Thread 127495327

>>127495327 (OP)
Bring the Noise along redeems them

The pick is all about giving New York representation and they're the most New York of all thrash bands

>>127495327 (OP)
They're not as good as Megadeth and Metallica, but much much better than fucking Slayer.

>>127495515
Hanneman & King were as important for metal guitar as Iommi.

>>127495515
They're better than Slayer as a whole but they don't have a song better than Angel of Death.

>>127495631
laughable statement. because of 2 guitars? judas priest was already doing that for years

>>127495638
Shalom!

>>127495515
>They're not as good as Megadeth
Quoted for truth. Plus the forced rap crossover was really pathetic.

>>127495651
They were the first to do dissonance and "evil" scales. There's a clear cut before-and-after Slayer. Extreme metal owes everything to them.

>>127495662
>the forced rap crossover was really pathetic.
They were apparently blasting (c)rap backstage at the end of the 80s all the time.
>>127495692
Dissonant music stinks and extreme metal fucking sucks.

Slayer took the blues out of Sabbath.

>>127495692
everything they did venom also did, slayer just did it faster. i think you need to learn more about the history of metal

>>127495950
Slayer committed to the sound and pushed it to its essential form. It's like I said above, they were the first to reject the blues entirely. You could never have caught them dead writing something like Teacher's Pet.

Blue Cheer came before Sabbath but they were also more or less forgotten for being a shitty novelty band. Venom inspired the satanic image but I don't know that Mantas influenced anybody to play like him.

>>127496053
>It's like I said above, they were the first to reject the blues entirely.
metallica and similar bands like exodus did that too.

And none of the big 4 have anything on Iron Maiden

Joey Belladonna is unironically a better singer than Dave Mustaine.

>>127496330
Seek & Destroy may as well be a blues rock standard. I'll grant you Exodus, maybe, I guess. Never cared enough for them to tell.

>>127496330
Metallica literally stole the riff of Sweet Home Alabama

>>127495327 (OP)
Anthrax are absolutely in same level as Metallica ; Slayer and Megadeth have better peaks (Hell Awaits, Rust in Peace), but Persistence of Time is as good as anything Metallica ever did.

>>127496355
No shit. Joey Belladonna is (was) technically an objectively better singer than anyone in thrash metal. But you can of course subjectively prefer other singers. For me personally of the big four it's Dave Mustaine > Joey Belladonna > James Hetfield >>>>>>>>> Tom Araya.

I don't think Hetfield really matured into his own vocally until Master of Puppets because he sounds extremely strained on some notes on Kill 'em All and Ride the Lightning.

Anthrax produced pop culture kino
https://youtu.be/RQty0OEsptM?si=hZRG4NCsPO-CYGIs

>>127496530
James wasnt supposed to be vocals, it was hoisted upon him.

>>127498067
Yeah I know. Even though he's not a great vocalist it turned out to be a good choice.

>>127495327 (OP)
As in not-good and enjoyed exclusively my manchildren? Absolutely.

>>127495515
You are wrong.
For one thing, Slayer has THE most consistent discography of the Big 5 & the most solid run of classic LPs.
Secondly, one should also rank each band according to their first album, the one that established them.
In which case, the order is without argument:
>Slayer "Show No Mercy"
>Anthrax "Fistful Of Metal"
>Exodus (Not even of the Big 5) "Bonded By Blood"
>Metallica "Kill 'em All"
And lastly
>Megadeth "Killing Is My Business"
Slayer is only considered trash to lightweights & thrash metal tourists.

>>127495327 (OP)

Yes, and?

>>127499198
>Slayer has THE most consistent discography of the Big 5
If it's consistently shit it's not good.
>& the most solid run of classic LPs
Classic LPs? Are you fucking insane? Nobody bought Slayer albums until the mid 90s. They were a cult band, at best, until 1990. Only the most retarded sickos who enjoyed music without melodies and "scary lyrics" listened to Slayer in the 80s.

>>127499229
Sorry fella.
Your picrel is a literal pisstake & only Megadeth equaled Slayer when it comes down to who had the most solid run of quality albums, not to mention sheer consistency.
To put it another way, no one was surprised when "Enter Sandman" became a huge hit courtesy of MTV.
Anthrax attracting a non-thrash audience to their music with "I'm The Man" & "Got The Time" was down to novelty at best.
Megadeth getting airplay in front of a main stream audience was down to progression & hard work, i.e. deserved & therefore not exactly surprising either.
But Slayer's "Season In The Abyss" getting heavy rotation on MTV outside of Headbangers Ball caught literally everyone off guard.
And they did so without softening their sound or "selling-out".
Again, Slayer isn't for pussies & lightweights.
Nor did they ever need to write "ballads" (that means you Metallica & Testament) in order to move units/sell physical albums.
Give 'em their due or fuck off.

>>127499198
>>127499410
>Slayerfags being more obnoxious faggots than any other thrash band fandom
Who could've seen this coming?

>>127495515
Show No Mercy mogs hard

>>127499229
Quoting Kerrang like it means anything. Kerrang is a joke.
If that's where you draw the line then all four suck equally hard because Christgau said so.

I took a normie homie to a theater showing of the Big 4 concert 15 years ago, he only really knew their bigger songs (mostly Metallica) and whatever songs made it into vidya like Guitar Hero or Brutal Legend. At the end he basically agreed with everything I already knew
>Anthrax puts on a hell of a show and is the tightest unit musically
>Megadeth's technicality is impressive, Dave is kind of goofy but doesn't waste time
>Metallica deserve their spot at the top of the metal pantheon, if not for their influence but for the way they can entertain an audience
And Slayer might as well have been replaced by a retard in a football helmet stuck inside a dumpster. Also it was kind of sus that Slayer didn't join in during the final jam aside from Dave Lombardo. It's almost as if the band themselves know they're nowhere near as good as their peers.

>>127499533
>t. normalfag

>>127499229
>Only the most retarded sickos who enjoyed music without melodies and "scary lyrics" listened to Slayer in the 80s.
Yes, that's who they're for. Ack! A band playing to their audience?? The horror.

>>127495515

Lol no.

>>127495327 (OP)
Growing up is realizing all the big 4 actually suck.

>>127499410
>And they did so without softening their sound or "selling-out".
They slowed down to get more mass appeal.

>>127499229
>magick
https://youtu.be/kZAwOYUyry8

>>127495327 (OP)
Among the Living is one of the best thrash albums if you want something that gets you instinctually headbanging. Few can make me do that. Sadly, the rest of their output isn't great.

I think I'd pick Testament over Anthrax overall.

>>127499198
Slayer's output is really boring, like they have a thin sound and when they go speed mode it sounds like pulp. every song has the same riff style, like i feel anywhere I go in Reign in Blood, it sounds like variations on each other.

Much prefer stuff like Kreator and Sodom. Speaking of which, where does german thrash fit into all this?

>>127501082
Oh and Hell Awaits is good, feel its because they put emphasis in their rhythm changes.

>>127495378
>not Overkill
Am I joke to you?

>>127495756
>extreme metal fucking sucks.
Figures a thrash-tard would say something like that. Phil Rind is that you?

>>127499772
>growing up
You didn't do this

>>127495759
I'm a classic rock and punk listener and I like metal too, but only until Slayer. Everything after them sounds alien to me.

>>127501119
They are a joke with those vocals

>>127501119
Jersey