KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
I'm sure that at least two of those are pretty accurate.
GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!
- Thread starter LooseCannon
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He's from Atlantis, you're not. Duh.
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us (2007) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Travis The Dragon | |
| League 10 - Match 5 | vs. |
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross (1989) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Forostar Previous Rounds: League 11: Defeated Skyclad - The Answer Machine? 11-10. |
Dethklok - Dethalbum II (2009) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Spambot | |
| League 10 - Match 6 | vs. |
Opeth - Orchid (1995) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Forostar Previous Rounds: League 13: Defeated Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll 14-7. League 12: Defeated AC/DC - Flick of the Switch 18-6. League 11: Defeated Haken - The Mountain 15-5. |
Blaze Bayley - Infinite Entanglement (2016) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Shmoolikipod | |
| League 10 - Match 7 | vs. |
Iced Earth - Incorruptible (2017) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @LooseCannon Previous Rounds: League 11: Defeated Nirvana - In Utero 11-9. |
Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa (2011) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Perun | |
| League 10 - Match 8 | vs. |
Symphony X - The Divine Winds of Tragedy (1997) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Lampwick 43 Previous Rounds: League 12: Defeated Accept - Blind Rage 17-5. League 11: Defeated Haken - Affinity 14-5. |
This one I can vote in right away.
As I Lay Dying is absolutely not my thing, it's very derivative and not very fun. It's everything I dislike about the 90s with some metalcore (that I also generally dislike) slapped on top. Meanwhile, Black Sabbath is running a very underrated album, and the sample song is about fuckin' Nightwing, 20 years before comic books were cool.
Opeth has never resonated with me, especially not their debut, and this is no different, whereas Dethklok, while a parody band, has put together some fun death metal and is a loving tribute to the genre and heavy metal in general. I think Dethalbum II is actually their weakest effort, but still pretty awesome. I don't expect it to beat Opeth though.
Look, I like Blaze as much as the next guy (more than the next guy if the next guy is Jer). But it's up against one of my picks. Iced Earth.
I tried to get into Moonsorrow, it's been recommended by @Perun enough, but I just can't. It's long and doomy and dark and a lot of things that don't work for me. Symphony X does, and while the example song isn't my favourite, the album is a pretty damn great album.
As I Lay Dying is absolutely not my thing, it's very derivative and not very fun. It's everything I dislike about the 90s with some metalcore (that I also generally dislike) slapped on top. Meanwhile, Black Sabbath is running a very underrated album, and the sample song is about fuckin' Nightwing, 20 years before comic books were cool.
Opeth has never resonated with me, especially not their debut, and this is no different, whereas Dethklok, while a parody band, has put together some fun death metal and is a loving tribute to the genre and heavy metal in general. I think Dethalbum II is actually their weakest effort, but still pretty awesome. I don't expect it to beat Opeth though.
Look, I like Blaze as much as the next guy (more than the next guy if the next guy is Jer). But it's up against one of my picks. Iced Earth.
I tried to get into Moonsorrow, it's been recommended by @Perun enough, but I just can't. It's long and doomy and dark and a lot of things that don't work for me. Symphony X does, and while the example song isn't my favourite, the album is a pretty damn great album.
MrKnickerbocker
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Everything Loosey said, except I’m definitely voting for Opeth over a parody band.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
As I Lay Dying was quite ok until that singer opened his mouth.
I prefer Tony Martin era Black Sabbath.
Never heard Dethklok before and after listening to this song I probably never will ever again.
Opeth with the easy win.
Not familiar with this Blaze Bayley album but after hearing the song I have to check it out asap.
I like it much more than Iced Earth.
Moonsorrow didn't grab me as much as the superb Symphony X album. A true classic!
I prefer Tony Martin era Black Sabbath.
Never heard Dethklok before and after listening to this song I probably never will ever again.
Opeth with the easy win.
Not familiar with this Blaze Bayley album but after hearing the song I have to check it out asap.
I like it much more than Iced Earth.
Moonsorrow didn't grab me as much as the superb Symphony X album. A true classic!
