Battle Of The Bands - Metallica vs. Megadeth

[@BradleyLinko]

Love both bands, but I'm going with Megadeth. The Rust in Peace lineup was fantastic!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hi Bradley, I agree the Rust In Peace line-up was the best Megadeth line-up. I wish Marty Friedman would come back to the states so he could rejoin Megadeth. Sadly with Nick Menza’s death there probably will never be a reunion from that era.

[@tjbullitt]

Megadeth 👍🏻

[@dcyeager7285]

Megadeth. Hands down.

[@michaelsk87]

🤘Megadeth🤘

[@JasonGladu]

MEGADETH

[@jimmyagates]

MEGADETH.

[@BillyChuck71]

Megadeth all day

[@samhouston1979]

if i’m weighing them in terms of QUANTITY of quality output i’d go with Megadeth

[@salamwati9281]

Listen to the riff of the song Symphony of Destruction..all together Me..Ga..Deth..Me..Ga..Deth Only one winner here.

[@BrendonSnyder]

They really do have some iconic sounds!! I think I’m hearing the chant “Megadeth” over Metallica at this point.

[@danebrako]

MEGADETH!!

[@paulburrows7908]

Megadeth blows them away! as far as talent goes, i have seen Megadeth 11 times live, once on the ''Clash of the Titans,'' Metallica i saw 4 times before the 1990's, and let's not forget that Metallica were more ''Hard Rock'' after the black album, but the only thing Metallica has on Deth is the almighty dollar. Megadeth all day long!

[@annamajid8219]

Love Megadeth more..

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m like you and a fan of Megadeth more and surprisingly so was the majority of people replying to this post.

[@vangelisanna]

megadeth.

[@jasonyoung4179]

Both are great bands, but Megadeth to me writes better riffs, better lyrics, and is way more consistent with their music quality. Based off of the first four Metallica albums alone this would be an incredibly tight competition, but then Metallica starts to trend downward after those first four albums.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m definately with you on this and it seems so were most of the people who responded. Which I found very interesting. I really thought it would be Metallica but it clearly went Megadeth.

[@samhouston1979]

shout out to bassist Dave Ellefson longtime member of Megadeth

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes he is worthy of a mention. But I didn’t mention all the guys in Metallica either. I was going for legacies.

[@matthewg666]

Megadeth (meg-ă-deth), n. (1) a unit of measure equal to the death of a million people by nuclear explosion. (2) Megadeth, n. the world's state-of-the-art speed metal band.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Dave Mustaine would be proud!

[@oskub5348]

I like Megadeth

[@egwydave3895]

Megadeth wins for me

[@BrendonSnyder]

In all Megadeth took the crown. I really thought more people would say Metallica but Megadeth won out. I’ve always been a huge Megadeth fan and would agree with the masses.

[@justslb]

I choose Metallica because for me there are more highlights in their discography, more consistency. Anyway, until Youthnasia is a battle without a winner. Battle Of The Bands is a great idea! Thanks

[@BrendonSnyder]

I go the other way as for me I feel Megadeth has the more consistent catalogue over Metallica. But that’s why these kinds of things are fun to see what others think. Thanks for the input and your choice for the winner.

[@Nephilim-81]

The string of Metallica’s first 5 albums is unbeatable. I gotta go with Metallica. Megadeth is amazing as well. A band that beats both for me though depth wise is Iron Maiden. I think they’re the greatest metal band of all time.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Well if I do a battle for greatest metal band ever I’ll be sure to include Iron Maiden! I’ve also had others suggest Slayer and Testament beat these two!

[@Nephilim-81]

@@BrendonSnyder goodness me those are fighting words! Lol. Slayer and pantera would be a good battle. :) And Yeah. Maiden are tough to beat for me in metal. ;)

[@Dm-ui1fi]

Megadeth for me , however, I really love Metallica’s first 5 albums. Had no issue with their black album or even load for that matter. Megadeth’s albums all the way and including youthanasia are Amazing. Both have had a few poor albums but megadeth’s end game and dystopia were not bad at all Can’t wait for their new album next week

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m a Megadeth fan too and very much looking forward to the new album Friday!

[@balidembowski1170]

I vote for Megadeth. Great show as always!!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks Bali!

