Which band kicked more ass back in the day, Metallica or Megadeth ?

Metallica since they were better at writing songs

I voted for Metallica. They were incredible in the 80's. Now they just suck.

Megadeth were miles better and they still are.
Metallica stole Dave Mustaine's music too, so even if you voted for Metallica, you really voted for Megadeth without knowing.

oh my god.. do we have to go over this again? dave wrote the music when he was with metallica making it metallica's music not dave's so there you go they can use it when ever

I VOTED MEGADETH.....BECAUSE I HONESTLY HAVE TO SAY THAT "RUST IN PEACE" (YES, I KNOW..IT WASN'T AN 80'S RELEASE....SO WHAT) DESTROYS EVERY ALBUM METALLICA PUT OUT. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I CAN STILL JAM MY DAMN NUTS OFF TO OLD SCHOOL METALLICA.....BUT HOLY WARS AND HANGAR 18 SLAY METALLICA.

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I voted Metallica because I never really listened to Megadeth

MetallicA--daves been trying to keep up ever since they gave him the boot

Yep! I agree, man.

I would of voted for Megadeth if only Rust in Peace was released in 1989. Oh well... it was released in 1990.

So it doesn't count, we're talking about "back in the day" ie, mid 80s.

I'm gonna vote Metallica, as they had more albums and were (IMO) better. Megadeth still kicks ass, but Metallica kicks more ass.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Too bad all of yours are wrong. Megadeth were and are better so there!!!

Metal Up Your Ass!!!

megadeth - of course is the better band , both had their up times , and their down times ............ megadeth never stooped so low to have faggorty rock put out ............. of course metallica had to cut their hair , to get all that cum out of it ...

they look like an old age boy band for christ sakes .............

not really a megadeth fan, but kill em all and ride the lightning?? metallica gets my vote.

st. anger ? Load ? reload ?

megadeth for me


first four metallica albums ruled though .

Metallica get my vote

exactly....i never really liked megadeth....a couple songs are alright but i never listen to them.

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Metallica

I voted Metallica they had 4 great albums all in the 80's. Megadeth had 3 plus Dave also had 2 songs on Metallica's Justice album. It is a close one, They both put on a great live show. Both have not put out a good album since there 80's days.

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MEGADETH!

Dave was the best in Metallica when he played with them, and he's still better than any of them in songwriting, solos, lyrics, and metal-ness.

Megadeth made much better albums with Peace Sells and Rust in Peace than anything Metallica ever did or ever will do.

Damn! Hard choice. Metallica has Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and Justice for All. Megadeth has Killing is My Business, Peace Sells, and Rust in Peace. All great thrash albums. In the end, I vote Metallica. They're just a bit more thrashy.

megadeth>metallica

Megadeth for me, without the slightest hesitation. I reckon one of the best things to have happened in thrash metal was Dave Mustaine's axing from Metallica, so that destiny ruled that he would go on to found his own awesome band, with the vengeance and musical chops to back him up.

Megadeth owns by far the coolest riffs and leads, a far superior vocalist and rhythm guitar player in Mustaine. Gar Samuelson was light years ahead of a C-lister also-ran like Lars Ulrich, and ultimately Megadeth has six great records to Metallica's two, in my book. I rate Megadeth's first four---'Killing......-to---Rust in Peace' as surpassing in quality and sheer classic vibes anything that Metallica ever gave us.

While I really don't like Megadeth's middle section running from 'Countdown to Extincition, Youthanasia and Risk, all rather bland, tame commercial, poppy material. Cryptic Writings and The World Needs A Hero were rather good. The System Has Failed was a rollicking return to form and I rate United Abominations highly indeed.

Megadeth beats Metallica, on every level and every standard in my book.

I agree , although it would be nice to see them tour with poland , and do an album with him beyond system , he was my favourite member .

Metallica PWNED!!!!!!!!!


