Corrosion of Conformity was taken out with a resounding majority. Kinda bummed. Not because I think
Deliverance should have gone on further, but if every song on the album were as strong as "Albatross" or "Clean My Wounds", then it should have been a contender for top spot. My newfound man crush on Pepper Keenan has nothing to do with it. I swear. Next round...
5. Melvins - Houdini
4. Boris - Heavy Rocks
3. High On Fire - Death is This Communion
2. Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
1. Mastodon - Leviathan
Vote
2 off. Polls end on
March 29.
And as we're halfway through this battle, I'm announcing the next one:
proto-metal.
Proto-Metal
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Deep Purple - Machine Head
3. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On a Friend
4. Judas Priest - Stained Class
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. AC/DC - Back In Black
7. Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
8. Rainbow - Rising
9. Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
10. UFO - Lights Out
Here are Youtube vids for the albums in case anyone needs to listen to them -- along with a working download link for an album I couldn't find anything else for. I'm pretty happy with the lineup for this one, even if I'm not the biggest fan of the entire UFO album, so I think this'll be another knock-down drag-out fight.
The vids are up in the OP in case anyone doesn't feel like trolling through new posts just to find them, and I'll be posting them in every update from here on out, so there's no excuse for anyone not being at least mildly familiar with each one if they intend to participate.
Proto-Metal Battle Album Youtube Vids