You listen to them you slacker.

British Steel for me, not by much. Holy Diver is a great album also and I dig Vivian Campbells solos on that album.

It's only been a few days. US usually gave us about a week.

And it's:

Holy Diver - 2
British Steel - 3

Holy Diver. British steel's good, but Dio's voice propels HD to a completley different level.

Judas Priest just by a cunt hair over Ronnie James.

Holy Diver - 3
British Steel - 5

It's been a good couple of years since I've listened to either of these albums, and I just couldn't get into Dio, he has the voice of a god no doubt but it just becomes too much sometimes. Priest for sure, pure kick your face metal.

As much as I enjoy Holy Diver, both CD's which I own by the way, I have to give it to British Steel. It's a brilliant album with such classics like Metal Gods (drool), United and Living After Midnight. Absolutely classic in the realm of metal, even their lyrics scream it. Not to mention amazing guitar solos, that's what I love most about Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. I miss that about today's music.

Holy Diver is still fantastic, I love Rainbow in The Night and Gypsy.

Holy Diver - 3
British Steel - 6

Well, I think we can call this a victory for Judas Priest..

So moving on to the next 2:

I think I know where this one is going already, but here it goes anyway...

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vs.

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Hey, you're good at this. I presume that you expect Maiden to win?
They're clearly the more popular band overall and Powerslave is probably my favorite album of theirs but I'm going with Queensryche. Dude could sing in something like 8 octaves and my mid-80s walkman definitely saw a lot more action from Operation: Mindcrime. It was my adolescent generation's Tommy, er something like that. The first concept album that made sense to me.

Queensrÿche: 1
Iron Maiden: 0

Wait, I thought it was supposed to be the winner of the first battle that went on to face Queensryche?

Maybe he's doing semi-finals and then a final.

I wouldn't call Powerslave my favorite album of theres is why I am going with Queensryche. What an incredible concept for an album to begin with and to be able to pull off such a thing was and is amazing. Geoff Tate is incredible.

Queensryche:2
Iron Maiden:0 Sorry Maiden.

I have listened to Powerslave hundreds of times, if it was 7th Son up there I'd go Maiden. it was my first time ever listening to Queensrÿche, but I was impressed. Great riffs, the only way I can describe the guys voice is lightning, and top notch.

Queensrÿche - 3
Iron Maiden - 0

Yeah, forgive my n00b mistake, haha.

I think that though would be best, do like a semi-final. I always thought the best way this thread could be done is bracket. Have a high number of albums, and do it for longer. Always seens to go by too quickly.

Powerslave, for sure! But Queensryche are amazing, I've been a fan for years.

So:

Operation Mindcrime: 0
Powerslave: 1

UH its 3-1 Operation mindcrime girl.

I don't have the album so I wouldn't know. :laughing:

Cool beans. So, should I put up some more albums for a bigger battle then?

I must say I'm not too fond of the epic battles.... if you don't like the genre or theme they're riffing on, it's pretty tedious.

I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with hip hop bunny hop.

Well, the beauty is you only have to listen to the album once through out it all. You are not forced to listen to each album more than once.

My idea is more based on how at times an album can be poorly paired and stand no chance, so if the losers for example could be a better battle, pit them.

Your opinions on each album wont change, but it is kinda fun to see how 2 albums you may not like can go against each other, and see what you find better or worse.

Just an idea I am thinking of to keep it going for a tad bit longer.

Metal Wars doesn't often feature any power metal albums, therefore there haven't been too many epic battles.

:laughing:

As for this battle, it's almost an impossible choice really as these two albums are very special. In fact I found the choice easier between the Dio and Judas Priest albums easier than this one! Operation Mindcrime is easily the most accomplished thing Queensryche ever did and one of the most polished metal albums ever recorded, it really has everything that an epic album should have and sounds like Iron Maiden in almost every aspect. Powerslave though is something very special and ranks with Piece of Mind as their very best, probably just clips Piece of Mind. If it was Iron Maiden v Queensryche Iron Maiden would win hands down, but as this is album versus album then it's much harder. Had Operation Mindcrime come up against another Iron Maiden album it probably would've won, but it didn't so Powerslave wins.

Operation Mindcrime- 3
Powerslave- 2

I'm gonna need a little time on this one. I've never actually listened to Operation: Mindcrime before, and it would be unfair to compare an album that I'd only listened to once, with an album I've listened to countless times in the last decade. So, I'm gonna have to give it a few spins.

How can you have listened to Operation Mindcrime once? When you've never actually listened to it before.

Well, I was listening to it when I was posting that.

That's a lame excuse, admit it, you fucked up when you typed the previous post.

Not really. I'd already listened to most of it when I posted that. Please stick to PowerPunisher with your gotcha posts, you cocktwat. :p:

I would but his Slipknob thread has been closed down and he's not the brightest spark in the box either. So I thought I'd move more upmarket and start with you.

Alright. As much as Queensryche's dark, pop metal is a revelation that will make me go out and buy it at the next opportunity I gotta go with Maiden on this one. If it weren't Powerslave, then things would probably be different, but Powerslave is just the perfect heavy metal album. It's everything that I think of when I think of traditional metal. It's music is just the right combo of infectious pop hooks, galloping straight up headbanging riffs, and epic atmosphere. The lyrics capture the shtick of metal without sounding cliched and goofy. Not to mention the album cover is not just the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it beats sliced bread hands down. And not being the biggest prog fan, I'm not so hot on 10 min+ songs, but "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" is quite possibly the only one that holds my attention for the entire thirteen minutes of it's perfect existence. If god made a heavy metal album, it would still suck in comparison to Powerslave. :bowdown:

Operation: Mindcrime - 3
Powerslave - 3

7th Son of a 7th Son was blessed by the metal demons specifically...

Operation: Mindcrime - 3
Powerslave - 4

I don't like, at all, how the vocals overpowered the music for Queensryche. On top of that, I don't like how the vocalist sounds. Worst, I don't care that the vocalist is trying to get across some story.

Powerslave isn't perfect, but it is fun.

It's odd that what's worst to you about the album is something you don't care about.

I've never gotten into Operation: Mindcrime, despite a few attempts. It's always cool for 3-4 songs, then it all gets too similar and blends together for me. Powerslave, on the other hand, is one of my favourite albums of all time, and one of Maiden's 3 best. So:

Operation: Mindcrime - 3
Powerslave - 5

Maiden above all man. Saxon's good but personally I think Maiden is where it's at.

A pity you're not where it's at, that war took place in 2011.

Hey, he actually knows who Saxon is. Give the man a break.

I had both of these albums when they first came out. Tate has always been a solid vocalist, and DeGarmo has some brilliant work, but Powerslave was put in the cassette deck and didn't come out until the tape broke. Probably from me rewinding/fastforwarding until I got ROTAM down.

Operation: Mindcrime - 3
Powerslave - 6

It really is one of the best songs ever recorded. Definitely in the top five of Maiden's best songs.