Album Rating: 4.0

killers is awesome but so is Piece of Mind,Powerslave, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

no fuck those albums

Album Rating: 2.5

Only thing Maiden have over Priest is consistency

Album Rating: 4.5

which translates into more awesome music. Plus, they're far a far superior live band.

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which translates into more awesome music. [2] I actually prefer Stained Class and Sad Wings to Powerslave and Seventh Son, but despite that I find Maiden's catalog as a whole to be a better listen. Point of Entry, Turbo, and the Ripper albums would kill the experience of going through the Priest catalog for me while Maiden's low points are better than those four.

but how often would you listen to a band's entire catalog?

I'm not denying Maiden are a fuckin kick ass band, and yeah, they're more consistent... because they've been making the exact same album for 30 years. but Priest are more enjoyable for me because of their variety and I guess lack of consistency. You've got the heavily blues influenced Rocka Rolla, then old school classics Sad Wings, Sin After Sin and Stained Class, '80s commercial metal British Steel and Screaming for Vengeance, balls out Painkiller and even if you wanted to you could listen to their epic orchestrated Nostradamus. Maiden couldn't even begin to imagine doing that kind of experimentation.

Album Rating: 5.0

Seventh Son is not nearly the same album as this, and even their 90s albums shift between basic punk influenced albums and the somewhat progressive leaning X Factor. They may have less variety than Priest, but they can make somewhat similar but distinct albums that all sound from average to classic. Also, if I find about 75% of a band's albums to be at least 3.5 and none of them below 2.5, while the highest rating is at least 4.5, I will want to go through their entire catalog. I did that with Rush last month and plan on doing the same with Maiden once I have all fifteen albums.

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because they've been making the exact same album for 30 years.

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[2]. Killers and Powerslave alone display quite a bit of diversity without leaving the traditional metal sound.

Album Rating: 2.5

Priest riff harder and have better vocals. Thats enough for me.

Album Rating: 5.0

They usually have better vocals, especially on the awesome S trilogy, but Halford has held back on several of the 80s albums and the Ripper held back on Demolition.

70's Priest > Maiden

80's Maiden > everything by Priest that wasn't released in the 70's

Album Rating: 5.0

What Jamie said. If all of Priest's albums were as good, not necessarilly the same, but as good as their middle three 70s works, I would like them more than Iron Maiden.

Album Rating: 5.0

80's maiden >>>> 70's priest





easily

Album Rating: 5.0

obviously, Maiden were the greatest and most influential Metal act of the 80's

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I would definitly say that for lyrical quality, but overall I prefer Stained Class and Sad Wings to Powerslave and Seventh Son respectively. Other than that, I would place the other three 80s Dickinson albums ahead of even Sin After Sin and especially Rocka Rolla and Killing Machine.

Album Rating: 5.0

Love 'em both but Priest mainly for variety. If you forced me to sit down and listen to their full discogs, sure there would be Priest albums that really suck whereas Maiden is more consistent. However, throw a top 20-40 list together of the best Priest songs and dang that stuff never gets boring. In terms of influence the list would probably be like Sabbath > Priest > Maiden > Metallica >>>> the rest, so Priest edges Maiden there too.

Album Rating: 5.0

I understand many liking Priest more, but the four albums I hate from them would single-handily kill a full discog experience for me. None of the songs on my top six Priest albums ever bore me, but I can't say the same about the other eleven, plus I find at least the first seven Maiden albums to have no boring tracks, and that is more of their catalog. They may have variety, but some of the albums that are not like the middle three 70s albums are mediocre or suckish, especially Demolition.

Album Rating: 4.5

facupm knows

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so does manosg