First of all these songs are pretty bad choices if you're trying to convince me that Metallica either copied these guys sound or imitated or whatever you're trying to infer. These songs all remind me of Slayer, Kreator and some Death in fact i would rather listen to those three than any of the songs i was just subjected to. The drumming and guitars on the last one is standard fare thrash, pretty boring. The drumming and guitars on any of Metallica's albums pre black album are simply better and more interesting which is why they've stood the test of time.yacobod said:
It doesn't matter who pioneered what. Metallica simply did it better than any one else. They created memorable songs that people outside the metal community were actually willing to listen to.
The fact is almost no one outside of biggest metal heads have heard of any of those bands you linked to, where as everyone everyone has heard Metallica.
do i think metallica is the best band ever? No. But you're deluded or have some sort of agenda if you don't think they wereinfluential. I don't even think they are that influential now, their last few albums have sucked.
