Metallica vs Megadeth which one where you?

[VAMatt]

Like I said, Countdown to Extinction is better than the Black Album. Both were certainly departures from each bands previous works. But, Countdown was still an album that metalheads of the time were into. The black album is where many metalheads got off the Metallica train, myself included.

That said, Megadeth did make a conscious attempt to make their music more commercially appealing *after* Countdown. Mustaine has admitted this. One could argue that Countdown was also an attempt to get more mainstream success. But, afaik, Mustaine has not admitted to that.