Metallica vs. Megadeth: The Great Debate Continues
Metallica vs. Megadeth: The Great Debate Continues
by Sam Frank
When Metallica was inducted into the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame last year I was not surprised. Their newest album, Death Magnetic, is a blitzkrieg of sonic mayhem that includes heart pounding bass lines from newbie Robert Trujillo on top of Rick Ruben's dynamic productions. Besides the band's countless world tours Metallica have gone on to sell 52,271,000 albums in the United States alone, so when my metal music connoisseur, Alex, told me that Metallica sucks ass I began to wonder why he thinks this way. After pushing the issue further I got a one word answer: Megadeth.
Alright, we all know the story about Dave Mustaine being kicked out of Metallica before the band recorded its first album, 1983's Kill'Em All, and the how Mustaine was so pissed after his departure that he created the band Megadeth, which he deemed harder and faster than Metallica. "We didn't care about the future," Mustaine revealed during VH-1's Behind The Music. "[Megadeth] just wanted to be the most dangerous band on the planet," which became evident on songs like "Set The World Afire" and "502," off 1987's So Far, So Good, So What. But this didn't settle anything. Why in the world a metal head say Metallica sucks in favor of Megadeth? For the same reason people weren't thrilled about The Beatles changing their sound in the late 60's. A band's sound is their audio-identity, and when that changes so does the audience, which is exactly what happened to Metallica in the 90's.
-Read the full story at UnRatedMagazine.com
by Sam Frank
When Metallica was inducted into the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame last year I was not surprised. Their newest album, Death Magnetic, is a blitzkrieg of sonic mayhem that includes heart pounding bass lines from newbie Robert Trujillo on top of Rick Ruben's dynamic productions. Besides the band's countless world tours Metallica have gone on to sell 52,271,000 albums in the United States alone, so when my metal music connoisseur, Alex, told me that Metallica sucks ass I began to wonder why he thinks this way. After pushing the issue further I got a one word answer: Megadeth.
Alright, we all know the story about Dave Mustaine being kicked out of Metallica before the band recorded its first album, 1983's Kill'Em All, and the how Mustaine was so pissed after his departure that he created the band Megadeth, which he deemed harder and faster than Metallica. "We didn't care about the future," Mustaine revealed during VH-1's Behind The Music. "[Megadeth] just wanted to be the most dangerous band on the planet," which became evident on songs like "Set The World Afire" and "502," off 1987's So Far, So Good, So What. But this didn't settle anything. Why in the world a metal head say Metallica sucks in favor of Megadeth? For the same reason people weren't thrilled about The Beatles changing their sound in the late 60's. A band's sound is their audio-identity, and when that changes so does the audience, which is exactly what happened to Metallica in the 90's.
-Read the full story at UnRatedMagazine.com
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