2015 Pedal To The Metal Tournament: Extreme Metal Division- 1ST Round

As I had stated in a previous article, I was going to have the actual matches up for you to be able to vote. We are moving on with the Extreme Metal division that features some Black Metal legends matched up with Death Metal giants. These bands were around in the 1980’s as they combated to stay alive in a world full of hairspray and leather jeans. In The First match, Venom is one of those bands that has been credited with being the Godfathers of Black Metal as they take on Entombed, a band that can be credited with starting the Swedish Death Metal Scene that so many bands from the new wave of American Metal worshiped. In the second match, Death is a band that is often credited as the driving force for death metal as they take on a band that can compete with Death for the credit of who started Death Metal in Possessed. In the third match, Celtic Frost, a band that dabbled in every kind of metal from Doom, Thrash, Black, and Death Metal. They were a band that influenced many in the metal scene of the 90’s and they take on another pioneer of Death Metal in Obituary. In the fourth and final match of the Extreme Metal Division, one of my favorite German Thrash Metal bands in Kreator, a band that I thought was heavier than most American Thrash bands takes on Grindcore legends Carcass. You have until March 21ST to put in your vote to see who gets to the round of 16 (semifinals in the Extreme Metal Division). Vote below:

2015 Pedal To The Metal Tournament: The Thrash Division

As I had stated in a previous article, I was going to have the actual matches up for you to be able to vote. We are starting with the Thrash Metal Division which features The Big Four as well as some underrated bands of the Thrash Metal Genre. In our first match up, we have the titans of the bay area in Metallica taking on one of the most underrated bands from the second tier of thrash metal in the 80’s in Death Angel. Our second match up features another Big Four original in Anthrax, a band that was willing to thrash to kingdom come while thinking outside the box at times too taking on one of the biggest bands of the second tier, a band that could arguably be part of a conversation if they were to extend membership to the Big Four in Testament. Our third match features one band that has stayed true to the Thrash Metal sound and has never disappointed a single fan in Slayer taking on a band that for some reason was left out of the Big Four conversation in Exodus. The fourth and final match up in the Thrash division features the mighty Megadeth, a member of the Big Four and one of my personal favorites taking on a band that never got mentioned in the conversation either in New York’s mighty Overkill. You have until March 21ST to put in your vote to see who gets to the round of 16 (semifinals in the Thrash Division). Vote below:

2015 Pedal To The Metal Tournament: The Bracket

So, I have the brackets finally for all of you to check out as far as who will face who in the opening round in each of the four divisions in this years Pedal To The Metal Tournament. The Divisions are the heavy metal division, Thrash Division, Hard Rock Division, and the Extreme Metal Division. As far as voting is concerned the match ups that you will be able to vote on will be put up by tonight and you will have until March 22ND to vote to see who will move on to the round of 16. From that point on, I will set up dates and I will update you guys constantly. So, let’s check out the matches for this years 2015 Pedal To The Metal Tournament.