Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
2 matches are on 11-0 right now. Wow
GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!
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Jer
'Til Tomorrow
Hadn’t heard this Testament album before, and it’s actually really good. Old-school thrash with a dash of power metal in the guitars, and modern production. Chuck Billy sounds pretty serviceable here, minus the title track where he tiptoes up to the edge of extreme vocals. The King Diamond album is also quite good, but maybe not quite as consistent as the Testament album, and I find Chuck Billy’s vocals to be a little closer to my preference than King Diamond’s. Sorry, @Dityn DJ James, but this time I have to go with @Black Wizard ’s nominee. Winner: Testament
The music on this Periphery album is consistently cool, minus the fat ever-bending low notes. Unfortunately, a large minority of the singing is nonmelodic screaming, and the melodic parts are whiny emo shit, so I really can’t get behind it. Meanwhile, Dystopia has a lot of great music on it, and Dave’s vocals are more to my taste as long as I ignore the hardcore right wing lyrics. Sorry, @phantomoftheicarus, but I prefer @Lampwick 43 ’s choice here. Winner: Megadeth
Large parts of this Slipknot album are hot garbage, dominated by non-melodic screaming and mindless chugging. That said, some sections with more interesting rhythms were pretty decent, and I guess the ballads were OK even though they felt ridiculously out of place. Sorry, @KidInTheDark666, but @Collin ’s mediocre Maiden nominee easily mops the floor with this mess. Winner: Iron Maiden
Ensiferum makes no sense to me. Folk metal mixed with super-cheesy power metal, topped with mostly black metal vocals. Huh? I really don’t get it at all. When melodic vocals show up here and there, they’re very amateurish, especially the female vocals. This just sounds like a hodge-podge of unrelated musical elements put together inelegantly. No thanks. Sorry, @Night Prowler, but @matic22 ’s nominee wins by default. Winner: Deep Purple
The music on this Periphery album is consistently cool, minus the fat ever-bending low notes. Unfortunately, a large minority of the singing is nonmelodic screaming, and the melodic parts are whiny emo shit, so I really can’t get behind it. Meanwhile, Dystopia has a lot of great music on it, and Dave’s vocals are more to my taste as long as I ignore the hardcore right wing lyrics. Sorry, @phantomoftheicarus, but I prefer @Lampwick 43 ’s choice here. Winner: Megadeth
Large parts of this Slipknot album are hot garbage, dominated by non-melodic screaming and mindless chugging. That said, some sections with more interesting rhythms were pretty decent, and I guess the ballads were OK even though they felt ridiculously out of place. Sorry, @KidInTheDark666, but @Collin ’s mediocre Maiden nominee easily mops the floor with this mess. Winner: Iron Maiden
Ensiferum makes no sense to me. Folk metal mixed with super-cheesy power metal, topped with mostly black metal vocals. Huh? I really don’t get it at all. When melodic vocals show up here and there, they’re very amateurish, especially the female vocals. This just sounds like a hodge-podge of unrelated musical elements put together inelegantly. No thanks. Sorry, @Night Prowler, but @matic22 ’s nominee wins by default. Winner: Deep Purple
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
I prefer TFF to Vol 3 too but I just can't vote against my own nomination.
I'm really torn on the last matchup. I appreciate that Perfect Stranger is probably the superior album musically, but damn do I have great memories attached to the Ensiferum album. It takes me straight back to some of the best times of my life (much like the unfairly-shunned Anaal Nathrakh album from the last round, btw).
Iron is great fun to listen to.
MrKnickerbocker
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Whoa! First match was a tie when I voted! Glad to see people voting strongly for one of many awesome Testament albums.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Testament's reunion album is as generic as it can be. The band tried to go for The New Order part 2 but it sounds forced. It wasn't until Brotherhood Of The Snake that the band went for a more modernized sound (and recruited once again the Hoglan/ DiGiorgio killer combo) that things improved substantially. But "Formation" is absolutely predictable and sounds like b sides out of their second album. King Diamond easily.
Periphery's technical new breed of prog hardcore/ metal sure has some interesting passages but the genre's annoying mannerisms and cliches (especially the absolutely out of place melodic vocals) severely pull the whole thing down. Dystopia is far from being the band's best record and while being quite predictable it's a far more solid effort than its adversary so I'll go with Megadeth.
It really surprises me how Slipknot made a monster of a career while being little more than a lazy interpretation of Sepultura's Roots. To be honest these dudes are great performers (especially Jordison although I hate Corey's voice with a vengeance) and from times to times pull a decent tune when they leave aside their Nu Metal crappy mold. In Volume III that song is without shadow of doubt Before I Forget, a really well penned and exciting tune. But overall and regardless a couple of shallow winks to extreme metal (namely Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse) this is Slipknot squeezing the Nu Metal dollar cash cow all along (when they are more than able do something way more interesting). So my vote goes easily to Iron Maiden.
Finally Perfect Strangers is an ok record with a superb title track but little more than that. And although I think that's enough to pull a tie (to say the least) with this mesh of Mellow Death, Power Metal and Folk I'll vote Ensiferum since I'm sure we're about to have a Deep Purple deluge and will save my votes for the band when their prime albums (like In Rock and Machine Head) come into play.
Periphery's technical new breed of prog hardcore/ metal sure has some interesting passages but the genre's annoying mannerisms and cliches (especially the absolutely out of place melodic vocals) severely pull the whole thing down. Dystopia is far from being the band's best record and while being quite predictable it's a far more solid effort than its adversary so I'll go with Megadeth.
