Metallica vs Megadeth which one where you?

[drbunnig]

farlaff said:

drbunnig said:

The issue is you said it was a 'simple fact' that they never released an album like The Black Album, then you then admitted you don't actually know their full catalogue. How could you say it's a fact if you don't actually know their whole catalogue? Listen to Cryptic Writings and (especially) Risk, and tell me they didn't release a commercial album.

That's because if they had indeed released an album like the "Black" one, it would be common knowledge and the press would talk a bit about it, specially in the 90s. Also, it's one thing to do a more "commercial" LP, but maintaining your core musical values; it's a totally different one to stray completely away from those values for the sake of selling more. But you seem to not be convinced that the Black album is more than just something more "commercial" or "approachable", and that is fine. I never treated that particular album as something just more "commercial" - you did, if I remember correctly. But that is also okay. I maintain that as far as I'm concerned Megadeth never released a black album of sorts. Your examples do not change that perception to me, and, like I said, being a bit more commercial is not the same as the debacle that the Black Album was related to Metallica's past until then. We could have more people weigh in, but this will be the last I say about this topic.

Yeah, I think we'll end up going round in circles otherwise, so I'll leave it here as well.