My two favorite bands of all time are Iron Maiden and Megadeth. For anyone that has ever gotten a chance to talk to me, they know I am a huge fan boy of Iron Maiden. Hell, look at my signature. Before I listened to Iron Maiden, all I was listening to was orchestrated video game soundtracks. Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with orchestrated soundtracks, but when I listened to Iron Maiden for the first time... It felt like I listened to music for the first time in my life and explode. It was just amazing. They aren't your average, stereotypical metal band. They provide longer but fluent songs about things that no one else would sing about like Greek Mythology, novels like Brave New World or Dune, and war in a dreadng sense. They have 15 albums, more if you count live albums, so they have a ton of content under their wing. Another thing I like about them is that they constantly change their style with different guitar sounds and other additions, but they stray from their true sound. My favorite tracks are: Hallowed be thy Name, Face in the Sand, the Clansman, Brave New World, and Moonchild.
Now on to Megadeth. I'm going to say this right now, I highly prefer Megadeth over Metallica. Megadeth stayed consistant with their music unlike Metallica. Megadeth was created by Dave Mustaine who was a big drug addict and has been to rehab 15 times. The band is pure thrash metal with hard-hitting riffs, crushing vocals, and freaking amazing guitar solo's. Their albums have influenced many bands today and they keep making amazing albums, like the recent Th1rt3en. Rust in Peace and Peace Sells... But Who's Buying are my favorite albums. Peace Sells offered a jazzy metal album because Gar Samualson and Chris Poland being former jazz players. Rust in Peace is probably my favorite thrash metal album of all time every song [with the exception of Dawn Patrol] being amazing and getting a 10/10 from me. My favorite songs are: Tornado of Souls, Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?, Holy Wars... The Punishment Due, High Speed Dirt, Captive Honour, Ashes In Your Mouth, and A Tout Le Monde.