Both bands are favorites of mine, but I would probably pick Metallica. Few bands (maybe none?) have as an exceptional streak of albums as the five Metallica recorded from Kill 'Em All to Black Album. And yes, to me Black Album is as much a masterpiece as the preceding albums, just because it isn't thrash doesn't mean it can't be exceptional. It is dark, catchy, heavy and the best production on any metal albums. They have been pretty inconsistent since, but still Garage Inc. was another great album and Hardwired is very good. The rest is more of a mixed bag, but with some strong songs here and there.
Megadeth to me has actually declined more than Metallica, just a little later, they have made very similar sounding, competent, but rather generic sounding thrash-metal albums for 20+ years, with very few interesting tracks here and there. Their latest one is probably the best of their modern releases, but even that has its fair share of filler.
Still Peace Sells... but who's Buying and Countdown to Extinction are masterpieces in my book, with Rust in Peace and Youthanasia coming very close as well. I also have a soft spot for Cryptic Writing.
| VAMatt said: What? Metallica started the metal genre? You could say that they popularized thrash metal, and were an import *part* of the creation of that genre. But, metal in general, no way. The comment must be a joke though, claiming to not know of Megadeth. |
Part? Who else deserves the credit? Kill 'Em All is considered the first Thrash Metal album.
