METALLICA vs megadeth

[DeathMetalBangers]

80s Metallica classic but all Megadeth crushes . Incredible musicians. Megadeth!

[AlSymerz]

Incredible musicians...all sacked when Dave realises they get more attention than him?

[Serpentboi1992]

like i said in the post about the big 4, i acknowledge that megadeth has more talent. but, i prefer metallica because i think they structured their songs alot better. i am just talking about '80s to early '90s metallica, because i don't care for the stuff that followed black album. anyways, metallica's riff to solo ratio is better than megadeth's in my opinion. a lot of megadeth songs in my opinion have too many solos and the solos are too long as well. a lot of megadeth tunes feel like a dave mustaine ego trip

[AlSymerz]

St. Anger is the best metal album ever.

[VH1986]

I was a Metallica fan first, but they lost me after the Black Album.  Megadeth has had better post-heyday output, in my opinion.  

[The_Prophecy]

I personal found the Voice of Dave Horrible. Hes an awesome Guitarplayer, but all in all Metallica is better in my Opinion.

[VH1986]

I agree that James's voice was better than Dave's.  Again, I love both bands, but Megadeth got the edge after awhile with me. 

[Arioch]

As for the singers, I don't like either of them. Dave Mustaine has a voice like a duck and James Hetfield pisses me off to the max with his "yeahhh!" and his "ahah!

Musically speaking, as much as I loved the first 4 Metallicas, I think that the inspiration and songwriting talent has disappeared from the band, following the departure/eviction of Dave Mustaine and the death of Cliff Burton.

On the guitar front, Dave Mustaine knew how to surround himself well, if only by citing Marty Friedman. As for Metallica, I'm bored by Kirk's playing.

And these days, I think Megadeth has aged much better than Metallica.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

3 hours ago, Arioch said:

Dave Mustaine has a voice like a duck

Is that what French ducks sound like? Because if a duck ever walked up to me and saId "Whataya mean I don't pay my bills, whataya think I'm broke?" I don't know if I'd shit or go blind. 

 

 

[Arioch]

That's what French ducks sound like, but in voice. No red hair, no guitar, but webbed feet and feathers 😅

[SilenceAwaits]

I prefer Metallica when I'm feeling down, especially in songs like Fade to Black, Nothing Else Matters, and One, I think they're better than Megadeth for those occasions. When I'm feeling energetic, I'd rather listen to Megadeth, as I feel the vocals are way more aggressive, they're both great bands and I have been listening to both of them really often lately

[Necrolord]

On 5/23/2021 at 6:56 PM, navybsn said:

Rust in Peace is the greatest technical thrash album of all time. No one could match Dave and Marty's chops then. So much speed and aggression. Dave was best when he was pissed off and strung out. The riffs on that album still blow my mind 30+ years later. The only other thrash album that does that is Coroner's No More Color.

 

On 5/23/2021 at 10:08 PM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Not to be any more of an asshole than absolutely necessary, but No More Color is at least two or theee times the album Rust in Peace is.

 

Replying to very old posts here but I had to check out Coroner - No More Color after these comments. Listened last night. Killer album. Doesn't start til song #3. Cool techy riffs & energy throughout. Nice solos. 

VS Rust in Peace?? NMC has thicker production and more bottom end but is overall muddier which never works in a technical band's favor. RiP while thin has better sounding production for a techical approach. Rust in Peace riffs are more unusual and faster, and solos are better. Vocals are a draw. Megadave's voice sucks but I can actually hear what's being said and what a song is about. Coroner suffer from the same thing as many other European clean singing bands do: they sing clean but you can't make out anything that's being said! Ends up sounding like a jumble of random words... 

Overall I give the edge to Rust in Peace. 

 

As for Metallica vs Megadeth, well Megadeth is my favorite band of all time, so of course I vote Megadeth.

