Welcome to the second round of the Extreme Metal Olympics, where some of the world’s heaviest and most iconic bands defend their country’s honor in a series of battles to the death. Each band has been chosen for their importance and contributions to death metal, black metal, extreme metal, grindcore and other various offshoots. 16 bands have emerged victorious from the Opening Round, and have advanced to compete in Round
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Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 1, Round Two
July 31st, 2012 
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July 26th, 2012 Metalkult Group 2 in the Opening Round of the Extreme Metal Olympics contains eight of metal’s most purely brutal bands that fall under the genres of death metal, black metal, thrash and extreme metal. They are among the 32 bands competing to move to the next round of the Extreme Metal Olympics. Starting off, we’ve got Brazilian thrash legends Sepultura fighting against Demonic Resurrection from India. Immortal are one of Norway’s
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July 26th, 2012 Metalkult We’re kicking off the Opening Round of our Extreme Metal Olympics with some of the heaviest and most legendary innovators of brutality from around the world. Featuring acts from countries such as the USA, Norway, Germany and Greece, Group 1 includes eight of the 32 bands who will compete for gold as the Extreme Metal Olympics runs side-by-side the 2012 London Olympic Games. We begin with a matchup between the
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July 26th, 2012 Metalkult In the fourth and final group of the Extreme Metal Olympics’ Opening Round, we’ve got another batch of eclectic mixes. Hailing from countries such as Canada, Austria, Japan and Belgium, these eight bands are among the 32 acts vying for the gold in Loudwire’s Extreme Metal Olympics. Swedish metal masters Opeth are defending their territory against Belgium’s bigest death metal band, Aborted. Austria is represented in these Olympics by the
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