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Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?

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POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« on: February 22, 2021, 06:46:59 AM »
Which metal debut aged better in you book?




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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2021, 07:09:00 AM »
Metallica all day long. I'm not an Iron Maiden fan though, so it's a no brainer.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2021, 07:25:59 AM »
Kill 'em All is one of the Metallica albums I'm least familiar with, but since I do listen to the Maiden rather frequently still, I'm going there. 

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2021, 07:55:21 AM »
Iron Maiden is for me the better band but Kill 'em All is the better debut album. The songs on the Maiden album are total classics, of course, but they don't reach their full potential with that production. It's from Killers onward where Maiden start to sound like Maiden, with Birch as producer.

Now the production on Kill 'em All is simply perfect for the songs. So I voted for Metallica.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2021, 08:30:52 AM »
Kill Em All.    :metal

It would be more of a contest if Bruce was on Maiden's debut.  I love his versions of those songs.

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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2021, 11:22:22 AM »
This is super close, and I think I find it easier to look at the songs that I'm not super high on.

KEA opens with what is, for me, a bit of a dud.  I've never been a fan of Hit the Lights, or of Jump in the Fire.  The rest of side 1 ranges from really good to great, with The Four Horsemen being the best track on the album.  Side 2 continues in that vein.  I find both Phantom Lord and Metal Militia to be a bit weak.  No Remorse is a bit underrated, and Seek & Destroy is overplayed (but still a great song).

The Maiden debut probably has fewer low points.  I'm not a fan of DiAnno's attempts at "ballads," so I'll often skip Remember Tomorrow and Strange World.  But that's about it for negatives.  Every other song on that album, save for Running Free, ranges from really good to all-time metal classic.  I got super sick of Running Free after Live After Death was released because our local radio station would always play the audience participation segment, which is great when you're standing in the arena, but which is dreadfully boring on the album or the radio.  But the album version obviously doesn't include that and is a tight little number.

So...I voted for Maiden.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2021, 01:29:25 PM »
Both good debuts, but I still prefer Iron Maiden. It's more consistent. It has more highlights and less lowlights.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2021, 01:35:34 PM »
Kill 'em All, I could never get into Maiden

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2021, 02:30:56 PM »
eh, The Metallica debut has 2 really great songs: 4 Horsemen and Seek and Destroy, the rest of the album is pretty "meh"


That said, the Iron Maiden debut is not an album I go back to all that often, but I think it's a more consistently good album from start to finish. 




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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2021, 04:59:02 PM »
Kill 'Em All is by far my favorite Metallica album, and is a TAC Top 10 album. One of the most influential albums in my musical life.


The only Iron Maiden album I put above it is The Number Of The Beast.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2021, 10:20:04 PM »
This is an interesting comparison. I think it would be almost as interesting to compare Phantom of the Opera and The Four Horsemen as the epic tracks from both albums, since that's where my mind almost immediately went when I started thinking about these albums.

I used to really not like Kill 'Em All. Thrash isn't exactly my thing, I don't like the immature party/drug/senseless violence lyrics that are on most of the songs (really all of them except The Four Horsemen, Jump in the Fire, and, obviously, Anesthesia). It has actually grown on me the last few years as I've come to recognize that even then Hetfield (and, fine, Mustaine) had a strong sense for catchy riffs and melody. I think that sense is wasted more than it ought to have been on thrash headbangers' anthems, but I can't deny Seek and Destroy or Metal Militia as precursors to the material I really love that was to come.

Iron Maiden also has some lyrics that I don't care for—Prowler, Charlotte, and really Iron Maiden, too, when it comes right down to it, although I'm kind of immune to that one after having heard the song 1,800 times. It also does not have Bruce Dickinson or Adrian Smith, and unlike Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno does not do much for me. But Phantom of the Opera is far and away the best song on either album, and I think Remember Tomorrow beats The Four Horsemen for #2 (incidentally, that's the only song where I am particularly enamored of Di'Anno's performance).

