| name | Metallica. | Avenged Sevenfold. |
| hometown | Los Angeles, California. | Huntington Beach, California. |
| formed in | 1981. | 1999. |
| current members | James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo. | M. Shadows, The Rev, Zacky Vengance (sic), Johnny Christ and Synyster Gates. |
| style | Thrash metal and heavy metal. | Metalcore and heavy metal. |
| the look | Black jeans, black T-shirts and black leather jackets. | Dark jeans and T-shirts. Emo-ish eyeliner and tattoos. |
| how they got together | Drummer Ulrich placed a classified ad. | Attended high school together. |
| what's in a name? | Named after a metal fanzine made by a friend. | A reference to Genesis 4:24 in the Bible. |
| first record label | Indie Metal Blade Records. | Indie Good Life Records. |
| ex-members | Dave Mustaine, Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton and Ron McGovney. | Justin Sane, Daemon Ash and Matt Wendt. |
| debut album | Kill 'Em All in 1983. | Sounding The Seventh Trumpet in 2001. |
| latest album | Death Magnetic. | Live In The LBC & Diamonds In The Rough. |
| breakthrough track | Enter Sandman. | Bat Country. |
| in their own words | "We're in pretty good shape for 40-plus headbangers. It's possible to be the Rolling Stones at 65. It may not be possible to be Metallica at 65." - Lars Ulrich. | "When Warped Tour lets us blow sh-- up, you'll probably find us there. They probably wouldn't want us 'cuz we would clean house on all the chicks and scare the emo kids." - Zacky Vengance |
| bragging rights | Sold nearly 90 million albums worldwide. | Toured with metal pioneers Iron Maiden. |
| the critics | Allmusic: "Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street." | Rolling Stone: "A7X thrive on their contradictions: their politics are pretty conservative, but they are just as staunch in their belief that "the good life" includes access to large supplies of strippers, sports cars and controlled substances." |
| webprops | 957,720 friends on official MySpace. | 765,313 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Playing in front of inmates from San Quentin penitentiary in St. Anger. | Regretting past mistakes while in prison in Seize The Day. |
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alexzsevenfold (not verified)
omg a7x own metallica ass
Arubaro (not verified)
Are you kidding? ¬¬
A7X is a hamster near to Metallica
How dare these people even compare Metallica to this garbage called a7x??? -_- a7x will never be as talented as metallica.
kevinisme34 (not verified)
uh last time i checked metallica got boo'd off stage...I don't think avenged sevenfold has ever been boo'd off...A7X foREVer
Each band are amazing, talented, and very well known in my opinion! they are each bands that i do enjoy to listen to! they both respexct themselves their band members and their fans, most bands cannot even live up to how amazing and kind both these bands are! But if i had to choose one it would be avenged sevenfold! not all their songs are as hardcore as metallica i love to listen to the soft songs of avenged sevenfold that make me not want to punch a brick wall (: so if it comes down to facts both bands are great amazing and huge appreciated but AVENGED SEVENFOLD TILL DEATH BABY! :D
k jurgerson (not verified)
nobody is better than a7x
Arubaro (not verified)
Everything is better than A7X
Metallica is the Lord of the Metal, A7X is the shame of the metal
Cig (not verified)
Avenged sevenfold is the greatest band alive. F*** Metallica their songs are f***ing shit, sandman was crap aftelife is f***ing awsome a little piece of heaven is f***ing
Awesome gunslinger they are all great. they Will be way more famous than metallica
Audrius (not verified)
Avenged Sevenfold is followers of Metallica,i respect them.Not just A7X,they are freaking awesome,some new songs sounds like Metallicas and its freaking great man. :D Like Buried Alive and Nightmare.Just freaking great.I respect almost all bands and songs,ppl of ROCK and METAL! In time A7X gonna be great,and 1 day they will become new Legends. ;) Rock/Metal bands should kill f***ing pop,techno and all that kinda s***.We should fight em with ROCK! \m/
Stevey (not verified)
Metallca vs WHO?!!!!!