Iron maiden vs Metallica! Who's better and why?

[Dropanuke]

Iv had iron maiden shoved downy throat since I was a child and I'm 29 now!
Iv heard some metallica but their music is different but I'm putting that down to culture

[Dia bando]

Both great bands who's better well I like both,! remember it's down to the individual.

[Beanflicker]

As a big fan of both bands, but if you look at it objectively Metallica has the better catalogue and the better resume. You can trace a growth and evolution with each successive Metallica album, whereas Iron Maiden drifted into redundancy more often than Maiden megafans would care to admit.

Two all time great metal bands but you have to give it to Metallica.

[Beanz]

Without Maiden and the NWOBHM there probably would be no Metallica. Apples and Oranges really, both fruit but both quite different. The idea of any kind of music being better than another is pretty subjective really. Most people who enjoyed either of these bands would probably like the other.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Iron maiden

[boyla]

Iron Maiden