The 2nd Greatest Band of All Time Round 1B

[Vortex]

Winner goes through to next round. Their will be 16 first rounds, a total of 112 bands.

Once the final 16 is reached, each band will compete heads up with another, until we are down to 8, 4 then 2 respectively.

The final 2 will play off in the Grand Final.

Obviously, some bands might not get included, but I will do my best. 

 

[valacirca]

Sabbath.

But FYI:

Please do not start multiple threads for a single game. Accomplish your goal by editing your poll. I've seen forums that have a new thread for every voting round, and it's a mess. We'd like to avoid that on Maidenfans as much as possible.

 

[Vortex]

Cool, advice taken, I will wait 'til these polls expire, then edit it for further rounds. 

 

[Black Thunder]

Adrian Smith.

 

[Jeffmetal]

Black Sabbath

 

[Onun]

This one's easy, Black Sabbath.

 

[p4warrior]

Black Sabbath, easily.  Heaven & Hell pulled me into the metal world and it is an excellent record.  Other favorites include Mob Rules, Master of Reality, Tyr, and Dehumanizer.  Tony Iommi is the king of the heavy metal riff.

 

[Babo 91]

Black Sabbath, easily.  Heaven & Hell pulled me into the metal world and it is an excellent record.  Other favorites include Mob Rules, Master of Reality, Tyr, and Dehumanizer.  Adrian Smith is the king of the heavy metal riff.

Agreed

 

[Jeffmetal]

I think Tony Iommi is like incomparable. Neither Smith can be compared to Master Iommi. Iommi is hors concurs.

 

[Onun]

When it comes to riffs I agree, Iommi is the master. He wrote many of the greatest riffs of Metal, Smith has some great ones but not even comparable.
I prefer Smith tho.

 

[LooseCannon]

Dokken.

 

[p4warrior]

Dokken.

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Agreed

Adrian Smith is a brilliant musician and composer, but I'm with Jeffmetal on this: King of the Riff has to go to Iommi.  My favorite bit of evidence for this is the song "Follow the Tears."  There are three riffs before the vocals even kick in - any one of those would have been the basis of an entire song for lesser bands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmzvG3UIIio

 

[Wästed The Great]

Dream Theater

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Dokken!

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Adrian Smith is a brilliant musician and composer, but I'm with Jeffmetal on this...

Newb doesn't get the joke.

 

[mckindog]

Lanslide here and Sabbath is a worthy choice.
But since Dio only did three Sabbath albums, AC/DC is the second best band of all time, in this or any round.

 

[Mosh]

where is rush?

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I'd guess somewhere in Canada.

 

[Jeffmetal]

No. They're in the usa.

 

[p4warrior]

Dokken!

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Newb doesn't get the joke.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

For some reason I find AC/DC's simplistic boogie-rock very enjoyable.

HELL'S BELLS!