Metal Showdown (Round 7) - Nirvana vs Metallica
 

http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...s-nirvana.html

Last round, AiC finally met their demise with Nirvana, with 7 votes to Nirvana's 11. Still a really respectable showing, though.

Now to turn things up a bit more for the metal, Nirvana will be going up against one of the giants and pioneers of heavy/thrash metal, Metallica.


There's not much to say about these guys that hasn't been said a million times before on this forum. They've lost their way the past decade or two as well as become lazy in the studio, but still remain living legends within their genre and are capable of bringing in the thrash vote this time around.


Cobain and the gang come back for their second round. Let's see if they can hold up against an opponent that's outside their sub-genre.


I'm going to have to go with Metallica on this one, simply because I discovered them much earlier than Nirvana, so I have more fonder memories of them. Still love Nirvana, but I don't have the same connectivity as I do with 'Tallica.

Metallica. Nirvana's great, but I love Metallica riffs and lyrics more.

Not Metallica.

Metallica cause Metal is in their damn name.. Also cause i don't think Nirvana is very metal, i guess you can say Bleach was metal but imo that album is not heavy enough. also, not to be a dick but i think you should've chosen a better song for nirvana. maybe endless nameless or Aero zeppelin.

Metallica, if for no other reason than Kill 'Em All.

Damn. Metallica's getting a real margin, I thought it woukd be a little closer.

I voted for Alice In Chains.

Nirvana's a band I listen to about once a decade. Metallica's a band I listen to several times a year. Metallica for me.

^i am in the exact opposite boat.

Metallica is a band i listen to three or four times a year. Nirvana is weekly.

Nirvana has one album I like, while Metallica has one near-perfect album and another album I like. Metallica wins.

Given their reputation with Reload and Lulu, I figured Metallica would be losing. Then again, it's the most famous band of the big four of grunge vs. the most famous band of the big four of thrash. I suppose thrash would be the winner since its much bigger, even though Nevermind is more highly rated than MOP based on magazine charts and aggregated ratings sites.

A lot of artists get boring after they've been around a long time. That doesn't make great work they did early in their career any less great.

I don't go out of my way to listen to Nirvana, but I really can't stand Metallica.

Exactly how I feel. Metallica's legacy is cemented.

4 albums I love vs. 4 albums I love, 4 that are decent and 2 that are terrible.


I guess the unblemished discography wins, regardless of how great the latter's high was. Very tough though.

Voted for Metallica. Nirvana is grunge so I'm not sure what's up with the Metal Showdown label. No hate, just an honest question.

There's only one way to tell if this man is a kindred spirit. What's your favorite pasttime/hobby?

Sure I'll bite, playing Blade & Soul, a PC mmorpg.

If all that sounded like Greek, it's a video game.

Is it gory?

Not at all. There's combat and flashy moves, but no blood. It's M rated, but I fail to see why, except to attract players?

This is why i voted for Metallica despite the fact i prefer Nirvana.

Confirmed.

Hate to be the 57th jerk to say this, but......

Nirvana? Metal? Especially when compared to Metallica?

Nirvana is grunge, not Metal.

Not saying Nirvana's metal., but there is a thing as grunge metal. It's called "early Soundgarden." Listen to Ultramega OK.

No.

Um.

He has what's called a "Sam Dunn" music education.

**** you, I like Sam Dunn.

Not only that, but there's no such thing as grunge metal.

I do too. His facts are way off sometimes though.

That was the point I was trying to make.

I wasn't saying it's a legitimate genre or tag, but it's commonfor grunge albums to be metal.

It's also common (and completely understandable) to call early Soundgarden metal, even if they weren't the bestexample.

Ah! You can't tell me Dirt doesn't have some serious metal influence.

Ah! You can't tell me Alice in Chains was even grunge in the first place.

Yeah, but as Tristan said, AiC were already classified as grunge.

Bands can be two genres in the same album. Besides, Layne was already in a glam metal band before forming AiC, and that influence went into AiC's music.

"Alice in Chains" was supposed to be the name of a hair band, and when you throw Melvins into the mix their music makes a lot of sense. They were a metal band with Melvins influences who gave a polite head nod to their grunge cousins across the hall.

Layne Staley's vocals were one of the leading influences in grunge. A lot of grunge bands tried to copy him. And Eddie Vedder.

Yes. But if a band is grunge, I automatically assume they're going to be influenced by that genre throughout their albums. I know about multiple genres in albums, but calling an album a genre where it has no reason / doesn't exist is just adding genres for no reason.

Alternative metal doesn't exist in one of the world's most famous alternative and metal bands that helped to bring alternative itself into the mainstream, as well as being noticably different from the others of the big 3 for it's obvious metal influence from metal bands like Melvins?