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Posted by DIE_by_my_HAND on 17.05.2006 at 04:29
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These two songs almost encapsulate the continuing battle between Megadeth, Metallica, and their fans. On the one hand you've got the origional "The Four Horsemen" on Metallica's debut "Kill 'Em All" album which was a speedy, furious epic about Hell's messengers. Now, you have to remember that Dave Mustaine was still in Metallica when The Four Horsement was written and had a part in writing it, so one can understand him being pissed off about being kicked out of the band right when it was on it's way up and wanting to write a "F**K YOU!" comeback song to get back at his former band. And sure enough, with Megadeth's first release, "Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good" came that song simply called "Mechanix" which had the exact same riffs as The Four Horsemen except for the altered intro.
Now, to me, both songs speak greatly of the fued between these two thrash bands, however, The Four Horsemen seems to be more controlled and clean, while Mechanix sounds a bit more sloppy, and rushed (due to its quicker tempo). The reason for this sound was probably Mustaine's being so anxious for his new bands debut to get out as quick as possible so it could compete with Kill 'Em All and possibly Metallica's next record. Regardless of it's rushed sound, you can definitely hear the anger in Mustaine's voice and even in his guitar playing, which makes it an all out angry, aggressive song.
Finally, my choice (since I'm being forced to chose) would have to be The Four Horsemen because of it's overall cleaner sound despite the emotion which is present in Mechanix.
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 BoxCar Willy
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03.04.2010 at 17:45
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Written by Guest on 15.11.2008 at 09:04
The Four Horsemen is Masterpiece, and for me its the best song of kill em all, but but what the hell can I talk about the Mechanix?! I cant find the words to Criticize the fuckin song.
now i know the profile is deleted and he'll never see this but what the hell, with out the mechanix no four horsemen there you go.
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 JohnWayneGacy666
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04.04.2010 at 09:14
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Okay Four Horsemen is a great song from one of metallica's best albums, but i prefer the guitars on megadeth's mechanix. having said that dave mustaine created the riffs for the song so i guess he is entitled to claim it as his
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15.05.2010 at 10:27
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Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanix
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cjguitar40
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10.07.2010 at 07:21
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Uhmm utter moron alert , >>>MECHANIX was the original song!<<< It was regurgitated and slowed down by Hetfield and Co. for the Kill 'Em All LP with different lyrics. Get it in your head that MUSTAINE was the true metal maniac who wrote so MUCH of Metallica's best and wildest riffs and songs. Why is that so hard for people to understand? You keep comparing early Metallica material with Megadeth like they are totally different entities. It's like saying Ronnie James Dio was a better singer than the guy who sang with Rainbow. And don't get all BUTTHURT you purist Metallica fans. I'm just telling you as a musician that when I play JUMP IN THE FIRE, SEEK AND DESTROY, TORNADO OF SOULS, 4 HORSEMEN, SHE-WOLF, etc. on my electric guitar , you can feel the metal power in the riffs.. and guess what .. You can thank Mustaine for that which makes early Metallica and also Megadeth so worthy to listen to and so damn heavy. What a wildly creative maniac !
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Weaponz248
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10.07.2010 at 08:05
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MECHANIX.. Dave is the best. And like cjguitar said MECHANIX was first.
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 Angelic Storm
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10.07.2010 at 09:07
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Definitely "The Four Horsemen". Dave obviously has to be given immense credit for coming up with the main skeleton of the song, but the two parts that James, Lars, and Kirk added themselves (The ''Famine, Pestilence'' part, and the melodic solo section) just make the song sound complete. Not to mention the original lyrics that Dave came up with are dumb. I like the speed and the aggression in ''The Mechanix'', but the far superior lyrics and extra parts make me choose "The Four Horsemen".
Written by cjguitar40 on 10.07.2010 at 07:21
Uhmm utter moron alert , >>>MECHANIX was the original song!<<< It was regurgitated and slowed down by Hetfield and Co. for the Kill 'Em All LP with different lyrics. Get it in your head that MUSTAINE was the true metal maniac who wrote so MUCH of Metallica's best and wildest riffs and songs. Why is that so hard for people to understand? You keep comparing early Metallica material with Megadeth like they are totally different entities. It's like saying Ronnie James Dio was a better singer than the guy who sang with Rainbow. And don't get all BUTTHURT you purist Metallica fans. I'm just telling you as a musician that when I play JUMP IN THE FIRE, SEEK AND DESTROY, TORNADO OF SOULS, 4 HORSEMEN, SHE-WOLF, etc. on my electric guitar , you can feel the metal power in the riffs.. and guess what .. You can thank Mustaine for that which makes early Metallica and also Megadeth so worthy to listen to and so damn heavy. What a wildly creative maniac !
You've just shot yourself in the foot there matey! Dave didnt write ANY of "Seek And Destroy". So no, I will not thank Mustaine for a song in which he had no hand in writing! So many Megadeth/Dave fanboys try and claim Dave ''wrote'' the first 2 albums, and even the third! Its just hilarious.  Dave CO-WROTE 4 songs on Kill Em All (of which "Seek And Destroy" is not one of them) not the whole thing, and James had already written ''Hit The Lights'' and performed it with Lars and another guitarist before Dave even joined. Dave definitely deserves credit for his work in early Metallica, but too many fanboys make it out as if there'd be no Metallica, or thrash of it wasnt for Dave, which is nonsense.
Like "The Four Horsemen", the original version of "Jump In The Fire" had dumb lyrics about sex. (Which Dave originally wrote) James totally changed the lyrics because he thought they were stupid, and I agree. lol At the time, bands like Metallica were denouncing the glam scene, which was filled with lyrics about sex. So Im not surprised that James wanted to further distance Metallica away from that stuff. Not just musically, but lyrically as well. xD
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vezzy
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10.07.2010 at 10:11
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I like the speed of "The Mechanix", but I'll have to go with "The Four Horsemen".
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Written by Guest on 29.01.2011 at 02:14
Somehow I is get feeling that my grammars is sucked at the moment, it's late here. Let this be a homage to Bad English, who started this topic.
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