Metallica vs Megadeth which one where you?

[farlaff]

drbunnig said:

farlaff said:

@bold: I wouldn't know about that. I am not that well versed in neither of the bands discography. As I said, to my knowledge, Deth had not produced a "Black Album" type of record, but I could be educated in that regard, even if I really don't care that much about either of them to be honest.

Now, directly to your point, I really do not think that a song like "À Tout le Mond" is in the same level of commercial cheese material as, say, "Unforgiven" and, mainly, "Nothing else Matters". It's just a more commercial, hard rock style song, than other things the band usually do that I would personally not compare to those other ones. And I think Dave knows (if he does not, he is plain stupid) that his voice could never carry them to a top of the pops position.

Bolded part - that's not what you said. You said "But if I had to choose, probably Megadeth, for the simple fact they never released a Black Album of sorts." Nothing about 'to my knowledge'. That's a pretty definitive statement implying you know both of their catalogues well, and saying that Megadeth never commercialised their sound or made more accessible music, which isn't true. They softened their sound gradually throughout the 90s. Listen to something like Wanderlust or Ecstasy off Risk - very accessible stuff.

Not that I'm really bothered either way, but I think your reasoning (at least as you originally expressed it) is flawed.

You didn't read my whole text, or chose to leave out a relevant part of it. Here is my direct quote: "Both are good bands technically but neither has a killer singer like Maiden has (different styles, I know, but it makes a great difference to me), so I never bothered too much since I would prefer the great vocalists..."

Like I said, I never bothered too much with neither, but that does not prevent me from saying Deth has never released a completely pop, purely commercial album as Metallica's "Black" one. I never heard anything like it from theirs, so, to me, it is indeed a hard never. No flaw in my thinking. Youthnasia is not similar to it, specially the kind of production behind it, but if you think it is, it is your opinion.