Best Hard Rock/Metal Band Tournament

[Guest benoitrulz4life]

I made a tournament consisting of thirty-two of the best hard rock and/or heavy metal bands of the past and present. I made a few rules and exceptions, which follow:

 

1. I tried to include bands that most people on the board have heard at one point or another. Even though there is a substantial death/black metal cult on this board, most people have never heard many of those bands. Sorry, I just tried to make it more accessible and easier to vote on each matchup.

 

2. No punk or alternative bands were included. Exception being Alice in Chains, but I always thought they were above being called alt. rock, so they're in.

 

3. EVERY matchup must be voted on, or your ballot will not count. Voting ends on midnight on Saturday the 7th. I will not have access to a computer until Monday, which is where the next round will be posted.

 

4. Let's try to keep this from turning into a flame post, this is just something fun I came up with when I was bored last night.

 

Happy voting!

 

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

 

Metallica vs. Dio

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

 

KISS vs. UFO

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

 

Tough decisions, huh?

[Guest BAR]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Ted Nugent

 

Guns n' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Motorhead

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

Kiss

 

Slayer

[Guest gangsteruwa]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

Led Zepplin. I never "got" Tool.

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi

Iron Maiden. Do I need to explain?

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

Aerosmith (because I've only heard one Queensryche song and hated it)

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

I'll say Ozzy eventhough I don't really care for his music anymore.

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

AC/DC..it's all about a middle aged man wearing a school boy outfit.

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

Alice in Chains...much more thought provoking.

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

This one is kind of hard. I'll say G n' R.

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

Megadeth because I prefer Thrash to Pop Metal.

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

Sabbath of course...that one wasn't that hard

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

Motorhead. Without Motorhead there would be no Pantera.

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

Van Halen (Roth era).

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

I hate both of these bands, but Motley Crue is the better of two evils.

 

Metallica vs. Dio

Metallica..no fucking question.

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

Deep Purple had better music.

 

KISS vs. UFO

KISS...I guess. I don't really like KISS, but I've honestly never heard UFO before (heard of, but not heard).

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

Slayer..Tom Araya would rip Rob Halford in half.

Edited May 31, 2003 by gangsteruwa

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Judas Priest

my picks

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

Tool

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

Anthrax

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

Alice In Chains

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

Black Sabbath

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

Motörhead*

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

The Scorpions (BLACK-OUT!)

 

Metallica vs. Dio

Metallica

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

Deep Purple

 

KISS vs. UFO

KISS

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

Slayer

 

* = To get the ö, press and hold Alt and 148 on the keypad on the far right, then release Alt.

[Guest INXS]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Ted Nugent

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Def Leppard

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Slayer

~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

I demand a write in ballad for INXS!

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Judas Priest

[Guest Heavy As Hell]

Tool

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Anthrax

 

AC/DC

 

Alice In Chains

 

Guns n' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

The Scorpions

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

UFO

 

Slayer

Edited June 1, 2003 by Heavy As Hell

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Ted Nugent

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Def Leppard

 

Black Sabbath

 

Motorhead

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Alice Cooper

 

KISS

 

Judas Priest

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Led Zeppelin

Bon Jovi

Aerosmith

Ozzy Osbourne

AC/DC

Alice in Chains

Guns N' Roses

Def Leppard

Ratt

Motorhead

Van Halen

Motley Crue

Metallica

Deep Purple

KISS

Slayer

[PsychoDriver 0]

Led Zeppelin

Iron Maiden

Queensryche

Ozzy Osbourne

AC/DC

Alice in Chains

Guns N' Roses

Megadeth

Black Sabbath

Pantera

Van Halen

Motley Crue

Metallica

Deep Purple

UFO

Slayer

[Bored 0]

Tool (really shouldn't have been a first round match-up)

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Def Leppard

 

Black Sabbath

 

Motorhead

 

The Cult

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Judas Priest

[Guest redbaron51]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

 

Tool

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

 

Queensryche

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

 

Whitesnake

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

 

Alice In Chains

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

 

Guns N Roses

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

 

Black Sabbath

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

 

Motörhead

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

 

Motley Crüe

 

Metallica vs. Dio

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

 

Alice Cooper

 

KISS vs. UFO

 

UFO

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

 

Slayer

[Guest razazteca]

Tool - music videos ruled

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzy is the man

 

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple - The Franchise theme song

 

KISS

 

Slayer

[Guest Ray]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi (anyone who votes for Bon should be shot)

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

 

Metallica vs. Dio

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

 

KISS vs. UFO

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

The fact that people have actually voted Pantera, who has only released two truly good albums, over Motörhead, who hasn't released a bad album in the 30 or so years they've been together, and whose sound spearheaded the US Thrash movement, pains me.

