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View Poll Results: Who is the Greatest of the Big Four of thrash metal?
Anthrax 12 6.98%
Megadeth 47 27.33%
Metallica 69 40.12%
Slayer 44 25.58%
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Old 08-18-2010, 12:05 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Slayer for me they're just so heavy.
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Old 08-18-2010, 01:59 PM   #22 (permalink)
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No matter what it seems that Anthrax gets left in the back most of the time. unfortanly i agree with that, however i don't agree that one person suggested that Metallica is weaker than Anthrax in its thrash sound. I mean really, the first succesful thrash band with masterpeice thrash albums such as master of puppets is the least of them all? not likely
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Old 08-19-2010, 05:44 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Especially when Tom Araya does it.
when does he do that? I gotta see that.
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Old 08-19-2010, 06:57 AM   #24 (permalink)
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when does he do that? I gotta see that.
Never seen him do it, but its just the kind of thing I can imagine him doing.
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Old 08-19-2010, 11:20 AM   #25 (permalink)
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It doesn't matter who's the best of the 'big 4' is because as soon as we got to the 90s they were all superseded by Voivod.
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Old 08-19-2010, 11:36 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Metallica are still my favourite of the big four. Their first four albums are, for me, better than anything any of the bands have put out with a little room made for Reign in Blood and Rust in Peace.

However i think Megadeth are the best of them now. They have made some mediocre records themselves but have managed to turn it around with a great comeback over the last few years.

Where I would place Slayer and Anthrax could change on any given day. I don't really prefer one to the other. For every album either band has ever released (there may be a few i'm missing, to be fair) bar one, there isn't much to seperate the two in my opinion. But Reign in Blood gives Slayer the edge i think.

Over all I would say Metallica > Megadeth > Slayer > Anthrax.

But in the present day I would say Megadeth > Metallica > Slayer > Anthrax.
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Old 08-20-2010, 06:38 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Megadeth > Slayer >>>>>>>>> Metallica > Anthrax
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Old 08-20-2010, 07:49 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Added a poll to the thread. Hope you don't mind, sixshooter
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Old 08-20-2010, 08:10 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Where I would place Slayer and Anthrax could change on any given day. I don't really prefer one to the other. For every album either band has ever released (there may be a few i'm missing, to be fair) bar one, there isn't much to seperate the two in my opinion. But Reign in Blood gives Slayer the edge i think.
Interesting. I see the two as very, very different. Anthrax is not nearly as dark as Slayer for one thing, actually not dark at all IMO. And there's such a difference in style, definitely an east coast versus west coast aesthetic thing, with Anthrax having been influenced more by Hardcore and Hip-Hop. Hell there's even an ethnic difference between the two that I think informs the music to a certain extent.
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Old 08-20-2010, 10:31 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I would agree with that. I meant that there wasn't much to seperate them more in my opinion of them rather than similarity musicallly.
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