jackhammer

It is an old thread. To introduce a 'both' option now would be pointless.

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ironhorse23

I know... I was just trying to make a point that I enjoy both bands, dude.

Ghostrider

I have to give Metallica 51% and Megadeth 49%,,,but I like them both.

The Utopian

Metallica sold out? The biggest paradox in metal. Metallica's sales in albums plummeted after they "Sold out". The truth is that Selling out is one of the biggest myth in music scene. No band can control the number of sales by simply changing the style. Metallica is way more important to metal than Megadeth. Megadeth is just the "Dave Mustaine's Band", always in the shadow of metallica. At first Megadeth seems as an act of spite form Dave Mustaine, until Rust in peace and Countdown to extinction which contains the most stable and most talented group of musician that megadeth ever had, but Metallica was always lightyears ahead in innovation and experimentation.

Metallica's decline in my opinion, is a controlled chaos. They know who they are and what they represented in the eighties. But this material wouldn't worth anything if they hadn't change their style. This is when you start to appreciate romantically the old stuff creating a nostalgia effect. Their change was necessary.

In a summary. Megadeth NEVER was bigger or stronger than Metallica. Never ever.

jackhammer

The Black album is where they radically changed their style and that is their biggest selling album by far. It also happens to be an awful album and the complete antithesis of what Metallica seemingly were about. Metallica were one of the major players in dragging Metal into the mainstream and for that we can be grateful, however they seemed to forget their roots and allowed themselves to be manipulated by the corporate machine. Megadeth didnt have the same impact and Mustaine can come across as an ego ridden tat bag sometimes but he is certainly no worse than Lars Ulrich in this respect. Megadeth have generally stuck to the same musical formula throughout their career and I find their music much more palatable these days compared to Metallica.

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idowhatiamtold

Megadeth may be more technical but old -school metallica smokes them overall.

moleman3230

Mustaine may be a complete douche but still it dosen't really matter considering the band's songs are good and they have been consistent with their genre. For the most part. Can't say that about Metallica.

lucifer_sam

Ugh. That actually is a really hard decision.

I agree with you on the guitar licks, but I find Kirk Hammett to be a much more talented guitarist than Mustaine. And some of the stuff Mustaine writes is a little weird, like he's trying to break conventions without any direction. Also, Megadeth never really had an apocalyptic album like Metallica has had (Ride the Lightning and the Black Album).

It really is a toss up. I say Metallica because Dave Mustaine is a Flyers fan. =p

TheaterDreams

I prefer Metallica's work after Kill Em All. The Black Album, Master of Puppets, and Ride the Lightning are my favorite albums

Kirk is a more versatile and technical guitarist than Mustaine. But Marty beats them both by a mile

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GuitarBizarre

ROFL no. Mustaine beats the **** out of Hammets playing.

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