Iron Maiden = greatest metal band ever

Echoes wrote:

man I hate seeing metal band lists where people just list bands that were popular in the 80's. I've seen enough lists wher rock fans put down slayer/sabbath/pantera/metallica/maiden/priest/kiss.motley crue to make me barf.

Isn't the 80's when metal was the biggest? There are more 80's metal bands that were good than other decades. Plus, it's the 80's metal sound that people think of when they hear the word metal.

For me:

1. Black Sabbath
2. Budgie
3. Pantera

alobar wrote:

Isn't the 80's when metal was the biggest? There are more 80's metal bands that were good than other decades. Plus, it's the 80's metal sound that people think of when they hear the word metal.

For me:

1. Black Sabbath
2. Budgie
3. Pantera

80's were huge for metal in the sense that there was lots of really popular bands then. I personally, much prefer 90's era bands that are a lot less of the "80's metal sound" which is essentially a parody of itself nowadays. When metal splintered off in the 90's I think a lot of great bands came into their own, like Strapping Young Lad, Morbid Angel, later Death, Emperor, Immortal, etc. I mean metal was the biggeest in the mainstream in the 80's, but that doesn't mean it was the BEST metal. There were some landmark albums of course, there always are, but when I think metal I don't think that "havy metal sound" a billion people know about, I think about the death metal, the black metal bands and so on and so forth.

I know that didn't make much sense, but I'm kind of tired. In short: Metal was the biggest it was ever in the mainstream world in the 80's, but if you ask me, it was not the best, which was what I was lamenting earlier.

1. Metallica
2 Van Halen
3 Pantera
4 Kiss
5. Black Sabboth












100000000 iron maiden

Echoes wrote:

but seriously what would anyone who thinks van halen is a metal band know about heavy metal

they are actually classified under that genre dumbass

pjamdude69 wrote:

Never got into Maiden.. Not to say they suck or anything, just was never really interested. For my money, it's (old) Metallica, Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament... But Slayer ruled them all, and still does to this day... Just my opinion... \m/

They're an acquired taste I'd say. Bad ass musicians to say the least. Try Powerslave if you haven't. Amazing album, better than Number of the Beast if you ask me.

smokeabud wrote:

another band that BLOWS away IM is Scorpions .. if U don't think so, check out their older albums.. like : Lonesome Crow, Fly To The Rainbow, Virgin Killer or In Trance

Also:
Lovedrive
Animal Magnetism
Blackout

An absolute killer 3 album run.

Echoes wrote:

hahaha alright

seriously, i thought they were rock 2, but it said metal, and they r better than maiden , so yaknow