There is NO comparison. Dave Mustaine is Guitar God

Metallica fans are lucky it's not a guitar solo battle...

Dave's pinky holds all metallica's talent

Kirk Hammet is a great guitarist, but Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman was a deadly combo

Megadeth are the GOATS of thrash metal basically because of the guitar work of Dave and whoever played with him. The best being the Marty Friedman years and Rust In Peace is in my opinion the best thrash metal album of all time.

you just gained a sub from me for realizing that megadeth truly are the kings

You knew it was going to be ww3 as soon as you put Metallica vs Megadeth

Metallica vs. Megadeth was like MJ vs. Prince for thrash metal. MJ sold more records & had the bigger hits, but long-term, we know who was the greater musical genius.

Hell yeah MEGADETH all day every day.

Megadeth for life. Where my droogies at?

You should react to Megadeth more man

Megadeth wins every day. Especially considering Metallicas early success was because of dave mustaine.

It would take every member that’s ever played in Metallica… just to hold Dave Mustain’s nuts Plus… Dave wrote some of those Metallica guitar riffs… 😂😂😂

MEGADETH hands down wins on riffs

Obviously not your fault but the maker of this video didn’t even choose 3 of Metallica’s best riffs.

I'm a Metallica fan from way back in the day. I learned about Megadeth shortly after, and it was obvious they hit it harder.

Oh this was definitely made by a megadeth fan. The riff choices were definitely setup one sided.

She wolf rude awakening live

i am a megadeth fan, but this dude didn't give metallica a fighting chance...

It doesn’t help anyone that the guy is playing some of the riffs like shit

I've been a Megadeth fan ever since Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Metallica back in 1985 or 86 and I have to agree with your scoring. But I'm probably biased since I prefer Megadeth over Metallica.

Play some stuff off Megadeth's newest album Dystopia. Here's how confident I am,....choose any song at all. They'll win or possibly tie against ANY Metallica song.

They Should have played Holy wars vs Master of Puppets Tornado of Souls vs Disposable heroes Wake up dead vs Fight fire with fire The conjuring vs Ride the Lightning. Then you will know who the winner is. That’s a fair song comparison

How about Friedman vs Hammet

No one beats Megadeth in a riff battle. Period.

I first listen to Metallica and most of their albums but that's when I first started listening to metal but after discovering Megadeth and having over 100 songs of Megadeth from 5+ albums in a playlist I can definitely say Dave just immediately became my favorite guitarist ever to grace my ears.

that "no one" guy in his chat has like a life long grudge with metallica like its just music bruh LULW

Dave all the way. And the crazy thing that everyone seems to forget is, Metallica stole a lot of Dave's riffs.

That guys guitar tune is annoying.

Okay so I have been into metal for years now since the age of 16 and now I am damn near 50. I have been a fan of Metallica every since I heard Cliff Burton on that bass solo years ago before he died. However my view point on Metallica since then has changed especially with that Nabster B.S. years ago. I remember coming home from school one day and turning on the t.v. and a soap was on and I was hearing Metallica's Enter Sandman so I turned the t.v. off. The music stopped so then I found out that Metallica's song was on the damn soap, that's where I knew Metallica really sold out to the massive. Megadeth on the other had has never came near of selling out and Dave Mustang is just the pure shit (pardon my French lol). Now the story as I know it (the battle you are talking about) steams from an issue with James and Dave. From what I remember James had a puppy and Dave didn't like the dog and they some argument that lead Dave leaving the band. Some do say that it was a spot light issue and how Dave wanted the spot light but since James was there it was all on him. Not to say these stories are but they are what I heard years ago. Now if you really want to compare Metallica to Megadeath listen to The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix and the reason is because both songs uses same riffs and beats. I guess that's because Dave owned the rights to the music he helped create. But I conclude Metallica is my choice when they were young Metallica but Megadeth has never came down to the massive. Thanks for your time on reading this long post of mine and stay strong love the video. R.I.P. Nick Menza (in case you are wondering he was my idol skin ripper from Megadeth).

