Metallica: The Greatest Metal Band Ever?

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Applerill Autistic Princess <3 Profile
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Guys, listen to "Fade To Black" now. I just did again, and it finally hit me: This song is leagues better than "Stairway to Heaven", or anything that Led Zeppelin ever produced. And that isn't even Metallica's best song!

I often see people ask whether they're better than Megadeth, but I just think that question is simply an an insult to James Hetfield's genius! Sure, Dave Mustang's songs are decent, but NEVER has he achieved the emotion you find in "Master of Puppets".

Sure, they had a long period when they stunk, but that doesn't take away from the fact that they created some of the most amazing metal album imaginable.

So, guys, is Metallica "the best metal band ever"? Or is there someone else (Black Sabbath, perhaps) that deserves the title more.

Freddie55 Profile
Location: Toronto, ON

Applerill wrote:

So, guys, is Metallica "the best metal band ever"? Or is there someone else (Black Sabbath, perhaps) that deserves the title more.

My vote goes to early Black Sabbath. The Paranoid album in particular opened metal up to a large fan base thus paving the way for all metal bands that followed.

Bork Executive Hillbilly Profile
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA

Best Heavy Metal Band ever is a no-contest contest. The gold medal goes to Iron Maiden and nobody else. Every song from the self-titled debut album up to and including Powerslave is great. The two albums that followed contained some filler but still rank higher than most of Metallicas output, and they have continued churning out decent albums ever since (bar a short period when Bruce Dickinson left the band). They are also arguably the best live act there is to catch.

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Applerill wrote:

Sure, they had a long period when they stunk.

You answered your own question....NO
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i don't think anything of metallica's is as good as stairway to heaven and i don't like heavy metal.. and yeah, i don't regard led zep as a heavy metal band either
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Freddie55 Profile
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telefunker wrote:

i don't think anything of metallica's is as good as stairway to heaven and i don't like heavy metal.. and yeah, i don't regard led zep as a heavy metal band either

Metallica doesn't hold a candle to Led Zeppelin. And if we need labels I would call Led Zeppelin hard rock, not heavy metal.

Bork Executive Hillbilly Profile
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA

Led Zep can't very well be called heavy metal, no.

Freddie55 Profile
Location: Toronto, ON

I prefer Iron Maiden to Metallica and also much prefer Rainbow (though I think Rainbow is a little soft to be called heavy metal. I would group them with Deep Purple).

Applerill Autistic Princess <3 Profile
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Guys, I never called Zep metal. I was just comparing the song to Stairway in how amazing it is.

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Location: New York

Zep isn't heavy metal, but it is metal. And it's better.

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