I came in here expecting to go straight for Maiden on the principle that I prefer them out of the two bands (though I love both) and that I have bigger problems with KEA (don't like thrash much, dislike the lyrics more). But it's closer than I thought it would be. Overall, though, on the strength of Phantom of the Opera and Remember Tomorrow, I think I still give a slight edge to IM.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2021, 06:39:35 AM »
Maiden > Kill em all.
Ride > Killers.
Puppets > Beast.
Peace > Justice.
Powerslave = Black.
Time > Load
7th > Reload.
Prayer > St Anger.
Magnetic > Fear
Hardwired Side 1 & 2 > Blaze Albums.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2021, 06:44:07 AM »
Also because their carrer trajectories were different, and so an album by album comparison doesn't work (not that I think it was your intention beyond an album-by-album match anyway). Kill 'em All is equivalent to the Di'Anno albums, while Ride / Master / Justice can be compared to the 666 > Seventh Son run (with a different number of albums). Then their carrers diverge and you can't really compare the moderate fame of Fear of the Dark (the song) with the Black Album (and if at all, Load and Reload are the match for the Blaze albums).
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2021, 07:30:36 AM »
Puppets > Beast.
Peace > Justice.

Damn those are some tough match-ups. 4 stone-cold classic albums right there.

As for the OP, I voted Maiden. Never really taken to Kill 'em All outside of The Four Horsemen whereas Iron Maiden's debut is mostly very good and occasionally great.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2021, 08:00:26 AM »
I'll be the first to admit that this is misleading, in that it compares two careers that FOR ME aren't that similar, but I'll play:

Maiden >> Kill em all
Killers >> Ride (Killers is one of my favorite albums of all time)
Beast >> Puppets (Beast has a special place, as it's where all things metal began for me)
Peice > Justice (Closest one so far; I really like Justice, but Piece is just a juggernaut for me)
Powerslave > Black (Most misleading one so far; I love both; this is a Teutonic battle for me)
Time > Load
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Fear > Magnetic
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2021, 08:20:22 AM »

Iron Maiden also has some lyrics that I don't care for—Prowler, Charlotte, and really Iron Maiden, too, when it comes right down to it, although I'm kind of immune to that one after having heard the song 1,800 times. It also does not have Bruce Dickinson or Adrian Smith, and unlike Blaze Bayley, Paul Di'Anno does not do much for me. But Phantom of the Opera is far and away the best song on either album, and I think Remember Tomorrow beats The Four Horsemen for #2 (incidentally, that's the only song where I am particularly enamored of Di'Anno's performance).


I dislike Hetfield's vocals on KEA. I find them really grating. Then he sounded like a drunk 14-year old kid. Di'Anno vocals sounded much more pleasant and mature to me. 


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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2021, 08:41:53 AM »
I love the classic 3 Metallica albums but Kill Em All was never an album I rated THAT highly. It's a solid debut album which I guess is the word I would use for the Iron Maiden debut album as well.

If I had to pick either I think I'm leaning towards Maiden. Phantom of the Opera and Remember Tomorrow are low key 2 of the best Maiden songs, you get some early hits in the blueprint that would later create the biggest hits - like Prowler/Sanctuary/Iron Maiden. Overall it's a solid debut album and I feel like if it had Bruce it would probably be more highly rated.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2021, 10:41:50 AM »
Hmmm...

Iron Maiden > Kill 'Em All
Ride the Lightning > Killers
Master of Puppets > The Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind > ...And Justice for All
Powerslave > The Black Album
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Powerslave
The Number of the Beast
Ride the Lightning
...And Justice for All
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Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Kill 'Em All
Killers
The Black Album

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2021, 11:25:59 AM »
Kill Em All mainly cause I can't stand Iron Maiden.


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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2021, 01:33:07 PM »
I don't quite understand why we're comparing them straight chronologically, because that doesn't quite work. The Blaze albums and the Loads are obvious points of comparison since they were released around the same time, they had a different sound than their respective bands' classic albums, and they both have been heavily criticized while still having a minority of enthusiastic fans. And SSoaSS matches up with AJFA for both being released in the same year and being the climax of both band's development toward a proto-prog-metal sound.

