The Final Four match-ups in the Gears of Rock’s 2012 March Madness Heavy Metal Tournament proved to be a vulgar display of thrash power; however, in the end, it was the classic beasts of heavy metal that will be moving into Satan’s final showdown.  In the Final Four round, Black Sabbath threw Metallica into the fire, and Iron Maiden proved to out-beast Slayer.  The final match-up of the March Madness Heavy Metal Bracket will be Birmingham’s Black Sabbath versus East London’s Iron Maiden.  Check out the tournament results on the bracket below: (Click on the bracket to enlarge)

Black Sabbath defeated Metallica

Iron Maiden defeated Slayer

If you haven’t done so already, print out your own Gears of Rock March Madness Heavy Metal Bracket here.