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\nToday is the day TMD announces the 20 participants in the first \u2018Battle of Unsigned Death\u2019 online contest! Thanks to the hundreds of bands from all over the globe that submitted their music for consideration.<\/p>\n
Judging for the semi-final round will be based on the most current studio recording and the finals are based on video of live performance loaded to YouTube. Here is the basic breakdown on exactly how the scoring process works:<\/p>\n
1st round (Semi-Finals)- Scoring for STUDIO RECORDING (1-10 point scale) is based on 3 separate criteria:<\/p>\n
1. Production Quality
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2nd round (Finals) \u2013 Scoring for VIDEO OF LIVE PERFORMANCE (1-10) is based on 3 separate criteria:<\/p>\n 1. Production Quality The semi final round happens on December 27th, 2013, wherein the top 10 bands with the highest point totals are announced and then move on to the final round on December 31st, 2013.<\/p>\n The winner of the final round will receive a three month publicity deal with THE METAL DEN PROMOTIONS <\/a>(Value $2,250). Prizes to be announced for the other top 5 finalists once the champion is crowned!!!<\/strong> <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is the day TMD announces the 20 participants in the first \u2018Battle of Unsigned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n3. Public Response (page views\/public comments)<\/p>\n
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\n1. AGONICA <\/strong>(Vigo, Spain)
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/agonicaband<\/a>
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\n2. SENTENCED ON SUNDAY <\/strong>(Chicago, IL USA)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/sentencedonsunday<\/a>
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\n3. SKIN DRONE <\/strong> (Manchester, NH USA)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/skindrone<\/a>
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\n4. APOPHYS <\/strong> (Netherlands) Technical Death Metal
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/apophys<\/a>
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\n5. NORIKUM <\/strong> (Melodic Death\/Thrash)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/norikum<\/a>
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\n6. INSTEAD OF A KILL<\/strong> (Deathcore) Belgrade, RS
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/insteadofakill<\/a>
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\n7. CARNIVORA <\/strong> (Boston, Mass USA)
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carnivoramass<\/a>
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\n8. AFTERBLOOD <\/strong>(Death groove) Athens, Greece
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\nhttp:\/\/www.afterblood.com\/<\/a>
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\n9. DEFLESHMENT <\/strong> (Laguna, New Mexico)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/defleshment<\/a>
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\n10. DARKER SHORES<\/strong> (UK) (Blackened Death)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/darkershores<\/a>
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\n11. FISTHAMMER <\/strong> (Downingtown, PA)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/fisthammer<\/a>
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\n12. MALEFICENT VIGOR<\/strong>
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/maleficentvigor<\/a>
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\n13. HATE STORM ANNIHILATION <\/strong> (Chicago, IL USA)
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HateStormAnnihilation\/info<\/a>
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\n14. DIEMENTIA<\/strong> (Melodic Death) (Glasgow, UK)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/diementia<\/a>
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\n15. BEYOND THE GALLOWS <\/strong>(Death Metal) (Columbia, SC USA)
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Beyondthegallowsofficial\/info<\/a>
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\n16. EXCARNIFICATE<\/strong> Scottish death metal
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/excarnificate<\/a>
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\n17. BREED INFECTION<\/strong> (Iran)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/breedinfection<\/a>
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\n18. MESMERA <\/strong> (Croatia) melodic progressive death metal
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/mesmera<\/a>
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\n19. FORGOTTEN REMAINS<\/strong>
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\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forgottenremainsband\/info<\/a>
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\n20. ADRENOCHROME <\/strong>(deathcore) Blackstone Valley, RI
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\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/adrenochrome<\/a>
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