But okay, sure, I'll play:

Iron Maiden > Kill 'Em All (very close, as stated earlier)
Ride the Lightning > Killers (one of my favorite Metallica albums vs. one of my least favorite IM albums)
The Number of the Beast > Master of Puppets (I don't rate Puppets quite as high as most, and Hallowed Be Thy Name is the best them)
Piece of Mind > ...And Justice for All (another very, very close one, but side A of PoM is so superb)
The Black Album > Powerslave (the middle four on Ps drag it down; TBA is probably my favorite Metallica album)
Somewhere in Time > Load (if Load was 60 minutes with Cure, Poor Twisted Me, Wasting My Hate and Ronnie removed, I'd reconsider)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son > Reload (I really like half of Reload, but... yeah)
No Prayer for the Dying > St. Anger (this is an interesting one, and it's actually close for me, but No Prayer is more consistent)
Death Magnetic > Fear of the Dark (my least favorite Maiden vs. a Metallica album I like more than most do)
The X Factor and Virtual XI > Hardwired... to Self Destruct (very easily; Sign of the Cross alone would win this)
Five additional Iron Maiden albums, including their two best ones > Metallica screwing around not writing music and Kirk losing his phone

Some comparisons I find interesting that don't line up chronologically:

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son > ...And Justice for All (1988 proto-prog-metal albums)
The X Factor > Load (unpopular 90s album with a cult following)
Virtual XI > Reload (even more unpopular 90s album with a smaller cult following)
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2021, 01:40:23 PM »
I don't care for either album and wouldn't mind never hearing them ever again, despite owning both on CD.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2021, 07:33:49 AM »
Neither.  These are both bands that put out garbage debuts and took awhile to find their stride.  I never would have become a fan if either of these bands didn't evolve past their initial sounds.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2021, 11:33:59 PM »
Both are great albums, but for me it’s easily Maiden s/t > Kill Em All.

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« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2021, 06:45:42 AM »
Neither.  These are both bands that put out garbage debuts and took awhile to find their stride.  I never would have become a fan if either of these bands didn't evolve past their initial sounds.

Saying Kill 'em All is garbage is hilarious  :rollin

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2021, 06:59:57 AM »
These are both bands that put out garbage debuts

Wow. That's your opinion, so there's no point arguing, but I could not disagree more.



I never would have become a fan if either of these bands didn't evolve past their initial sounds.

Sure, that makes more sense is is probably not uncommon with many bands.
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« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2021, 07:59:14 AM »
Kill 'em All, I could never get into Maiden
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« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2021, 08:14:34 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???

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« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2021, 09:21:02 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???

Metallica were my first love, and the first band I became obsessional over. Dream Theater were a band I discovered later, when my tastes broadened and just struck a chord with me. Maiden were a band I tried, after getting into other big metal bands, following Metallica.

However, for me I didn't like Bruce's vocals and just felt they just weren't that great. To me I always thought if it like this. Growing up I LOVED Star Wars (I still do). It was cool as shit. Han Solo? Cool. Darth Vader? Cool. Epic space battles? Cool. Soundtrack? Cool. My neighbour loved Star Trek and I just always thought it was lame and lacked that 'cool' factor. It was what what people who tucked their t-shirt into their trousers liked!

Comparing Metallica to Maiden, as arguably the biggest two metal bands of all time, I just thought Maiden were lame. Compared to Metallica (especially Hetfield) who just oozed cool.

I think that is something I could never get past. I've tried Maiden many times and could honestly say I would be fine if I never heard a Maiden song ever again. I suppose I can understand why people like them, it's just not for me.

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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2021, 09:32:33 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???

Metallica were my first love, and the first band I became obsessional over. Dream Theater were a band I discovered later, when my tastes broadened and just struck a chord with me. Maiden were a band I tried, after getting into other big metal bands, following Metallica.

