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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody
Oh Janzoon, there is a reason why Master of Puppets is continually cited as the best metal album ever made,while Reign in Blood often pops up between spots 5 and 10. 
As for Kill em All, you will never find a bigger advocate of that album on MB than me. The whole thing from start to finish is packed with gripping harmonic guitar riffs. I personally think it walks all over Slayer's Show No Mercy and is a testament of the natural gifted song writing Metallica possessed from the get go.
But it appears Cliff Burton was as important to Metallica as Bon Scott was to AC/DC, so now this debate rages on, early Metallica however, will always be uno numero for me. |
While I agree that KEA is the better album, it's really close for me. I definitely disagree that KEA "walks all over Slayer's Show No Mercy."
The thing that makes KEA better is, indeed, the songwriting, which is what tips the scales.
Second of all, I don't understand how you can notice the riffs in KEA and not notice the riffs in Show No Mercy. I just mentioned this in my journal but Metal Storm / Face The Slayer has like 4 different riffs in the song and is way better than any riff from KEA. Hell, Black Magic's riff is better than any riff from KEA.