World Cup of Maidenfans 2.0: Round of 32 Match 15

[mckindog]

With a 1/2-hour left to vote, Led Zeppelin is struggling to fend off UFO with a one-point lead.
Yesterday's match (Pantera versus Pink Floyd) remains open for voting here:
http://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/the-world-cup-of-maidenfans-2-0-round-of-32-match-14.28221/

And if you thought yesterday was a match featuring extreme opposites, today we have


http://loudwire.com/best-slayer-songs/

versus


http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/02/the-12-best-beatles-songs/5166677/

 

[Perun]

 

[Night Prowler]

 

[Saapanael]

For the hundredth time a round where both bands are kind of good and kind of bad so I'm skipping again.

 

[The Flash]

Beatles because they're not Slayer.

 

[Ariana]

Slayer because they're not Beatles.

 

[Forostar]

For the hundredth time a round where both bands are kind of good and kind of bad so I'm skipping again.

"This is the path that you (have to) choose!"

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

I don't even like The Beatles, but Slayer winning this would be a contradiction to all things called "music".

 

[Luke]

I don't even like The Beatles, but Slayer winning this would be a contradiction to all things called "music".

wat

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Mwah!!

 

[mckindog]

Never mind how good the Beatles are. Slayer is terrible

 

[Forostar]

I don't even like The Beatles, but Slayer winning this would be a contradiction to all things called "music".

You like bands who are influenced by Slayer. So do I.

Slayer it is.

 

[The Flash]

You like bands who are influenced by Slayer. So do I.

Slayer it is.

That's actually a good argument. Pretty sure there are way more bands I like who are influenced by Beatles than those that are influenced by Slayer.

 

[mckindog]

Shit, accidentally voted Slayer.
Ladies and gentlemen this poll is actually tied.

 

[Forostar]

I can't name that many bands I like that are influenced by the Beatles. Definitely not many in metal (and metal is still my favourite genre).

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

No, Slayer are winning...

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

You like bands who are influenced by Slayer. So do I.

Slayer it is.

I also like a lot of bands influenced by Led Zeppelin, doesn't mean I like them one bit.

That's actually a good argument. Pretty sure there are way more bands I like who are influenced by Beatles than those that are influenced by Slayer.

This exactly. Although I'm meh towards most Beatles material, way more artists that I listen to draw influence from them than from Slayer. I honestly couldn't name any bands that I love who are influenced by Slayer.

From the other side of the coin, I'd say a good majority of artists I listen to are influenced heavily by Bob Dylan. But do I want to listen to Bob Dylan? No.

 

[Perun]

I can't name that many bands I like that are influenced by the Beatles. Definitely not many in metal (and metal is still my favourite genre).

I think you're underestimating the influence the Beatles had.

 

[The Flash]

You like bands who are influenced by Slayer. So do I.

Maiden are influenced by Zeppelin. You don't like Zeppelin. Lawyered.

 

[Forostar]

I hate Zeppelin. Thankfully Maiden drew much clearer influences from other bands.

I seriously do not underestimate the Beatles but I find it hard to really hear them in many metal bands we are listening to. People could argue that they've indirectly influenced everybody but I wish these people good luck if they want to make such claims concrete.

Maybe some people are underestimating Slayer and their riffs. Slayer had a much more direct influence on metal bands.

Take Iced Earth. Take lots of trash and death and other extreme metal bands. No Slayer, none, or hardly any of these would sound as they would sound now.