For Round 2 battles, I’m tweaking the format a little. Head-to-head comparisons between albums will now be made based on a series of objective/subjective criteria. Depending on how the albums fare against each other in this regard, a point will be added or withheld from their score. In case of indecision, both albums will be awarded one point each; in case of a tie, the result of the poll will be honored.
The criteria are as follows:
- Riff logic and cohesion
- Melodic contiguity
- Role of percussion
- Progressive aspiration
- Success as an album of songs
- Ideological/Philosophical significance as death metal
- Emotional resonance
May the best album win.
