Quote Originally Posted by JAG
Deary me, do you even know who Slayer and Pantera are?! Slayer, one of the big four metal changing thrash bands - the others being Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax, heard of them?! - Slayer changed the metal scene with their mixture of heavy riffs and punk type speed... And Pantera refreshed and gave the metal scene a kick up the arse in the 90's when it was desperately needed. Not big even in their own genre?! You have no idea!

Slayer and Pantera are no better or worse than Floyd, just different and I love all three.

Though they don't quite match up to Maiden.
Heard of them all, heard them all and brought a fair number of albums so less of the patronising tone please. I never liked Slayer, Pantera or Anthrax much even when I was a metalhead, certainly not enough to believe any of their albums to be classics. The odd track maybe, but not albums. That is why I never brought CDs to replace my old tapes from back in the day. On the other hand Maiden, Metallica and Megadeth have all been purchased on those new-fangled CDs (though not the latest Metallica which I dislike). As I got older (some might say matured, though I wonder) my musical tastes varied and widened while I let go of my youthful angst - things change.