We start off our bracket quarterfinals with an awesome matchup-Metallica vs. Rage Against the Machine. The former band dominated most of the 80's with numerous excellent records, for example "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets". However, they are most known for their "Black Album", which came out in '91. It provided tracks such as "Enter Sandman" and "The Unforgiven". Since that record was released, Metallica has continued to go strong through the 90's and into the 00's. The band's latest attempt, St. Anger, has been dismissed as a lackluster effort by many fans. However, the band has said they will release a brand new album around September, which the band says will return to their former style. As for the latter, Rage hit the scene in the early 90's and were different than the rest of the grunge era. Lead singer Zack de la Rocha's loud, anti-political lyrics and guitarist Tom Morello's insane guitar solos drive each of their tracks. The band released four albums in their less than 10 year existance and produced many hit singles, but the band eventually split up in the early 2000's. De la Rocha decided to take some time for some solo work, while the rest of the band formed supergroup Audioslave with Soundgarden's Chris Cornell. Although the band didn't last long, they produced three excellent records together. Once the band split in 2007, the remaining members of Rage have rejoined de la Rocha and have started to play a bunch of live shows around the world.
This is going to be a really interesting matchup. Time to vote...check out the sidebar!
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