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But what about Sunn O)))?
GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!
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srfc
Ancient Mariner
Just wondering how you come up with the league match ups?
Is it like the FA Cup* and Powerslave gets a by* into the third round* not having to face non-league* albums like Korn unless they win a few rounds first?
* these are football references for any non-sports fans in case there is any confusion.
Is it like the FA Cup* and Powerslave gets a by* into the third round* not having to face non-league* albums like Korn unless they win a few rounds first?
* these are football references for any non-sports fans in case there is any confusion.
Sunn O))) are okay. I like to have them on as background noise every once in a while. Totally overrated, but not offensive to my ears.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
@LooseCannon other mistakes that you've made in your spreadsheet:
- 'The Wicked Symphony' is recorded as an Anthrax album in your spreadsheet. It's an Avantasia album.
- 'The Way of All Flesh' received at least 3 nominations, not 2.
- 'The Jester Race' by In Flames received at least 2 nominations, not 1.
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@Shmoolikipod: You nominated The Dream Sequencer too, wanna be my new best friend?
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
I've heard four of these albums: Monoliths & Dimensions, Sunbather, The Sound of Perseverance and Blessed Are the Sick.
The Sound of Perseverance is the only certain decision here, I'll spend a bit of time with the unfamiliar material. Probably choose a sample of a couple of tracks.
The Sound of Perseverance is the only certain decision here, I'll spend a bit of time with the unfamiliar material. Probably choose a sample of a couple of tracks.
This seems to be an artifact of me alphabetizing the members and not correcting the totals column. That was done after albums were entered into the game so it shouldn't impact anything. I've corrected it.
It took about a half hour to do the update work, another half hour to write the intro. I'll be better on the update work next time as I've invented some shortcuts.
The rules were clear that "Some exceptions may apply. Feel free to ask." Feel free to support your favourites that you would have nominated!
I changed it. AC/DC's albums will now be reprinted.
I changed it. Anthrax will record a cover version and release it.
I could care less.
Yeah, except Powerslave is one of the more nominated albums and gets a bye much later on. You won't see Powerslave for some time.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I'm looking forward to it.
VreidWhenBrucieLeft
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I had a quick look through the Maiden fans list some intersting observations
1) I have 135 out of the 413 albums nominated. A few more are albums I'm familar with but don't own, or albums I used to own and a fair few more I have other albums from the nominated artist.
2) Blaze has more nominated albums than Bruce
3) Some surprise big albums not being nominated from artists who had other albums nominated
1) I have 135 out of the 413 albums nominated. A few more are albums I'm familar with but don't own, or albums I used to own and a fair few more I have other albums from the nominated artist.
2) Blaze has more nominated albums than Bruce
3) Some surprise big albums not being nominated from artists who had other albums nominated
Which ones?
Ariana
Black-and-white leopard
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
I had two instant nominations (Trendkill and SiT). If I had to choose an all-time favourite... Just every time I go back to it after discovering more new music, it's still so powerful.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
the Ultra-Violence, maybe not a big album commercially but I would have thought this would be the only Death Angel album with a chance of being nominated
Hysteria, I understand most "heavy" fans wouldn't be nominating this but I would have though Leppard fans would
The Real Thing, although Angel Dust only had 2 nominations so maybe no one likes FNM on here
First Hammerfall album surely if you're nominating them
Maybe Extreme Aggression or Coma of Souls for Kreator
Burn My Eyes, that was huge back in the day
Melissa!
I'm not a huge Overkill fan but I would have thought Under the Influence was their big album
No more tears, again like FNM, Ozzy doesn't seem to have a lot of fans on here, even the Sabbath albums, Heaven and Hell getting much more nominations than the Ozzy albums
2112!
I would have thought Arise more likely on here than Roots
First Skid Row, again another like FNM and Ozzy though, Slave to the Grind only got one nomination
South of Heaven and Show No Mercy I would have thought certainties
First Van Halen
The Headless Children, although again I would have expected more nominations in general for WASP
Another funny observation, I only don't have 3 Megadeth albums, and that includes having Hidden Treasures and Still Alive and Well, yet all 3 of those I don't have were nominated out of only 7 nominations
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I can't rate Sun O))) in a 'greatest metal album' survivor, sorry. They cross the experimental border by a long way in my book, and I'd prefer to stick to something more firmly in the metal camp. Korn are a solid example of nu-metal, far easier on the ear and more melodic. Perhaps not the greatest shining example of metal overall, but a very good example of nu metal, and this album is Korn at their prime.
I'm not familiar with Deafhaven, and didn't particularly enjoy this, it makes me think of a blend of black metal and The Cure. Death have a great sound here, are a defining band of a sub-genre, and had perfected their style at this point, so definitely 100% getting behing Death here.
X Japan are okay, but I've got to come out in support of Evanescence here. Fallen is a very well crafted album start to finish and easily Evanescence's best. Bring Me To Life is a slightly atypical track, featuring a guest male singer from another band. To those of you not familiar with any other tracks, try Everybody's Fool, Imaginary and My Last Breath. The soft piano-based My Immortal also gets a lot of acclaim. I still regularly dip into this album.
Morbid Angel are decent rough-around-the-edges death metal. Accept are a bit generic, but have some catchy enough songs on this album. Teutonic Terror is one of the better examples.
I'm not familiar with Deafhaven, and didn't particularly enjoy this, it makes me think of a blend of black metal and The Cure. Death have a great sound here, are a defining band of a sub-genre, and had perfected their style at this point, so definitely 100% getting behing Death here.
X Japan are okay, but I've got to come out in support of Evanescence here. Fallen is a very well crafted album start to finish and easily Evanescence's best. Bring Me To Life is a slightly atypical track, featuring a guest male singer from another band. To those of you not familiar with any other tracks, try Everybody's Fool, Imaginary and My Last Breath. The soft piano-based My Immortal also gets a lot of acclaim. I still regularly dip into this album.
Morbid Angel are decent rough-around-the-edges death metal. Accept are a bit generic, but have some catchy enough songs on this album. Teutonic Terror is one of the better examples.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
Just one more observation, here's the top 25 albums from Maidenfans forum, I went with 25 since that's how many we were asked to nominate:
And the most typical user of Maidenfans is Dr. Eddies Wingman who nominated 17 of these albums.
3 way tie for least typical user, Lampwick 43 , Magnus and Night Prowler with one album each. No one had no albums from the top 25.
| Judas Priest | Painkiller |
| Metallica | Master of Puppets |
| Bruce Dickinson | Chemical Wedding |
| Iron Maiden | Powerslave |
| Iron Maiden | A Matter of Life and Death |
| Iron Maiden | Brave New World |
| Iron Maiden | Somewhere in Time |
| Megadeth | Rust in Peace |
| Queensryche | Operation: Mindcrime |
| Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell |
| Dio | Holy Diver |
| Iron Maiden | Piece of Mind |
| Metallica | Ride the Lightning |
| Iron Maiden | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| Dream Theater | Images and Words |
| Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden |
| Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast |
| Rainbow | Rising |
| Judas Priest | Defenders of the Faith |
| Alice in Chains | Dirt |
| Bruce Dickinson | Accident of Birth |
| Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory |
| Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls |
| Metallica | And Justice For All |
| Sabaton | Art of War |
And the most typical user of Maidenfans is Dr. Eddies Wingman who nominated 17 of these albums.
3 way tie for least typical user, Lampwick 43 , Magnus and Night Prowler with one album each. No one had no albums from the top 25.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Wingman is the most generic forum member then.