[@duh50360]

I have that Vic Rattlehead face mask too. Too funny. As for the video, I’ve always been solidly in the Metallica camp. It took me several years to warm up to Megadeth. Dave Mustaine always just rubbed me the wrong way, which should not have prevented me from appreciating their music, but, unfortunately, it did. Thankfully I got over it awhile ago and can now enjoy both bands. .

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah I’ve had some bands I just could get into or truly appreciate because I didn’t like the personality of the main guy. It is what it is. For me the music is more than just the sound, it’s the whole package of who plays it, their personality or what they project, the graphics and art of the album, and so forth.

[@christopherbull2512]

when i first saw this i thought metallica straight away. BUT after a bit of thought i swayed to megadeth. i have not heard all megadeth albums just the first 7 then dystopia but i think i can give a fair point on this subject. peace sells and rust in peace are just as good as ride the ligtning and master of puppets and the black album is just as good as countdown to extinction so in there prime they about equal. then metallica release load reload and st anger which in my opinion are unforgivable so thats where megadeth edge it as youthanasia alone is better then them 3 alone. death magnetic and hardwire was a transformation back to good times but only as good as dystopia. so megadeth wins it in my opinion

[@BrendonSnyder]

I think a lot of people would initially say Metallica but I’m hoping with some thought they may see the virtues of Megadeth too. If you like all of the Megadeth albums you mentioned then you really should check out the rest of their catalogue. They have been far more consistent throughout so there is probably more you’ll find to love.

[@hartmutpeter215]

I have always ask myself ,why has the english-speaking area produced so many excellent bands in the sixties , seventies, eighties until today? Why does this outstanding position come from? Where does the history come from. You can find it anyway so concentrated in the world. Long time i could not find an answer. And then by accident i heard the english lute player John Dowland also John Doeland. He was born in the 16th century in England. He was the best lute player in his time und wrote so many awesome tunes. The notes have been handed down. Oh man what a amazing surprise. When you listen to his excellent lute playing with so many compositions you are hearing immediatly Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Marillion, ELP. and all the other stuff. IT's a special way to create an awesome song and all have outweighet this gene. I think it's a topic for doctoral thesis. This topic fascinates me.

[@gellargod]

Megadeth all day long!!!

[@themindseyecmh]

I like Metallica better, one of my favorite bands.... nothing against Megadeth, i like them too but I never got into them the same way

[@BrendonSnyder]

They really are very different styled bands. And each are good in their own right.

[@marcbeil8342]

Guess I'm goin' with 'tallica cuz of the all over top five albums from both bands: 1. Master Of Puppets 2. So far so good so what?! 3. Black Album 4. Dystopia 5. Ride The Lightning Anyway, the grooviest of the big four's definitely Anthrax! Totally dig the John Bush albums!

[@BrendonSnyder]

So would you vote Anthrax as greater than Metallica and Megadeth and Slayer?

[@marcbeil8342]

@@BrendonSnyder On a personally point of view: yes! They released the music that got me the most. On a commercial/successful point of view they're ranked ONLY 4th :) This is what my top ten big four albums would look like: 1. Master Of Puppets (Masterpiece. Nuff said.) 2. Sounds Of White Noise 3. South Of Heaven (Dave Lombardo rules!) 4. We've Come For You All 5. So Far So Good... So What?! 6. Black Album 7. Among The Living 8. Persistence Of Time 9. Dystopia 10. Ride The Lightning That makes 4 albums by Anthrax, 3 by Metallica, 2 by Megadeth and just one (but a killer one) from Slayer. Would you mind to put up your top Big Four album rankings? Thx & Cheers

[@michaelperillo6616]

I understand Metallica's S&M record is a live album but,it is the most untalked about album. My wife and I used the call of KTULU from S&M for our wedding party's Entrance.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s a great track for such a thing. I can see how it would work.

[@michaelperillo6616]

Yeah the call of KTULU plus the ecstasy of gold from it so well. It worked perfectly do to us getting married in January it snowed the wedding was at night and both intros felt chilling like the wind from it blow us in. I had an outer body experience that night and even to this day and our wedding was in 2012..

