Metallica's best album?

[Boston Rocker]

Many People say the black album is their best your votes may or may not prove them right.

[Mystlyfe77]

Many People say the black album is their best your votes may or may not prove them right.

Who says that?

[tridentgum0]

Ride the Lightning. Kill 'Em All is the only other album from them I can stand without strangling a puppy.

[ImHotterThanYou]

Master of Puppets imo.

[Fizzeler]

Ride the Lightning. Kill 'Em All is the only other album from them I can stand without strangling a puppy.

I have to agree especially because DT ruined MOP for me

[tridentgum0]

I have to agree especially because DT ruined MOP for me

Trivium covered the title track too. *barfs*

[Mystlyfe77]

I voted Kill 'Em All (despite the misplaced apostrophe in the poll), but any of the first three could hold that title for me on any given day. All three of those albums are incredible.

[Fizzeler]

Voted Ride The Lightning because it has some of my favorite songs by the band

[MythicAXL]

Ride the Lightning, by far. Some of Burton's best work, I think.

[Fragory123]

I think And Justice For All is their best (most complex song structure), though The Black Album is my favorite.

[Rockbandfan23467]

N B 4 CrimsonSaint.

[Tank9088]

Ride The Lightning is my number one but sometimes it's KEA and sometimes MoP, depends on the day. Also, most Metallica fans don't say the black album is their favorite but it is however the most accessible.

[MrFruitLord]

Ride The Lightning. Only good album from them, it was however pretty well done. This is all my opinion of course.

[polishdog90]

I enjoy Master of Puppets the most. I'm not a huge fan of thrash so it works out well for me.

[Mystlyfe77]

Someone voted for St. Anger. Must have been CrimsonSaint.

[neckermanncj]

metallica has a good album? :rolleyes:

[Meatwad555]

Kill 'Em All.

[Ultimatum]

metallica has a good album? :rolleyes:

Same could be said for Radiohead.

I WENT THERE

[a21schizoidman]

N B 4 CrimsonSaint.

+1?



anyways, my personal favorite is Metallica, but either Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning is their best IMO

[Alright_Computer]

Someone else voted for St. Anger? Wow.

[Meatwad555]

I'm saddened by the lack of votes for KEA. :(

[franticfish]

Ride The Lightning but Kill 'Em All is definetly close.

[neckermanncj]

Someone else voted for St. Anger? Wow.

i did b/c i don't care :p

[SolidSnake526]

1) Ride the Lightning owns face. I love the first 4 albums, and The Black Album was pretty good, but RTL is incredible.
2) Yes, I did like Death Magnetic. Bite me.
3) Who the hell voted St. Anger?!

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Someone voted for St. Anger. Must have been CrimsonSaint.

Silly Mystlyfe. St. Anger is IMHO their fourth best. I voted ...And Justice for All.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

1) Ride the Lightning owns face. I love the first 4 albums, and The Black Album was pretty good, but RTL is incredible.
2) Yes, I did like Death Magnetic. Bite me.
3) Who the hell voted St. Anger?!

I think I speak for a lot of the forum-goers when I say that if you voted for Death Magnetic then you don't have much room to call out the people who voted St. Anger.

[King_Nuthin]

For me its Justice with Puppets kind of a 1b. Songwriting wise Justice was their creative peak but the production values were better on Puppets.

[Cubecubed]

Ride the Lightning for sure.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

For me its Justice with Puppets kind of a 1b. Songwriting wise Justice was their creative peak but the production values were better on Puppets.

The production values on any album are better than the production values on AJfA. Except maybe the production values on DM... yikes.:eek:

[gmarsh]

Who the hell voted for St. Anger?

Anyway, ride the lightning.

Fade to black ftw.

[afterstasis]

i go back and forth between RtL and MoP... i've been in more of a MoP mood lately so my vote went that direction.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

i go back and forth between RtL and MoP... i've been in more of a MoP mood lately so my vote went that direction.

I've never understood how RtL could ever be considered better than MoP... Yeah, we all know that the front half of RtL is incredible, but the back half tapers off dramatically with Trapped Under Ice and Escape. MoP is great at the front end, and the back four songs are the best Metallica ever put back-to-back-to-back-to-back, IMHO.

[Soror_YZBL]

And Justice for All is the best Metallica album because it's too complicated to be a Metallica album.

[afterstasis]

i agree that MoP is much more solid and i also agree with those two RtL songs being weak, but i also feel that the rest of the album is basically top of the line metallica.

MoP only has one song i'd call flat-out weak (disposable), but i don't think it has quite as many completely awesome songs as RtL.

this is why i go back and forth so much on which of the two albums i prefer. they both have their pros and cons.

[CommonCriminal]

Ride the Lightning.

And Justice for All and Metallica are good, too.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

i agree that MoP is much more solid and i also agree with those two RtL songs being weak, but i also feel that the rest of the album is basically top of the line metallica.

MoP only has one song i'd call flat-out weak (disposable), but i don't think it has quite as many completely awesome songs as RtL.

this is why i go back and forth so much on which of the two albums i prefer. they both have their pros and cons.

Boy, Disposable Heroes is weak? Can't say I agree with that. IMHO, Battery and the title track are the weakest from the album, and then the others are all top notch, with Leper Messiah being IMHO Metallica's best Cliff-era work.

[Tank9088]

I think I speak for a lot of the forum-goers when I say that if you voted for Death Magnetic then you don't have much room to call out the people who voted St. Anger.

