Megadeth or Metallica?

[TheTrueZoltan!]

[…] I think thrash is a tough genre as a singer. Can't usually do a melody over a lot of it so most thrash singers have a character style voice. […]

Chuck Billy disproves your thesis.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Chuck Billy disproves your thesis.

 

[JiveTurkey]

You have Chuck (who is a GOAT). Then you have Eric A.K. who is maybe a little lesser know and more melodic?

Beyond that, speaking strictly of thrash; most vocalists don't fall into that skill level. Look at the German stuff. Schmier, Angelripper and Mille all have acquired taste vocals. I think Angelripper is the best out of these 3 by far with Mille being wayyyyy behind to my ears. Those guys definitely fall into the character voice category. A lot of thrash tried to get replacement vocalists to commercialize things (Coburn Pharr on Annihlator/Never Neverland; dude on the Whiplash album who's name I can't remember). Better upgrades in quality but the music itself ended up being a downgrade.

You have someone who kind of falls in between like Phil from Sacred Reich who can do kind of both sides of the thrash/not quite thrash thing. But when they lightened up; the overall quality of the songs took a downturn.

 

[duzie]

You think those albums are great, wait 'til you hear, "Rust In Peace Sells... And Business Is Good!"

I don’t think anyone’s buying though

 

[megametal7]

I like this

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[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Speaking of Deutsch metal bands, I was always partial to Udo Dirkschnieder's vocals on "Balls To The Wall"

 

[JiveTurkey]

Udo is

 

[dbagchee]

You have Chuck (who is a GOAT). Then you have Eric A.K. who is maybe a little lesser know and more melodic?

Beyond that, speaking strictly of thrash; most vocalists don't fall into that skill level. Look at the German stuff. Schmier, Angelripper and Mille all have acquired taste vocals. I think Angelripper is the best out of these 3 by far with Mille being wayyyyy behind to my ears. Those guys definitely fall into the character voice category. A lot of thrash tried to get replacement vocalists to commercialize things (Coburn Pharr on Annihlator/Never Neverland; dude on the Whiplash album who's name I can't remember). Better upgrades in quality but the music itself ended up being a downgrade.

You have someone who kind of falls in between like Phil from Sacred Reich who can do kind of both sides of the thrash/not quite thrash thing. But when they lightened up; the overall quality of the songs took a downturn.

Do Joey Belladonna and John Bush count?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Do Joey Belladonna and John Bush count?

John Bush is one of my all time faves

 

[Aelred]

Slayer!

Sorry, someone had to. I was into Motorhead, Discharge, GBH and Venom beforehand.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Definitely Megadeth. Prefer the vocals, arrangements, guitars.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Ironically, I had a massive Metallica phase as a teenager (as many do) but always wrote of mega death. I saw a MD tribute opening for a friends band a few years ago and was like… holy shit…. I’ve been missing out megadeath is fucking awesome

 

[laxu]

I prefer Metallica, my wife is a Megadeth fan.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Slayer!

Sorry, someone had to. I was into Motorhead, Discharge, GBH and Venom beforehand.

Slayer was AWESOME. One of my absolute faves. Until they weren't. Once Tom started yelling on every song; good lord ( ) shut up already

 

[HomespunEffects]

My choice may have an emotional component. See, when I got out of high school I traveled the country. I went from Pennsylvania to Florida and then to Colorado. The ultimate goal was to make it to LA and join a metal band but by the time we got to Denver, I was way out of money. One night I was out walking on the empty streets and I found $4. I was going to buy some food but saw a record store that sold used stuff. I came across this for $2.50.

I didn't even know they had a new album out. I took it back to my friend's apartment and this album blew me away.

I still bought some snacks for me and my friend with the $1.50 that I had left.

I hope Columbia Records doesn't demand that I return this.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Testament, Exodus, Overkill, and Dark Angel Announce "Mid-Sized Four of Thrash" Concert

Semi-titans of American thrash metal Testament, Exodus, Overkill, and Dark Angel announced their plans to play a concert in the same vein as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax did with their series of vaunted “Big Four of Thrash” shows.

thehardtimes.net

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I didn’t realise this as a teenager, but Megadeth are superior and it’s not even close. I was a fool for thinking otherwise. Hetfield is class, but there’s so many bands I’d put ahead of Metallica.

 

[HomespunEffects]

I kinda like Wham! though.

 

[HomespunEffects]

I didn’t realise this as a teenager, but Megadeth are superior and it’s not even close. I was a fool for thinking otherwise. Hetfield is class, but there’s so many bands I’d put ahead of Metallica.

I still dig the first 4 albums though.

Metallica albums ranked in order

Master of Puppets
Ride the Lightning
And Justice for All
Kill ‘em All
The rest go somewhere down here. Don’t care.

 

[JasonE]

This one was really difficult for me. I am a big fan of both bands.