Inspired by a similar poll on another board, I thought it might be interesting to see who the RC Champion would be. Please vote for a winner in each of the head-to-head matchups. I'll let this thread run for a week, post the winners, and start Round 2. Unless of course there's a lack of interest, in which case I won't bother to waste the bandwidth.
Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath vs. Arcturus
Iron Maiden vs. Mar de Grises
Candlemass vs. Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune vs. Neurosis
Satyricon vs. Emperor
Helloween vs. Isis
Dark Tranquillity vs. Nile
Ayreon vs. Agalloch
Bracket 2:
Into Eternity vs. Moonsorrow
Burzum vs. Negura Bunget
Vader vs. Graveland
Primordial vs. Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg vs. Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir vs. Meshuggah
Kataklysm vs. Wolverine
Iced Earth vs. My Dying Bride
Bracket 3:
Carcass vs. Novembers Doom
Finntroll vs. Blut Aus Nord
Novembre vs. Stratovarius
Amorphis vs. Decapitated
Enslaved vs. Megadeath
Blind Guardian vs. Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate vs. Orphaned Land
Drudkh vs. Anathema
Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth vs. Cradle of Filth
Opeth vs. The Chasm
Death vs. Angra
Judas Priest vs. Vital Remains
Bathory vs. Deicide
Immortal vs. Kayo Dot
At the Gates vs. Manowar
Mastodon vs. Nevermore
For the record, the matchups were completely random.
Zod
Bracket 1:
Black Sabbath vs. Arcturus
Iron Maiden vs. Mar de Grises
Candlemass vs. Ulver
Hammers of Misfortune vs. Neurosis
Satyricon vs. Emperor
Helloween vs. Isis
Dark Tranquillity vs. Nile
Ayreon vs. Agalloch
Bracket 2:
Into Eternity vs. Moonsorrow
Burzum vs. Negura Bunget
Vader vs. Graveland
Primordial vs. Edge of Sanity
The Lord Weird Slough Feg vs. Akercocke
Dimmu Borgir vs. Meshuggah
Kataklysm vs. Wolverine
Iced Earth vs. My Dying Bride
Bracket 3:
Carcass vs. Novembers Doom
Finntroll vs. Blut Aus Nord
Novembre vs. Stratovarius
Amorphis vs. Decapitated
Enslaved vs. Megadeath
Blind Guardian vs. Anthrax
King Diamond/Merciful Fate vs. Orphaned Land
Drudkh vs. Anathema
Bracket 4:
Amon Amarth vs. Cradle of Filth
Opeth vs. The Chasm
Death vs. Angra
Judas Priest vs. Vital Remains
Bathory vs. Deicide
Immortal vs. Kayo Dot
At the Gates vs. Manowar
Mastodon vs. Nevermore
For the record, the matchups were completely random.
Zod