Someone hates fun.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
As I Lay Dying - Drummer trying to steal focus with the double bass, otherwise some of the music is ok but the vocals are not
Black Sabbath - moody intro sounds good, vocal strong, riffs and solo classy as always
Black Sabbath with the win
Deathklok - I've no interest in this
Opeth - opinion given before
Opeth with the win
Blaze - I never checked out anything after that Dimebag song so haven't heard this album, the band sound ok on this, Balze!!11 hasn't got a great voice but he makes the most of it, it sounds quite like something off Silicon Messiah just not produced as well or played by as good musicians
Iced Earth - Intro decent, vocal real hammy
Blaze with the win
Moonsorrow - Intro not bad musically but sounds badly produced, vocals bad, there's some nice melody buried real low in the mix, change to the renaissance bass riff is good, again you'ld just love to lower down the rhythm guitar as it's so overpowering,
Symphony X - vocal while technically competent the delivery is like Andrew Lloyd Weber, guitar ok, piano verse is preposterous
Moonsorrow with the win
Black Sabbath - moody intro sounds good, vocal strong, riffs and solo classy as always
Black Sabbath with the win
Deathklok - I've no interest in this
Opeth - opinion given before
Opeth with the win
Blaze - I never checked out anything after that Dimebag song so haven't heard this album, the band sound ok on this, Balze!!11 hasn't got a great voice but he makes the most of it, it sounds quite like something off Silicon Messiah just not produced as well or played by as good musicians
Iced Earth - Intro decent, vocal real hammy
Blaze with the win
Moonsorrow - Intro not bad musically but sounds badly produced, vocals bad, there's some nice melody buried real low in the mix, change to the renaissance bass riff is good, again you'ld just love to lower down the rhythm guitar as it's so overpowering,
Symphony X - vocal while technically competent the delivery is like Andrew Lloyd Weber, guitar ok, piano verse is preposterous
Moonsorrow with the win
MrKnickerbocker
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Heavy metal is serious business.
Is it, though?
MrKnickerbocker
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At least 6% of the time.
For reference, @Travis The Dragon has not been regularly voting, so there is a potential for our first shutout.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Just something random since Iced Earth are going up against Blaze — anyone ever notice the similarities between Eagle Spirit from IE3 and Prophecy SWTWC? The first time I heard them I was struck by that, also particularly due to the fact that they’re both parts of a story.
I mean, Luke Appleton is both a member of Iced Earth and Blaze's band, so...
Not that he was around for SWTWC but they did play the trilogy during the Incorruptible tour and then Luke went off to do IE3 right after if memory serves.
Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
Easy round.
As I Lay Dying can’t figure out if they’re trying to be Metallica, Maiden, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, or a random death metal band — they just go around in derivative circles trying on each sound for a while. The music is decent but wholly unoriginal, and the main vocals are shit. The occasional clean vocals are OK but not great, and serve as an insufficient apology for everything else. Meanwhile, Headless Cross is a great album with great performances. Sorry, @Travis The Dragon, but @Forostar ‘s nominee is the clear winner here. Winner: Black Sabbath
I found Dethklok’s vocals to be less annoying than Opeth’s, but the songwriting was really lacking, and I think I’m not the target audience for the humor elements. Sorry, @Spambot, but @Forostar takes this one as well. Winner: Opeth
Blaze has chronic phrasing problems, and even though he’s become better about staying on key over time, something weird has come out in the timbre of his voice as a result. All of that said, the story concept underpinning Infinite Entanglement and its follow-ups brought some renewed focus for Blaze’s songwriting, and he turned out some pretty good material here. Iced Earth has some nice guitar bits, but the singer isn’t to my taste at all, and the songwriting is almost completely unmemorable. Sorry, @LooseCannon, but @Shmoolikipod ’s nominee wins out here. Winner: Blaze Bayley
This Moonsorrow album isn’t too bad for black metal. The music is pretty good, and the vocals are bad, but not the worst. The production is awful, of course. Not my thing, really. Symphony X, while still a bit overrated, scratches that neoclassical itch and is much more up my alley. Sorry, @Perun, but @Lampwick 43 ’s choice is more to my taste. Winner: Symphony X
As I Lay Dying can’t figure out if they’re trying to be Metallica, Maiden, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, or a random death metal band — they just go around in derivative circles trying on each sound for a while. The music is decent but wholly unoriginal, and the main vocals are shit. The occasional clean vocals are OK but not great, and serve as an insufficient apology for everything else. Meanwhile, Headless Cross is a great album with great performances. Sorry, @Travis The Dragon, but @Forostar ‘s nominee is the clear winner here. Winner: Black Sabbath
I found Dethklok’s vocals to be less annoying than Opeth’s, but the songwriting was really lacking, and I think I’m not the target audience for the humor elements. Sorry, @Spambot, but @Forostar takes this one as well. Winner: Opeth
Blaze has chronic phrasing problems, and even though he’s become better about staying on key over time, something weird has come out in the timbre of his voice as a result. All of that said, the story concept underpinning Infinite Entanglement and its follow-ups brought some renewed focus for Blaze’s songwriting, and he turned out some pretty good material here. Iced Earth has some nice guitar bits, but the singer isn’t to my taste at all, and the songwriting is almost completely unmemorable. Sorry, @LooseCannon, but @Shmoolikipod ’s nominee wins out here. Winner: Blaze Bayley
This Moonsorrow album isn’t too bad for black metal. The music is pretty good, and the vocals are bad, but not the worst. The production is awful, of course. Not my thing, really. Symphony X, while still a bit overrated, scratches that neoclassical itch and is much more up my alley. Sorry, @Perun, but @Lampwick 43 ’s choice is more to my taste. Winner: Symphony X