[Guest INXS]

God honest truth, I voted Pantera because I don't know a lot from Motorhead. Pantera did a great job at keeping metal alive in the 90's and had more success then most of the metal bands had. Pantera did start going down the shit hole towards the end of the 90's.

[Guest redbaron51]

you are all nuts by voting Kiss over UFO.

[Guest redbaron51]

AND AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO VOTED FOR WHITESNAKE?!!?!?!!?!

[Guest Renegade]

Tool

 

Iron Maiden (Bon Jovi are not Hard Rock/Metal in any fucking sense)

 

Aerosmith

 

Anthrax

 

AC/DC (close)

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses (GUNS-AND-ROSES!)

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica (Dont really care about either)

 

Alice Cooper

 

KISS

 

Judas Priest

[Guest INXS]

Why would anyone pick Whitesnake over ACDC?

[Guest JAxlMorrison]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

AC/DC

 

Alice in Chains

 

Guns N' Roses

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

Motley Crue

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Slayer

[Guest Heavy As Hell]

CoreyLazarus416 Posted on May 31 2003, 06:53 PM

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The fact that people have actually voted Pantera, who has only released two truly good albums, over Motörhead, who hasn't released a bad album in the 30 or so years they've been together, and whose sound spearheaded the US Thrash movement, pains me. 

 

I choose Pantera over Motorhead simply due to lack of experience with Motorhead. And plus I'm seriously digging Pantera's 1988 'Power Metal' album right now.

[Guest DrTom]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions

 

Metallica vs. Dio

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper

 

KISS vs. UFO

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer

[Guest benoitrulz4life]

Dude, you need to seriously start digging "Ace of Spades," "Overkill," and "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith." Pantera's cool, but come on, it's fuckin' Motörhead for goodness sakes.

 

I wish I had the patience to make a 64 band tournament and throw in bands like Stormtroopers of Death, Cradle of Filth, and other cult bands and really shake it up.

 

I wonder if AoO will vote for Dio or Metallica?! For those who don't know, AoO holds a seething hatred for Metallica that burns deep in the pits of his black soul.

 

And as for the ö, I know how to do it, I was just lazy and didn't. And I think Mötley Crue has a funny u or e, I can't remember which.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

Led Zeppelin

Iron Maiden

Aerosmith

Anthrax

AC/DC

Alice in Chains

Guns N' Roses

Megadeth

Black Sabbath

Motorhead

Van Halen

Motley Crue

Metallica

Deep Purple

KISS

Judas Priest

[Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa]

Led Zeppelin vs. Tool: I've always found Tool slightly overrated, so let's go with Zeppelin.

 

Iron Maiden vs. Bon Jovi: Maiden, duh.

 

Aerosmith vs. Queensryche: Aerosmith

 

Ozzy Osbourne vs. Anthrax: Anthrax. I rather dislike Ozzy's solo career.

 

AC/DC vs. Whitesnake: Bah, they both suck. Let's go with AC/DC, since they suck less.

 

Alice in Chains vs. Ted Nugent: Ted Nugent is a talentless dickhole. Alice In Chains all the way.

 

Guns N' Roses vs. Thin Lizzy: Guns N' Roses, although this was a toughie.

 

Def Leppard vs. Megadeth: Megadeth. Another no brainer.

 

Black Sabbath vs. Ratt: Sabbath.

 

Motorhead vs. Pantera: Motorhead. Pantera does not compare, at all.

 

Van Halen vs. The Cult: Umm.... *flips coin* The Cult

 

Motley Crue vs. The Scorpions: The Crue

 

Metallica vs. Dio: Metallica

 

Deep Purple vs. Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper

 

KISS vs. UFO: UFO

 

Judas Priest vs. Slayer: Jesus, this is the hardest choice so far. I'm gonna have to go with Slayer, but just barely.

[Guest Dace59]

Led Zeppelin

 

Iron Maiden

 

Queensryche

 

Anthrax

 

AC/DC

 

Ted Nugent

 

Thin Lizzy

 

Megadeth

 

Black Sabbath

 

Pantera

 

Van Halen

 

The Scorpions

 

Metallica

 

Deep Purple

 

KISS

 

Slayer

[Guest Vitamin X]

Barely any modern rock there if at all. Except for Tool, and Slayer still comes out with albums.

 

WTF? Thin Lizzy and Ratt but no SOAD?

 

*leaves thread*

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I wonder if AoO will vote for Dio or Metallica?! For those who don't know, AoO holds a seething hatred for Metallica that burns deep in the pits of his black soul

 

I'm not voting for anyone because this is the sorriest hard rock/metal tournament ever.

 

Def Leppard?

Queensryche?

BON JOVI?