Metal Thread VII: The Mosh Pit Don't Start 'Til We Walk In

[Halberd]

My votes:

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Battle 2: Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Battle 3: Opeth- Blackwater Park
Battle 4: Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Battle 5: Dio- Holy Diver
Battle 6: Iron Maiden- Powerslave
Battle 7: Blind Guardian- Nightfall In Middle Earth
Battle 8: In Flames- The Jester Race

[Kindablue]

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Battle 1
01 Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory (1999) auto-qualifies

Battle 2
02 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) VS
15 Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain (2006)

Battle 3
03 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) VS
14 Sunn O))) and Boris - Altar (2006)

Battle 4
04 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (1982) VS
13 Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven (2004)

Battle 5
05 Dio - Holy Diver (1983) VS
12 Agalloch - The Mantle (2002)

Battle 6
06 Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984) VS
11 Iced Earth - Horror Show (2001)

Battle 7
07 Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986) VS
10 Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth (1998)

Battle 8
08 Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994) VS
09 In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)

Could be fun.

Mmph. Battle Four is hard, but:

2 - Paranoid
3 - Blackwater Park
4 - Mabool
5 - The Mantle
6 - Horror Show
7 - Reign in Blood
8 - The Jester Race

[DoomITP]

2. Paranoid

3. Blackwater Park

4. Number of The Beast

5. Holy Diver

6. Horror Show

7. Nightfall in Middle Earth

8. The Jester Race

[Feytalist]

I recently listened to Wintersun for the first time. It's amazing! Anyone who hasn't heard it should definitely give it a listen.

And the new album should be out in a month or so. After about 8 years of waiting, it better be damn good.

[godspit]

With a few, exceptions, kind of meh about this round, but I'll vote for s**** and giggles.

Round 2: Ashes against the grain
Round 3: Altar
Round 4: Number of the Beast
Round 5: The Mantle
Round 6: Powerslave
Round 7: Reign in Blood
Round 8: Wildhoney

[eyeofsaulot]

7. The Jester Race

Methinks you accidentally skipped 7 and voted on 8. Reign in Blood or Nightfall in Middle-Earth?

[DoomITP]

And the new album should be out in a month or so. After about 8 years of waiting, it better be damn good.

Think of it as Metal's Duke Nukem! It'll be great!!!

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Oh wait...

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Methinks you accidentally skipped 7 and voted on 8. Reign in Blood or Nightfall in Middle-Earth?

Oops. Fixed it.

[Feytalist]

Think of it as Metal's Duke Nukem! It'll be great!!!

...

Oh wait...

Eh, I still have faith in Jari. We'll see how it goes.


Also, new Katatonia is out. I've kinda lost interest in them the last few years, but I've been itching for some good doom lately, so I figure I'll give it a try.

[DoomITP]

Yeah, I don't really mind waiting for the new album. I've become a fan of Necrophagist over the years so I know all about waiting and disappointment.

[grimbold]

lack of new necrophagist makes my blackened steel heart cry

[DoomITP]

Isn't your heart supposed to be grim and frostbitten as well?

[RebelRogue]

My votes:

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Battle 1
01 Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory (1999) auto-qualifies

Battle 2
02 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Battle 3
03 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

Battle 4
04 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (1982)

Battle 5
12 Agalloch - The Mantle (2002)

Battle 6
06 Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)

Battle 7
07 Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986)

Battle 8
08 Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994)

[eyeofsaulot]

By the way, in the event of a tie, I'm giving the win to the higher seeded album. Call it 'home court advantage' if you will.

[grimbold]

Isn't your heart supposed to be grim and frostbitten as well?

my heart is a lot of things ok!

[DoomITP]

By the way, I read your sig about Metal and Pirates being awesome.


Are you a Running Wild fan by any chance?

[grimbold]

By the way, I read your sig about Metal and Pirates being awesome.


Are you a Running Wild fan by any chance?

eh... i prefer alestorm, swashbuckled and lagerstein

they all tend towards the more piratey than just german metal with pirates :P

[grimbold]

i wish eyehategod would come to europe more often

[eyeofsaulot]

Someone headbutted my right knee in the mosh pit. That's about the fiftieth time that's happened to me.

