Originally posted by The Grey Foxcliched how? writing about the devil and stuff like that. thats what madethem so awesome. no way, iron maiden were more influential, if there was no iron maiden there would be no metallica.
Metallica are generally considered the better band. Their 80's work, at least. It opened metal into the wider audience, got more people interested in it's sounds. Iron Maiden are good, but highly cliched, their work is a lot less influential than Metallica.