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Topic: Hetfield vs Mustaine
Posted By: The Crimson King
Subject: Hetfield vs Mustaine
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 8:39pm
Who do you prefer?



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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 8:57pm
In what area?

Rhythm Guitar - Hetfield
Lead Guitar - Mustaine
Vocals - Hetfield
Songwriting ability - I'll give it to Mustaine since he wrote most of Megadeth's stuff single-handed.
Personality - Not too big on either one. 
Better frontman - Hetfield
Better band - Hetfield

I can't think of anything else now, but I'm gonna go with Hetfield.


Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 2:59am
It's a tough one. First instinct would be to go with Hetfield on the basis that I've listened to Metallica a lot longer than Megadeth and know their albums better. That said from what I know of Megadeth they have the stronger discography. Yet I prefer Hetfield's voice even though I thought his vocals were rather bad on Death Magnetic.

I really cannot call this one. It's a tie from me I'm afraid.


Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 3:05am
Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

I really cannot call this one. It's a tie from me I'm afraid.
 
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 3:27am
How could anyone vote Hetfield above anyone? Mustaine FTW!

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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 4:21am
Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

How could anyone vote Hetfield above anyone? Mustaine FTW!
 
Because I like him more. Seattle '89 is proof enough, though I prefer him pretty much all around. Mustaine has written some good material as well and is at least a technically admirable guitarist, but when I saw Megadeth live last summer his voice was in an absolutely horrendous condition. Hetfield isn't at his best either, but he's not that bad.


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Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 6:35am
I like God.

So Hetfield is the only logical choice.


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Posted By: alberto mu�oz
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 9:36am
Mustaine if the poll is about better guitarrist.
 
Also Mustaine is a better songwriter than Hetfield.


Posted By: The Crimson King
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 9:35pm
Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

In what area?



Sorry man. Maybe I'm being a bit vague.

Who do you prefer overall?


Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2010 at 3:09am
Okay, I guess that if I have to pick one I'd have to go for Hetfield, but that's only because my knowledge of Megadeth is a bit lacking outside of the three albums I've got. My answer might be completely different once I've heard a few more Megadeth albums.


Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2010 at 9:08am
Originally posted by The Crimson King The Crimson King wrote:

Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

In what area?



Sorry man. Maybe I'm being a bit vague.

Who do you prefer overall?


No problem.  That's what I figured. Smile


Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2010 at 12:46pm
Dave Mustaine emanates pure awesomeness! Rust In Peace! Big smile


Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2010 at 2:28pm
I like Mustaine more as a whole, even though I prefer Metallica over Megadeth.


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Posted By: martindavey87
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2010 at 4:36am
James Hetfield by miles.
 
I'm a huge fan of Megadeth, and Dave Mustaine is still an awesome guitarist etc, but there's mainly two reasons why I don't like him much:
 
1. The whole Metallica rivalry. He got kicked out of a band and it took him 25 years to get over it. On the Some Kind of Monster scene he's all like 'Do you know how hard it was for me?' etc whinging and whining... seriously, fucking man up. There are thousands, possibly millions of bands who would kill for a quarter of the success Megadeth has had, and he could never get over being kicked out of Metallica. And at the end of the day, he only had himself to blame for it.
 
2. He did a signing at a music event a few years ago for Marshall amps, I waitied about 2 hours, and to be honest he just seemed like a dick. It's understandable, that maybe he was just having a shit day, or obviously it's hard to keep smiling and stay motivated for such a long time, but either way when you've waited so long to get a few seconds with one of your heroes, you just don't really expect them to be so miserable.
 
Also, James Hetfield is basically God. The guy seems awesome in pretty much any video or picture you see of him, and has tonnes more character and charisma.
 
Both bands kick ass, but definitely going with Hetfield on this one.


Posted By: Phonebook Eater
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2010 at 12:12pm
Hetfield? No thanks. 

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Posted By: The Angry Scotsman
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 1:44am
As a guitarist, Mustaine by miles (though over time I've come to realize James is surprisingly good, and probably the most musically gifted in the band).

