Slayer vs Metallica

[Veronica G]

Really?

Most people I knew thought it was a step backwarRAB.

[oscar b]

This

[Alissa P]

To put it in a correct perspective of the big 4 thrash banRAB of the day:

Slayer>Megadeth>Metallica>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Anthrax

[Xi-Sung]

Slayer makes music to headbang to.
Metallica makes music to torture war prisoners to.

[Candy M]

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.

[w_pooh87]

Slayer.

[lalala]

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.

[Mwa ^_^]

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.

[Bronco 212]

I'll admit I don't know much about either band (relative to you guys, at least), but I do really like what Metallica I've heard.