The Days of Lore

Mark, this is a great post - not at all 3/4-assed. I am by no means a Metallica purist, so their foray into pussified pop-metal didn’t bother me as much as it did others. I never would have listened to Master of Puppets if I hadn’t first been introduced to them through the Black Album (being quite the pussy myself). And even though it wasn’t a complete return to their former glory (because how angry can you be when you’re flying in a private jet from your place you keep in Paris to a show in Germany) I was pleasantly surprised by Death Magnetic.

Yeah,why is everybody so angry all the time? I just don’t get it. And how are these people still alive anyway? If they are so obsessed with death and everything, I would think they’d have gotten it over with already. Just sayin’…
I’m with Dave on this one. Although, having an older brother got me into Metallica back in the good old days. Too bad he listened to the Scorpions, too. Ick.

I was an avowed hater of heavy metal until I started learning guitar and my roommate made me listen to Orion. I almost peed in my pants, it was so insistent and beautiful. Metallica all the way!

I, for one, am very much in favor of musical expansion and exploration, even if it doesn’t really work. I say give ‘em credit for that at least.

Most bands do experiment, which is good, and always a savvy career move for when they “go back to their roots” later on. I respect Metallica for doing what they want to do—even if the Load albums were utterly boring. They wanted to swing and blues it up a little, and that’s fine.
Death Magnetic is pretty good. And Slayer’s next record will be a pummeler, although it will essentially sound like everything else. I’ll listen to and enjoy those records for a bit, but will always return to the old stuff when I’m in the mood.

Metallica.

Who wants a band that never changes? I like each Metallica album for what it is. Sure some of them are way different than others, but my life has changed a lot since 1981 - why should a band not get the same lee-way?

The only thing that sucks about Metallica is they attacked internet music sharing when it was pre internet music sharing which made them in the first place. Lame move Metallica.

But Metallica wins this one, hands down.

Metallica had every right to experiment and is a more progressive band HOWEVER the argument is not that Metallica experimented, but that the quality of their music became a horrible muddied mess. James cant sing the way Bob Rock had him singing, and his songwriting skills took a severe dive compared to the concision and power of their earlier work, both lyrically and musically. As a Metallica fan of the time, it was a shame to see the quality dive (Memory Remains anyone?).

Sure Slayer has stayed the course and not deviated much, but they were’t about to put out a country song to try and prove their talent and diversity. And despite what you say, they aren’t writing the same song over and over. The new song sounds fresh and vibrant and every bit as angry as day one from Slayer.

Metallica is again doing what they are good at, but they will always feel like they are trying to live up to their past. Slayer will never have to make the same attempt.

These are both incredible bands. Name 2 other thrash-speed metal bands that have been writing albums as long as they have. I said thrash-speed metal bands so bands like kiss and rolling stones don’t count. These 2 bands maybe in the same music classification in the music store, but each band clearly has its own goal. Slayer and Metallica are as heavy as you can get. Slayer just does it 5 times faster. Metallica has changed in the past 2 decades, which may not be a bad thing. I just prefer the Black Album and Master of Puppets over the other albums. I can’t say that I love all of their albums. Every Slayer album was out of this world. Each one has it’s purpose. Slayer has always gotton it done. They could give 2 sh**s about politics and where there music is being downloaded from. They just love music. I tend to move to speed metal before streamline metal. In my opinion Metallica went streamline and started to play to the public instead of playing what they were known for…

My vote goes to Metallica and the main reason is…

“Slayer hasn’t changed one bit, essentially rewriting the same riff hundreds of times over”
(bit of an overstatement but I agree to a point)

Metallica has never been about what the fans want or how will the fans react… did they care what kind of reaction they would get when they released the black album or load…. NO… did they care about the reaction they got when they released St Anger… probably not… and trust me there are going to release more albums that wont go over well with the fan base… you dont know what your getting when you buy a metallica album… with slayer you do.. you know exactly what your getting.

Another reason why I think metallica exceeds slayer is the live performance… if you were to go to an event where anthrax, slayer, megadeth and metallica were playing I think you would find that the metallica show would stand out more…. when I watch metallica play i feel an energy that i dont with the others even though slayer and the rest of the big 4 are great bands.

Metallica rules……. No matter what. Slayer is a kid in front of metallica….. Metallica Rocks.

SLAYERRR

REIGNS

OVER

ALL

I’m sick of all the losers that know nothing about music. Sure, Metallica has a soft side, made some terrible albums, cut their hair, etc…and Slayer is a “cooler” band. But Metallica’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums are absolutley without a doubt BETTER than anything Slayer has ever done!!!!

Metallica has better…

-songs

-guitarists (kirk is a better soloist than kerry by far, and james is a better
rhythmic -player than kerry….by far)

-VOCALS….the most important part of any musical group

And by the way Lars is just as good as Lombardo….he can do anything just as good if not better

So to all you Slayer fans that are mad at the world and metallica…..learn to accept that Metallica is THE BEST METAL BAND OF ALL TIME!

SLAYER \,,/
yeah i went there. Slayer is the best. But i do like Metallica. but they don’t compare.

Dave Lombardo absolutely destroys Ulrich. No question.

slayer did,nt sell out there fans metallica did for A gramey slayer won two and did,nt have to bend over and take it up the ASS .I havent bought A metallica CD since JUSTIC there last great CD. POISON Imean metallica did,nt have the BALLS to stay true there fans who got them to where thre at.how many fans do you think they lost because they kerd .Ya they got mily vinely fans but lost the fans who made them dont get me wrong I Love there first five CD,s dont forget garage dayz but SLAYER will always REIGHN

this is ok but it sounds to me you’re going for Metallica more than Slayer and ended saying that they’re both tied….doesn’t make sense at all. And sure they are both kick ass bands but Dont You Ever Put Down Slayer!

I wanted to kick things off with the underdogs…being Metallica, since it would be way too easy to say, as I wrote: “Metallica are pussies and Slayer fucking rules.”

I left the ending sort of hinging on what Slayer’s (now released) new album sounded like. I think I’m going to make an addendum on this post. Stay tuned…

guys SLAYER were , and still the GODS of THRASH metal no question about that.
for more than 20 fucking years they were playing pure thrash metal and still , so when it comes to thrash metal SLAYER are much more better than Metallica.
Metallica changed their style over the years and actually nowadays well 2 me at least i can t consider them as a thrash metal band anymore , so if u want to compare metallica 2 any band it would be better to a heavy metal band not to the gods of thrash metal.
plus man when it comes 2 live performances ,well SLAYER they still play the same way they used 2 back in the old days , at least Tom araya is still a beast on stage , unlike james hetfield who s trying 2 become justin timberlake with his vocals…
and about Kirk hahahaha no comment man , this dude sucks, his solos are shittier than his wawa pedal.