Originally Posted by: Pantallica1Same era? Yes.

The only thing they have in common is that they're both dudes.

I've never in all my years heard anyone compare Dimebag to Hammett and vice versa. They're way too different.

Pantera is multiple times heavier than Metallica ever was. Not saying that's bad, but Dimebag and Hammett cannot be compared.

They're totally different. Dimebag played with more feeling and speed than Hammet could ever dream of. Plus, Dimebag wrote his solos.

So comparing, a pentatonic/natural minor master who doesn't write his own solos, to the riffage and soloistic ability of Dimebag is not up for debate.

I like Hammett, don't get me wrong, but I like him differently than Dimebag.

They're musicians. It's not a sporting event. There can be no winner because each person percieves music differently. That's what makes music so great and so bad. People like Britney Spears sell 10,000,000 albums while musical genius' like Vai and Satriani barely get recognized outside of the guitar world.

It's a sad world we live in, but to compare two people playing an instrument is apples and oranges man.

Just because you haven't heard anyone compare Dimebag to Hammet or vice-versa doesn't mean that anyone else has, and some of the posts in that thread do seem to think that Hammett was better. So I guess it is up for debate.

I don't know where you got the idea that Hammett didn't write his own solos.
I'll admit that once Metallica started using Bob Rock(or whatever the hell his name is) as a producer, his solos were kind of re-written for him. but that wasn't until the Black album.