I enjoy the first four Metallica albums as much as anything by Maiden, but Maiden has a longer list of great albums, so Maiden is my pick.
Agreed. Maiden's worst are really mediocre and uninteresting. St Anger and Lulu are the only bumps in Metallica's road imo and to be fair Lulu is a Lou Reed album so even then I only really count St Anger as the shit stain whereas Maiden have mediocrity like Virtual XI, No Prayer for the Dying.I like almost everything that Metallica has done, both studio and live. They hit a couple of roadbumps along the way, but I like just about everything from start through current. What I love from Maiden, I REALLY love, but what I don't like is very "meh" to me.