The Big Four

[Scooter]

http://www.thebigfourlive.com/

If its already posted, sorry

[markD]

cool, but are any of the "big four" still any good? i left them YEARS ago for metal that was fresher, newer and better than what they ever did....

[Endrik]

that trailer gives you a good idea which band is the $$$,
Metallica sounds five times bigger and lively than the rest of them with their overproduced in-the-can sound.

[Spivonious]

Of the big four, I'd say that Megadeth is the only enjoyable one today. Metallica lost its edge, Slayer is a parody of itself, and Anthrax never takes itself seriously.

[Grandturk]

Metallica puts on a fantastic show.

[SlaytanicDude]

Anthrax is really weak compared to the rest of the Big 4, they are good, but what was so special about their music when compared to like Exodus and Testament, far better bands? I'll still go to see this show, Slayer and Megadeth are still very enjoyable and Metallica now is much better than they were a few years ago.

[Grandturk]

That's why I've always said Anthrax, if 4th, was a distant 4th.

[Grim]

Anthrax are pretty awesome. I think the big four label really goes on commercial success more than actually "thrashy"-ness. You guys can't deny that Anthrax's guitar work didn't do something for metal.

I never understood Slayer over other bands though. They never really were commercially successful, and their music, while heavy and thrashy, holds no retaining value to me.

[SlaytanicDude]

They have like 4 gold albums I think, more than Anthrax. Not to mention Christ Illusion debuted at what, #5 and World Painted Blood #12? And while they may not be very influential to you, pretty much every death metal band and the new thrash bands will disagree.

[Scooter]

Meh, it lets me relive my youth, the 'Back in the Day' type thing. I'd like to see Iron Maiden on the bill though.

[RacerX]

They have like 4 gold albums I think, more than Anthrax. Not to mention Christ Illusion debuted at what, #5 and World Painted Blood #12? And while they may not be very influential to you, pretty much every death metal band and the new thrash bands will disagree.

With a nick like yours, you aren't exactly non-biased there, eh?









J/K I'm a Slayer fan also.

[toejam]

Slayer changed the world of metal when Reign In Blood came out. That album just battered you over the head nonstop! As for Anthrax, Scott Ian is just awesome and has a great right hand. Still, these days I'd rather see Slayer and Megadeth over Metallica and Anthrax.

[Grim]

I never said I didn't find them influential, I simply said that the music holds no retaining value.

Don't get me wrong, I love Slayer, but the spot on the big four isn't jsutified over Exodus or Testament to me.

I don't exactly agree with Anthrax being there either.

[SlaytanicDude]

I never said I didn't find them influential, I simply said that the music holds no retaining value.

Don't get me wrong, I love Slayer, but the spot on the big four isn't jsutified over Exodus or Testament to me.

I don't exactly agree with Anthrax being there either.

Ah, sorry for misreading that. But if Slayer was a big influence on the death metal genre (and black metal too in some cases), don't you think they deserve a spot on the Big 4? And if something has a big influence, it has to have some retaining value, at least to everybody else :P

If we go by the sales records, Slayer definitely should have a spot up there. Not saying though that the other dudes aren't top stuff, but the Big 4 were definitely top of the heap in some way, Scott Ian does have a good right hand and at one point they could actually put together a band and keep it together.

[Grandturk]

If anything out of those four, Anthrax was probably the least successful mostly because as a band, they had the least direction, and continue to have the least direction - their "thrash" albums were classic for having different sounds, ideas and levels of seriousness - Among the Living is disjointed - even songs on the album are disjointed. There's a definate lack of cohesion.

The Sound of White Noise was their most sucessfull albums because it was a straight up metal album. Before and since, they've kind of flopped around between thrash, hard core, rap metal, goof metal and dweebcore - and I like Anthrax.

Say what you will about St. Anger - that album had a cohesive theme and style... just not a great one.