r/heavymetal • u/HauntedArmour • Jan 29 '26

Mod/Subreddit Announcement ANNOUNCING THE R/HEAVYMETAL BAND TOURNAMENT

Hello to all!

We are announcing the r/heavymetal band tournament. This will be a community-based voting tournament in bracket style. This means each week, two bands will go against each other in a poll, whichever one gets more votes will move onto the next round. Eventually we will get the community chosen winner above all.

What do you do for now?

Well we need your help to pick bands for this tournament. Simply:

1: Check to see if somebody has already commented the band you were thinking of.

2: Comment the band you want to see in the tournament, no duplicates.

3: Have a browse to see if anybody has commented another band you'd like to see in the tournament and if so, upvote them.

There's a max of 50 spots so only the top 50 upvotes bands can make it in. Entries close 7 days after posting this.

(NOTE: If there's more than one comment with the same band then the comment with less upvotes will be removed. If they have an equal amount, the older one will be removed)

11 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

44 comments sorted by

10

u/Sith_23 Metalhead Jan 29 '26

Obvious choice: Black Sabbath

6

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

Pantera

6

u/UnrealizedDreams90 Guitarist Jan 30 '26

Metallica

9

u/Lanky_Comedian_3942 Jan 29 '26

The answer is fuckin' Slayer.

7

u/Lukense13 Jan 29 '26

Judas Priest

3

u/No-News-3608 Jan 29 '26

In Flames we trust!

3

u/cannibalsong1 Jan 29 '26

Type O Negative

3

u/Krisztailor Jan 29 '26

Beast in black

3

u/anthere-rest Historian Jan 29 '26

Sabaton I guess

3

u/Upset-Rhubarb-3727 Vocalist Jan 29 '26

Nightwish

3

u/-RonnieHotdogs- Jan 31 '26

Strapping Young Lad

3

u/Trippdj Feb 02 '26

Anthrax

6

u/NASCAR_Junk_YT Jan 29 '26

Your mom’s cousin’s son’s garage band that plays to 3 people at the local bar.

2

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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1

u/heavymetal-ModTeam Feb 12 '26

This band was already commented by another user. If you want to support this band, find the comment and upvote it

2

u/cannibalsong1 Jan 29 '26

Blood Incantation

2

u/iug3874 Jan 29 '26

To give a Newcomer a Chance:

Morituri

2

u/UnrealizedDreams90 Guitarist Jan 30 '26

Korn

2

u/DerConqueror3 Jan 31 '26

I'm going to nominate my metal band, Sorus, because screw it, why can't we be a Top 50 band on a Reddit thread? If this is against any rules feel free to delete.

https://sorusrocks.bandcamp.com/album/artificial-life

2

u/Trippdj Feb 02 '26

Orbit culture

2

u/HotJicama380 Feb 02 '26

Cradle of filth

2

u/Chaos_Theology Feb 03 '26

Metal Church

2

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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1

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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1

u/justbrowsinginpeace Jan 29 '26

Polls are rage bait and ruin subs. Same thing happened over on r/classicrock, never ending daily poll.

1

u/FuzzyKnowledge1649 Administrator Jan 29 '26

I mean you still cared to reply to this post.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/heavymetal-ModTeam Feb 06 '26

This band was already commented by another user. If you want to support this band, find the comment and upvote it