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Posted by tommy on 2006-03-12 23:55:20 +0000

Are you implying that there has been a resurgence of Megadeth relevance? That would be good news. I still say that side 1 of Peace Sells is maybe the best Metal album side ever. Big fan.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-03-13 00:48:24 +0000

I don't think there is anything new / resurgence Megadethwise... I heard a cobbled together 'greatest hits' this weekend and remembered quite a few tunes that slayed from when I was in High School. a few off the top of my head: -Mechanix (A kernel of Mustaine's work with mssrs ulrich and hetfield on "Four Horseman is overheard) -Peace Sells - ('What Do You I Mean I Don't Let The System Work? I Go To Court When I Have To!') -Holy Wars - - Polaris ('Discharrrrge My Payload a Mile High...') Who besides Metallica / Anthrax / Slayer was of this caliber? I would bravely mention Death Angel, (and Sacred Reich, Nuclear Assault, and Testament if I was drunk enough probably) Any unashamed Metalheads wanna 'fess?

Posted by tommy on 2006-03-13 11:11:56 +0000

As far as longevity and consistent quality, I would also put Metallica Slayer and Anthrax at the top of the list. Megadeth a bit below, but not much. Kreator's in there somewhere, too; Extreme Agression is such a good album. I really need to listen to Kreator RIGHT NOW, but I do not have a copy here at work. I will have to settle for Cryptic Slaughter.

Posted by tgl on 2006-03-13 12:10:07 +0000

Sepultura - Roots: Not sure it qualifies as a heavy metal album, though. I'll go out on a limb and say Sepultura should be included on this list. Can't say I've listened to enough metal to have a discerning ear.

Posted by Honar the librarian on 2006-03-13 12:28:26 +0000

Well, Sepultura was getting coverage in RIP Magazine, which given the dates of my faithful reading would make them identified as heavy metal as '88/'89 ish.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-03-13 12:40:39 +0000

Another vote for Slayer

Posted by tommy on 2006-03-13 12:53:15 +0000

Yeah, Sepultura counts. I was also going to mention Voivod, who were definitely a speed metal band at first.... but their best stuff came after they stopped playing speed metal. So, never mind.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-03-13 13:09:54 +0000

My tops would be Metallica and Basket Full Of Puppies, with Megadeth and Slayer the next tier down. Iron Maiden, anyone? Too early? Pantera, anyone? Too late? If Headbanger's ball presents any cred, (which I think they do) the random bits of music the used with images of cars crashing and whatnot as they faded in and out of commercials used a variety of bands. Megadeth, Metallica, SOD... in their later years, but before they became lame (like by allowing Rob Zombie to guest host all the time) they replaced all music clips with Pantera, as they were harder than anyone.

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-03-13 13:42:13 +0000

I could go to hear Metallica's Leper Messiah right now.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-03-13 14:59:08 +0000

Slayer.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-03-13 21:42:15 +0000

Prong was used in some headbangers ball montages...

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-03-13 21:54:25 +0000

06/06/06 Anyone up for being a presiding elder in the crowd for the Tsongas arena Slayer show in June? Probbaly not for me, but its fun to dream...

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-03-13 22:08:00 +0000

I used to read RIP like it was my job. I got turned on to Sepultra, Nuclear Assault and Voivod ('Nothingface' and 'Dimension Hatross' are searing) thru them. 'Roots' is such a fantastic album - along w/ Angel Dust its one of those albums that is really scary to think of all the things it can produce on a good stereo system. I was thinking to a past vague conversation we had over a year ago on RSN when we were talking about what pre 1987 or so 'thrash' constituted, which is why I stuck at the top w/ Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth Anthrax as they seemed to be the biggest titans I could think of. Then of course you had all that fun grindcore stuff branching off of hardcore, metal and thrash around 85-86-87 Im guessing like early Sepultra, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Extreme Noise Terror, Fudgetunnel. I think theres a book out now called "Choosing Death" that chronicles this scene. I know John Peel was a big proponent, and the book has Peel interviews, one of the Cavalera guys from Sepultra - I definitely have to track that book down. As far as RIP is concerned,The Slayer link below is from a hard rock / metal web site that RIP's ex editor Lonn Friend presides over. I think he writes a lot of the liner notes to all of the "25th anniversery of _____" albums that are coming out now (Iron Maiden comes to mind) Friend was also one of the prominently featured talking heads along with Mustaine, Vernon Reid , Scott Ian, et. al on some of those hard rock / heavy metal features VH1 ran a few years back. I think Penelope Spheeris of "Decline Of Western Civilization" wrote the liner notes for the Meegadeth collection I was listening to. I wish I had the VH1 list - stuff like Bad Brains and Fugazi were squeezed side by side all the usual Beavis and Butthead suspects...