CRB SPRING TOURNAMENT 2014 (SAVATAGE/ICED EARTH BRACKET) (ROUND 1)

[RJhog (Admin)]

He folks.  Once again it's time for an album cover tournament.  The theme for our CRB Spring Tournament 2014 is a battle of Metal album covers.  I will be presenting album covers from eight different Metal bands.  Each bracket will feature two different bands whose album covers will duel until the Elite 8, where we will be down to one album cover from each band.  Then four bands will be eliminated and so forth and so on until we crown a champion near the end of March.

Please participate to the best of your ability.  Veterans of the site will know how to go about voting. For any of our newer members, all you have to do is post a comment picking a winner from each matchup.  Remember, these bands are battling themselves for a good portion of the tournament, so be sure and tell me the album cover name that you like best in your reply.  And this is strictly a judgement of the album cover, not the album or the band.  I will post a new bracket each day for each round.  You have approximately 4-5 days to get your votes in for each round.  You can reply here on CRB or on Facebook.  All votes count.  Here we go:

Savatage - Poets And Madmen

vs.

Savatage - Power Of The Night

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Savatage - Dead Winter Dead

vs.

Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan

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Savatage - Handful Of Rain

vs.

Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

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Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

vs.

Savatage - Gutter Ballet

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Iced Earth - Iced Earth

vs.

Iced Earth - The Blessed And The Damned

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Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

vs.

Iced Earth - Dystopia

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Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

vs.

Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man: Something Wicked Part 2

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Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

vs.

Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1

[TageRyche]

Savatage bracket:

Poets & Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall of the Mountain King

Gutter Ballet

Iced Earth bracket:

Iced Earth

Dystopia

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Glorious Burden

[Jon]

Poets & Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall Of The Moutain King

Gutter Ballet

Here's the full Iced Earth B&D album cover, I believe it was packaged with the demons facing out, at least mine was:

I'm going with The Blessed & The Damned especially due to the "whole picture". 

I think the cover for Night Of The Stormrider has been revamped, could have sworn it originally had a different cover. Either way I'll go with Night Of The Stormrider.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Glorious Burden

[Mike Mills]

Poets & Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall Of The Mountain King

Gutter Ballet

The Blessed & The Damned

Night Of The Stormrider

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Glorious Burden

[Niels (Mod)]

Poets and madmen

The wake of Magellan

Hall of the Mountain King

Gutter Ballet

The blessed and the damned

Night of the Stormrider

Something wicked this way comes

The glorious burden

 

I never ever heard anyone of these albums, and probably never will.

[Noah Mills]

Power Of The Night
Dead Winter Dead
Hall Of The Mountain King
Gutter Ballet
The Blessed & The Damned
Dystopia
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Glorious Burden

[Charlie Gabel]

poets and madmen, wake of Magellan, hall of the m king, edge of thorns,

Blessed & The Damned, Night Of The Stormrider, Something Wicked This Way comes, The Glorious Burden

[Scott]

Savatage bracket...

Poets and Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall of the Mountain King

Edge of Thorns

Iced Earth bracket...

The Blessed and the Damned

Dystopia

The Crucible Of Man: Something Wicked Part 2

The Glorious Burden

[Gordon Williams]

Savatage bracket:

Poets And Madmen

Wake Of Magellan

Hall Of The Mountain King

Edge Of Thorns (easily the most difficult pick, as Gutter Ballet is also a great cover). Anyone notice the "evil face" in the trees on Edge Of Thorns?

Iced Earth bracket:

Blessed And The Damned

Dystopia

Crucible Of Man

Framing Armageddon

[Scandal 2000]

Savatage Bracket:

Poets & Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall of the Mountain King

Gutter Ballet

Iced Earth Bracket:

The Blessed & The Damned

Night of the Stormrider

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Glorious Burden

[RJhog (Admin)]

Last chance.  This bracket will be closing tonight!

[RJhog (Admin)]

Poets & Madmen

Dead Winter Dead

Hall Of The Mountain King

Gutter Ballet

The Blessed And The Damned

Night Of The Stormrider

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Glorious Burden

[RJhog (Admin)]

Bracket One, Round One is now closed. The results are:

Poets & Madmen def. Power Of The Night 9-3

Dead Winter Dead def. The Wake Of Magellan 9-3

Hall Of The Mountain King def. Handful Of Rain 11-1

Gutter Ballet def. Edge Of Thorns 8-4

The Blessed And The Damned def. Iced Earth 11-1

Night Of The Stormrider def. Dystopia 7-5

Something Wicked This Way Comes def. The Crucible Of Man: Something Wicked Part 2 8-4

The Glorious Burden def Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1 10-2