Metallica or Megadeth
 

Hey. I've been wondering for a while now who is the better band out f the two, if any?

Megadeth, or Metallica?

I personally think that Megadeth is the better of the two. They have better riffs, solo's etc.

Please post your views so that this can finally be answered.

Thanx.

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They both kinda followed the same path, both had great early albums and then fizzled out. But I'll go with megadeth because they stayed true longer, metallica went mtv too soon.

i dunno. im a metallica man. up until reload, there was no comparison, but after that....well mtv indeed. and st anger i heard and didnt even bother with. but i am in love with the eighties metallica, always have and always will be. though saying this, i am also a huge megadeath fan. the solos and technical skills shown i agree are allmost unrivalled

Megadeth gets my vote now, but ten years ago my vote probably would of went to Metallica. Rust In Peace do you belong to megadeth.com? You should check it out if you haven't already.

Duhhh.......Metallica

But why Metallica?
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Metallica for the fact that they pushed boundaries dude.They decided to do something totally original by bringing classical elements into thrash music.This is due to Cliff Burton,possibly the greatest bassist of all time.They dared to be different and f*ck me how they've succeded.There not the most respected band on the planet for no reason.In 20yrs time,they'll be remembered like The Beatles,Black Sabbath and Nirvana.And I'll have great pride in telling my kids I saw Metallica and Black Sabbaths original line-up!!

i'd have to go with metallica, mostly because of their first four albums. great stuff.

megadeth is still great though, with albums like Rust in Peace and Peace Sells...

Old Metallica is better than Megadeath...Megadeath is better than New Metallica.

very well put alejo

megadeth is cool but metallica roks when they play old misfits songs

True, Megadeth is better than the New METALLICA!, but as for the OLD METALLICA being better than Megadeth.....
.....I Suppose that is personal preference.

If you asked someone (who wasn't a fan) to tell you which was metallica, and which was megadeth. I think they would have to wait for the vocals to start before they could even tell that they were diff bands!

I think that the only really big diff between the two, is the vocals, and on the later stuff, the guitars to a certain extent. This is because when Megadeth was formed, Dave Mustaine had just left Metallica, and so his "Metallica Roots" would be coming thru in his music!

.....Or maybe thats just me....

very well put

I don't think this should be a debate, i thought it was very obvious who the better band was... but i guess other people disagree. (surprised)

Metallica all the way. Enter the Sandman, One , Fuel, Unforgiven. they paved the way for music nowadays

dude music today sucks, damn nu-metal

i would have to say that megadeath is better than metalica because they never made any sucky music ever and plus the songs are better. i think that people who are realy into metal and know about a good amount of older metal would have to agree with me.

Both Megadeth and Metallica kick major ass! Dave has some good riffs and solos and so does Hammet. But Metallica is more famous and has set the greatest influence in today's metal

Must this question even be asked, Megadeth anyday over Metallica!!!!

1985 and before - megadeth
1986 - 2002 - metallica
2003 and after - megadeth

but id take middle era metallica over anything, actually gimme guns n roses or iron maiden

i don't agree with ya jesus, I think Megadeth was better than Metallica every year

Its METALLICA all the way
cause Dave Mustane is still bitter after being kick out of Metallica even with the success with his own band. If Dave Mustaine was asked to go on MTV he'd jump at that in a second. James Hetfield is 100 times better at singing Kirk Hammett is way better at guitar.Without Metallica there would be no Megadeth if Lars didnt Kick him out we wouldnt be talkin about this. METALLICA

Cripple Need Cane says Megadeth!
 

Hetfield has (had) the iron fist but I have to go with the Marty Friedman Megadeth hay-day all the way!

Cripple Need Cane

Metallica wins.

Metallica Vs. Who? How the hell did these guys become wrthy to be compared with metallica.

no clue.

Did they really? Hmm, im trying to remeber which song Metallica allowed a wrestler to use (sand man doesn't count since they hijacked it). Risk was far more pop than either load. In fact mustaine had a pretrack chorus warm up so you could sing along to "crush 'em".

