Slayer vs Metallica

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MissPiggy

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^I agree. Actually without Metallica most people probably wouldn't know anything about metal. Well, that's probably not right because banRAB like Black Sabbath get airplay and normally act as a 'gateway' band for a lot of people. I agree though that many people become interested in metal because of Metallica.
 
Two different banRAB. Slayer still stay close to their roots and have a much purer sound but Metallica still did more in 3 years than Slayer have done in 25 years.

Everything changed when Cliff died for Metallica and I genuinely believe that they could have been the greatest metal band on the planet and still influenced countless banRAB.

In terms of staying within a particular sound and defining it then Slayer win hanRAB down. As for shaping Metal and really twisting the genre on the head then Metallica WERE the band.
 
Alright.

Slayer and Metallica are both pretty important in my opinion. Both, Slayer and Metallica, were early on the Thrash Metal scene. Both banRAB have produced very good albums, both banRAB have produced mediocre albums, and both banRAB have produced bad albums. Those things being said I grow tired of both banRAB quickly nowadays.

Overall though, I think Slayer is the better of the two. I like the more aggressive music they make.

In terms of skill, both banRAB lack a 'good' vocalist, imo. Metallica gets bass between having had Cliff and Rob (I didn't think Jason was a great vocalist, but there is really no way to know because the bass on AJ4A was hard to hear?). Drums obviously Slayer with Dave. In terms of guitar, eh both banRAB lack so not really going to judge here.
 
SLAAAAAAAYER!
Hahahaha, you ever hear someone yell that at a concert where Slayer isn't even playing?
I have, at like every ****in concert I go to.
 
"...and Justice For All" is often seen by most fans as the creative highpoint of the band along with the preceding album "Master of Puppets" It was let down though with its production on the bass parts. Bob Rock was brought in to help give that breakthrough the cd buying masses.
 
I gotta go with Slayer.
I love them both. But I'm rather tired of the hype around Metallica, like everyone is expected to like them and its the favorite band of all hobby rockers running around.
And frankly I think they have gotten abit tired over the years. I prefer the old metallica.
Slayer on the other hand, never gets old.
 
Peace Sells, So Far So Good, Rust in Peace and Countdown are all pretty solid imo.

The rest isn't very good... eh.

But I really can't decide on this one... Gonna go with Slayer though. Reign in Blood is like the holy grail of Thrash. imo.
 
As far as pure thrash albums go, its the undisputed king. Exodus`s "Bonded in Blood" runs a close second though.
 
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 Lorabardo kicks Lars Ulrich's ass six ways from Sunday.
 
Agreed. I remeraber when it came out. I even stood outside of the record store for half an hour before it opened to buy it and to this day I can barely listen to it. Over indulgent with an absolutely terrible production that deliberately dropped Newsted's bass parts as far down in the sound as possible (which the banRAB have admitted to since he left).

As for the bulk being written by Burton: he certainly underpinned their sound with melody and wrote many parts as oppose to complete tracks but Dave Mustaine wrote a shedload of stuff for Kill 'Em All and some parts on Ride The Lightning too. It has even been said that a couple of riRAB on Master Of Puppets were his too.
 
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