Sabbath, Priest, Metallica Greatest Metal Bands?

[HARD ROCK UNIVERSE]

An MTV panel of heavy metal "experts," consisting of "nine die-hard, longtime fans," recently came together to compile a list of the "Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time." "In part one [of the process], we reached out to the most passionate and knowledgable metal fans working at MTV and asked them to send us their individual picks for the 10 greatest, with the only criteria being 'whatever greatness means to you,' " MTV.com's Jon Wiederhorn explains. "Some feel that the influence a band had on others is the most important factor in judging greatness; others say the strength of the albums is the primary concern; and some believe the power of a band's live performance is the ultimate measure. We did not care what each participants criteria was; we only asked them to vote from their hearts.

"Once we had all the lists, we did a little math. Every time a band was ranked #1 by someone, it received 10 points; #2 rankings received 9 points, and so on. When the points were added up, we had a list that represented the collective wisdom of the voters ... in theory, anyway.

"In part two, we gathered everyone together, showed them the results, and asked them to either stand by it, or change it as they saw fit, the only rule being that a majority had to vote in favor of every change. The discussion and debate over the rankings is what you see in the Overdrive show."

Read more at MTV.com.

"Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time," according to MTV.com's panel of "experts":

01. BLACK SABBATH
02. JUDAS PRIEST
03. METALLICA
04. IRON MAIDEN
05. PANTERA
06. SLAYER
07. AC/DC
08. MOTÖRHEAD
09. KISS
10. MÖTLEY CRÜE

Metal's honorable mentions:

ALICE IN CHAINS
ANTHRAX
FAITH NO MORE
IN FLAMES
MEGADETH
MERCYFUL FATE
MINISTRY
SEPULTURA
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
TOOL
VAN HALEN
VENOM

[mak]

i would place AC/DC third and where's UFO?

[Speedy]

Interesting list.....though I never considered KISS or AC/DC "metal".

[DreamTide]

what about:

Accept& U.D.O
Demon
Saxon
DIO
Blind Guardian
Twisted Sister
Sentenced
TNT
Blue Öyster Cult(first 3 albums,Imaginos,Heaven Forbit and live albums)

[duojett71]

Iron Maiden should have been ahead of Metallica....Metallica realy only had 4 good albums.

[Jesse]

Top ten ain't bad, not quite getting most of the runners up though.

[Scott]

Yeah, the Top 10 isn't bad...as far as most "lists" go.


Like Speedy, though, I never really considered KISS as "metal".

And, as one DreamTide mentioned, Dio should have been in in there somewhere.

Megadeth should be in the (lower) Top 10, imo.

Was Motley Crue "metal"?

Van Halen was NEVER "metal".

Faith No More? Didn't they have a couple of Rap/Metal videos on MTV...and then fall off the face of the earth?

[MrAce]

MTV doen't play music anymore. Can we really give credibility to any list they put out?

[FunkyCanuck]

Megadeth should be in the (lower) Top 10, imo.

What Scott said *nods*

[caljam]

Does it really take a panel of experts to come up with a list that has Black Sabbath and Judas Priest as the best metal bands?

It's hardly revolutionary stuff.

[Trexx]

caljam said:

Does it really take a panel of experts to come up with a list that has Black Sabbath and Judas Priest as the best metal bands?

It's hardly revolutionary stuff.

Weren't they the same study group that ultimately concluded, after years of research, experiments and lab work, that cats purr because they're happy? BRILLIANT!

[alvarovillatoro]

Where is DIO...
and Queensryche

[axisboldaslove]

Kiss and AC/DC are definitely not metal, but I'll even say that Black Sabbath isn't metal. They are just super-heavy blues-based rock n roll. They are a lot more than "metal". Also, I definitley don't consider Van Halen metal, either.

[otcconan]

It is very cool that they actually got Slayer in their top 10. But without Megadeth any top 10 metal acts list is incomplete.

The true list (that is, the one that matters...mine):

1. Black Sabbath
2. Judas Priest
3. Iron Maiden
4. Megadeth
5. Slayer
6. Pantera
7. Metallica
8. Queensryche
9. Dio
10. Uli-era Scorpions

AC/DC is not metal. Neither is Kiss. Metal is an attitude that is delivered with the music and those two, whilst being very cool, do not deliver that attitude.

[otcconan]

trexx said:

caljam said:

Does it really take a panel of experts to come up with a list that has Black Sabbath and Judas Priest as the best metal bands?

It's hardly revolutionary stuff.

Weren't they the same study group that ultimately concluded, after years of research, experiments and lab work, that cats purr because they're happy? BRILLIANT!

Yes, the same panel concluded that men and women are different, that water is wet, that hell is hot, and pain hurts.