Song War 6; Hallowed be thy name v Sanitarium

breffni666

I know my fave and I will explain later but for now let the battle of metal classics begin............

Mental Mickey

Sanitarium...........great song based on a great film(which I watched the other night).

dcr22B

Sanitarium for me, probably my 2nd favourite song on MOP after "Disposable Heroes"

lord lucan

I'm gonna be a spoilsport here and i'm going to temporarily lock this thread. There's already Song Wars 5 ongoing for only 2 days so i think we need to give that one a chance before moving on to the next one.

Otherwise R&M will have a proliferation of voting threads on page 1. I'll add a poll when i reopen this one.

lord lucan

Thread reopened with Poll added.

GLaDOS

Not a huge Maiden fan but I do love Hallowed Be Thy Name.

Has to be Sanitarium though.

lord lucan

2 fantastic songs but Sanitarium edges it for me. The soft intro and slow build up leading to a thunderous conclusion does it for me every time.

Roanmore

Love these 2 songs. Both songs introduced me to the 2 bands, love both, gonna be Switzerland on this.

Malice

No contest for me. I've never really liked Iron Maiden and Sanitarium's easily in my top five favourite Metallica songs.

nyarlothothep

Sanitarium by a long shot. I can't think of one Iron Maiden song I genuinely like.

Cill94

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Surprised to see a lack of love for Maiden on here. I voted for 'em. Though I prefer Metallica as a band (on the first few albums that is), I think HBTN is the better song and edges it over Welcome Home for me because I find it less repetitive.

Lawrence1895

Slight win for 'Welcome Home', because of the great lyrics

Just Like Heaven

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Bah humbug

TheStickyBandit

An unquestionable vote for Welcome home!

blastman

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Continuing my borderline-psychotic anti-Metallica bias, Hallowed Be Thy Name gets my crayon mark....

Tarkus

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

It would be sacrilegious for it not to be Hallowed...

Riddle101

I love both Maiden and Metallica but Sanitarium is proberly my 2nd favourite Metallica song, where as Hallowed by thy Name wouldn't really be in my top 5 Maiden songs.

Kess73

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Hmm for me I think this is an example of where the technically better song does not win.

Sanitarium is the better song for me in terms of how it is written and structured, but it is also a song that I have to be in the mood for to really enjoy, whereas Hallowed could come on the radio whilst I am driving and I would blast along with it everytime.

So because it is more fun to drive to and to rock out to, I am going with Hallowed Be Thy Name.

DrumSteve

Gonna go with Sanitarium.

I was really surprised when I heard this, as I didn't realise Limp Bizkit could write such a heavy melodic tune with an awesome solo by DJ Lethal. Like, the feckin' riff is timeless and it rocks hard, it really puts that Maiden song in the shade. I thought it may have made it on to Gold Cobra, but unfortunately due to the quality of material on there it didn't make it. Holding out for a proper version (fingers crossed for an old skool remix) on the Unquestionable Truth Part 2.

Malice

DrumSteve wrote: »

I was really surprised when I heard this, as I didn't realise Limp Bizkit could write such a heavy melodic tune with an awesome solo by DJ Lethal. Like, the feckin' riff is timeless and it rocks hard, it really puts that Maiden song in the shade. I thought it may have made it on to Gold Cobra, but unfortunately due to the quality of material on there it didn't make it. Holding out for a proper version (fingers crossed for an old skool remix) on the Unquestionable Truth Part 2.

I have to ask the question - did Limp Bizkit do a cover of that song or something?

GLaDOS

A quick youtube brings up this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gci-ZwQuoSQ

JBnaglfar

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Two great songs, but Hallowed shades it for me.

jack presley

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

HBTN for me. Especially the Live After Death version.

Malice

ScienceNerd wrote: »

A quick youtube brings up this

I had a quick search myself earlier but managed to type the wrong song name in

GLaDOS

Malice wrote: »

I had a quick search myself earlier but managed to type the wrong song name in

Hand in your R&M modship

MetalDog

Riddle101 wrote: »

I love both Maiden and Metallica but Sanitarium is proberly my 2nd favourite Metallica song, where as Hallowed by thy Name wouldn't really be in my top 5 Maiden songs.

aye same here. Maiden have way better tunes that HBTN , not that its a bad song, its not, just they've better ones

peter1892

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Two brilliant songs that I've known & loved for years, and that I've heard live on many occasions. But it's HBTN for me. The original version on TNOTB blew me away as a 14 year old kid hearing it for the first time. And live it seems to get better every time (although I do wish they'd give H his solo back!).

DrumSteve

Malice wrote: »

I have to ask the question - did Limp Bizkit do a cover of that song or something?

Yeah, though I initially wrote that post as a joke, I remembered I did really like the cover. Think they did it at some Metallica tribute.

demanufactured

Sanitarium for me , Love the Intro and the build up to the end.

Riddle101

DrumSteve wrote: »

Yeah, though I initially wrote that post as a joke, I remembered I did really like the cover. Think they did it at some Metallica tribute.

Yes was done at the Icon thing. Was certainly one of the better performed songs there, and made up for Snoop Dogg's stupid version of Sad But True.

Max Power1

Malice wrote: »

No contest for me. I've never really liked Iron Maiden and Sanitarium's easily in my top five favourite Metallica songs.

^ this for me too
A no contest, I never did understand the popularity of Iron maiden

Testament1

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Max Power1 wrote: »

I never did understand the popularity of Iron maiden

Brilliantly crafted tunes, fantastic solos, top notch vocals, still releasing top quality material and easily one of the best live shows going........so yeah I'm gonna go with Hallowed on this one

Also that Limp Bizkit cover that was posted is bollox

Twilightning

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Hallowed Be Thy Name for me!

Also, I have an idea for another one of these threads and two awesome songs. What should I do?

Nailz

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

ScienceNerd wrote: »

A quick youtube brings up this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gci-ZwQuoSQ

That's some good shit, right there! Excellent cover, I voted for Maiden on this one but after listening to both tracks back again I wish I could retract my vote and give it to Welcome Home, savage track. Hallowed Be Thy Name is still great though.

Kev_2012

Welcome Home(Sanitarium)

Hallowed be thy name live is better. Studio versions , it's sanitarium