Priest or Maiden?

[Belligerent]

I do like other pioneers though such as Black Sabbath and then later the pioneers of thrash, death, black and whatever subgenre you want. But one can never like every pioneering band.

Well put.

 

[Omni]

But one can never like every pioneering band.

There's one guy called Dodens Grav on this board who proves this wrong.

 

[AchrisK]

I'm made of metal, my circuits gleam. I am perpetual, I keep the country clean.

 

[Winter.]

uh... i thought you were a priest woman?

I am, but I prefer Maiden by just an inch.

 

[Satanstoenail]

There's one guy called Dodens Grav on this board who proves this wrong.

Wow.

 

[MURAI]

I prefer Judas Priest to Iron Maiden.

 

[mutantllama]

Wow.

rly

 

[BrownSock]

Priest for me, hands down. Everything up until Ram It Down is just amazing. I do like Turbo as well as Point of Entry, although I do think the first half of Turbo is the much stronger side. Don't care much for Painkiller. Its not what I love about Priest, but its not bad.

As for Maiden, well I just find them really boring. To be honest, I can't think of any time this year I had the urge to even listen to an album of theirs. Dickinson bores me, Dianno is what it was all about. If I ever felt the need to listen to them, it'd be the debut.

Dickinson Samson > Dickinson Maiden

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I agree I've always liked DiAnno more than Dickinson.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

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[Repenting_Scar]

I for one chose Iron Maiden

Judas Priest...well I don't know, I'd never say they're bad or something. I just can say I listened to a few songs and it didn't touch me at all, didn't give me a feeling or something.
When I first listened to Iron Maiden - not knowing what it was - I felt obsessed from the beginning and curious of the rest of their music but that wasn't the case in Judas Priest, I don't know why.

I just know what I like in Iron Maiden's music. And this is for example the way how some lyrics fit the music or the other way round. For example in Hallowed be thy name...the beginning gives you a feeling of the situation and you can imagine the whole story before your eyes. Anyway I like the stories and the lyrics in Maiden's songs.
Another thing I appreciate is the use of Hi-Hat and the drums anyway. The rhythms don't seem boring to me. I'm not a drum player but the Iron Maiden drums seem quite interesting to me although I understand almost nothing of drums.
Moreover playing Iron Maiden on guitar or bass simply kicks ass.
For the vocals...I like Bruce Dickinson's voice a lot, especially on the later albums, but I also liked Blaze Bayley, even if most people don't...so well, Maiden was one of my first metal bands and convinced me of this style of music. So, yeah, my vote goes to them.
greets

 

[Embedded]

Dio.

 

[Mr. Bungle]

lol

 

[mutantllama]

What's next? Are you going to go into the Brutal Death metal thread, and tell everyone to listen to Dio there?

Actually, that would be pretty funny.

 

[darrkon]

For the record, Most of Dio's music is slow and fucking boring.

 

[mutantllama]

You suck/

 

[SoundMaster]

If you compare the amount of good songs, Priest would outnumber Maiden 3 to 1. The greatness of Painkiller (the song) is already something no band, including Maiden can touch.

Painkiller (the song), while enjoyable, is among the all-time most over-rated tunes. Ever. Priest has dozens of songs that own it.

 

[Life Sucks]

I think Painkiller is one of the best Priest songs. It is my favorite Priest song along with Exciter and Beyond the Realms of Death.

 

[Amon Steve]

A tough one!!!

Both have done a great deal over the years, and both IMHO are STILL doing great things with NEW albums even today...eg Metallica may not......

HOWEVER

I think priest may just shade it? Halford is a little more consistent in the quality of his vocals than BD?