MetalMadnessAlmost

Metal Madness is a tournament 100% based on public opinion. All 64 bands that made it in are simply there because they were placed by popular demand in the month-long Preliminary Round. They were then ranked from #1 to #64 based on the number of individual votes and seeded as such.

During this process, there were a lot of bands that didn't quite make it. And a lot of these bands really deserved the spot. So we're going to give them recognition and a shot at new ears. Here we go… These are the Top 25 bands that almost made it into the Metal Madness tournament… but ultimately did not. Give a listen.

 

Cynic

Acrania

Machine Head

Down

Every Time I Die

Shokran

Fit For A King

Code Oragne

Darkest Hour

Being As An Ocean

As Blood Runs Black

Betraying The Martyrs

Benighted

Soreption

Xerath

Inanimate Existence

Goatwhore

Anaal Nathrakh

Septicflesh

The Holy Guile

Absysmal Dawn

Obituary

I, The Breather

Inferi

The Kennedy Veil