Pretty sure that's just you kneeing them in the head, and thus it is the fiftieth time you've done that to other people. You got me intrigued by Embers so I looked them up on the youtubes (link for the lazy). Sounds promising.

By the way, people, voting for Round 1 ends tomorrow. Match-ups are here.

[eyeofsaulot]

I know, I was trying (and failing it seems) to be sarcastic about it by blaming it on them for headbutting me :<

Glad you're into Embers, though. That album is one of the best albums I've come across lately in the black metal genre.

I considered it, but what if you were one of those people who always plays the victim? 'Skulls are much harder than kneecaps - I could've been seriously injured!'

It's good to know that that isn't the case and that, instead, you're just an... incredibly violent mosher.


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[Killer Angel]

eh... i prefer alestorm, swashbuckled and lagerstein

they all tend towards the more piratey than just german metal with pirates :P

RW, while a pirate legend, are also less monothematic.
Still awesome, though.

[grimbold]

I considered it, but what if you were one of those people who always plays the victim? 'Skulls are much harder than kneecaps - I could've been seriously injured!'

It's good to know that that isn't the case and that, instead, you're just an... incredibly violent mosher.


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if you want violent moshing come to a paris hardcore show


i had the singer screaming "I F***ING HATE YOU" in my face and then he headbutted me

that was a pretty awesome night


the weird thing about the paris metal scene is that we mosh like monsters and get pretty banged up
and then in between sets give each other man hugs and share beers :P

[Yora]

OMG. Caramelldansen meets metal by Erock.

[Mythestopheles]

Been listening to Diablo Swing Orchestra recently, and I find them pretty freaking awesome. They're... Swing Metal? It's easier if you just listen to them, as I can't think of an applicable genre.

[grimbold]

Been listening to Diablo Swing Orchestra recently, and I find them pretty freaking awesome. They're... Swing Metal? It's easier if you just listen to them, as I can't think of an applicable genre.

diabolo swing orchestra is indeed pretty awesome


also
@caramelldansen ALL THE CARAMELLDANSEN IT MUST BE MINE

thank you for sharing yora :P

[eyeofsaulot]

Alright metalheads, here are the results for Round 1:

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Battle 1
01 Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory (1999) Auto-qualifies

Battle 2
02 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) (9 votes)
15 Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain (2006) (4 votes)

Battle 3
03 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) (10 votes)
14 Sunn O))) and Boris - Altar (2006) (3 votes)

Battle 4
04 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982) (9 votes)
13 Orphaned Land - Mabool (2004) (4 votes)

Battle 5
05 Dio - Holy Diver (1983) (7 votes)
12 Agalloch - The Mantle (2002) (6 votes)

Battle 6
06 Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984) (5 votes)
11 Iced Earth - Horror Show (2001) (7 votes)

Battle 7
07 Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986) (6 votes)
10 Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth (1998) (6 votes)

Battle 8
08 Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994) (6 votes)
09 In Flames - The Jester Race (1996) (6 votes)

Sadly, only one upset. I guess that means my seeding system worked, though, especially when you see how even things got in the later match-ups

Round 2: (vote by Sept 10, 11:59pm cst)

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Battle 1
01 Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory (1999) VS
08 Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994)

Battle 2
02 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) VS
07 Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986)

Battle 3
03 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) VS
11 Iced Earth - Horror Show (2001)

Battle 4
04 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982) VS
05 Dio - Holy Diver (1983)

[Feytalist]

Ok, now Battle 1 is just cruel.

Here goes anyway:

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Battle 1: Tiamat - Wildhoney
Battle 2: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Battle 3: Iced Earth - Horror Show
Battle 4: Iron Maiden - Number

[eyeofsaulot]

Well, these match-ups are supposed to be cruel.

My votes:

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Battle 1
08 Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994)

Battle 2
02 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Battle 3
03 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

Battle 4
04 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)

[DoomITP]

I think I'll make up some matchups next time. But for now here are my votes!

1. Scenes from a Memory

2. Paranoid

3. Horror Show

4. Holy Diver

[WhamBamSam]

My votes:

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Battle 1:
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Battle 2:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Battle 3:
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Battle 4:
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast

[Killer Angel]

Oh, my...

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Battle 1
Tiamat - Wildhoney

Battle 2
Slayer - Reign In Blood

Battle 3
11 Iced Earth - Horror Show

Battle 4
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast