****, we have a
five-way tie (a first for this thread), and even with past votes as a tie-breaker, two bands would still get the boot. I'd rather not do it that way, especially since the past voting pool is so shallow, so if anyone else would like to vote, or change a vote just to alter the count, then...
I'm considering what vote I would change, but the other four bands I didn't vote for I love too much to not feel like I'd be betraying them, so the decision will take some serious introspection. For reference, this is the current count, with Gamma Ray and Virgin Steele being the bands that would get booted off from past votes...
3 - Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part 1
3 - Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
3 - Crimson Glory - Transcendence
3 - Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
2 - Stratovarius - Visions
1 - HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
3 - Iced Earth - Something Wicked this Way Comes
2 - Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2