Dave Mustaine vs. Chuck Schuldiner

Chuck, he doesn't have Dave's nerdy voice Ouch

"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer

"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris

I am a fan of both of these stellar musicians, because of their contributions to metal in general has been more than simply huge. Each has made his mark in the Metal world that will be never erased... and will influence all who come to play and dream moshing thoughts

As a guitarist ... gotta go with Chuck.... but back in the day ( 80's-90's) gotta nod to the Dave, he invented how to thrash.

It was one of those questions that each had merits, but each in their own time gave the world who they were with honesty and sheer aggression.

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Edited by IMPF2112 - 20 Nov 2017 at 3:38pm

Holy hell...this is borderline impossible for me.

Guess I need to say I love both, they are 2 of my absolute favorite guitarists and both are immensely skilled and great songwriters.
I can't even compare vocal styles since they are just too different. Chuck's was obvious fitting for his music, and Dave was obviously not very good at all LOL

but again, wouldn't really fly in death metal.

I'm also disregarding lyrics since I do not give a flying fuck about them, (though I'd have to give the nod to Dave)

Wow, I'm giving my vote to Dave by just a hair. It's his composition skills that gives him the nod.
Even there it's just a hair difference and I must say Chuck improved vastly over time.
Though still, can't disagree with willytank...a tad formulaic and that's why I give Dave the nod.

Even Dave had some patterns though: verse, small solo, verse, small solo, verse, different verse, epic back and forth soloing. It's very evident on "Kill Em All" the Metllica album with most Dave influence and quite different from their rest...

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Yeah the man isn�t always sensible to my ears either, but he is a gifted composer IMO.

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Interesting analysis of the Death songwriting above, maybe that's why I get bored halfway into each Death album.
Sure Dave for me.

Chuck Schuldiner. Though, I'm getting tired of hearing his name how important he was for death metal etc etc. But that's how it goes when someone dies I suppose.

Chuck Schuldiner has been more influential I think in his genre.

Chuck...but at least it's a bit closer than Dave vs. Kirk. LOL

Without a clear cut winner as far as talent goes, I had to fault Chuck for his weaker songwriting abilities. Almost every single Death song follows the same formula:

Intro riffs

Short verse

Pre-chorus that is, for some reason always longer than the verse

Chorus

Solo

Another short verse

Repeat Pre-chorus

Repeat Chorus

The thing that irks me the most is that the amount of lyrical content leads me to believe that Chuck also lacked lyric writing abilities. Almost all Death songs have verses that are way too short and pre-choruses that are way too long. The only two songs I can think of that don't follow the formula are "Crystal Mountain" and "Perennial Quest"; incidentally, these are the best songs by them.

Not even in Megadeth's most well known songs have I seen that kind of formula.

Dave wins.

Edited by Wilytank - 12 Nov 2011 at 1:43pm

Poll Question: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth or Chuck Schuldiner of Death/Control Denied?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Dave Mustaine	9	[28.13%]
Chuck Schuldiner	18	[56.25%]
Both are of equal talent	5	[15.63%]
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