is amazing. Priest. Probably more of a pity vote than anything else; I count neither song amongst my favourites from the respective bands. Megadeth. Easy, once...

I don't disagree, but I can understand the overall reverence for Number of the Beast - it IS overrated, but it still heralded Bruce's arrival in the scene and features some of Maiden's and metal's very best songs. Somewhere in Time is just sandwiched between two much stronger albums and feels...

Funny, I'd argue this rather applies to Somewhere in Time. Bruce sounds quite shouty and borderline out of tune on much of it (as if he tries to hard to make up for how beat up his voice was after the World Slavery Tour). On Powerslave his singing is powerful and absolutely on point.

First of all, I genuinely love every single Maiden album. That said, I'd definitely say Somewhere in Time is the most overrated by the general fandom, closely followed by the debut and The Number of the Beast.

Absolutely agree - I love every single song on Oceanborn, but "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" has to be the best of the bunch. Great riffs, awesome melodies, and drums on full throttle. It's both heavy as fuck and amazingly atmospheric. And Wilska's dark, demonic voice perfectly compliments Tarja's...

Welp, gotta vote against my own nominee for the first time here. I love "Flesh and the Power It Holds", obviously, but "Children of the Sea" IS the better song. "Ghost Love Score" is a no-brainer, though.

Wishmaster I ranked Wishmaster the second-lowest of the Tarja-albums. Which might come off as a bit strange initially, since it continues right where Oceanborn (my favourite Nightwish album) left off, both in style and sound. But I guess that's my main issue with Wishmaster - the atmosphere and...

Suicidal Tendencies, Manowar, Metallica, Bathory, Slayer, Dio. Was tempted to vote for Annihilator and Nightwish in their respective matchups, but their opponents just pulled ahead.

Pretty much as expected. Since it makes little difference, I'm just gonna go with my own nominee Candlemass. The rest are pretty straightforward: Queensrÿche Rainbow Mr. Crowley Sabbath Deep Purple

On one hand I'm fully expecting Candlemass to get murdered here, but, as @Judas points out, the overplayed argument could certainly tip the scales against "Sandman" for some. I'm still undecided myself. Might end up being the first time I will vote against my own nominee. Gotta sleep on it.

I think Imaginaerum is a wonderful album, and nostalgia definitely plays a big part in that. It came out at a time when I considered Nightwish one of my favourite bands, perhaps second only to Maiden, and it's the last album that fully met all of my expectations. The songs are varied and...

"Battle Cry" is a completely generic Priest song - not bad, but nowhere near their best material. "Twilight of the Thunder God" is a melodeath classic that brutally devours its opposition alive. Amon Amarth. Another listen with an open mind, but nope, still not getting AiC. "Cemetery Gates" is...

Oh, I don't think "Perfume of the Timeless" is a masterpiece by any means, and it's not even close to matching their very best material. Mind you, I've only listened to it once so far, but I found it more enjoyable than anything on H:||:N. So yeah, we still have to see about the album proper...

Before this game, I'd only listened to a few songs from Human :||: Nature and found them pretty unimpressive, but I thought I had give it a full spin in the name of fairness. And I gotta say, nothing changed from that initial assesment. This album is so dull. Boring. Pedestrian. Aside from the...

"Elvenpath" and "Tutankhamen" are both great tunes; the rest I don't care much for. On the other hand, there isn't any song that I flat out dislike. I would say that Angels Fall First definitely belongs in the bottom tier of the band's discography, yet I won't rank it dead last. But despite...

I love COB, I'm a huge fan of Alexi Laiho, and I dig everything about "Needled 24/7" - easily one of their very best songs. But even so, I cannot justify voting for it over "Breaking the Law" - finally a Judas Priest tune that well and truly deserves to be in this game to the very end. I'm not...