It really surprises me how Slipknot made a monster of a career while being little more than a lazy interpretation of Sepultura's Roots. To be honest these dudes are great performers (especially Jordison although I hate Corey's voice with a vengeance) and from times to times pull a decent tune when they leave aside their Nu Metal crappy mold. In Volume III that song is without shadow of doubt Before I Forget, a really well penned and exciting tune. But overall and regardless a couple of shallow winks to extreme metal (namely Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse) this is Slipknot squeezing the Nu Metal dollar cash cow all along (when they are more than able do something way more interesting). So my vote goes easily to Iron Maiden.
Finally Perfect Strangers is an ok record with a superb title track but little more than that. And although I think that's enough to pull a tie (to say the least) with this mesh of Mellow Death, Power Metal and Folk I'll vote Ensiferum since I'm sure we're about to have a Deep Purple deluge and will save my votes for the band when their prime albums (like In Rock and Machine Head) come into play.
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
Testament - this was kind of fine, but it sounded like a "yet another thrash album". King Diamond is more interesting albeit I'm not very happy with voting for The Eye.
Periphery has a pretty good sound. I prefer the djent on the opener The Price is Wrong, but the example ain't bad. Not a fan of the vocal style but this doesn't stop me from appreciating the songs. I'm indifferent to Dystopia. Kind of the same deal as with the Testament album. Voting Periphery
Slipknot - mostly fine, I mean that's pretty much what I expected. Inoffensive to the ears, but I didn't choose Dark Passion Play over TFF so I am sure as heck not choosing this.
Ensiferum - interesting and powerful cheese, not bad at all. I like this! Tough call, but I'm still sticking with Perfect Strangers.
Periphery has a pretty good sound. I prefer the djent on the opener The Price is Wrong, but the example ain't bad. Not a fan of the vocal style but this doesn't stop me from appreciating the songs. I'm indifferent to Dystopia. Kind of the same deal as with the Testament album. Voting Periphery
Slipknot - mostly fine, I mean that's pretty much what I expected. Inoffensive to the ears, but I didn't choose Dark Passion Play over TFF so I am sure as heck not choosing this.
Ensiferum - interesting and powerful cheese, not bad at all. I like this! Tough call, but I'm still sticking with Perfect Strangers.
Testament overpowers King Diamond fairly easily. No close matches in this round, for sure.
Periphery is obliterated by Megadave. Next up is Queensrÿche.
Slipknot? More like SlipNOT. Iron Maiden eliminates the nu-metal stalwarts from the GMAC and will next face Megadave.
Deep Purple outlasts Ensiferum, who are back in Match 27 this stream.
Periphery is obliterated by Megadave. Next up is Queensrÿche.
Slipknot? More like SlipNOT. Iron Maiden eliminates the nu-metal stalwarts from the GMAC and will next face Megadave.
Deep Purple outlasts Ensiferum, who are back in Match 27 this stream.
Opeth - Deliverance (2002) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @The Flash | |
| League 9 - Match 17 | vs. |
Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud (2015) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Night Prowler Previous Rounds: League 10: Defeated In Flames - Whoracle 14(ET)-14. |
Discharge - Hear Nothing Say Nothing See Nothing (1982) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @phantomoftheicarus | |
| League 9 - Match 18 | vs. |
Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes (1994) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Forostar Previous Rounds: League 14: Defeated Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands 13-5. League 13: Defeated Negura Bunget - OM 16-6. League 12: Defeated Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera 14-10. League 11: Defeated Devin Townsend - Terria 15-7. League 10: Defeated Wardruna - Runaljod (Ragnarok) 21-6. |
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Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin (1986) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @DJ Dityn James | |
| League 9 - Match 19 | vs. |
Opeth - Watershed (2008) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @The Flash Previous Rounds: League 12: Defeated Black Sabbath - Tyr 14-9. League 11: Defeated The Who - Who’s Next 14-8. League 10: Defeated Nightwish - Century Child 14(ET)-14. |
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005) How it got here List entries: n/a Maidenfans Nominators: @Lampwick 43 | |
| League 9 - Match 20 | vs. |
Savatage - Gutter Ballet (1989) How it got here List entries: Metalstorm 33 League 15: Defeated Buckethead - Pepper’s Ghost 9-8. League 14: Defeated Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows 13-5. League 13: Defeated Alter Bridge - Walk the Sky 15-9. League 12: Defeated Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry of Consciousness 18-5. League 11: Defeated Sons of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony 12-10. League 10: Defeated Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä 16-8. |
Lampwick 43
Barstool Warrior
A Change of Seasons is in the game? I love the song, but I feel like it shouldn't qualify as it's really not an actual album ... it's an EP with one original song, and the rest of it is all live covers.
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
I agree, but I guess the invisible hand will decide if it belongs here or not.
Yeah, I would have disqualified it if I had realized the content of the EP before, uh, League 14 or so.
MrKnickerbocker
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Sure, fixed.
MrKnickerbocker
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Deliverance is not one of my favorite Opeth albums. Under the Red Cloud is one of my favorite Amorphis albums. However, the title track of the former is better than absolutely anything on UTRC. Opeth
Easy win for Amorphis in the second match. No thanks, Discharge. Wish I was voting for Under the Red Cloud in this match, though.
Watershed is not one of my favorite Opeth albums, but everything on it is superior to anything Ozzy has ever done solo. Opeth.
I'm really intrigued by Riverside and find it vastly more interesting than Savatage, whom I like, but getting over the vocals is really difficult.
Easy win for Amorphis in the second match. No thanks, Discharge. Wish I was voting for Under the Red Cloud in this match, though.
Watershed is not one of my favorite Opeth albums, but everything on it is superior to anything Ozzy has ever done solo. Opeth.
I'm really intrigued by Riverside and find it vastly more interesting than Savatage, whom I like, but getting over the vocals is really difficult.
Red Cloud got a tough draw. :'(