GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!

Iron Maiden chases Running Wild. They're back in Match 25.
Queensrÿche barely squeaks Blind Guardian. They're about in Match 24 still.
Iron Maiden beats Bathory fairly handily. We know they're hanging around still.
Iced Earth comes from behind and eliminates Sodom. Their League 3 challenger is Twisted Sister.
 
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Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dust (1997)

How it got here
List entries: Rolling Stone 57, Loudwire 37, DigitalDreamDoor 96
Maidenfans Nominators: n/a
League 4 - Match 21vs.
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Annihilator - Alice in Hell (1989)

How it got here
List entries: n/a
Maidenfans Nominators: @Perun
Previous Rounds:
League 8: Defeated Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage 15-8.
League 7: Defeated Sodom - M-16 - Ensiferum 17-4.
League 6: Defeated Alter Bridge - Fortress 17-10.
League 5: Defeated AC/DC - Let There Be Rock 17-7.
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Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)

How it got here
List entries: Metal Kingdom 20
Maidenfans Nominators: @Mr Knickerbocker
League 4 - Match 22vs.
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Testament - The New Order (1988)

How it got here
List entries: n/a
Maidenfans Nominators: @phantomoftheicarus, @Whooten
Previous Rounds:
League 6: Defeated Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien 17-9.
League 5: Defeated Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part II 17-7.
 
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Iced Earth - The Dark Saga (1996)

How it got here
List entries: Metalstorm 85
Maidenfans Nominators: @LooseCannon, @Night Prowler, @Yax
League 4 - Match 23vs.
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Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World (1990)

How it got here
List entries: n/a
Maidenfans Nominators: @Night Prowler
Previous Rounds:
League 14: Defeated Kamelot - Karma 18-3.
League 13: Defeated Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out 16-9.
League 12: Defeated Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies 18-8.
League 11: Defeated Eis - Galeere 19-4.
League 10: Defeated Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 13-11.
League 9: Defeated Fight - War of Words 14-8.
League 8: Defeated Scorpions - In Trance 15-9.
League 7: Defeated Mastodon - Emperor of Sand 15-6.
League 6: Defeated Gojira - The Way of All Flesh 20-5.
League 5: Defeated Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 15-10.
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Manowar - Kings of Metal (1988)

How it got here
List entries: Metal Rules 93
Maidenfans Nominators: @Ariana, @Kalata
League 4 - Match 24vs.
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Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)

How it got here
List entries: n/a
Maidenfans Nominators: @Ariana, @Lampwick 43
Previous Rounds:
League 7: Defeated Guns ‘n Roses - Chinese Democracy 16-5.
League 6: Defeated Blaze Bayley - Tenth Dimension 13(ET)-13.
League 5: Defeated Avantasia - The Metal Opera 17-9.
 
Emperor, Testament, Iced Earth, Manowar

The idea of Pearl Jam beating Manowar in a greatest metal album cup is really funny to me. Also kinda sad.
 
Emperor - Intro is great, change into mad noises part creates a good atmosphere but I'd have preferred if a head nodding beat kicked in, fanfare part at the end is preposterous, is the track cut short there at the end?

Annihilator - opinion given before

Annihilator with the win

Kamelot - ten a penny power metal

Testament - opinion given before

Testament with the win

Iced Earth - Intro ok, sounds like Queensryche when it kicks in

Blind Guardian - Lord of the Rings now too, no cliche too obvious for these lads it seems.

Iced Earth with the win

Manowar - I have this album, and lot's of it, if not most of it is enjoyable, but the bass solo is pretty bad, and I remember playing this album for some metal-adjacent mates when they were in my car, and they were enjoying it and thinking it was better than they expected and then The Warrior's Prayer came on, and we were just crying laughing at it.

Pearl Jam - opinion given before

Manowar with the win
 
Emperor - Excellent album by my favorite black metal outift. I prefer their debut, but this one has some great songs also. Ye Entrancemperium, especially. I don't mind Annihilator though, they'd get my vote in all other matchups in this round.
Testament - A win by default for Testament with one of their decent but not very special albums.
Blind Guardian - Two bands I don't care for, went with BG only because I prefer Hansi Kürsch to Matt Barlow.
Manowar - Manowar win by default since Pearl Jam isn't metal.
 
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Emperor - I like Annihilator but compared to so many other classic thrash albums I'm not sure Alice in Hell is quite up there.
Testament - Don't like Kamelot.
Iced Earth - In the battle of cheese I think at least Iced Earth has some aggressiveness to it that I can dig.
Manowar - @Ariana nominating Manowar? That's surprising. Two albums I've listened to a lot as a teen. Have to give the win to Manowar.
 
Just realized I wrote Michael Barlow instead of Matt Barlow (since has been edited). Michael Barlow happens to be a computer regenerated footballer in my York City Football Manager save. :D
 
Finally we're at a stage when there is almost alwasys a hard choice. Matches 1, 3 and 4 were tough and I went by my personal preference rather than an attempt at objective analysis. What I mean is, Ten is probably a better album than Kings of Metal, but I listen to and enjoy the Manowar album more. This is where the game starts to get really interesting for me.
 
The Flash said:
Just realized I wrote Michael Barlow instead of Matt Barlow (since has been edited). Michael Barlow happens to be a computer regenerated footballer in my York City Football Manager save. :D
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I was going to write a cheap joke about I'd rather Ken Barlow to Blind Guardian, but then I realised that pretty much most on here won't know who Ken Barlow is. And rightly so.
 
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