So it's well-known that Bruce has claimed "moral credit" on songs like The Prisoner, Children of the Damned and Run to the Hills, and Janick obviously had a hand in writing Bring Your Daughter... I'm curious as to which songs did Adrian contribute to without being credited?
I really like "Angry Again". I don't know how liked or disliked it is in the general Megadeth community, but I find that chorus infectiously good. Meanwhile, "Angel of Death" is a bit of a mess and nowhere near as memorable as the eponymously titled Angel Witch song we had a few rounds back. So...
Sabbath, easily. Metallica definitely has songs that are better than "Paranoid" (which is awesome, but not Sabbath's very best), but not "Fight Fire with Fire". I mean, come on.
"Keeper of the Seven Keys" is definitely the lesser of Helloween's two early epics, but it IS the superior song in...
With very few exceptions, 20+ minute songs are generally too much for me. I don't think I've listened to "A Change of Seasons" in full since I bought it some 15 years ago. I'm not going to do so now due to lack of time, but I probably ought to revisit it soon; the first couple of minutes alone...
Black Sabbath. "War Pigs" is my favourite Sabbath song bar none, so it's no contest, even if "Purple Haze" is a great classic too.
Megadeth. Tempted to vote for a very good Symphony X tune, but have to go with my gut and "Symphony of Destruction" here.
White Zombie. I suppose the tiebreaker is...
Slayer. Y&T's song is fine, but very forgettable.
Van Halen. "Ain't Talking 'Bout Love" has one my favourite guitar riffs ever; Liquid Tension Experiment bore the hell out of me.
Insomnium. A fantastic piece of melodic death metal with great atmospherics. I really don't care for anything off...
"Stargazer", "Victim of Changes" and "Highway Star" are all easy and obvious choices. All three belong among their artists best; two of them have Blackmore, which is already an advantage in itself, and while the studio version of "Victim of Changes" doesn't slay quite as hard as the live version...
I much prefer The Who in general to System of a Down, but "Toxicity" is probably the song that best represents the latter's style, even if it's not exactly my favourite. Usually I refrain from the whole "is it metal or not" debate, but in a Greatest Metal Song Cup, I will pick "Toxicity" over...
Almost. My take: Dio's (the band) overall output is very, very good, and Holy Diver is probably the best of the bunch, but it's still not quite as good as any of the albums he did with Rainbow or Sabbath. Yes, that includes Dehumanizer.
"Elimination" has great guitarwork, but also very shitty vocals. The same can usually be said about anything that involves King Diamond, but "Eye of the Witch" is actually guite good, especially since he sounds tolerable most of the time. Since it's the only song of his I can honestly say I like...
"Deliverance" is apparently seen as one of Opeth's best songs, but I kinda fail to see why. I mean, it's not bad, but it never truly takes off, and the ending just goes on for way too long. I think they've done a lot better. "Through the Eyes of Terror" wastes little time in getting to the point...
First match is definitely the toughest. "Twilight of the Thunder God" is what I'd consider a modern classic of melodic death metal, while Oceanborn is my favourite Nightwish album, and even if it's not the track that I think stands out the most, "Passion and the Opera" is still great and one of...
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