BATTLE OF THE THRASH METAL BANDS (ROUND OF 64 VOTING THREAD)

[jimmy101]

Big shout out to everyone who threw down a bunch of nominations in the initial thread & helped create a pool of bands from which to choose from. We've got 64 of the most highly-regarded Thrash Metal bands, as chosen by the most vocal of the UM GMD crew, about to face one another in a straight knockout tournament.

The following bands will be seeded as such:

Metallica (1)
Megadeth (2)
Slayer (3)
Kreator (4)
Exodus (5)
Testament (6)
Overkill (7)
Sodom (8)
Dark Angel (9)
Razor (10)
Sepultura (11)
Voivod (12)
Heathen (13)
Coroner (14)
Anthrax (15)
Tankard (16)

I've taken a bit of liberty in devising this seeding system. Basically I've awarded the seeds based on a mixture of factors such as US album sales figures, historical significance/influence, & the amount of nominations each band received in the previous thread. The other 48 bands have been ranked in order of nominations received in the previous thread.

Thus the tournament bracket appears as such...

And so, let's fuck this pig. Below are the first round match-ups, feel free to copy + paste this list for voting puropses. Be sure to DELETE THE LOSING BAND, leaving your list of winning bands.

Round 1 match-ups

Metallica vs Sabbat (Japan)
Whiplash vs Artillery
Tankard vs Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint vs Suicidal Tendencies
Sodom vs Invocator
Demolition Hammer vs Vektor
Dark Angel vs Holy Terror
Deathrow vs Protector
Kreator vs Num Skull
Forbidden vs Rigor Mortis
Heathen vs Necrodeath
Nuclear Assault vs Believer
Exodus vs Aspid
Annihilator vs Warbringer
Voivod vs Infernal Majesty
Anacrusis vs Xentrix
Megadeth vs Destruction
Possessed vs Sacrifice
Anthrax vs Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta vs Exhumer
Overkill vs Onslaught
Despair vs Toxik
Razor vs Ripping Corpse
Watchtower vs Holy Moses
Slayer vs Incubus
Sadus vs Devastation
Coroner vs Death Angel
Vio-lence vs Exmortus
Testament vs Dream Death
Sacred Reich vs Sabbat (UK)
Sepultura vs Obliveon
D.R.I. vs Exhorder

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

im loving this, but Destruction vs Megadeth in the first round?? A lot of other matchups that just shouldn't go down this early but whatever.

How did a super obscure death/thrash band with one demo like Exhumer make the list?

 

[Allfader]

Easy round:

Sabbat (Japan)
Artillery
Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Dark Angel
Protector
Kreator
Rigor Mortis
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Aspid
Warbringer
Infernal Majesty
Anacrusis
Destruction
Possessed
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Despair
Ripping Corpse
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Testament
Sacred Reich
Sepultura
Exhorder

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Metallica
Artillery
Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint
Invocator
Demolition Hammer
Holy Terror
Deathrow
Kreator
Forbidden
Heathen
Believer
Exodus
Annihilator
Voivod
Anacrusis
Megadeth
Sacrifice
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Toxik
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Testament
Sabbat (UK)
Obliveon
Exhorder

Leaving a few of them open for now. Megadeth vs Destruction is especially painful, the band with my most favorite songs vs the band with most most favorite riffs. Not a huge fan of Sacred Reich or Sabbat (UK); the impulse is to go for the latter, but I think I need to give Ignorance another listen to make sure I don't like it more than Dreamweaver.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Do I have to vote on every matchup to participate? I don't know a lot of these bands.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Round 1 match-ups

Metallica
Whiplash
Tankard
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Vektor
Dark Angel
Deathrow
Kreator
Rigor Mortis
Heathen
Believer
Aspid
Warbringer
Voivod
Anacrusis
Megadeth
Sacrifice
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Despair
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Testament
Sepultura
D.R.I.

Dont really give a shit about UK Sabbat or Sacred Reich so i wont be voting there.

