We methodically argued to find one winner amongst the following bands:

Obituary, Slayer, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Sleep, Crowbar, All Out War, Neurosis, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Suffocation, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Conan, Dying Fetus, Disembodied, Celtic Frost, Decapitated, Demillich, Warning, Triptykon, Godflesh, Hatebreed, Candlemass, Morbid Angel, Xibalba, Pantera, Sepultura, Down, Converge, Deicide, and Type O Negative.