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Round Four Results:
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- Iron Maiden Killers defeated Ozzy OsbourneBark at the Moon61% to 39%
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Round Three Results:
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- Iron Maiden Killers defeated Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell74% to 26%
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- Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon defeatedMegadeth Countdown to Extinction71% to 29%
- Dio Holy Diver defeated Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell74% to 26%
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Round Two Results:
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- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell defeatedJudas Priest Painkiller 59% to 41%
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- Megadeth Countdown to Extinction defeatedThe Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh 70% to 30%
- Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon defeated Funkadelic Maggot Brain75% to 25%
- Dio Holy Diver defeated the Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup59% to 41%
- Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell beat Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica71% to 29%
- Uriah Heep …Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble beat The Beatles Yesterday and Today66% to 34%
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Round One Results:
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- Black Sabbath Black Sabbath defeated Frank Zappa Thing-Fish 91% to 9%
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- The Beatles Yesterday and Today defeated Van Halen Balance 62% to 38%
- Uriah Heep …Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble beat David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs 61% to 39%
- Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica beat Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 50.25% to 49.75%
- Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell beat Scorpions Blackout 51% to 49%
- The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup defeated The Cure’s The Head on the Door 86% to 14%
- Dio’s Holy Diver defeated Queen’s News of the World 72% to 28%
- Ozzy Osbourne’s Bark at the Moon defeated Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 80% to 20%
- Funkadelic Maggot Brain defeated Metallica’s Metal Up Your Ass 65% to 35%
- The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh defeated Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 52% to 48%
- Megadeth Countdown to Extinction defeated the Doors’ Strange Days 75% to 25%
- Iron Maiden Killers defeated King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King 72% to 28%
- Kiss Creatures of the Night defeated Led Zeppelin Presence 67% to 33%
- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell defeated Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual 72% to 28%
- Judas Priest Painkiller defeated Debbie Harry KooKoo 67% to 33%
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- The Beatles Yesterday and Today defeated Van Halen Balance 62% to 38%
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It’s no exaggeration to say that the New Wave of British Heavy Metal saved metal from itself.
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