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John 6 
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 Posted: September 01 2010 at 19:49 |
Never got Maiden, and completely fail to understand why they are so popular. Metallica are far more impressive, although I am not a lover of their thrash period. Maiden, in my opinion produce the same old boring drivel, album after album. Metallica, however, are more in the classic rock mould, in the spirit of Sabbath. And the next kid I see wearing a Maiden t-shirt, thinking they are unique, and have a vast knowledge of rock music, but really know bugger all, I swear I'll do something I regret!! 
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Prog Is A Man's Best Friend.
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Catcher10
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Posted: September 01 2010 at 14:41 |
I have never been a huge fan of Metallica..Why? No need to be when Iron Maiden does what they do...Really tho, I give props to Metallica for giving some influence to metal and progmetal. Very early on in LA, San Fran they were pretty good with what they were doing....then in my opinion they sold out to pop rock, MTV with the Black Album...after that it was downhill. Lars ranting about music downloading and all that krapp was dumb IMHO.
Iron Maiden never left their music base, kept playing it hard with some amazing imagination/creativity...I mean Eddie IS the most famous musical mascot around.
All bands go thru some lull times, but the great ones bounce back and even get better....That's Maiden, when Bruce came back the fire was lit again......It has not stopped burning....IM is "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns"...right now!
Longevity and quality of longevity speaks volumes in my book......I personally feel Metallica is done. With The Final Frontier, seems like Iron Maiden is here for a very long time, like they have a second wind. Certainly this 2010 Tour made a strong statement by the group........'we are not finished'.
I for one am very pleased......I've been a Maiden listener since 1981, first saw them live in 1982.
Its tough to compare any bands to Iron Maiden.....its kinda like their own genre now.
Up the Irons!! (forever)
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trackstoni
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Posted: August 31 2010 at 03:38 |
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None of them.
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Agree , they've nothing to do with Progressive , Even if Saint Peter opens the Gates of Heaven , and tells me they are / Dreamtheater , Queensriche , Metallica & Iron Maiden are Taking Advantage from others productivities , and So far i like them all , but You just tell me , who listen to them now in presence of Legends & Pioneers !!? If You Really Do , Switch to other Sites of Heavy metal or Hard rock stuff , and enjoy yourselves /
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Tracking Tracks of Rock
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tennyson
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 20:32 |
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Maiden by far! I like metallica fairly well, but would like them much more if Kirk Hammet were ever to lose that blasted wah pedal hes always hiding his blues leads behind. The Maiden guitarists have several big things going for them IMO... Dual/Triple leads, The good old Eminor scale, and just some good catchy grab your guts and pull you into a head bob grooves thanks to a still much over looked bassist. Also i really get into the iron Maiden lyrics much much more as a whole...
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Writer stares with glassy eyes, defies the empty page...
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Rushlover13
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 19:26 |
Iron Maiden is awesome and one of the very few bands that made great progressive albums in the 1980s when prog was not at its best. Metallica is great, but they just dont hold the same type of power that Iron Maiden has. So. my choice is rather obvious.... 
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I Love Rush.
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JakoCba
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 18:55 |
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Iron Maiden
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 18:33 |
Klogg wrote:
None of them.
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Well...............
................at least you increased your post count.
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Klogg
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 18:30 |
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None of them.
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JLocke
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 15:47 |
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I've never been able to sit still long enough when listening to Maiden to really understand what is supposed to be so great about them. My latest ex-girlfriend loved them and Dream Theater. I could at least agree with half of her opinion.
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The Monodrone
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 13:51 |
Iron Maiden. 
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lucas
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 12:47 |
Pekka wrote:
ppl wrote:
metallica became the new ''sex pistols'' only heavier |
An interesting comparison, never heard that before. What do they have in common exactly? |
Metallica, just like Slayer, were huge fans of punk, besides their love of NWOBM bands. And thrash metal is actually the combination of punk and heavy metal.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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EatThatPhonebook
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 10:55 |
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IM. Haven't listened to the new album though.
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Pekka
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 10:54 |
ppl wrote:
metallica became the new ''sex pistols'' only heavier |
An interesting comparison, never heard that before. What do they have in common exactly?
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 10:37 |
Metallica, if just for their first 4 (5) albums 
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ppl
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 10:18 |
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maiden without a doubt..i hate metallica for creating thrash metal scene...when maiden was creating wonderful music metallica became the new ''sex pistols'' only heavier..UP the irons..
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 08:15 |
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^^^ Same here. Vote goes to Maiden, although I've not heard the new album.
I can take or leave Metallica. I lost interest in late 80's. I did see them on the Master of Puppets tour though, and they were very good.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 08:06 |
Gandalff wrote:
I´m curious about the situation after new Iron Maiden release... |
This has nothing to do with Maiden's new release as i haven't heard it. Stilll going to vote Maiden though.
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spookytooth
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 08:03 |
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Iron Maiden. They're more consistent with their music and their music has much more of a progressive feel than Metallica's music.
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Would you like some Bailey's?
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JJLehto
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 08:02 |
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I really like both, but have to go Iron Maiden because they've simply put out more music that I like.
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J-Man
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Posted: August 30 2010 at 07:53 |
lucas wrote:
trackstoni wrote:
what did they brought both to our culture , the Progressive Rock Culture !!? in my Opinion , they're both good , but they brought nothing , nothing at all |
Metallica -> big influence for Dream Theater
Iron Maiden -> big influence for Queensr˙che and Fates Warning |
Dream Theater's also huge Iron Maiden fans. They covered The Number of the Beast in its entirety and released a live album of the performance.
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