In the mid 90s or so, both of these bands were among my favorites.
Rush, Floyd, Yes and DT were top 4, but Queensryche was not far behind from 1994-1997 (I probably listened to them about as much as anyone during that time period, except for Rush and DT). Promised Land remains a top 20 all-time CD for me, and while Empire and Operation: Mindcrime were the albums that got me into them (the hits from Empire and then O:C as a whole), hearing Rage for Order was pretty stunning, since I had heard very little about it, yet I thought it was pretty damn awesome. And I still do.
I didn't get into Metallica until 1996, right before Load came out, but I am pretty sure I listened to nothing but Metallica for several months straight. I even loved Load to death when it first came out, although a few songs were always skippers for me, and a few since then have been added to the skip list; I still really like or love probably 5-6 songs from it.