The question Nostradamus warned for.

[shantideva]

Opeth by a mile and a farthing.

 

[vampyré]

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

 

[Md Player]

I love both of them but .... Iron Maiden.

 

[prowlergrig]

i'm a huge maiden fan, and i would've chosen maiden without blinking a year ago, but opeth have set new standards in the way i look at music.

i still remember when i thought that 7th son was as close to musical perfection as you could get..

 

[Midwinter_melancholY]

I already did, and it still doesn't change anything... should post it in general music discussion to get a better idea of the spread :Spin:

You have a point there, but as i said: "(...) to what extent the Iron Maiden-fans on this board will answer this question." So in fact this question is directed to people who listen to ànd Opeth, ànd Iron Maiden. And the largest amount of those can be found on the Opeth-board, no? Plus: I'm more interested in the written out replies rather than just the poll. The poll is a mere appendix of it.

For example:

i'm a huge maiden fan, and i would've chosen maiden without blinking a year ago, but opeth have set new standards in the way i look at music.

i still remember when i thought that 7th son was as close to musical perfection as you could get..

I think replies like these are very interesting honestly!

 

[Vardic]

I voted maiden accidently, someone stab my fucking heart out.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

what you consider 'better' everyone else considers 'worse' i.e. Bodom, Norther, Devildriver

 

[deliverance]

who is better, opeth or maiden? opeth.
who is better, cow or bass player? neither, your avatar shits on both pics.

 

[Vrykolakas]

I like Opeth's cover version of Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow" better than the original.

 

[shantideva]

I like Opeth's cover version of Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow" better than the original.

me too. it's on a very short list of covers i prefer better than the originals, alongside Dark Tranquility's 'My Friend of Misery' and D&W's 'White Room' (insert collective gasp here, i know).

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

you have got to be fucking kidding me. is this poor sarcasm?

 

[Pseud0]

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

LOL i don't even have any sabbath, maiden, or priest albums but i know that metal would hardly even exist without any of them. Including Opeth (seeing as mike is heavily influenced by maiden and judas priest)

 

[Jon Snow]

Opeth because Mike is a deity and his vox actually sound good.

 

[prowlergrig]

opeth > maiden

but................

maiden's RT > opeth's RT

what's RT?

i think this poll should have been specifically directed to maiden fans, to make it more fair.

 

[polarity]

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

yeah it sure would be great not existing, it means we wouldnt have moronic opeth fans polluting the planet

 

[shark22]

Musically , and technically Opeth far exceeds them.

Without Maiden and Priest there is no metal as we know it today.

Maiden has put out great albums for 3 decades, Opeth for 1?

I'm going to say Maiden, because of their innovation, and mile long list of their best material

Ha Ha! That Super Mario avitar is fukin funny!!

 

[Hypnos]

for now, i voted for Maiden. but after 20 years i may decide otherwise

 

[fhare]

Without Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, metal would be so much better right now.

I'm praying this was sarcasm, cause otherwise you've got a serious kickin coming!

 

[vampyré]

Are you guys seriously suggesting that without certain individuals from Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, there would be no heavy metal music?

There was a hint of sarcasm in that statement tho. It would be interesting to get a time machine, kill Iommi + the reast and then come back and see what it's liek.

 

[Darkhammer]

this question is how u interpret it, now days in how many people like them? who knows...who helps metal more? probably iron..either way, who cares listen to your music!..done

 

[fhare]

Are you guys seriously suggesting that without certain individuals from Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, there would be no heavy metal music?

There was a hint of sarcasm in that statement tho. It would be interesting to get a time machine, kill Iommi + the reast and then come back and see what it's liek.

There would have been metal. We would be worshiping a different set of metal pioneers is all. That said, there is nothing wrong with liking the current pantheon, eh? Sure, in abstractia, it could be better, it could also have been a whole lot worse (think more Barry Gibb and more bands like Warrant and White Lion). In the mutliverse, all possibilities are played out ad infinitem. It WOULD be nice to stroll through them one day though. Perhpas we shall. 'Course you'd need Moogle (Google for multiverses) to be able to effectivly nav., which I hear can be quite expensive.