Round 3: Metal Up Your A$$!

[Siddharth]

Fun Fact(s):
Sacrifice is among the "Canadian Big Four" of Thrash metal alongside Annihilator, Voivod and Razor.

Corrosion Of Conformity started as a Hardcore punk band but changed their style to a more Black Sabbath-style doomier Sludge metal when Pepper Keenan joined.
Keenan also auditioned for bassist in Metallica. Though he didn't join but played a crucial role in getting Jason Newsted in the band. No to mention, James Hetfield has lended his vocals on couple of Corrosion Of Conformity songs as well.

 

[MindRuler]

Holymo! Bruce´s Tower against Blaze´s epic masterpiece. Tough!

 

[Kalata]

1 Blaze Bayley - Stare At The Sun +1
0 Bruce Dickinson - The Tower

1 Metallica - Disposable Heroes +1
0 Sacrifice - Forward To Termination/Terror Strikes

1 Primal Fear - Eden +1
0 Avantasia - Avantasia

1 Ghost - Cenotaph +1
0 Corrosion Of Conformity - Albatross

-The first matchup is really tough for me. Stare At The Sun is probably Blaze's best solo song, I nominated it because of the huge emotion and nostalgic vibe it contains. It could have been a Maiden song with him. Great instrumental section. On the other hand, Tower is a classic solo Bruce with a better chorus, love the overall vibe, vintage harmonies. Normally I would vote for Tower, but I almost always put the emotional vibe over the rest.
-Disposable Heroes riffing is top, effective chorus/lines. Forward To Termination/Terror Skies is vintage thrash, but with almost no singing.
-Avantasia's song is really cool, love the chorus, awesome verses/pre-chorus, cool keys and solo. Classic power metal. Primal Fear's Eden is already one of my favorite ballads, the chorus carries so much emotion, it's touching. It also has a bit of a Nightwish vibe. As with the 1st matchup, I chose the emotion.
-Ghost's Cenotaph is a nice 80s-esque fun rock vibe, Albatross is typical of its genre, I just prefer the other vibe.

 

[Azas]

Three of my nominated songs in one round.

 

[Azas]

1 Blaze Bayley - Stare At The Sun
1 Bruce Dickinson - The Tower +1

2 Metallica - Disposable Heroes +1
0 Sacrifice - Forward To Termination/Terror Strikes

1 Primal Fear - Eden
1 Avantasia - Avantasia +1

2 Ghost - Cenotaph +1
0 Corrosion Of Conformity - Albatross

So, I voted for all three of my nominations because those songs are very dear to me - not only because I nominated them. There's greatness in every one of them.

Bruce's "The Tower" is great overall and sounds very Maiden to me. Metallica is Metallica, one of my favorite bands, and "Disposable Heroes" is definitely better to my ears than Sacrifice's song.

Avantasia's "Avantasia" is a window into the magical world for me. It touches my inner self's child and invites me on an adventure.

Ghost's "Cenotaph" is a great song from a great album of recent times. Already a classic, and I think it will remain one for years to come. Great overall feel and great sound, and it shows Forge's great taste as a human being.