is metallica's 'one' - the greatest metal track of all time ?

[Dr Dutch]

Slayer ?

[Arnold jr]

Slayer ?

Some of their stuff is OK. I always thought they were a little generic and repetitive sounding. Just not my taste. They do have some good songs though.

Of the most well-known metal bands of that era, I'd still put Metallica and Pantera at the top....way, way above the rest. Megadeth has some good stuff too but they don't come close to a lot of those other bands I mentioned IMO.

[bradistani]

yeah , rock chicks ...!

[dr.chimps]

Heavy metal snobbery!?  Learn something new, every day.

[Voice of Doom]

[jdooly]

this shouldn't be a surprise: in the 70's, it was Black Sabbath, the 80's, Slayer, 90's, Pantera, and in the 2000's, Id say either Lamb of God or Slipknot. These bands ruled the decades as far as I'm concerned, although LOG "ruling" is a far cry, but they're excellent.  And when I say ruled the decades, I mean they've left a metal legacy that will never be forgotten.  Who's on top now though??

[bradistani]

Scabbia is epic in the number of metal heads who want to bang her! 

fuck yeah !!

[The Ugly]

Maiden.

[The Ugly]

Slayer.

[jdooly]

Slayer.

Pretty much the undisputed kings of metal.

[Arnold jr]

this shouldn't be a surprise: in the 70's, it was Black Sabbath, the 80's, Slayer, 90's, Pantera, and in the 2000's, Id say either Lamb of God or Slipknot. These bands ruled the decades as far as I'm concerned, although LOG "ruling" is a far cry, but they're excellent.  And when I say ruled the decades, I mean they've left a metal legacy that will never be forgotten.  Who's on top now though??

Worldwide, Children of Bodom, Opeth, In Flames and Meshuggah are probably the biggest metal bands out there right now. Got to remember, metal is a lot bigger outside of the U.S. these days but it always seems to come back around in one way or another.

BTW, through the 80's no way on this earth Slayer ruled over Metallica...come on now.

[Arnold jr]

fuck yeah !!

Megadeth with Cristina Scabbia ....great song

[Soul Crusher]

Pretty much the undisputed kings of metal.

Slayer overall takes the prize in my book.   impact, longevity, consistency, etc.

Ozzy sold out w his tv bs, Metallica through AJFA was good, Pantera was too short lived, Maiden is epic but not hard enough, and judas priest and sabbath are close.  Dio close second or third. 

but Slayer is still the gold standard no matter how much others wants to cry about.

[Skeletor]

Children of Boredom one of the 4 biggest metal bands out there?

[jdooly]

Worldwide, Children of Bodom, Opeth, In Flames and Meshuggah are probably the biggest metal bands out there right now. Got to remember, metal is a lot bigger outside of the U.S. these days but it always seems to come back around in one way or another.

BTW, through the 80's no way on this earth Slayer ruled over Metallica...come on now.

Yes, I'm just not too familiar with those fella's.  Heard of them all, but never was interested.  And yes Metallica was the staple of 80's metal bands, yet Slayer, I feel, has retained the fan base, once a Slayer fan, always a Slayer fan, and also have upheld the thrash metal/metal standard, whereas Metallica simply sucks after the black album IMO. 

[jdooly]

Slayer overall takes the prize in my book.   impact, longevity, consistency, etc.

Ozzy sold out w his tv bs, Metallica through AJFA was good, Pantera was too short lived, Maiden is epic but not hard enough, and judas priest and sabbath are close.  Dio close second or third. 

but Slayer is still the gold standard no matter how much others wants to cry about.

as far as Pantera goes, lest we not forget, Far Beyond Driven hit number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1994, if I'm not mistaken.  From Cowboys' untill the last days, they destroyed arena's everywhere they went.  I agree about them short-lived, but they tore the metal scene wide open, and forever Pantera will be hailed, also IMO haha. 

[jdooly]

what metal band is really on top now?   I mean heavy heavy metal.  I'm tempted to say the Black Dahlia Murder...they are fantastic...but...just thinking about this makes me sad how so many bands all sound alike now, lol. 

[Soul Crusher]

as far as Pantera goes, lest we not forget, Far Beyond Driven hit number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1994, if I'm not mistaken.  From Cowboys' untill the last days, they destroyed arena's everywhere they went.  I agree about them short-lived, but they tore the metal scene wide open, and forever Pantera will be hailed, also IMO haha. 

Not disagreeing but slayer has decades of classics from black magic, capture of sin, Antichrist, to chemical warfare, to hell awaits to reign in blood and angel of death, to south of heaven, to war ensemble and seasons, to 214 and stained of mind, to god hates us hall, to jihad and cult, to hate worldwide and unit 731.


Slayer has a legacy of brutality spanning DECADES!!!!

[Fortress]

Worldwide, Children of Bodom, Opeth, In Flames and Meshuggah are probably the biggest metal bands out there right now.

Fuck sakes. This is a joke, right?

Listen, I dig CoB, Opeth, In Flames, and Meshuggah (the recent effort, Koloss, is massive), but to suggest these are the biggest metal bands at the moment is pure lunacy.

Metallica outsells 'em all and Maiden packs asses in seat the world over like nobody's business.

What planet are you from?

[Arnold jr]

Fuck sakes. This is a joke, right?

Listen, I dig CoB, Opeth, In Flames, and Meshuggah (the recent effort, Koloss, is massive), but to suggest these are the biggest metal bands at the moment is pure lunacy.

Metallica outsells 'em all and Maiden packs asses in seat the world over like nobody's business.

What planet are you from?

You missed understood me. Of course Metallica is bigger than all those bands. My point, of the modern era bands those are the biggest out there...that doesn't mean I like all of them, I hate Opeth even though they're extremely talented and I'm not crazy about Meshuggah but them Bodom and Flames are the biggest modern era metal bands IMO...still not Metallica level though.

[Arnold jr]

For those who doubt the raw awesomeness of Metallica and Pantera, find me one other show in metal history that is this bad ass. Over 500,000 people, some estimates have it at 750,000 and when you see the crowd that will be obvious. These videos are unreal!!!

Moscow 1991

[Fortress]

You missed understood me. Of course Metallica is bigger than all those bands. My point, of the modern era bands those are the biggest out there...that doesn't mean I like all of them, I hate Opeth even though they're extremely talented and I'm not crazy about Meshuggah but them Bodom and Flames are the biggest modern era metal bands IMO...still not Metallica level though.

Well, yes and no, but I get your point. My mistake.

[RocketSwitch625]

Most metal is total shite. None of those bands can compete with the likes of Def Leppard, Queen, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Mr. Big etc.

[bradistani]

Most metal is total shite. None of those bands can compete with the likes of Def Leppard, Queen, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Mr. Big etc.

you come across like a chap who had a nasty experience in a mosh pit ,sometime in his past 

[BigCyp]

What about Mcfly I thought they were pretty good, esp the stargirl track