 

[Slammed]

Metallica
Whiplash
Tankard
Suicidal Tendencies
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Dark Angel
Deathrow
Kreator
Forbidden
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Exodus
Warbringer
Voivod
Xentrix
Megadeth
Possessed
Anthrax
Exhumer
Overkill
Toxik
Razor
Holy Moses
Slayer
Devastation
Death Angel
Exmortus
Testament
Sacred Reich
Sepultura
Exhorder

 

[Phylactery]

Sabbat (Japan)
Artillery
Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Holy Terror
Protector
Kreator
Rigor Mortis
Heathen vs Necrodeath
Believer
Exodus vs Aspid
Annihilator vs Warbringer
Infernal Majesty
Anacrusis
Destruction
Possessed
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Despair vs Toxik
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Dream Death
Sabbat (UK)
Obliveon
D.R.I. vs Exhorder

Will do the ones I’ve missed later. Most of these are ridiculously one sided. Should get more interesting as the rounds go on. Props for doing this, looks like a lot of work.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Ummm what happened with Destroyer 666?

 

[jimmy101]

Leaving a few of them open for now.

Do I have to vote on every matchup to participate? I don't know a lot of these bands.

Dont really give a shit about UK Sabbat or Sacred Reich so i wont be voting there.

Yeah I've got no problem with people leaving some of the fields blank if they aren't familiar with the bands in question or wish not to vote.

 

[jimmy101]

Ummm what happened with Destroyer 666?

Didn't receive a nomination at all.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Metallica
Whiplash
Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Dark Angel
Deathrow
Num Skull
Rigor Mortis
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Exodus
Annihilator vs. Warbringer
Voivod
Anacrusis
Megadeth (this was a tough one!)
Sacrifice
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Despair vs. Toxik
Razor
Watchtower
Incubus
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Testament
Sacred Reich
Sepultura
D.R.I.

 

[Krow]

Sabbat (Japan)
Whiplash vs Artillery (not sure I’ve ever heard an album by either band)
Flotsam & Jetsam
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Holy Terror
Protector
Kreator
Forbidden
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Exodus
Warbringer
Voivod
Xentrix
Destruction
Possessed
Anthrax
Exhumer
Overkill
Toxik
Razor
Watchtower vs Holy Moses (who?)
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Dream Death
Sabbat (UK)
Sepultura
D.R.I. vs Exhorder (both of these bands suck)

Not sure I’ll stick with this game long term but here’s some first round votes.

 

[Baroque]

Metallica
Artillery
Tankard
Suicidal Tendencies
Invocator
Vektor
Dark Angel
Deathrow
Kreator
Forbidden
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Aspid
Warbringer
Voivod
Xentrix
Megadeth
Sacrifice
Anthrax
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Despair
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Devastation
Coroner
Exmortus
Testament
Sacred Reich
Obliveon
D.R.I.

 

[CiG]

This is pretty autistic, I love it.

Metallica (c'mon really?)
Artillery
Tankard
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Vektor
Dark Angel
Protector
Kreator
Forbidden
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Exodus
Annihilator
Voivod
Anacrusis
Destruction
Possessed
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Onslaught
Toxik
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Dream Death
Sabbat (UK)
Sepultura
D.R.I.

Can't believe some of you actually picked Infernal Majesty over Voivod. Embarrassing.

 

[Caecius]

Metallica
Artillery
Tankard
Morbid Saint
Sodom
Demolition Hammer
Dark Angel
Protector
Kreator
Rigor Mortis
Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Exodus
Annihilator
Voivod
Anacrusis
Megadeth
Possessed
Hexenhaus
Mekong Delta
Overkill
Toxik
Razor
Watchtower
Slayer
Sadus
Coroner
Vio-lence
Testament
Sabbat (UK)
Sepultura
D.R.I.

 

[jimmy101]

Keep 'em coming lads! This is already proving to be an exciting little exercise. A fair few of these battles are closer than I would have imagined. Surely Sabbat can't eliminate the mighty Metallica in round one?

 

[Caecius]

Can't believe some of you actually picked Vektor over Demolition Hammer. Embarrassing.

Fixed. Epidemic of Violence is still the heaviest thrash album I've ever heard.

 

[Bloopy]

How did a super obscure death/thrash band with one demo like Exhumer make the list?

It's a typo for Exumer, obviously.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

It's a typo for Exumer, obviously.

even worse.

Surely Sabbat can't eliminate the mighty Metallica in round one?

anything can happen when the edgelords come out to play