 

Megadeth's riffs are more unusual and creative, and the compositions more technical and interesting. Metallica always sounded more "safe" and generic (except for AjfA). Megadeth never sounded as polished or perfected as Metallica which actually gives Megadeth more character and relatability. Megadeth's guitar tones sound meaner, the shredding is tighter, there's is just more attitude. Also Megadeth continued churning out some killer shredding thrash well past their 1st 5 albums, while Metallica post-black album is COMPLETE GARBAGE and isn't even worth discussing (much less listening to).  
 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

1 hour ago, Necrolord said:

 

 

Replying to very old posts here but I had to check out Coroner - No More Color after these comments. Listened last night. Killer album. Doesn't start til song #3. Cool techy riffs & energy throughout. Nice solos. 

VS Rust in Peace?? NMC has thicker production and more bottom end but is overall muddier which never works in a technical band's favor. RiP while thin has better sounding production for a techical approach. Rust in Peace riffs are more unusual and faster, and solos are better. Vocals are a draw. Megadave's voice sucks but I can actually hear what's being said and what a song is about. Coroner suffer from the same thing as many other European clean singing bands do: they sing clean but you can't make out anything that's being said! Ends up sounding like a jumble of random words... 

Overall I give the edge to Rust in Peace. 

 

As for Metallica vs Megadeth, well Megadeth is my favorite band of all time, so of course I vote Megadeth.

 

Megadeth's riffs are more unusual and creative, and the compositions more technical and interesting. Metallica always sounded more "safe" and generic (except for AjfA). Megadeth never sounded as polished or perfected as Metallica which actually gives Megadeth more character and relatability. Megadeth's guitar tones sound meaner, the shredding is tighter, there's is just more attitude. Also Megadeth continued churning out some killer shredding thrash well past their 1st 5 albums, while Metallica post-black album is COMPLETE GARBAGE and isn't even worth discussing (much less listening to).  
 

Well first of all I'm not a Megastaine guy by any stretch, these days the nasally vox totally ruin it for me. I did like 'em well enough in the 80's, but still the technicality has never been the appeal for me with either band. Coroner is the only band I can think of that I listen to regularly that gets the "technical" tag. I don't really care about all the shredding, I just want badass riffs. If I were to rank those old 20th century Megastaine albums, Rust would not even be in my top 3 or 4. Everything else up through and including Symphony would be ahead of it. Megastaine hasn't released a really good album since Symphony though, an ok song here or there maybe, but not a consistent good album. Maybe for Megastaine fanbois. No More Color seems to be a lot of people's favorite Coroner album, and it's great, but it's my #2 behind R.I.P. The only Metsllica album I'd consider worth listening to at all anymore imho is RtL, and Megastaine never released anything that could even rival that one much less top it. 

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Depending on my mood at the time I find my favourite Coroner album seems to flip between Punishment for Decadence, No More Colour, and RIP. Personally, I would take any of those over everything, Metallica or Megadeth ever released. In fact these days I find myself listening to both bands about the same amount, that is maybe once a year if that.

 

Going on a brief tangent here I never really understand the constant bickering between Metallica and Megadeth fans, perhaps it’s because I’m not fanatical about either, but well both are no doubt important in the history and evolution of thrash I find so many of that contemporaries to be infinitely more enjoyable. Come to think of it if I were to compile my top 100 thrash albums i’m not sure any of the big four would get a look in.

[AlSymerz]

Coroner are shit

This guy knows what he's taking about...

On 9/18/2022 at 10:36 AM, AlSymerz said:

St. Anger is the best metal album ever.

 

[JamesT]

Always fun to jump in on this conversation! 

Metallica will always hold a special place for me.  While I don't listen to them nearly as much these days as I used to, I enjoy about 85% of the catalog quite a bit.  And while nothing will top those first 4 albums, their past 3 releases have all been thoroughly enjoyable for me, and I hope we get at least one more album from these guys before they hang it up for good.  

Megadeth is a band I've honestly never gotten heavily into.  I have several of their albums in my digital library, and I listen to them very occasionally, but they've never really done much for me in general.  "The Sick, the Dying, and the Dead" has gotten more regular rotation than many of the others, though, and I am looking forward to their next release.