The Greatest Metal Song Cup - Part II, Round 5, Matches 49-54

What is your favourite song in each match? Vote in all six matchups!

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Scorpions vs Iced Earth was a tough one for sure. I went with Scorpions because of Klaus but Barlow also slays on that IE track.
In Trance is such a brilliant track it pained me to vote against A Question of Heaven as it is a monster track, but considering In Trance is easily one of my favourite Scorpions songs (And albums) there wasn't a chance to vote against it.
 
Yea but Stratovarius?
Stratovarius are classic power metal and a better band imo.
If I had put in an actual Stratovarius classic instead of this newer song they would be winning against an early Queensryche filler track.
My Eternal Dream has a classic Strato sound though. Most likely yes, but I wouldn't call Deliverance a filler.
Scorpions vs Iced Earth was a tough one for sure. I went with Scorpions because of Klaus but Barlow also slays on that IE track.
In Trance has some great amazing vocal lines, but Barlow's performance on A Question Of Heaven is everything a fan could ask for from the band and from a metal ballad. The song has a Metallica-esque vibe. No solo in a metal ballad!?
 
A better band than Queensryche in their prime?
I beg to differ.
Each to their own, I guess it's a close call. Queensryche are a notable band in the metal world. Unique? Both have a similar sound in a way. Bigger band? Yes.
 
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Well, one of the bands started out very slow, the other one has been going slowly for the past 30 years. :D Queensryche were arguably the top band of the genre around the release of Mindcrime and Empire, though.
 
Well, I hope AC/DC found it thrilling to shoot down Cult of Luna. It's the tarot woman in Rainbow's limelight now. I believe in a thing called System of a Down won the third match. Queensryche has delivered us from an eternal dream. Specifically, my eternal dream, which sucks for me. I had a question of heaven about it, but thankfully Scorpions put me in a trance so I don't care anymore. I'll need Slayer's help to do a postmortem on this whole thing.





Part II, Round 5, Matches 43-48

Group Stage - Round 5
Match 43​
Tony Parsons Division​
Paradise Lost - True Belief
vs.
Judas Priest - Battle Cry​
@MindRuler
Nominators
0-1-0, 0 pts, -9
Record
0-2-0, 0 pts, -13​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 44​
Hallowed Be Thy Name Division​
Crossfire - Atomic War
vs.
Alice in Chains - Them Bones​
@Magnus
Nominators
Best Music Art 100​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -5
Record
1-1-0, 2 pts, +4​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 45​
Killers Division​
Stratovarius - Babylon
vs.
Angra - Carolina IV​
@Kalata
Nominators
1-0-0, 2 pts, +7
Record
1-1-0, 2 pts, +0​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 46​
El Dorado Division​
AC/DC - Riff Raff
vs.
Anthrax - Armed and Dangerous​
Popoff 500
Nominators
Popoff 500​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -9
Record
0-1-1, 1 pts, -5​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 47​
Flight of Icarus Division​
Rhapsody of Fire - Reign of Terror
vs.
Scorpions - No One Like You​
@Night Prowler
Nominators
Popoff 500
@Jer
0-1-0, 0 pts, -11
Record
1-1-0, 2 pts, -1​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 48​
Doug Sampson Division​
Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
vs.
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare​
Popoff 500
Nominators
Popoff 500​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7
Record
0-2-0, 0 pts, -18​
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Paradise Lost.

AH

Angra.

AH

Metal.

AH

Scorpions.

AHHHHHHH

Metal.

I FEEL SO ALONE GONNA END UP A BIG OLD PILE O THEM
I FEEL SO ALONE GONNA END UP A BIG OLD PILE O THEM
I FEEL SO ALONE GONNA END UP A BIG OLD PILE O them bones.
Tried to read it with Layne´s voice in my head.
Could´ve voted for AIC but decided to throw @Magnus a bone. And after all it´s a bit of Belgian bias too.
 
