The Greatest Metal Song Cup - Part II, Round 5, Matches 79-84

[MrKnickerbocker]

Sol Invictus

Megadeth, I guess. I don't think this song is great, but it beats the competition for sure.

Dark Moor have good, dramatic cheese. Solid power metal with good performances all around. There's nothing groundbreaking here, but that's fine. Kinda reminds me of classic Kamelot. Rhapsody is even cheesier and just sounds like B-rate Blind Guardian.

Angra's vocals continue to annoy me to death, but I've never liked Fucking Hostile.

Symphony X vs. Dio is cruel, but it's made much easier here since we're dealing with one of Dio's "rocking songs about rocking" (easily my least favorite of his song templates). Egypt.

Medusa is lame as hell, but it's still 100x less lame than Manowar.

 

[LooseCannon]

The sun has risen on Atlantean Codex. Meanwhile, Megadeth has an original version of a win. The Power of the Dragonflame version cannot overcome the Hall of Olden Dreams version as Dark Moor wins the "specific-version"-off. You'd think Angra would be the fucking hostile one, wouldn't you? Symphony X stands up and shouts...that Egypt won. Anthrax has hailed and killed those poseurs of Manowar by sending a fucking medusa against them. Now that's real rock and roll.

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Part II, Round 5, Matches 79-84
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Group Stage - Round 5	Match 79​	Revelations Division​
Faith No More - Caffeine	vs.​	Candlemass - The Well of Souls​
Rolling Stone 100	Nominators​	@Confeos​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -5	Record​	1-0-1, 3 pts, +1​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 5	Match 80​	Speed of Light Division​
Devin Townsend - The Greys	vs.​	Rainbow - Spotlight Kid​
@Shmoolikipod	Nominators​	@Black Bart​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -4	Record​	0-1-1, 1 pts, -17​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 5	Match 81​	Moonchild Division​
Slipknot - The Devil in I	vs.​	Public Enemy feat. Anthrax - Bring the Noise​
Youtube 50	Nominators​	Popoff 500, Rolling Stone 100, VH1 40​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -7	Record​	0-2-0, 0 pts, -31​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 5	Match 82​	Nights of the Dead Division​
Whitesnake - Walking in the Shadow of the Blues	vs.​	Unleash the Archers - Soulbound​
@The Sentient	Nominators​	@Wogmidget​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -12	Record​	1-1-0, 2 pts, -2​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 5	Match 83​	Remember Tomorrow Division​
While Heaven Wept - The Furthest Shore	vs.​	Tarot - Stigmata (I Feel For You)​
@Confeos	Nominators​	@Diesel 11​
0-1-0, 0 pts, -4	Record​	0-1-1, 1 pts, -14​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

Group Stage - Round 5	Match 84​	Stranger in a Strange Land Division​
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine	vs.​	Evanescence - Going Under​
Popoff 500	Nominators​	Youtube 50​
1-0-0, 2 pts, +14	Record​	0-2-0, 0 pts, -13​
Youtube | Spotify | Amazon	Links​	Youtube | Spotify | Amazon​

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Candlemass, easily.

The Greys is less insane than most Devy, but it just doesn't do anything for me. Dio-less Rainbow also does very little for me, but I like Spotlight Kid enough to give it my vote here.

Bring the Noise because it's not Slipknot.

Unleash The Archers every time.

A rare Tarot appearance.

I'll default onto "which is more metal" for the final round and the answer is neither. One is glam rock disguised as something edgier, one is pop with heavy chords. I honestly could care less. Going Under.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Faith No More (I can actually tolerate Patton here!)

Rainbow, because Blackmore

Neither, but picking Anthrax, primarily because of band bias, I guess

Unarch the Leashers

While Heaven Wept interests me more, musically

Guns 'n' Roses, because I don't care everybody hates the band, I think they're quite enjoyable

 

[Kalata]

Rainbow's Spotlight Kid is so classic. Its instrumental section is what Bruce could have done with his recent solo album. What a feature in a shorter rocker! After all these years!

Evanescence's Going Under could have been a Nightwish song, which says to its quality.

Tarot's Stigmata (I Feel For You) is underrated. So Dio-esque and classic sounding. One of the discoveries for sure.

Unleash The Archers manages to sound modern/early 2000's and with classic metal melodies, which is cool.