However, for me I didn't like Bruce's vocals and just felt they just weren't that great. To me I always thought if it like this. Growing up I LOVED Star Wars (I still do). It was cool as shit. Han Solo? Cool. Darth Vader? Cool. Epic space battles? Cool. Soundtrack? Cool. My neighbour loved Star Trek and I just always thought it was lame and lacked that 'cool' factor. It was what what people who tucked their t-shirt into their trousers liked!

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Comparing Metallica to Maiden, as arguably the biggest two metal bands of all time, I just thought Maiden were lame. Compared to Metallica (especially Hetfield) who just oozed cool.

I think that is something I could never get past. I've tried Maiden many times and could honestly say I would be fine if I never heard a Maiden song ever again. I suppose I can understand why people like them, it's just not for me.

No argument, I respect your taste, but for me, a couple years earlier, it was the exact opposite.  Maiden was the first rock band I ever saw live, and I was BLOWN AWAY by Bruce Dickinson.  I was a singer in my high school band, and I saw him and it took the wind out of my sails (hahaha).   I lived and breathed Maiden for about four years.  I have no ink to this day, but if I was to get a tat, there's a decent shot it would be something from the Powerslave record, like the Eye Of Horus.  I still have my concert shirt and ticket from that first show.  When Metallica came out it was a little... not "comedic", but it just seemed sort of hard to take seriously.  The Cowardly Lion singing about lightning over these riffs that sound sped up?   Nah, pass.   I know now that's not what it is, but I never got on the thrash bandwagon, and to be blunt, I like Metallica more since they gently moved away from the thrash, James started actually singing rather than using that tinny yell that sounds like he's coming through a bullhorn.

(And I'm not being disrespectful with any of those comments.  I'm trying to be funny.  I actually do love James, and have repeatedly called him the coolest guy in metal right now.)

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« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2021, 09:59:14 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???
How?  Well, I like Metallica and DT, but I don't like Iron Maiden.

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« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2021, 10:28:04 AM »
I know now that's not what it is, but I never got on the thrash bandwagon, and to be blunt, I like Metallica more since they gently moved away from the thrash, James started actually singing rather than using that tinny yell that sounds like he's coming through a bullhorn.

This, so much. I'm always amused by the thrash fans who are upset that Metallica "sold out" by abandoning thrash, since I feel exactly the opposite way. To me, the thrashiest songs on those first four albums are the least interesting, and The Black Album is my favorite Metallica album.
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Re: POLL: Iron Maiden - S/T vs. Metallica - Kill 'em All?
« Reply #31 on: February 25, 2021, 11:44:16 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???
How?  Well, I like Metallica and DT, but I don't like Iron Maiden.

That's how.

OK. That's your personal taste.
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« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2021, 11:51:13 AM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???
How?  Well, I like Metallica and DT, but I don't like Iron Maiden.

That's how.

OK. That's your personal taste.
But we probably wouldn't have Dream Theater without Iron Maiden.

So? We wouldn't have Iron Maiden without The Beatles and we wouldn't have the Beatles without Elvis or George Formby. Doesn't mean we should like Elvis or George Formby.
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« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2021, 12:28:40 PM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???
How?  Well, I like Metallica and DT, but I don't like Iron Maiden.

That's how.

OK. That's your personal taste.
But we probably wouldn't have Dream Theater without Iron Maiden.

So? We wouldn't have Iron Maiden without The Beatles and we wouldn't have the Beatles without Elvis or George Formby. Doesn't mean we should like Elvis or George Formby.

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« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2021, 12:37:08 PM »
It's mystifying to me how someone could like Metallica and (presumably) DT, but then not like Iron Maiden.  ???
How?  Well, I like Metallica and DT, but I don't like Iron Maiden.

That's how.

OK. That's your personal taste.
But we probably wouldn't have Dream Theater without Iron Maiden.

So? We wouldn't have Iron Maiden without The Beatles and we wouldn't have the Beatles without Elvis or George Formby. Doesn't mean we should like Elvis or George Formby.

Yep, that's the way it is. You don't have to be a fan of all those acts but you should admit and respect their status in music history.