[@michaelperillo6616]

Big fan of both but,I Bigger Metallica fan. I liked all albums from Metallica. I got into Metallica from the load and reload albums. I get people have an opinion I just never got how people delike albums or songs. Then in time go to see them in concert then they like the songs. Example people said Metallica sold OUT. Yet people love the black album in concert. ??? Great content ❤ your channel I subscribe a while ago..

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks for subscribing Michael, it’s great to have you on board! Thanks for all the comments and interaction too!

[@phrankzinatra]

I would've been stuck on the fence for this duel. If I had to choose based on my list of favorite albums, it would be Metallica (their first three are in my Top 100...yes, I made a list). But Metallica's output definitely declined in quality. My favorite album from Megadeth (...so far, so good...) falls below Metallica's first three, but Megadeth had consistently better output later on. Even after noting all of this, I'm still on the fence! (BTW, I did receive the "Justice for Jason" CD...it is an improvement, though I think it still needed more bass.)

[@BrendonSnyder]

It’s interesting because most people went with Megadeth. Yet they’re not as big as Metallica. I would have thought it would go the other way just based on numbers. But like you and most of the ones who commented, I’m a Megadeth fan through and through and picked them. They’re output exceeds Metallica’s so they win in my book.

[@DareRocks1980]

I like both bands but Metallica was, is and will be my no.1 band 4 life 🤟

[@captainbeyond7469]

Tough call big fan of both. Have to give the nod to Metallica just for “Ride the Lightning” untouchable masterpiece of thrash. With Megadeath you overlooked one guitarist Jeff Young’s stellar lead work on So Far, So Good..So What.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Personally not a fan of Jeff Young’s work so I chose not to mention him. Although I suppose I should have since I mentioned all the other guitar players. But Jeff didn’t come from anywhere or go on to do anything else so that was also the point as the other musicians have all either come from another band or went on to do other things of significant note. I do wish Jeff had formed another band and made more albums so I could really hear more of his style of playing even now he just does cover after cover song.

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@BrendonSnyder Excellent point talented player he comes on SOT a lot. But your right one and done essentially a cover guy for the rest of his career. A sad waste of talent maybe he just lacked the drive to move forward who knows we can’t walk in his shoes.

[@thelisteningroom5818]

Love both of em. I adore the Friedman/Menza lineup and think Rust In Peace is one of the best albums ever made. I listen to Metallica way more though, Puppets, Lightning and Justice are all masterpieces but I dig the stuff a lot of people hate on too. I love Lulu for it's weirdness and think it was a move that took balls. I like the styles of the Load albums and think both albums have some great tunes and yes, I even enjoy St Anger from time to time. As said, I do love both bands but for the sake of this, gotta go with Tallicer.

[@douglasrawlings6052]

MEGAMETALLICA or it’s a tie for me

[@mbdowney1]

Megadeth. And it isn’t even close.

[@SO-ym3zs]

Cool video. One place I'd disagree is describing Metallica's longer tracks as "jammy." I've always rated Metallica better overall because of their ability to arrange and structure songs (especially during their 80's heyday). Lars may not be a fantastic drummer, but he and Cliff knew how to arrange songs for maximum impact, with a sense of ebb and flow and rising and falling dramatic tension. Little if any sounds meandering or improvisatory to my ears, but rather carefully planned, almost like little classical pieces. In Megadeth's favor, they had the incomparable Marty Friedman, the metronomically precise Ellefson, and Dave somehow managing to sing over those crazy-complex rhythm riffs. Everyone's a winner!

[@siegfriedsipos159]

...ohhh boy..your soul better belongs..etc...no more words

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

Metallica due to the fact I don’t really know any Megadeath albums. So they win by default. Besides wasn’t Dave in Metallica at some point? But I think Load and Re-Load was not a misstep.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hi Bill, yes that’s why I pitted these two together. Dave Mustaine was the original guitarist in Metallica and had 3 of his songs on their debut album. I’m surprised you’ve never listened to Megadeth since you like Metallica. Check out Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction....unless it’s just that you don’t like their sound or Dave’s style of singing as he is different than James Hetfield.

[@raldieboi4355]

Metallica the best there was, the best that ever be...of all time my fav, but megadeth i only enjoy listen to their guitars sound only...less fav

[@BrendonSnyder]

You’re one of the only ones to vote Metallica. I have to say I was very surprised by the number of people that said Megadeth over Metallica. But they’re both great IMO.

