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Title: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: WildRanger on July 15, 2021, 07:28:56 AM

Two iconic metal songs from the same year, 1990.
What do you like better and why?

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: DTA on July 15, 2021, 07:32:21 AM

Holy Wars. Way more adventurous and interesting (though I like Painkiller a lot). I actually prefer Death’s cover of PK to the original

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: Elite on July 15, 2021, 08:06:11 AM

Painkiller is boring, Holy Wars is not.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: deggs37 on July 15, 2021, 08:28:32 AM

Holy Wars by a lot.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: ProfessorPeart on July 15, 2021, 08:48:38 AM

Quote from: deggs37 on July 15, 2021, 08:28:32 AM

Holy Wars by a lot.

This.

I do like Painkiller, but this is no contest. Not by a long shot.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on July 15, 2021, 09:30:58 AM

Holy Wars. I love Painkiller, but good lord Holy Wars is on another level.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: pg1067 on July 15, 2021, 09:41:32 AM

Dave Mustaine is trash as a "singer" - only a fraction better than Axl Rose.

Painkiller is epic AF.


EDIT:  Is Holy Wars a song or an album?  I assumed this was an album poll.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: jammindude on July 15, 2021, 09:46:59 AM

Quote from: pg1067 on July 15, 2021, 09:41:32 AM

Dave Mustaine is trash as a "singer" - only a fraction better than Axl Rose.

Painkiller is epic AF.


EDIT:  Is Holy Wars a song or an album?  I assumed this was an album poll.

This one is a song poll. Holy Wars is the first song from RIP.

Even though I don’t adore RIP like most others do, I think Holy Wars is the greatest thrash song ever recorded.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: Stadler on July 15, 2021, 09:57:05 AM

I'm not sure there's been a poll here that I've cared less about.  Flip a coin.  Have my dog pick.   Throw a dart.

Nah, that's not entirely true, but close:  With conscious thought, I pick Painkiller.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: pg1067 on July 15, 2021, 09:59:06 AM

Quote from: jammindude on July 15, 2021, 09:46:59 AM

This one is a song poll. Holy Wars is the first song from RIP.

Even though I don’t adore RIP like most others do, I think Holy Wars is the greatest thrash song ever recorded.

Then, oops.  I can still confidently pick Painkiller, though (even though it's not the best song on the album).

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: kirksnosehair on July 15, 2021, 12:19:20 PM

I'm a huge Judas Priest fan, but for me this was a very easy choice:  Holy Wars.  Not a close call at all.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: DoctorAction on July 15, 2021, 01:08:26 PM

I'm not a big fan of either band but there's a small percentage of material from both that I love.

Painkiller is completely perfect afaic.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: wolfking on July 15, 2021, 01:51:33 PM

Painkiller by miles.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: El Barto on July 15, 2021, 02:55:21 PM

Quote from: jammindude on July 15, 2021, 09:46:59 AM

Even though I don’t adore RIP like most others do, I think Holy Wars is the greatest thrash song ever recorded.

Yep. Not a RiP fan at all, but god damn, what an opener. A great live opener, as well. Saw them bring the house down opening with that, H18, and Wake up Dead. I think the theme to Exodus was the intro music.

Painkiller, both the song and the album are overrated. One Shot at Glory is the only song from the album I really like, and Painkiller is only interesting live. It's one of the few songs Rob still sounds good on.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 15, 2021, 04:25:46 PM

Quote from: wolfking on July 15, 2021, 01:51:33 PM

Painkiller by miles.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: cfmoran13 on July 15, 2021, 07:29:52 PM

While Painkiller is a great song, HW... TPD is my all-time favorite Megadeth song.  No contest.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: Grappler on July 15, 2021, 07:47:06 PM

Holy Wars

I was very tempted to pick Painkiller, since that is Priest dialed up to 11 and Rob's vocals are absolutely perfect, but Holy Wars just goes off on insane levels and I agree that it's a perfect live opener for Megadeth.

Title: Re: POLL: Painkiller vs. Holy Wars?
Post by: The Realm on July 15, 2021, 08:49:25 PM

Love both but Holy Wars wins for me.