Who's on you're Mount Rushmore of Metal

[glpg80]

In no order:

Michael Romeo / Symphony X
Zakk Wylde / Ozzy
Gus G / Firewind
Jason Richardson / Solo

These dudes are pillars of metal in their own regard and all over albums of all kinds. Not just their musicianship but their writing skills are why I’ve selected them for my Mount Rushmore. You could copy their guitar style but never touch their composition skills.

 

[dave74]

Sabbath
Venom
Slayer
Deicide

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Sabbath
Venom
Slayer
Deicide

Hell yeah, with a couple deep picks there I didn't expect. Nice.

 

[Techdeth]

Vinnie Vincent Invasion x 4 and there is no logical argument to the contrary.

Dude his instructional vhs shoukd be must watch for all players on how NOT to play . He tried was a sloppy insane mess

 

[headlessdeadguy]

The amount of Maiden love is staggering. Their catalog as a whole is lame. 5 good records out of how many?

Sabbath
Priest
Metallica
Slayer

 

[itsgoodnow]

Poison
Ghost
Baby Metal
Manowar

 

[thegame]

The amount of Maiden love is staggering. Their catalog as a whole is lame. 5 good records out of how many?

Sabbath
Priest
Metallica
Slayer

Someone had to say it. Furthermore, you sir have exquisite taste and unquestionable reasoning skills

 

[cobrahead1030]

Sabbath
Metallica
Fear Factory
Mastodon

 

[Techdeth]

In no order:

Michael Romeo / Symphony X
Zakk Wylde / Ozzy
Gus G / Firewind
Jason Richardson / Solo

These dudes are pillars of metal in their own regard and all over albums of all kinds. Not just their musicianship but their writing skills are why I’ve selected them for my Mount Rushmore. You could copy their guitar style but never touch their composition skills.

Jason is a fav is mine . My only complaint is he could improv more and even just go for it .

 

[jchrisf]

Winger
Poisen
White Lion
Bon Jovi

 

[BedrockPoster]

Rushmore is people, people.

Hetfield
Iommi
Ozzi
No one else quite reaches that level.
Page isn't metal. Come on, man. It's debatable that Sabbath was even metal, but whatever.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

The amount of Maiden love is staggering. Their catalog as a whole is lame. 5 good records out of how many?

Sabbath
Priest
Metallica
Slayer

Imo Metallica only had four great albums, and one killer EP out of a fairly large discography.

Also like Tony would say those five Maiden albums aren't just good, they'rrre GRRREAT!

 

[Brain Becker]

Bands-Black Sabbath
Metallica
Slayer
Pantera

People-Tony Iommi
James Hetfield
Jeff Hanneman
Dimebag

Honorable mention-Death, Chuck Schuldiner

 

[buller]

These aren't the straight up most influential, but they're some of my favorites who also pushed their respective subgenres forward quite a bit:

• Black Sabbath
• Slayer
• Death
• Suffocation

Or Suffocation could be swapped out for Napalm Death, Carcass, or Bolt Thrower for more UK grind/DM representation

 

[67mike]

Sabbath
Ozzy
Dio
Maiden