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View Poll Results: Slayer vs Metallica
Slayer 58 46.40%
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Old 03-08-2011, 10:03 AM   #41 (permalink)
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SLAYER!!!
Much more consistent with Metallica. Never really changed there sound. Can't picture Slayer experimenting with country rock or banging on trash cans.
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Old 03-08-2011, 12:01 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Slayer, easily. Once upon a time Metallica were a great band, but even their very best album (Master of Puppets IMO) can't touch Slayer at their peak (Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss). And let's face it, Dave Lombardo kicks Lars Ulrich's ass six ways from Sunday.

This post sums it up for except one thing: South of Heaven should be included as a 'peak' album.
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Old 03-08-2011, 01:20 PM   #43 (permalink)
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This post sums it up for except one thing: South of Heaven should be included as a 'peak' album.
Personally, my list with Slayer is:

1. Hell Awaits
2. Reign In Blood
3. Seasons in the Abyss
4. South of Heaven
5. the rest is garbage. Of course I don't mind the song 'disciple'.

Top 3 are the only ones that are that noteworthy. However, Slayer beats out Metallica because Metallica's sound sounds wayyy too prethought. Slayer has a more natural visceral tone. Metallica is amazing for moments of melody, but Slayer are lightyears ahead when it comes to chaos.

And good thrash = chaos.
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Old 03-09-2011, 01:36 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Slayer are just frggin deadly. Reign in Blood is one of the most bad-ass albums ever.
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Old 03-10-2011, 12:34 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Okay......I give Slayer A LOT of credit....for not selling out like Metallica with BS albums like Load, Reload, and St. Anger. Sure, Slayer had many great albums and have remained consistent for years and still remains one of the heaviest (and most devilish) bands now. However, NO BAND can top what Metallica did when they were still an honest heavy metal band that didn't conform to nobody. I can think of two monumental albums by Slayer: Reign In Blood and South Of Heaven. However, Metallica had Kill 'Em All, Master Of Puppets, Ride The Lightning, ...And Justice For All, and Metallica (othrwise known as "the black album". I can't possibly say that any of Slayer's work all together can top those albums. Plus, Death Magnetic, which was Metallica going back to the arrangements they once went through before "the black album", showed what could've been if Metallica never "sold out". What if Metallica made something that wasn't like Load or Reload and kept composing albums that were similar to Ride The Lightning?

So yeah...had to vent a little. Anyway I love Slayer but I love Metallica more. As Metal Gods, they totally pummel Slayer and their ANGEL OF DEATHHHHHH!! XD As mortals...well we can forget that part. =/
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Old 03-13-2011, 05:36 PM   #46 (permalink)
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well, i love both of the bands, but i would have to go with Metallica though
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Old 03-22-2011, 09:01 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Personally, my list with Slayer is:

1. Hell Awaits
2. Reign In Blood
3. Seasons in the Abyss
4. South of Heaven
5. the rest is garbage. Of course I don't mind the song 'disciple'.

Top 3 are the only ones that are that noteworthy. However, Slayer beats out Metallica because Metallica's sound sounds wayyy too prethought. Slayer has a more natural visceral tone. Metallica is amazing for moments of melody, but Slayer are lightyears ahead when it comes to chaos.

And good thrash = chaos.
My list would be:

1. Seasons in the Abyss
2. Reign in Blood
3. South of Heaven
4. Hell Awaits
5. Divine Intervention

Slayer wins for pretty much the same reason as Skaligojurah said.
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Old 03-24-2011, 12:28 AM   #48 (permalink)
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i dunno, can they even be compared? besides being thrash
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Old 03-24-2011, 06:44 AM   #49 (permalink)
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i dunno, can they even be compared? besides being thrash
That's a good question. I mean, personally I haven't listened to Slayer that much, but Angel of Death, that ever famous song, doesn't really do anything for me. It's for the most part a bunch of people with instruments hitting everything as fast as possible while another guy screams **** over the top of it. I understand that some people like that sort of thing, but Metallica's work always had a lot more melody to it, which meant a lot more to me than anything I've ever heard by Slayer.

I would be more than happy to be proven wrong, I love finding new music. But if Reign in Blood is truly the best Slayer has to offer, while it's a good song, it for me doesn't measure up to half of what Metallica have created over the years.
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Old 03-24-2011, 08:03 AM   #50 (permalink)
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That's a good question. I mean, personally I haven't listened to Slayer that much, but Angel of Death, that ever famous song, doesn't really do anything for me. It's for the most part a bunch of people with instruments hitting everything as fast as possible while another guy screams **** over the top of it. I understand that some people like that sort of thing, but Metallica's work always had a lot more melody to it, which meant a lot more to me than anything I've ever heard by Slayer.

I would be more than happy to be proven wrong, I love finding new music. But if Reign in Blood is truly the best Slayer has to offer, while it's a good song, it for me doesn't measure up to half of what Metallica have created over the years.
i meant in terms of lyrical content and riffs - Metallica are mostly social conscious lyrics with angular Bartok-ish riffs

Slayer are mostly "shock" songs with chromatic riffs
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