Yeah this is the vest of Megadeath versus the Mettalica B team. Megadeath deserves their respect but overall Mettalica has better riffs and greater song writing ability.

That dude sucked at picking Metallica riffs and his tone was bad

im a megadeth fan but he could have played some kill em all riffs even doe they are daves

Yeah that wasnt quite apples to apples. I love both bands but i didnt hear anything off of And Justice. The guy playing seemed a little biased

Who is the only band that played a live show in Antarctica? Well it wasn’t Megadeth.

Metallica for me

First, you're not comparing Metallica to Megadeth, you're comparing some random dude playing their music. While he's good he's not on their level and with Metallica being far more complex and intricate he didn't do them justice. Second, he stuck to Metallica's radio hits because if he skipped them the pseudo fans would cry fowl so had to ignore so many killer tracks where as with Megadeth they had fewer hits so he had the option to pick from less radio played tracks. Third, you can't compare Metallica to Megadeth at all. They just aren't in the same category. Metallica is an intricate symphony of metal and Megadeth is a piece of metal designed to bash your face in. One isn't better than the other, they are just too different and what someone likes better is a matter of opinion. Do you want to stand up and rock out with a massive crowd as legends written in the pages of history or do you want to run headfirst into a screaming crowd with your own screaming crowd at your side barrelling forward until there's nothing left. Both paths are equally epic, it just depends how you want to get there.

Meh, the dude didn’t even play Metallica’s best riffs and played a lot of them incorrectly, pretty unfair. Both bands are great though.

I like both bands but musicianship-wise, Hetfield is hard to beat. His bottomless well of creativity behind such a variety of riffs, from hard rock to thrash, hasn't been matched yet. I'm not convinced Mustaine would be able to make tunes like Sad but true, Unforgiven trilogy, My friend of misery, Eye of the beholder, Orion, Sanitarium, Fixxer, Outlaw torn, Bleeding me etc. That's not to put Dave down but that's where James has the edge

Metallica all day

Great job.....I agree 100%. Though I must admit I do prefer Megadeth to Metallica

React to Megadeth She Wolf Rude Awakening live. This live performance alone I think will destroy any live Metallica performance. Not she wolf studio but she rude awakening live

Hey man you should just listen to both bands original stuff for yourself and then judge...the sound that this dude has is no where near how metallica and megadeth sound like...both bands will blow you away......by the way he don't play anything from Metallica's best stuff from Kill em all, Ride the lightning and Master of puppets.

to make this fair ya need to listen to complete songs and not just melodies. There is a lot more to all these songs then melody... gotta take into account sounds of leads voice, lyrics, message, solos, drums, base and such. I personally love both bands but think overall Metallica takes the crown in this battle... but not by much honestly.

Yeah, do guitar solos......! Megadeth by far!

i iove both bands i say the riffs are more like 7 for Megadeth Dave is the reason why Metallica plays the way they do when Dave tried out for them all he did was warm up he didn!t have to play cause they was blown away James and Lars said they never heard anything like it

Metallica won the charts... Megadeth won the hearts.....

He didn’t even play Metallica’s best riffs and a lot of the ones he did choose he played incorrectly. Smh

There is an obvious reason that Metallica has been named the Kings of Metal and are the best metal band in the world. This video the guy made was so fucking one sided its not even funny.

MeGaDeTh all day every day. Edit: Don't get it twisted I love them both but I favor Megadeth. Harder, grittier, faster and more intricate. Now if they both only came out with one album and it was Rust in Peace and Master of Puppets I would never be able to choose. At the end of the day I choose D. All of the above.

Dave is a force of Nature

MEGADETH 100% Way better solo's and rhythm

10:29 he failed "a bit" those horsies

Megadeth all the way! Even today Megadeth music still sounds like thrash, idk what happen to metallica..

