Blut Aus Nord borders on genius with their atmospherics and just general aura about their sound, however Celtic Frost's blending of doom and gothic metal on Monotheist was such a step out of their comfort zone and it paid off brilliantly. I believe someone made the comment about Blut Aus Nord's sound being intensely evil, and I agree with that statement wholeheartedly, BUT nothing touches Synagoga Satanae in that regard.

You can't really go wrong with either but:

Celtic Frost - 3
Blut Aus Nord - 1

ok finally heard both

nice pick - both has an intense wall of noise guitar sound and the lyrics are vaguely Agnostic

blut aus nord - the more dissonant of the two, and the atmospherics are good, unlike a certain Count Grishnakh (Burzum), the singing is also very good and some of the tracks are soundtrack-ish

celtic frost - brutal and unrelenting, it's certainly different from their usual stuff

unnecessary tough call, so i'm flipping a coin - heads - blut, tails - celtic

so:-

Celtic Frost - 3
Blut Aus Nord - 2

Celtic Frost win that battle 3-2. Next up is this mathcore battle from 2007 submitted by The Batlord featuring these two well known bands and hell I love that Colors album:yeah: Again take a few words explaining your choice. BTW in case any are wondering where their submitted battle is, next two after this are from Mondo Bungle and Il Duce.

Alright, Ire Works kicks ass, but Colors is probably one of my fav albums of all time. I usually don't like albums to be as long as this one is, but Colors is just a musical journey that I can't help but listen to all the way through every time I listen to it. There are just so many moments of perfection and odd mind **** moments that just keep you going until the end.

BTBAM - 1
DEP - 0

listening to BTBAM now

so this is what mathcore is? crazy time signature changes?

ok heard both

BTBAM

now i love this, it's technical, maybe extremely so, but it gels into a coherent whole. the jazz and country touched are pure genius. i also completely disagree with the AMG review - monotony because of too many directions. I s'ppose they haven't yet hear Shining's Blackjazz?

DEP

it starts well enough, reminds me of Coalesce, b-b-b-but then they go lite metal, and it's horrible, i mean if you're gonna emphasise the "mallcore" elements, at least go for something like Shadows Fall, and not Porcupine Tree - geez!

so:-

BTBAM - 2
DEP -0

I need to listen to that Dillinger Escape Plan album before voting. Should do so in the next 24 hours.

Porcupine Tree is just as mallcore. Boring band.

Almost everything Steve Wilson gets involved in = Boring

He was the worst thing to happen to Opeth, they were a great band before he showed them the light.

I do not mind Blackwater Park though. I am by no means an Opeth fanatic. But they had their moments.

I just do not see the big deal with Porcupine Tree, not to say they are not without some talent, just it is talent that comes across as boring to me.