Metallica or Megadeth?

[markD]

true, but they are going kinda bald too. i wear a cowboy hat onstage to hide my giant growing bald area. i don't wanna shave my head totally yet because skull is shaped funny.

maybe metallica felt the same way. though kirk looks cooler with short hair....kinda like bruce dickinson.

[VitaminG]

hasn't metallica gone on record before about making a conscious decision to do something different also? bith bands did. metallica just chose a more commercial direction. megadeth went different but still stayed JUST below the mainstream radar....

Metallica got haircuts & cowboy hats.

[Spivonious]

Wow - I have a completely different opinion of CTE. To me, CTE is Metallica's Black Album, or rather, Megadeth's attempt at it.

Wow, I think CTE is #3 best 'deth album. #1 RIP, #2 PSBWB, #3 CTE.

Architecture of Aggression, Ashes in Your Mouth, Psychotron, they all destroy anything on the black album.

I think Megadeth has kept growing, which is good. Metallica ran out of ideas 15 years ago.

[markD]

Megadeth kept up their playing chops but did make a sharp turn in terms of music style after RIP. I interviewed Ellefson a few weeks ago and he even said they made a conscious decision to do something different.

hasn't metallica gone on record before about making a conscious decision to do something different also? bith bands did. metallica just chose a more commercial direction. megadeth went different but still stayed JUST below the mainstream radar....

[Leftyzrule580]

I've always loved Metallica. I always have and I always will. They got me into metal way back when. The only thing I ever liked about Megadeth was Marty's leads. And those will never be the same, now that he's out of the picture. So, my vote is quite clear. Don't bash me TOO hard, mmkay?

[roodyrocker]

I fell inlove with the Rhoads when Kirk was using it, and did not know a damn thing about Randy at the time. I know.. blasphemy right???

Yes, blasphemy indeed considering Rhoads smokes everyone in Metallica

[peedenmark7]

megadeth

[Venomboy]

Megadeth kept up their playing chops but did make a sharp turn in terms of music style after RIP. I interviewed Ellefson a few weeks ago and he even said they made a conscious decision to do something different.

However, I lik Bruce with teh short hair HAILZ nOob!

[Grandturk]

To my ear, CTE definitely had better production, but the songs themselves were cut from the same cloth as RIP.

Wow - I have a completely different opinion of CTE. To me, CTE is Metallica's Black Album, or rather, Megadeth's attempt at it.

[joshulator]

CTE was the beginning of "spit and polish" production.

To my ear, CTE definitely had better production, but the songs themselves were cut from the same cloth as RIP.

[sonic gihad]

I would have said Metallica in the late 80's definitely. Some time around ... and Justice for all. If you ask me today though, I would say Megadeth without a doubt especially with Chris Broderick on the roster. I fell inlove with the Rhoads when Kirk was using it, and did not know a damn thing about Randy at the time. I know.. blasphemy right???

[SEEGERMANY]

CTE was the beginning of "spit and polish" production.

[Grandturk]

So in my mind, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction ARE what Megadeth is supposed to sound like.

See, to me, CtoE is a complete 180 from RIP.

[joshulator]

I don't get everyone saying Megadeth has stayed the course. Everything after Rust in Peace is so far from what they started out doing. I like some of the later stuff - mostly what I've listened to on Warchest, but its vastly different from SFSGSW, KIMB, etc.

It could be our reference point. I didn't get into Megadeth UNTIL Rust In Peace, and can't really get too much into the prior material. The earlier stuff sounded too punk and garage band to my ears. So in my mind, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction ARE what Megadeth is supposed to sound like. And mostly, they've stuck with that sound. One who was into the previous material could rightfully be expected to think that they changed on Rust and Peace and have not been the same since.

Metallica on the other hand took a sharp turn somewhere on or after the Black album. Today's material sounds nothing like the old material. And most in our community I think see that as being a bad thing, because we liked the old material.

[Grandturk]

I don't get everyone saying Megadeth has stayed the course. Everything after Rust in Peace is so far from what they started out doing. I like some of the later stuff - mostly what I've listened to on Warchest, but its vastly different from SFSGSW, KIMB, etc.