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Which band do you like better?

Metallica
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Queensryche
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2016, 04:05:15 AM »
I've only heard Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche but it was incredibly meh, so Metallica hands down.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2016, 04:20:04 AM »
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #37 on: August 28, 2016, 06:54:32 AM »
  I prefer Death Magnetic to most of what QR has done post Empire.

Same here.

I've only heard Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche but it was incredibly meh

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #38 on: August 28, 2016, 08:47:17 AM »
QR all the way.

I like most of Metallica's classic stuff, but Rage for Order through Promised Land is one of the greatest 4-album runs of all time, and even the worst QR records have more tolerable and decent moments than St. Anger, for example. QR's return to roots has also been far more successful to my ears and not forced like Metallica's.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #39 on: August 28, 2016, 08:59:22 AM »
Metallica easily, I've never found anything special about QR, I've tried but I can't.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #40 on: August 28, 2016, 09:10:08 AM »
QR

O:M is better than anything Metallica has ever done and likely will ever do and while they lingered at their lowest point far longer than Metallica and released far more weak albums than them, arguably none were as bad as St. Anger.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #41 on: August 28, 2016, 09:40:06 AM »
I've only heard Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche but it was incredibly meh,


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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #42 on: August 28, 2016, 09:43:41 AM »
Oh man that gif is really getting old now...




Anyway - recommend me a QR album to listen to . Their " classic " if you will. i'll listen to it and report back.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #43 on: August 28, 2016, 10:34:37 AM »
Oh man that gif is really getting old now...







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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #45 on: August 28, 2016, 10:37:57 AM »
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Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #46 on: August 28, 2016, 10:47:22 AM »
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Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #47 on: August 28, 2016, 11:49:42 AM »
Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

Promised Land is better.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #48 on: August 28, 2016, 11:50:41 AM »
Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

Promised Land is better.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #49 on: August 28, 2016, 11:53:47 AM »
Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

Promised Land is better.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #50 on: August 28, 2016, 12:00:28 PM »
That's not really laughable.  PL is a great album.  Not sure if I like it more than O:MC.  That is their masterpiece album IMO.  But hey, I can see how someone would like PL more.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #51 on: August 28, 2016, 12:02:49 PM »
I've only heard Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche but it was incredibly meh, so Metallica hands down.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #52 on: August 28, 2016, 12:03:01 PM »
They are both pretty damn awesome, so I think it's easy to argue for either.

I could see a strong argument for Rage for Order as well, although it's comfortably in 3rd place for me.

Empire is great as well, but a couple of the deep cuts on the back half of the album are somewhat forgettable.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #53 on: August 28, 2016, 12:39:37 PM »
Oh, and listen to Operation: Mindcrime. There is no better Queensryche album.

Promised Land is better.


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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #54 on: August 28, 2016, 04:55:59 PM »
I think that it's hard to tell someone which QR album to start off with from their "classic era". It depends on that person's tastes in music, because all of those albums are so much different than each other. My personal favorite is The Warning, but I can easily see how anyone else would have a different opinion.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #55 on: August 28, 2016, 05:01:46 PM »
  but Rage for Order through Promised Land is one of the greatest 4-album runs of all time,

   PL is a great album.  Not sure if I like it more than O:MC.  That is their masterpiece album IMO.  But hey, I can see how someone would like PL more.

Promised Land is better.







I simply cannot understand the appeal of Promised Land. To me, it's so devoid of anything interesting. After everything they had done up till then, it came off, to me, as so light. I like Damaged. The title track is OK, and Out Of Mind was great live, but definitely was not on the studio version. But that's it. I just cannot fined anything redeemable about it, other than being one of the GREATEST LETDOWNS I have ever experienced from a band.


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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #56 on: August 28, 2016, 05:04:13 PM »
Queensryche EP is awesome.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #57 on: August 28, 2016, 05:05:31 PM »
Queensryche EP is awesome.

