Album Cover Art Cup - FINAL!

[Diesel 11]

MATCH 1
6 Mastodon - Leviathan +1
3 Dio - Holy Diver

MATCH 2
5 Vektor - Terminal Redux +1
4 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

MATCH 1
6 Mastodon - Leviathan
4 Dio - Holy Diver +1

MATCH 2
5 Vektor - Terminal Redux
5 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1

 

[MindRuler]

 

[Shmoolikipod]

God damn do I want to abstain from match 2...

MATCH 1
7 Mastodon - Leviathan +1
4 Dio - Holy Diver

MATCH 2
6 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
5 Vektor - Terminal Redux

 

[Magnus]

MATCH 1
8 Mastodon - Leviathan +1
4 Dio - Holy Diver

MATCH 2
6 Vektor - Terminal Redux +1
6 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[MindRuler]

MATCH 2
6 Vektor - Terminal Redux +1
6 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

MATCH 1
8 Mastodon - Leviathan
5 Dio - Holy Diver +1


MATCH 2
7 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
6 Vektor - Terminal Redux



Leviathan is an attempt at a finer thing but I think it fails. There's nice touches in there but the boat is shitty, seems half assed, so it loses out for that. Holy Diver is more basic but it's always put me in mind of some kinda Conan the Barbarian type shit. And I like that.

Mirror Reaper is something else. A totally different level than the majority of covers I've seen when checking in on this game.

 

[MindRuler]

Still a few people need to vote before the Big Final guys...
Nothing´s decided yet.
@frus
@Saapanael
@Vaenyr

Spoiler: Worst case scenario

All 3 of them vote for Holy Diver, 2 forTerminal Redux and 1 for MirrorReaper

 

[frus]

MATCH 1
8 Mastodon - Leviathan
6 Dio - Holy Diver +1


MATCH 2
8 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1
6 Vektor - Terminal Redux

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Still a few people need to vote before the Big Final guys...
Nothing´s decided yet.
@frus
@Saapanael
@Vaenyr

Spoiler: Worst case scenario

All 3 of them vote for Holy Diver, 2 forTerminal Redux and 1 for MirrorReaper

Worst case, or best case?
Though wow, I really did not expect either of those to be so close.

 

[MindRuler]

Worst case, or best case?

It would mean a Double Tiebreaker Shoot-Out and I always feel abit bad for the cover losing it.

 

[Diesel 11]

It would mean a Double Tiebreaker Shoot-Out and I always feel abit bad for the cover losing it.

If both of these are a tie you could try having them switch opponents and see how that goes lol.

 

[MindRuler]

Promoted to The Final:
Mastodon - Leviathan
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

Eliminated from the tournament:
Dio - Holy Diver
Vektor - Terminal Redux

 

[MindRuler]

Seven weeks ago we started the Album Cover Art Cup with 92 covers. It was alot of fun to host this game and I want to thank all of the nominators (you know who you are) and the people who joined along the way to vote for their favourite cover.
Without your participation this wouldn´t be possible so thank you from the bottom of my metal heart!

Before we play the Big Final let´s have a look at the path of the 2 finalists.


Mastodon - Leviathan
Round 1: Winner of Ladder 10 (29 points)
In that same Ladder Bat Out Of Hell II got 2d with 17 points and reached the Quarter Finals.
16th Finals: Eliminated Ride The Lightning
8h Finals: Eliminated Rust In Peace
Quarter Finals: Eliminated Abigail
Semi Finals: Eliminated Holy Diver

Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
Round 1: Winner of Ladder 7 (26 points)
In that same Ladder Painkiller got 2d with 13 points and reached the 16th Finals.
16th Finals: Eliminated Dark Discovery
8h Finals: Eliminated Lore
Quarter Finals: Eliminated Bat Out Of Hell II
Semi Finals: Eliminated Terminal Redux

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Two good finalists.

I don't know my album covers well enough to notice what's missing, to have any grievance but I wouldn't have been surprised to see an Opeth or Megadeth cover in the final. Those cats have some good, albeit very different art.

 

[MindRuler]

F I N A L

Mastodon - Leviathan
Nominated by @Vaenyr

VS.
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
Nominated by @MrKnickerbocker and @Vaenyr


0 Mastodon - Leviathan
0 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[Azas]

1 Mastodon - Leviathan +1
0 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Yep, two very worthy finalists. Even so, this is a bit of a no-brainer for me:

1 Mastodon - Leviathan
1 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1

 

[karljant]

2 Mastodon - Leviathan + 1
1 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

 

[Diesel 11]

Ugh I’ve been voting against it for a bit but Mirror Reaper really is just such a game-changer of an album cover.

2 Mastodon - Leviathan
2 Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper +1