Queen vs Black Sabbath - Progressive Rock Music Forum

This is easy for me - I don't like either of them much, but Queen seem far more inventive and melodic to me.

Hmmm, Queen for me although I love Sabbath too and started with music listening long time ago with both bands together (along with many others).

Concerns metal influences etc. it's clear Sabbath is the main influence for later metal bands. Queen was never hard rock or heavy metal band per se (although their first three records could easily be boxed in "hard rock" shelf). On the other side Queen truly had some songs with metal base. The Stone Cold Crazy is well known example (maybe for the Metallica cover later), but Ogre Battle is IMHO even better example (although less known) of speed metal song in times nobody knows such term.

But even for me it's hard to say Queen is big metal influence for later bands. Queen itself was influenced by many musical genres and they in return influenced a lot of bands counting in it metal ones (May's guitar playing could have impact on many hard rock and metal guitarists though).

Btw. Brian May and Tony Iommi are good friends and I remember I saw them together in studio chatting and then playing some Shadows' song they both liked (Apache maybe?? I don't remeber exactly) - it was probably during Smoke On The Water song re-recording (Rock Aid Armenia in '88) and it was great fun seeing and listening them :-)

I vote for Black Sabbath because they were more fundamental band for all rock music.

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hend to move towards Queen for this case, but i like both bands indeed!

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Queen.

Sabbath!

Both. I won't choose between two beloved bands.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - January 23 2018 at 08:58

Sabbath, by about a million lightyears for me.

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Poll Question: who is your favourite bands
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Queen	36	[37.89%]
Black Sabbath	42	[44.21%]
both	17	[17.89%]
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DiamondDog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2011 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 320	Posted: February 07 2013 at 03:24
	This is easy for me - I don't like either of them much, but Queen seem far more inventive and melodic to me.

MonsterMagnet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 31 2010 Location: Liège, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 561	Posted: March 01 2013 at 07:11
	Queen Edited by MonsterMagnet - April 30 2014 at 06:59

Libor10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 19 2005 Location: Czech republic Status: Offline Points: 692	Posted: April 05 2013 at 12:03
	Hmmm, Queen for me although I love Sabbath too and started with music listening long time ago with both bands together (along with many others). Concerns metal influences etc. it's clear Sabbath is the main influence for later metal bands. Queen was never hard rock or heavy metal band per se (although their first three records could easily be boxed in "hard rock" shelf). On the other side Queen truly had some songs with metal base. The Stone Cold Crazy is well known example (maybe for the Metallica cover later), but Ogre Battle is IMHO even better example (although less known) of speed metal song in times nobody knows such term. But even for me it's hard to say Queen is big metal influence for later bands. Queen itself was influenced by many musical genres and they in return influenced a lot of bands counting in it metal ones (May's guitar playing could have impact on many hard rock and metal guitarists though). Btw. Brian May and Tony Iommi are good friends and I remember I saw them together in studio chatting and then playing some Shadows' song they both liked (Apache maybe?? I don't remeber exactly) - it was probably during Smoke On The Water song re-recording (Rock Aid Armenia in '88) and it was great fun seeing and listening them :-)


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	Though I recognize the value, creativity and inventiveness of Queen, Black Sabbath resonates more with me.
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charles_ryder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2014 Location: St.Petersburg Status: Offline Points: 173	Posted: April 30 2014 at 05:51
	I vote for Black Sabbath because they were more fundamental band for all rock music.
	om mani padme hum

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	Black Sabbath without even giving it much thought.
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Michael678 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 02 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2466	Posted: June 07 2014 at 07:21
	hend to move towards Queen for this case, but i like both bands indeed!
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Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 43717	Posted: September 26 2017 at 06:40
	I love both. In the 70s, they were both amazing and quite original. I'd rather listen to 80s BS to 80s Queen.

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	Queen.


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	Black Sabbath here!

Mortte Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 11 2016 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 5538	Posted: January 22 2018 at 23:09
	Sabbath!

Jeffro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2014 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 2163	Posted: January 23 2018 at 06:03
	Went with both. There are enough songs I like from both bands to go with both
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omphaloskepsis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 6343	Posted: January 23 2018 at 08:58
	Both. I won't choose between two beloved bands. Edited by omphaloskepsis - January 23 2018 at 08:58

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	Sabbath! 🤘
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	Sabbath, by about a million lightyears for me.
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	Sabbath. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath beats any queen, hands down. disclaimer: I love queen.

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	^What he said! (Especially the disclaimer.)
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	Queen for me, absolutely no contest