Yes it was, and I believe it was game changing for the genre. QR in the EP/ Warning era was one of the freshest bands in metal at the time.
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« Reply #58 on: August 28, 2016, 05:05:45 PM »
Rage For Order is masterful.
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« Reply #59 on: August 28, 2016, 05:07:14 PM »
Rage For Order is masterful.

It really is. And I did not "get it" at the time. They kind of lost me bit when it came out. Maybe it was the pictures! ;D But it really has aged so wonderfully for me.
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« Reply #60 on: August 28, 2016, 05:14:55 PM »
Yeah I remember you telling me it was a downer for you when it first came out , which is understandable considering the NWOBHM style metal we heard on The Warning (which is great in itself). But RFO took the band to another level. It's truly amazing, how the Pink Floyd influence took hold over the  prog- metal greats like Queensryche and Fates Warning.
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« Reply #61 on: August 28, 2016, 05:22:37 PM »
I loved that QR pushed the boundaries of their music. Seeing them open for Kiss on the Animalize tour.  They blew me away.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2016, 05:31:36 PM »
  which is understandable considering the NWOBHM style metal we heard on The Warning (which is great in itself).

Thinking about this....and while Warning was definitely influenced by the NWOBHM, as was Kill 'Em All, Warning (and KEA) both transformed the NWOBHM into something new and fresh, and both bands set forth two new genres into motion.



I am shocked that Warning gets such little acclaim. It's a direct line between the NWOBHM and Fates Warning.
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« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2016, 05:46:41 PM »
The Warning is amazing. It was the first time I heard metal with lyrics that were full of intrigue, conspiracy and subterfuge.  The lyrics challenged the status quo as much as the music itself did.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2016, 05:49:42 PM »
The Warning is amazing. It was the first time I heard metal with lyrics that were full of intrigue, conspiracy and subterfuge.  The lyrics challenged the status quo as much as the music itself did.

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« Reply #65 on: August 28, 2016, 05:54:55 PM »
Started listening to both bands in 1983 and they are two of my all-time favourites. It has to be Queensryche for me.

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« Reply #66 on: August 28, 2016, 06:04:40 PM »
The Warning is amazing. It was the first time I heard metal with lyrics that were full of intrigue, conspiracy and subterfuge.  The lyrics challenged the status quo as much as the music itself did.

Edit: It's also interesting that The Warning was released in 1984, considering how the music is so full of Orwellian imagery.
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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #67 on: August 28, 2016, 10:29:24 PM »
While Operation: Mindcrime blows most anything Metallica ever did out of the water, (maybe even Puppets), I'd still go for Metallica, simply out of the amount of stellar records they put out.

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Re: Metallica vs Queensryche
« Reply #69 on: August 29, 2016, 01:20:05 AM »
I've only heard Operation Mindcrime from Queensryche but it was incredibly meh

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I wouldn't necessarily be as negative as Zantera, but I'm not at all shocked that someone thinks it's meh. For its reputation as one of the prog metal albums (and it certainly is; I'm not denying that), a ton of it is mostly just straightforward NWOBHM. Mainly just the concept parts and Suite Sister Mary are not. I was definitely underwhelmed the first time I heard it, and while I've come to enjoy it, I can see someone still having that underwhelmed opinion.

I also think Queensr˙che is mostly going to appeal to people who like that style of metal, while Metallica will appeal to a much broader range of music fans. I like but not love that style of metal, so it makes a fair bit of sense that I like but do not love Operation: Mindcrime.

I see Metallica as one of those standout bands that transcends genre in terms of appeal, while Queensr˙che really doesn't do that in the same way. I'm not surprised to see anyone, really, being a fan of Metallica. I'm also not surprised to see someone like Zantera, who doesn't really seem to be that into the whole 80s style of metal, not be that impressed with O:M. By a similar token, I don't typically like thrash, but I love Metallica. And Rust In Peace, which also has genre-defying appeal in my estimation.
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