Paradise Lost's True Belief has cool melodies and riffs, but it's not as catchy (plus the melodic vocals ofc) as Priest's Battle Cry and it's stagnant.
The Priest sound and speed from Crossfire's Atomic War is more for me.
Carolina IV is not exactly my thing (although it is happy power metal, but with calm and piano parts), I just love songs that bring atmosphere like Stratovarius' Babylon with every part. For me it's better this time.
Armed And Dangerous is one of Anthrax's best songs (imo), playing is fire, but the riffs of Riff Raff are hard to ignore. It's tough, but I think I'll go with the metal song.
No One Like You is just too classic melodic rock against a Sabaton-esque song. Those melodies and chorus!
MSG's Assault Attack, easy. Solid rocker with a classic chorus and an awesome slow and emotional solo!
 
First battle is a cry for help for Halford and company because my belief in Paradise Lost is more true.

Alice In Chains found their bones after the Atomic War with Crossfire.

Angra
over Strato, Carolina IV left Babylon.

Enough of the riff raffing with AC/DC, the guys from Anthrax were better armed and far more dangerous.

In a reign of rhapsodian terror there's no one like the Scorpions.

An assault attack of Alice Cooper welcomes Michael Schenker Groups worst nightmare.
 
True Belief

Some parts of Atomic War I'm not super keen on, but those that work, work

Don't remember anything from Babylon other than it being a walking cliche. Carlonia IV is cool

AC/DC

Not your biggest Scorpions fan... Not too excited about Rhapsody's antics either, but power metal is power metal.

Assault Attack
 
Both tracks are OK, I'll go with Priest here as I like the melodic riff, which is the best part of either track

Crossfire is ok, NWOBHM style metal, but the verse of it is a bit too similar to the verse of Exodus' Strike of the Beast. Alice in Chains non-metal track is the better track

Much of a muchness, Stratovarius track is closer to my tastes

Armed and Dangerous is a good Anthrax track off one of their better albums, but Riff Raff is much, much better

Never been a big fan of No One Like You, but it's much more my tastes

Assault Attack is good and Schenker is one of the best there's ever been on metal guitar, but Welcome to My Nightmare is brilliant
 
You can over come true belief with a battle cry, per Judas Priest. After the atomic war, all that is left is them bones - Alice in Chains. Angra wins over Stratovarius. I was gonna put this in 4 times as the joke but just pretend I did. Anthrax is armed and dangerous, so they took out the riff raff. Scorpions says no one likes you, and it really is a reign of terror. Welcome to Michael Schenker's nightmare, where he loses to Alice Cooper.





Part II, Round 5, Matches 49-54

Group Stage - Round 5
Match 49​
Tailgunner Division​
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
vs.
KISS - God of Thunder​
Youtube 50
Nominators
Popoff 500​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7
Record
0-2-0, 0 pts, -21​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 50​
Adrian Smith Division​
Swallow the Sun - Rooms and Shadows
vs.
Death - Zombie Ritual​
@JudasMyGuide
Nominators
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7
Record
0-1-1, 1 pts, -13​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 51​
No Prayer for the Dying Division​
Death - Choke on It
vs.
Manilla Road - Necropolis​
@DJ James
Nominators
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7
Record
0-2-0, 0 pts, -15​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 52​
Doctor Doctor Division​
Nightwish - The Kinslayer
vs.
Evoken - Antithesis of Light​
@KiDDo
Nominators
0-1-0, 0 pts, -8
Record
0-2-0, 0 pts, -20​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 53​
Heaven Can Wait Division​
Sanctuary - The Year the Sun Died
vs.
Warlord - Deliver Us From Evil (1983 EP Version)​
@Confeos
Nominators
1-0-0, 2 pts, +4
Record
1-1-0, 2 pts, +0​
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Group Stage - Round 5
Match 54​
22 Acacia Avenue Division​
Venom - The Seven Gates of Hell
vs.
Amon Amarth - Embrace the Endless Ocean​
@Magnus
Nominators
1-0-0, 2 pts, +2
Record
1-1-0, 2 pts, +2​
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