[@section8usmc53]

Who wins? We all do. Dave might be burnt about being ousted from Metallica, but I hate to imagine a world without Rust In Peace, or Hidden Treasures, or Countdown To Extinction to name just a few. I have to say that in the most recent years, while they don't get near the exposure, Megadeth albums are really consistent in the fact that there's usually several great songs on each album. I had lost track over the years, and went back and listened to the past several albums and was amazed. I can only imagine if Metallica had stuck with their general style and sound the whole time. Megadeth has always sounded like Megadeth, if that makes sense. It may be boring to some, but I like bands for what they are, not what I hope they become or change into. While not all out thrash, the black album is a great album. They lost me quickly beyond that. My two favorite metal albums of all time are Rust In Peace and ...And Justice For All. That 4 album period they were neck and neck for me. The two I just mentioned, then they both slowed a bit, but still had heavy, sort of dark albums with the black album and Countdown To Extinction. Both at the top of their game. Prior to those, I'm with Metallica. After that, Megadeth.

[@thomashubner697]

Love both but St. Anger and Lulu makes Metallica number 2. There is no bad Megadeth album.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I would agree with you. Even Risk is not a bad album. Different yes but there is still lots to love on that album.

[@mutant_blues]

Not a big metal fan! I like early Metallica, but I love Diamond Head!!!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Diamond Head is great. I love their first 3 albums. It’s too bad they weren’t bigger. Perhaps if they had stayed together the whole time, and Sean Harris was still their lead vocalist they would be a bit bigger.

[@samhouston1979]

i guess it’s pretty appropriate (much to Dave Ellefson’s chagrin) but i noticed you referred to megadeth as one person a couple times (as in “he chose to remaster...”). Many have argued that Megadeth has always been a Dave Mustaine solo project at heart

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah Dave Mustaine has full control of that band. David Ellefson may have been his right hand guy for a long time but it’s run by Dave. I’d agree it’s basically a solo venture for him the same way Nine Inch Nails is really just Trent Rezner.

[@hermangeritz]

Metallica made the best albums with Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets in my opinion. Megadeth has a more stable carreer and stayed more to their sound. Metallica changed with the Black Album to a more commercial sound. It's not bad but I prefer their first four albums. Megadeth made some great albums but also some weak albums.

[@BrendonSnyder]

The change between Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extension I feel was just as drastic as the change between And Justice For All and the Black album. But Megadeth retained that newer sound for Youthanisa before changes again on Cryptic Writings and then Risk. Where as Metallica’s was a much more drastic chance to the Load/ReLoad albums and then St Anger. But in all of those albums they each have their high points too.

[@hartmutpeter215]

This time in a nutshell my choice is Metallica. Awesome band. 👍👍

[@BrendonSnyder]

I think that’s the shortest reply ever from you! Haha

[@hartmutpeter215]

@@BrendonSnyder yep

[@hartmutpeter215]

Maybe in the next time you think, oh man i don't have so much time to read all this stuff. 🙂

[@BrendonSnyder]

Haha...sometimes I think that but I always read every bit of it and I’m thankful you enjoy music as much as I do to write the things you do.

[@hartmutpeter215]

@@BrendonSnyder In the forseeable future you will have 10K subscribers. Then it's probably difficult to read all the comments. Then you can only read it sporadically. Every day you have currently round about 20 new subscribers. That grows exponentially afterwards. The time will come and you have 50K subscribers. Then it's an amazing job. 👍👍

[@RaduBigGun]

I think Metallica could sell out because Hetfield had a more melodic voice than many bands that were in the thrash scene. I kind of dislike latest Megadeth albums, latest Metallica albums sound cool to me. I would vote for Megadeth because as a teenager I loved Megadeth.

[@BrendonSnyder]

So your younger teenage self was a bigger Megadeth fan than Metallica at the time?

[@RaduBigGun]

@@BrendonSnyder Yes, at that time I loveed Megadeth, their last album was Cryptic Writings , they also had Marty Friedman- one of the best guitarists, better than Hammet. But Metallica was more experimental later and I appreciated that.