Rust in peace-good record


Master of puppets-better record


although nowadays its a flip-flop

RDC, here I am back on the boards, nearly an hour and half since I posted my shout about Megadeth v Metallica. I have been feeling guilty about neglecting to mention something. And I find your short post that mirror my sentiments exactly. Chris Poland remains my fave Megadeth member. He was (and still is) such a superb, swell guitar player, and so damn under-rated too. He made those first two Deth records, including my all-time fave (Peace Sells....But Who's Buying?') such scintillating, eternal classics that seemed to brazenly hit Metallica out of the ballpark. I recall being on top of the world with Chris being back in circulation for 'System..' and feeling awfully let down when I learned that he was back out again for 'UA'. I was so skeptical about a pair of Megadeth fans and Mustaine worshippers (i.e. the Drover brothers) getting on board and doing the bizness as it ought to be done for a comeback record that had been so hugely hyped and held up for months on end (remember all the seductive talk of 'return to the roots' that left me, for one, drooling like crazy) Thank god, the brothers held their own on the record, Dave was in rude mood, with his undying, infectious snarl and pesky guitar playing. The song-writing was as good, as anything they had put out before. Though, I felt UA had a few 'fillers' that brought down the record a few notches in the end.

Another thing about Megadeth v Metallica. While both bands unabashedly flirted with and soon fully embraced a blatantly 'commercial' approach to their sound and style in the late 80s, and I have often slammed them both for it. However, I still admire Megadeth for at least having the musical chops and Metal sensibilities and convictions to make even their crassly pop-rock records like 'Risk', 'Youthanasia' and to a lesser extent, 'CtE' and 'CW', relevant and interesting enough to all but the early-era die-hards like myself. Even I found slivers of gold in the Megadeth records I routinely slam in text and upfront to the band's completist fans. Metallica, on the other hand, went completely astray. I won't go the cliched way by slamming Hetfield and co. of being 'sell-outs'. I won't even begrudge them their pot of gold when the mines were running dry for most veteran thrashers running out of ideas and gasoline. But I just think that Metallica churned out some of the most lame, insipid, forgettable brand of alt-rock on offer. They sure couldn't be called a 'thrash' act anymore, not by a long shot, even by the most elastic of definitions. What made it worse is that they did what they set out to do so ineptly. It was almost as if they were suddenly embarrassed and/or fearful about being associated with hard-drivin' metal anymore, They could have taken a cue from a band like Corrosion of Conformity, for instance, as a formerly rowdy, hell-raising bunch of hardcore punk-metal rockers, that decided they were gonna go the way of Southern-fried rock-metal thru the '90s. I was saddened by that choice and change in direction. But at least acts like CoC strutted their new-found love and wares, in a manner that won over legions of new fans, while never losing the respect of former fans.

Megadeth was streets ahead of Metallica, 'back in the day' as the slogan goes, and we all know where the game is at, TODAY.

RDC, can we team up and get near Chris Poland anytime soon? I owe him a huge thank you for all the swell moments he gave you, me and countless others.

When all is said and done, taking everything into account, I am going to say Metallica. Based mainly on the fact that they have released more material that I really really like. Kill 'Em All, Lightning, Puppets, Justice. Those are four solid albums, and by solid I mean consistently good from start from finish.

Megadeth's "Rust In Peace" is such a good album that it almost eclipses all of those four put together. Countdown and Youthanasia were pretty damn good on the ears ten years ago. Peace Sells and So Far So Good are classics, but not of the same calibre as the early Metallica releases.

That's the thing. Megadeth have released several albums that were quite good, but not great (except for RIP), whereas Metallica just undeniably nailed those first four releases, which gets them the win.

fucking metallica dude, Megadeth.... maybe when Kerry King was in the band but now they suck, so I go with metallica.

Kerry in megadeth was like putting a mustang engine in a ferrari chassis - neat idea - doesn't work .

Megadeth is clean guitarwork , kerry is sloppy joe

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