Best Metal Band Face Offs

Please do NOT include non-metal bands like:
ACDC, Led Zep, Guns N Roses, Slash, Nirvana, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Lady Gaga, etc.
Thanks!

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The Top Ten
1 Metallica vs Megadeth

Megadeth, easily. Their tone is better, their vocals are way cooler ( a crucial requirement for metal ), their riffs are better, their lyrics are better and their solos are better. Example: Tornado Of Souls VS One. Tornado Of bloody Souls ( I'm not saying one isn't a good solo, I'm just saying that TOS is...… Better. Megadeth have stayed a lot more true to their music as well, there are two rubbish Metallica albums that explain all of that; St Anger and Lulu.

I love them both and I'm aware of their advantages and disadvantages but I would eventually go with Metallica because Hetfield's voice is way better - his distinctive roar instantly speaks 'metal' to me.
I will never understand why Mustaine didn't hire a master singer for Megadeth.

Oh my god my foavorite band vs my third favorite band! Ugh!
Megadeth has a good singer, Metallica is better at vocals
Bass is easily Metallica
Technicality is nearly even, but Megadeth does it more often.
Both incredible songwriters.

One of the greatest music debates ever

2 Iron Maiden vs Judas Priest

I have to say Iron Maiden but Iron Maiden is my fourth favorite band while Judas Priest is my fifth favorite band (they’re pretty close).

Iron Maiden, but Judas Priest is good too.

Maiden has better albums

Iv'e got to go witih maiden. I am still a massive pries fan though.

3 Helloween vs Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian.
Helloween had some really bad albums whilst Blind Guardian didn't. Some Blind Guardian albums are not that amazing but can't be called bad.

Besides, Helloween hasn't released anything mindblowing since the Keeper II (80s), whereas Blind Guardian have been improving over time and had great albums in the 90s and 00s. Their 2015 album is awesome, too.

4 Death vs Opeth

Opeth! I'm sorry Death.

5 Ozzy Osbourne vs Dio

To be honest I find both (bands) to be very overrated. Ozzy hasn't released a great solo album since No More Tears, and Dio just tried to make Holy Diver parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
But if I had to choose it would be Dio, because of Ronnie's voice.

Definitely Dio.

Ozzy is class!

6 Children Of Bodom vs Amon Amarth

I can't choose. Love them both.

7 Slayer vs Kreator
8 Helloween vs Gamma Ray
9 Tool vs Dream Theater

Tool is too amazing to lose to anything that ain't considered the best

Tool is amazing. But nothing is close to Dream Theater.

Tool don't count for metal

10 Blind Guardian vs Iced Earth

These bands are known for their epic stuff so it will be an epic duel. I love them both and really can't say who is better and who is gonna win. These 2 bands are also friends and it makes the choice even more difficult (every time Iced Earth play Germany, Hansi of Blind Guardian joins them onstage and sings their songs).
Finally - a tie fits best, in my opinion.

Update: I would say Blind Guardian because of their epic and perfect 2015 album.

The Contenders
11 Anthrax vs Overkill

Overkill (But I Like Anthrax Too)

12 Pantera vs Lamb of God

Pantera, no doubt

13 Deep Purple vs Black Sabbath

Sabbath easily. I love Deep Purple, but Sabbath is one of the best bands.

Easily, Deep Purple.

14 Possessed vs Death

Battle To See Who Made The First Death Metal Album

15 Slayer vs Testament
16 Exodus vs Sepultura
17 Death vs Cannibal Corpse
18 Tool vs System of a Down

None of them is metal though, LOL

19 Nile vs Brain Drill

No doubt, this is gonna be the most brutal duel (technical death metal).

20 Annihilator vs Testament

I wanna see two of the finest lead guitar players in thrash - Alex Skolnick of Testament and Jeff Waters of Annihilator.

21 Slayer vs Sepultura
22 Mayhem vs Burzum
23 Dark Angel vs Death Angel

These two 'angelic' thrash bands (Bay area) are so underrated and obscure that I guess most of the metalheads couldn't comment on this duel. But I added these bands - they are cool and some other people might be interested in this duel, too.

24 Exodus vs Kreator
25 Deep Purple vs Uriah Heep
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