This was an unfair video, the guy was biased and used songs that don’t compete with each other. If you’re going to compete with mega deaths best songs then put Metallica’s best songs up against it for example holy wars riff vs master of puppets that would make a hole lot more sense. Otherwise this video is just stroking megadeth fans egos.

Mercyful Fate + King Diamond = Megadeth > Metalica

MEGADETH for sure!!!!!

like others have said, this guy did some of Metallica's least interesting songs, paired up against Megadeth's best songs. Here's the difference between the two groups. Megadeth probably overall has more interesting riffs, and more technical musicians across the board, even though Metallica's no slouches. But, Metallica's more creative in their song writing, and the vision they have for the song. James' voice and pace / cadence is far superior to Dave's. Dave's singing takes away from some songs, and at it's best, is neutral. James' singing actually carries some songs, and, almost always, enhances the songs. So, if you view music only as RIFFS, then Megadeth likely is your preferred band. I just like music, and care only about which songs sound good, with no bias. Because of that, Metallica is superior. But, Megadeth has had some very good songs, and it has turned out for the best for all of us that Dave was kicked out of Metallica. They could expand and grow more without him, and he could go do and create his own band with his vision.

If you want to compare more of these two. Do the solos for the same songs. You’ll see who smokes this challenge

Both bands are amazing for different reasons and are very talented with what they do. If you want another...more direct comparison between the two, listen to The Four Horsemen and Mechanix. Same riff (written by Dave) in both songs, but presented in very different styles.

There's Dave...and everyone else.

En lo que se refiere a guitarras, no hay cómo comparar a Megadeth con Metallica... En ese sentido, Megadeth come en una mesa aparte...

And then consider the riffs that metallica play that Dave wrote before leaving

Dave Mustaine blows away Metallica who he was a part of ay the beginning

Metallica wins!! Listen to actual Metallica (not this guy) and then decide. The riffs were obviously decided beforehand to be very one sided. What was played for Metallica was nothing even close to their best.

meow, you dont owe them crap dude. tells the truth

Good effort man! But the battle vid you reacted to, was deeply flawed.. They should've.. 1. Not chosen any newer sub par stuff. First four albums from both, ONLY! 2. Only compare/battle riffs that are similar to each other, both in style and skill level, as well as record to record. I.e. Metallicas first record vs Megadeth first and so on. But this could, or perhaps should be a separate vid, coz it might be hard to make a fair "vs vid" where the goal is to crown the overall winner, if one compares the two bands, record by record for each round.. But even so, Megadeth wins hands down with a good margin. That however does not mean that Metallica is bad or subpar at all. No they are awesome, or rather, *WERE* awesome. Megadeth just had quite a bit more speed and skill. I'd also say Metallicas lyrics are more poetic, melodic and presents a "grander story" overall in their nature. While Megadeth is poetic as well, yet more intellectual, technical, a bit edgy, direct hitting, personal and political to quite some degree. Metallica feels more like a big arean band like U2, though only in their apoach and feel, not their type of music obviously. Megadeth on the other hand is as mentioned, much more technical, pure hardcore thrash dedicated-fan-base, in their appeal. And I'm obviously still only comparing and talking about the old days here.. the first four albums. Coz those are the only ones that really counts in my book, since both bands sharply and suddenly transitioned after that to some kind of half-half soooft rooock mashup with thrash and hints of deathmetal?? Anyhow.. they weren't pure thrash anymore and it soon spiraled out of control. That's my opinion anyway.. have at it folks!

Love both bands I’m an old head grew up with both … 49 so yeah old head … always saw this like Ford v/s Chevy argument … kinda pointless love mustangs I love Camaro’s … and as the video being I guess fair enough but would have liked it have been 84 riffs against 84 riffs … 86 riffs to 86 and so on or at least the closer album to each band you throw rust in peace riffs at most albums they’re gonna lose .. lastly Metallica was more kinda grungy with guitar with the best first four albums .. megadeth has always been fast and technical so it’s hard to really nail down better when it’s two different styles but … I’m team megadeth always have been … been in many an argument over the two .. anyway nice reaction ….peace!!!!

