Posts Tagged ‘homelands’

Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 1, Quarter Finals

Welcome to the Quarter Finals of Loudwire’s Extreme Metal Olympics! We’ve had an insane week so far, with some of the heaviest, most influential and innovative bands within the realm of brutality battling for the gold. Beginning with 32 bands representing their homelands, we’re now down to eight. In Group 1 of the Extreme Metal Olympics, six of the original eight bands have now been eliminated, with only two left

Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 3, Opening Round

Group 3 in our Extreme Metal Olympics showcases more heavier-than-hell bands from around the world. During the course of the London Olympics Games, 32 metal bands will be representing their homelands in Loudwire’s Extreme Metal Olympics — competing in a series of battles to bring home the gold. Representing the country of Finland is one of metal’s biggest bands. Children of Bodom represent the success that melodic death metal can