[@Timepiece80]

Megadeth is way better.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Metallica VS. Megadeth ?????...HHMMM.....SLAYER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BrendonSnyder]

So when all else fails just yell “SLAYER”...haha

[@samhouston1979]

next...how’s about Iron Maiden vs Def Leppard? or the three (main) recorded singers & albums of Black Sabbath?

[@BrendonSnyder]

I think the bands have to at least be similar in style of music in order to be compared. I may do Battles based on two albums being compared but right now I’m focusing on bands in their entirety. Maybe Black Sabbath vs Ozzy Osbourne or maybe Cinderella vs. Poison. We’ll have to wait and see.

[@samhouston1979]

@@BrendonSnyder my thoughts on DL vs IM was how they both started as key NWOBHM bands, some argue that “High N Dry” is the best NWOBM album despite DL later distancing themselves from their involvement in the trend

[@samhouston1979]

@@BrendonSnyder as an aside...I got the Chez Kane cd in and it’s like a lost 80s Vixen album. Sadly the Alice Cooper Trash cd had some issues with a couple tracks (Bed of Nails notably) where it sort of skipped & dropped audio

[@BrendonSnyder]

Saxon vs Iron Maiden might be better since they are closer in musical style but both NWOBHM bands. But I’m pretty sure everyone will pick Maiden so I don’t know how much of a battle it would be haha!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yes the Chez Kane is great! But I see she didn’t right any of it. It’s another project by Frontiers. I’m wondering who this guy is that out it together and what he will do next. Hopefully you’re returning the Alice Cooper for one that works.

[@salamwati9281]

Megadeth ups the ante..Lars n co lost the plot long time ago as they want to be as big as Linkin park..😉😄..Jason Newsted rules though.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’m pretty sure Metallica are way bigger than Linkin Park. They have sold more and play bigger venues the world over. Now with the exception of album sales I’d argue that Iron Maiden is bigger than both. That band plays enormous festivals and stadiums everywhere.

[@salamwati9281]

@@BrendonSnyder yes Metallica is one of the biggest now..Maiden now that is another story for a different day. Up the Irons.

[@Davy.J.Y]

I think this is one of the ultimate battles, i do believe that all is well now with these two bands?

[@BrendonSnyder]

I think for the most part things are well between the two camps. But I know Dave still holds a lot of resentment and anger and it’s been hard for him to let it go. As he’s gotten older I know he has done his best to make peace with it and focus instead on being the best he can be. I would love to see a show where Dave is brought out for the 3 songs Metallica does that are his.

[@Davy.J.Y]

@@BrendonSnyder Me too, it would be awesome to see Dave join them again for series of shows as a guest..

[@FELME1965]

Metallica, I am more familiar with their music

[@jackmiller2404]

Can Testament somehow win this? I know they aren’t relevant to this video, but I’m just saying....TESTAMENT!!! 🤘

[@BrendonSnyder]

Someone else on here proposed Slayer. So I guess you can do the same for Testament. Maybe there should be a Battle Of The Bands for who would be the 5th band in the Big Four if there were Five: Exodus, Testament, OverKill...

[@jackmiller2404]

@@BrendonSnyder Well I’m sure you can guess who my champion would be. Don’t get me wrong “ride the lightning” from Metallica is one of my favorite albums ever! I just recently got into megadeth and exodus, so I’m not too familiar yet. But I’ve been listening to testament and slayer for years. Seen em’ live too, and honestly it would be a hard choice. I personally always believed testament is often overlooked, But they’re really damn good. And they’re consistent.

[@michaelperillo6616]

Do you know if Metallica is touring to support the 40th Anniversary of Master of Puppets. If so they should do a Master of Puppets album in full.

[@BrendonSnyder]

They have yet to play any al I’m in it’s entirety so I don’t think they would start now. Plus none of these big bands are going out on the road right now. My guess is the earliest we will see these guys is next summer 2022.

[@stevehurley6930]

If this was being judged on first 3 albums only then Metallica. But if its judged on entire career then Megadeth

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s a good way to look at it. Metallica may have had the better start but Megadeth has by far made up for it in the long run.

[@0neInTheWorld]

Who is Metallica ?¿

[@michellerosebrown]

Metallica wins. 🤘🏾

[@esagz1234]

Megadeth