The Greatest Metal Song Cup - Part II, Round 4, Matches 112-117

[srfc]

....how?

I think a lot of the elements of extreme metal are an exaggeration of what metal is, brought to self parody levels. If there's a spectrum of what metal is, then Ted is a lot closer to what all the best bands Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath do than ott drumming and grunting vocals are.

I don't want to sound like I'm singling out Enslaved here as there was some good stuff in that song. It's just there was a lot of "that's not metal" comments this round which are a pain in the hole to have to read time and time again, especially when a lot of stuff was nominated by users in good faith, hence a snarky comment from me.

 

[LooseCannon]

Enslaved has a stranglehold on this part of the mountain climb. The eyes of the world are dazed and confused as we have a tie. Don't jump now, Judas Priest won. I heard voices today that said Dream Theater won. It's January, not July, so we better go with Skid Row. Judith is going somewhere, for sure, as A Perfect Circle wins the sixth match.

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Part II, Round 4, Matches 112-117
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Group Stage - Round 4	Match 112​	A Real Live One Division​
Motörhead - Orgasmatron	vs.​	Blind Guardian - Mordred's Song​
Popoff 500	Nominators​	@MindRuler​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -12	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 4	Match 113​	The Trooper Division​
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice	vs.​	Reverend Bizarre - Doom Over the World​
Popoff 500	Nominators​	@Confeos​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -12	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 4	Match 114​	Janick Gers Division​
Pantera - I'm Broken	vs.​	Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll​
Popoff 500	Nominators​	Popoff 500​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -8	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 4	Match 115​	The Parchment Division​
Megadeth - The Skull Beneath the Skin	vs.​	KISS - Deuce​
@Stardust	Nominators​	Popoff 500​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -12	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 4	Match 116​	2 Minutes to Midnight Division​
Ayreon - The Fifth Extinction	vs.​	KISS - Creatures of the Night​
@Shmoolikipod	Nominators​	Popoff 500​
0-0-0, 0 pts, -5	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 4	Match 117​	Blaze Bayley Division​
Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On	vs.​	Yes - Heart of the Sunrise​
@Wogmidget	Nominators​	@Stardust​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7	Record​	0-0-0, 0 pts, +0​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

 

[Diesel 11]

Man... I love "Heart of the Sunrise". I do not think it's metal though. That said I would love to have @Stardust persuade me otherwise.