As a vocalist, James is obviously better.
 
Oh and this doesn't have anything to do with the music but personality wise...only the most hardcore of fanboys can't admit that Mustaine is an ass of epic proportions. LOL
I love him but good lord man!


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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 5:07am
Hetfield after I saw Some Kind of Monster - Mustaine was out of line.  

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 2:07pm
Mustaine is a character, I love that guy.  Anybody ever seen The Megadeth Documentary?


Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 9:10pm
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Mustaine is a character, I love that guy.  Anybody ever seen The Megadeth Documentary?


Which doc? I've seen the Megadeth "Behind The Music" but nothing else.  Is there another one?


Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 9:15pm
yeah that one.  Don't think there are any others


Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 1:50pm
Dave Mustaine

well, Hetfield was better than Dave in the 80s, both as a singer and songwriter. But in the 90s and 00s, Dave is the winner, did a much better work than Hetfield, especially as a songwriter. Hetfield's vocals deteriorated after Load, his vocal performances got worse and worse and his songwriting isn't that great anymore (see Reload, such a patchy, uneven album and St Anger was pretty bad). People say Death Magnetic was great but both Endgame and The System Has Failed are just better IMO.


Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2011 at 7:19pm
Mustaine > Hetfield
Megadeth < Metallica
That are my votes!


Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2011 at 7:25pm
Dave forever


Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 4:59pm
I like Megadeth more then Metallica, and i like Mustain more then Hatfield. But its pretty close.

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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 5:44pm
Hetfield!

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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2013 at 5:29pm
James Hetfield, he doesn't have Dave's whiny and nerdy voiceOuch but I like Dave too don't get me wrong

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Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2015 at 11:35am
Originally posted by LittleBig LittleBig wrote:

Dave Mustaine

well, Hetfield was better than Dave in the 80s, both as a singer and songwriter. But in the 90s and 00s, Dave is the winner, did a much better work than Hetfield, especially as a songwriter. Hetfield's vocals deteriorated after Load, his vocal performances got worse and worse and his songwriting isn't that great anymore (see Reload, such a patchy, uneven album and St Anger was pretty bad). People say Death Magnetic was great but both Endgame and The System Has Failed are just better IMO.

I posted this five years ago (wow, time flies) and my opinion has changed. Actually neither of these two impress me these days.
Dave's vocals have got bad as well, even worse than Hetfield's. Supercollider was just as bad as St Anger.
I've grown to like Load/Reload more so I wouldn't be so harsh on 90s Metallica.
I still think Death Magnetic is rather uninspired, terrible drumming and the production was poor (which I never understood how can the most famous metal band out there have such crappy sound on an album).


Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2015 at 11:46am
It's a tie for me.

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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2015 at 2:21pm
Well Hetfield is a better singer by far  - both good guitarists but Metallica haven't released a great album for 24 years. In that time Megadeth have released  a few. Mustaine wasn't a particularly endearing character in his past but he seems to have improved with age. Overall though I'd give Hetfield the vote. 


Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2015 at 11:17pm
Mustaine's the better guitarist, Hetfield the better singer and songwriter. Both have idiotic religious beliefs, which didn't used to bother me, but seems to now I'm older.


Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2015 at 9:10am
James Hetfield was the ultimate thrash metal vocalist in his day, and his latter day vocals aren´t the worst either, although I prefer his aggressive vocal style on the early releases. Mustaine is distinct sounding, but often sounds almost painfully strained. I like him, but he is not a favorite.

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2015 at 7:07pm
Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

James Hetfield was the ultimate thrash metal vocalist in his day


He was? I always thought Tom Araya and Chuck Billy were much more talented


Posted By: ManDog
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2015 at 12:08am
Haha just made it 50/50


Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2015 at 6:02am
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

James Hetfield was the ultimate thrash metal vocalist in his day


He was? I always thought Tom Araya and Chuck Billy were much more talented
To my ears that is Tongue

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