Brikar

So you guys know my feelings on Metallica and Megadeth, and recently I've been looking at both Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. But I don't want to jump into both, I'd rather do it one at a time. So which of these bands would you guys recommend first? I can name a couple of Maiden songs off the top of my head, and remember a handful, but Priest not so much.

I've liked what I've heard of Maiden, and I've heard more of them, so I'm inclined to head in that direction.

What say you?

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Closet Racist

The Priest has been consistently less disappointing than Maiden, IMHO. "Screaming For Vengeance" is a good jumping off point, and "Metal Works" is a good compilation.

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Cymro

I haven't had much experience with Priest, but Maiden can range from awesome to god awful. I've got Powerslave, Beast and Fear of the Dark, and those are pretty good, but...I'm weary of getting the entire back catalog.

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Bean

I can't really say I've listened to either...

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Cymro

You fucking suck, bean!

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Bean

I know you are but what am I. :P

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Brikar

I ended up getting "The Essential Iron Maiden" - 2 discs, 27 tracks. It was on sale. Pretty happy with the purchase, there's probably only three or four tracks that I'm not keen on. "Paschendale" is epically awesome, and the majority of the second disc tracks like "Number of the Beast," "Run to the Hills" and "2 Minutes to Midnight" are lots of fun. The ones I enjoy the most are the ones that, strangely, I can almost hear performed by Tenacious D...

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