Metallica is my choice for better band. Megadeth isn't bad, but they aren't a better band at all. Top to bottom Metallica outshined them. You can make a case for Metallica being in the top 5 bands ever. No one makes a case for megadeth, and frankly no one would think of them if asked such a question.

As an aside, because the opinon police are probably reading this, I can't even fathom how you could comapre the two but then again, thats just me.

Never made any sucky music? Come on, someone back me up on this one. Megadeth has a ton of sucky music. Aerosmith was a classic rock band and they had a ton of sucky music. No one makes great songs non-stop, your just bold faced lying now.

And you can't split a bands catalouge, you judge it as a whole with minor exceptions being when people leave the band. I'd say its usually the singer (Black Sabbath can, and should, be split) but to split a bands music and say well I like that peice, or that peice, but not this one. What else do we do this to? Nothing. You either like it or you don't, music doesn't have an option for line item veto.

OK

If you want the best of Megadeth all you have to do is buy Peace Sells & Rust In Peace

I wouldn`t even wipe my arse with any of their other albums

theres no way that metallica can be better than megadeth listion to anysongs by megadeth like 99 ways to die, sweating bullets, symphony of destruction. theres no metallica song that will compare to those and those songs are random

Well fi we're just making statements with no backup, Battery, Trapped Under Ice, and Frayed Ends of Sanity own those songs, and those songs are random.

its pretty much what ur into both bands music is similar but with metallica there vocals it normal where megadeths are weird and insane. MEGADETH RULES

yeah that what I was getting at. What is normal about Metallica, and I don't think Mustaine is a great vocalist.

Who cares who's vocals are more "normal" isn't metal partially about being out of the norm anyways? What the hell...I prefer Megadeth for the simple fact that I like Dave Mustaine much more as a person than I do Lars Ulrich (incase you didn't know HE founded the band, not James Hetfield) He's just a better person in my eyes.

But musically, both bands are amazing...aside from Metallica's most recent disaster...St.Anger. That's awful...Both new albums verses the other, Megadeth wins by far.

But anyways, both bands are great metal bands.

Even though I personally feel that Mustaine contributed to the best parts of Metallica... when he was in the band.

That's just my opinion though.

so ur gunna listion to megadeth and not metallica because u like dave better than lars thats kind of *** usually u lisiton to the music because u like the music. im with megadeth to

I was a huge Metallica fan 6years ago coz the albums I bought at the time just happened to be there earlier stuff,then I figured out that they didnt thrash or play technical anymore,that broke my heart. how S H I T is St Anger?? oh yeah an Hetfield's voice lost it's aggression didn't it? He sounds like some sort of country singer dude........
Then I found Megadeth that's the ****! Here is a band who had the metal spirit the I don't give a **** attitude. and fantastic musicians.
Megadeth has my vote!!! they stayed true even when they made the softer albums. coz the people & sound stayed metal!
Metallica lost integrety & style that made them real.SELL OUTS!!

Megadeth never quit ((musically speaking)). Hail the true legends

Oh yeah.. **** Lars too.

What is remarkable is that they never will be legends. For all you people who came here to bash Metallica, let me remind you how revered each band is in Metal.

Awhile back, Mustaine said he wanted to unite the Metal community. Then Tom Aroyo (who is decidedly Metal) came out and said, "Im all for uniting the metal community, but Dave Mustaine is not the man to do it, even Hetfeild could do it better than him, and that says alot"

See, No one really think their legends even within their own genre. ANd its because they pussed out and made risk for the sole purpose of selling records. You don't option a song to professional wrestling and still keep metal cred.

End your paltry discussion of who is better, the surrmounting evidence that you're all saying Megadeth to rage against the norm is disgusting. I don't care if you pull that opinion crap. If you liked metal, then the catalouge of Metallica would be superior to Megadeth, if you wanted to look credible on some internet board, then you'd say Megadeath. Say what you want here, but know that at least half of you are lying.

Haha I like that... It just makes you realise how immature the whole "selling out" thing is...

I didnt say I was gonna listen to Megadeth instead of Metallica. I stated I listen and like them both, MUSICALLY. ****WAD