Reasons Judas Priest is Better Than Metallica
I was going to make “Reasons Iron Maiden is better than Metallica”, but ZXM already made that one (which is an awesome list, by he way, you should check it out if you haven’t already.).I’m going to preface this by saying that I love Metallica, I just prefer Priest.
If you have any arguments or criticisms or conflicting opinions, feel free to comment them.
Priest has done everything from rock ‘n’ roll (Rocka Rolla), hard rock (Ram It Down), traditional heavy metal (Screaming For Vengeance), glam metal (Turbo), pure heavy metal (Painkiller), thrash metal (Jugulator), speed metal (Defenders Of The Faith, which is also traditional heavy metal) and progressive metal (Nostradamus). What has metallica done? Traditional heavy metal, thrash metal, a few country-ish songs, and a few others I don’t care to mention. Can you see what I’m talking about here?
They formed in 1969, so they naturally have more skill. They’re music more experienced, and they have much more skill in every department,
Rob Halford is a far more skilled vocalist, plus his voice is far more diverse than Hetfield’s. Can Hetfield sing Painkiller, Beyond The Realms Of Death, The Sentinel, or Victim Pf Changes? No, he can’t. Can Halford sing Ride The Lightning, Seek And Destroy, One, Battery, etc.? Yes, he can.
Plus, Halford just has so much more emotion than Hetfield does. I’m not saying Hetfield lacks emotion, but he lacks the emotion Halford has.
They pretty much invented heavy metal, along with Black Sabbath. They were far more influential and they even influenced Metallica.
This one needs no explanation.
For riffs: which is better? Painkiller or Enter Sandman? Beyond The Realms Of Death or Fade To Black? Priest in both of them.
For solos: The Sentinel or Seek And Destroy? Beyond The Realms Of Death or Fade To Black?