@HollaAtKrazy thanks for the reaction. Both bands are phenomenal, and I’ve got Megadeth in this video and in life. To be fair the songs weren’t matched up all that well and some of the riffs were a little off. This is pretty much the heaviest of those songs if you ask me, check out the riffs, drums and especially the lyrics! Peace! Head Crusher by Megadeth kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7uAdKyosp-tZ3k.html

Megadeth are the best no comparison.

Still going with Metallica on this one. Just more my style.

Megadeth FTW 🤘

MEGADETH!!!!

I can't believe you think One is better than Wake Up Dead...lol. Other than that, I agree with all your assessments. Although in some cases it was Mustaine vs. Mustaine in this.

Did Megadeth play for an estimated 1.6 million people in Russia oh no wait that was Metallica.

The Megadeth riffs had less play through that player only did some set ups and stopped before the change up. But you picked the right band.

Great decision bro!

They're cut from the same cloth...like them both!

Mega death has always been my favorite and I’m 42.

from a guitar player standpoint megadeth is way better, but from a variety and songwriting viewpoint, metallica holds up nicer, both are very good but in all honesty theyre very different, metallica has beauty in simplicity while megadeth tends to ocercomplicate things but that is ironically part of the reason why i like them... theres also the fact nick menzas drumming can make any riff sound 10x better than what it actually is

No contest megadeth

Megadeth is on a different level. Metallica is just punk re-hash.

And I met Dave I waited in line for hours and then he treated me like crap. He was not a nice person.

Regardless of who you think won this, one thing this video shows is that both bands have a huge stockpile of some legendary guitar riffs. Jesus.

As much as I enjoy both bands, and leaving my own personal preference for Metallica’s lyrics and vocals aside, yes Megadeth has phenomenal riffs. There is no denying the talent there, and I would not have listened to them for more years than I care to admit since I’d certainly date myself, if they sucked. But I also made a wtf face several times in this video wondering why the weakest examples of Metallica’s riffs were put up against some real bang out of the gate on the Megadeth side. Not that I think you were wrong in your opinions based on the comparisons given, because you weren’t. But it seems like the guitarist in the video himself has a bit of a bias toward Megadeth, to be honest. Based on body language and facial expressions alone lol

Megadeth always wins

He didn't even play Bad Omen or Good Mourning/Black Friday smh....

Best Riffs: Megadeth Best Solos: Megadeth Best Vocals: Metallica MEGADETH WIN!

Dave, this shouldn't even be a thing

The only problem I see here it's the type of riffs and rhythm. There are thrash vs groove. You can not throw random riffs like that to find a champion. You can not have a match of soccer vs baseball. It has to be the same approach so one can say who's best!

This dude that's playing the riffs is DEFINITELY more of a Megadeth fan.. His guitar sound on the Megadeth side is way cleaner than when he plays the Metallica riffs, which shouldn't be.. Maybe he couldn't reproduce that unique Metallica crunch sound.. I love both bands, btw..

Megadeth will always be better, even if James has better vocals, doesn't beat the awesome music Megadeth produces.

I think we all should know that the player on those videos of Met vs Meg, although he may be a good guitar player, he's not able to play complex megadeth songs or riffs, He just simply can not... Thats a fact that we must count. Metallica riffs are way easier I just said.

Pls do more plsss I subbed

I agree with your votes.

Megadeth Megadeth Megadeth 🤘🤘🤘

Listen to D.D verni playing bass for overkill

Megadeth all day

I fed my dads chickens KFC!!!!

I love megadeth, my favorite band by far but this was so unfair lmao. I get why you chose how you did but man the dude who made the video felt a little megadeth biased :D