Round 2 of the 2012 March Madness Heavy Metal Tournament provided us even more intense match-ups.  Most notably, Aerosomith edging out Van Halen by a quarter of a devil horn in overtime, the last minute decapitation of Anthrax by Alice Cooper, and Queen forcing Guns n’ Roses to bite the dust.  Check out the round 2 results below to see which bands are moving on to the Sweet Six-Six-Sixteen: (Click on the bracket to enlarge)

Black Sabbath defeated Overkill

Alice Cooper defeated Anthrax

Motorhead defeated Type-o-Negative

Metallica defeated Ted Nugent

Queen defeated Guns n’ Roses

Megadeth defeated Sammy Hagar

Judas Priest defeated Rush

Iron Maiden defeated UFO

Aerosmith defeated Van Halen

Ozzy Osbourne defeated Dream Theater

Led Zeppelin defeated White Zombie

AC/DC defeated Marilyn Manson

Motley Crue defeated Scorpions

Kiss defeated Avenged Sevenfold

Slayer defeated Dio

Wow, that was really freakin’ brutal and it is going to get worse.  Round 3 features some very tough match-ups such as Metallica vs. Queen, Pantera vs. Motorhead, Iron Maiden vs. Aerosmith, and Pantera vs. Motorhead.

If you haven’t done so already, you can print out your own Gears of Rock March Madness Heavy Metal Bracket here.  Go ahead and fill it in yourself…why should I be doing all the damn work?