Okay people, the nominating for one nomination albums has been finished. We have 74 albums now that has received a nomination at least once so we can now begin with the vote off process. Instead of having yet another nomination process to narrow it down a bit further towards 50, I'm going to start ranking albums. But before we start, say goodbye to the following albums which didn't receive a nomination the second time around and therefore are eliminated:

Accept – Metal Heart
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Apocalyptica – Cult
Arrian Path - Road to Macedonia
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Black Knight - Black Knight
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Bon Jovi - Cross Road
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
Cains Offering - Gather the Faithful
Corvus Corax - Cantus Buranus II
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Die Toten Hosen - Opium fürs Volk
Dragonland – Astronomy
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Elane - Lore of Nén
Excalion - Waterlines
Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel
Firewind - The Premonition
Gamma Ray - Blast from the Past
Gamma Ray - Power Plant
Grave Digger – Excalibur
Grave Digger - Knights of the Cross
Grave Digger - Tunes of War
Haggard - Tales of Ithiria
HammerFall – Chapter V Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
HammerFall – Threshold
Human Fortress - Defenders of the Crown
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Iced Earth - Overture of the Wicked
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
Kiuas - The New Dark Age
Kiuas - The Spirit of Ukko
Leatherwolf - Street Ready
Leverage - Circus Colossus
Lost Horizon- A Flame To The Ground Beneath
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Manowar - Gods of War
Manowar – Fighting the World
Manowar - Into Glory ride
Meat Loaf – Bad Attitude
Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found
Medieval Steel - Medieval Steel
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Motörhead – Inferno
Nightwish – Wishmaster
Olympos Mons – Conquistador
Olympos Mons – Medevil
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Prodigal Earth - Zenith II Zero
Rage - Black in Mind
Rage - End of all days
Rammstein - Liebe ist für Alle Da
Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame
Rhapsody - Triumph or Agony
Sabaton – Attero Dominatus
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
Saxon – Lionheart
Solitary Sabred - The Hero the Monster the Myth
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica – Silence
Stratovarius - Elements pt.1
Stratovarius - Elements pt.2
Stratovarius – Polaris
Stratovarius – Visions
Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X – Odyssey
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Therion – Vovin
Therion - Secret Of The Runes
ToTo - Falling In Between
ToTo - Kingdom of Desire
ToTo – Tambu
ToTo – ToTo
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus Pt. II
Virgin Steele - Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt. I
Virgin Steele - Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt. II
Warlock - Triumph and Agony
W.A.S.P. - The Neon God Pt. I

We now have 2 albums that have a definitive rank on the list. As you probably know, HammerFall's Glory to the Brave album is number 1 on the list, being the only album to receive 4 nominations the first time around and that there are 18 albums that received at least 2 nominations the first time around. As the only album to receive 4 nominations the second time around, Megadeth's Rust in Peace therefore is ranked number 19.

Now for the reason why we're having to have the first set of vote offs here instead of in the poll section. We have 42 albums that received one nomination the second time around and the forum only allows a maximum of 20 options. That, plus the simple fact that not a lot of people have been voting, is also why I've decided that everybody who votes can name up to 5 albums on the list. But remember, this is a vote off, instead of voting for your most favorite album, you are to vote for your least. Albums with the most votes will get ranked the lowest. So here we go!

Pick up to 5 albums that you least like from this list:

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Alice Cooper – Trash
Alice in Chains – Dirt
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Celesty – Vendetta
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Demons & Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Doro - Calling The Wild
Ensiferum – Ensiferum
Ensiferum – Victory Songs
Fairyland - The Fall of An Empire
Freedom Call - The Circle of Life
Iced Earth – Glorious Burden
Jack Panzer - The Monster
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Kamelot – Epica
Kamelot – Karma
Luca Turilli - King of the Nordic Twilight
Manowar - Battle Hymns
Manowar - Warriors of the World
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What?
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica – Metallica
Metallica – The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil
Nightwish – Oceanborn
Nirvana – Nevermind
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Rammstein – Mutter
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
Sabaton – Primo Victoria
Sabaton - The Art of War
Saxon - Denim And Leather
Sonata Arctica – Ecliptica
Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times
Stratovarius – Destiny
ToTo - The Seventh One
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus Pt. I
W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

I'm going to reserve my votes to break any ties we have so they'll be ranked as quickly as possible.

I don't think that's such a good idea... For example: Some items of your vote-off list I don't know properly or simply don't care about. So I would vote this items to promote my favourites without being able to vote fair.
You understand what I mean?

That's right, the first four of that list I don't care about, so it's not that much of a start indeed...

Well okay. Instead of having it be a vote off we'll choose our most favorite album from each list.

It is now no longer a vote off. You are to vote for up to 5 albums that you most like from the list. There were 32 albums that either got nominated the first time around or got at least 2 nominations the second time around so the albums with the highest nominations here will rank at number 33 and going down.

Once again I reserve my votes to break any ties.

How come nobody has made their nominations from the list yet? I'll go ahead and pick my 5 favorites.

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Metallica
Nirvana - Nevermind

It's a damn hard decision that takes time

Ayreon - The Human Equation
Kamelot – Karma
Manowar - Battle Hymns
Nightwish – Oceanborn
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus Pt. I

It was a hard one indeed. But, I did manage to get a final list:

Demons & Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Freedom Call - The Circle of Life
Kamelot – Epica
Rammstein – Mutter
ToTo - The Seventh One

Hooray, three people and not one single match yet

Damn, difficult choice Guess what, we finally got a match

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Manowar - Warriors of the World
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Saxon - Denim And Leather
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

Wow, that was not easy, but I've ended up with:


AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Stratovarius – Destiny