Speak for yourself. Anyway, he said he voted for Ride The Lightning not St.Anger.

[afterstasis]

Boy, Disposable Heroes is weak? Can't say I agree with that. IMHO, Battery and the title track are the weakest from the album, and then the others are all top notch, with Leper Messiah being IMHO Metallica's best Cliff-era work.

battery and the title track are actually two of my faves from MoP (only eclipsed by sanitarium and possibly damage inc).

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Speak for yourself. Anyway, he said he voted for Ride The Lightning not St.Anger.

You right, I misread his post. But seriously, if you knew the history I have with St. Anger, you wouldn't be so quick to judge.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

battery and the title track are actually two of my faves from MoP (only eclipsed by sanitarium and possibly damage inc).

Mind-melter:

Fade to Black or Welcome Home?

[Tank9088]

You right, I misread his post. But seriously, if you knew the history I have with St. Anger, you wouldn't be so quick to judge.

Care to explain?

The title track from St.Anger is the only song I actually like from that album.

[back_blows]

N B 4 CrimsonSaint.

Is that all you contribute to these forums nowadays?

Anyways, as cliche as it sounds, it's really a tie between RtL and Kill 'em All.

[Teh_Jakester]

I almost voted for St. Anger. Almost. I ended up voting for Kill 'Em All, because it's a great (read: bad) album by Metallica's standards (read: terrible). There is only one bad (read: horrendous) song on the album (The Four Horsemen).

[afterstasis]

Mind-melter:

Fade to Black or Welcome Home?

very difficult question, but at the moment i'll go with latter. both songs are excellent, though.

[Tank9088]

very difficult question, but at the moment i'll go with latter. both songs are excellent, though.

Same.

[back_blows]

I've always liked Welcome Home better than FtB.

[classicrockdude]

St. Anger

[gmarsh]

St. Anger

Unless you're being sarcastic I just lost a little respect for you.

[classicrockdude]

Unless you're being sarcastic I just lost a little respect for you.

i was being sarcastic

[gmarsh]

i was being sarcastic

*wipes sweat off forehead*

K, good I couldn't really tell this time because I know you're not a big metallica fan anyway.

[EntropyMu]

I'm the only vote for the black album? Crazy.

[Teh_Jakester]

Arse. And I was so hoping this thread would die before that happened.

[Fizzeler]

You right, I misread his post. But seriously, if you knew the history I have with St. Anger, you wouldn't be so quick to judge.

Your sig. as well, but yes I remember your history with the album

Those of you who are voting for MoP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4HOMPD-1E

[Gowienczyk]

Ride the Lightning.

[Teh_Jakester]

Those of you who are voting for MoP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4HOMPD-1E

Two things.
1: How would a cover of one of the more uninteresting songs on the album ruin the entire album for you?
2: How is that ruin-worthy? I mean, it sounds pretty much like Metallica's (senseless deep, growly screaming, whee).

[classicrockdude]

Many People say the black album is their best your votes may or may not prove them right.

Many people indeed

[LegendofRock3021]

Ride the Lightning, with Kill 'Em All a close second.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

All of this talk of Metallica makes me want to listen to them again.

[DaneWolF]

And Justice for all...

[Mystlyfe77]

2) Yes, I did like Death Magnetic. Bite me.

*Bites*


Mind-melter:

Fade to Black or Welcome Home?

Fade to Black.

[weeyoo]

My vote goes to ...And Justicr For All. Their best album IMO. To me, its one of those albums where you listen through every song without changing to the next song. Also, To Live Is To Die is Metallica's best instrumental IMO. But, the best song on the album is One.

[ffwarrior47]

It goes like this for me:

Ride The Lightning
...And Justice For All
Kill 'Em All
Master Of Puppets
St. Anger
Garage Inc.
S&M
Metallica
Death Magnetic
Load and ReLoad are tied.

:)

oh, and i prefer Fade to Black, because of this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbrLlDE7tNQ)

[Mega-Tallica]

Kill Em' All easily followed by Ride The Lightning, ...And Justice For All, and Master Of Puppets. After that, I really don't give a crap.

[SolidSnake526]

I think I speak for a lot of the forum-goers when I say that if you voted for Death Magnetic then you don't have much room to call out the people who voted St. Anger.
But I voted for Ride the Lightning.
I openly admit I liked Death magnetic, but Ride The Lightning is, by leaps and bounds, Metallica's best album.

[jayou521]

Ride the Lightning, with Kill 'Em All a close second.
This.

When it comes to Master of Puppets~ I've never really enjoyed listening to Damage Inc., Leper Messiah, or The Thing That Should Not Be.

~and my favorite track on that album is Disposable Heroes.

[sonicnerd23]

I voted Ride the Lightning, but I would say it's a tie between that and Kill 'Em All.

Kill 'Em All is Metallica at their trash peak. Every song on that album is just brutal. However, Ride the Lightning is Metallica at their songwriting best. The musical arrangement is amazing, and the production sound gives it a sort of this echoey, doomy feel too it. I love them both.

[DrewLee865]

RtL and KEA are the best. Master of Puppets is the most overrated album in the history of music.

[Mystlyfe77]

Every song on that album is just brutal.

Nothing on Kill 'Em All, or any other Metallica album, is brutal. That's like calling a Sex Pistols song a ballad or calling a Meshuggah song melodic.

[gmarsh]

There's more votes for St. Anger than there is for Metallica, wth?

[TheCrimsonSaint]

There's more votes for St. Anger than there is for Metallica, wth?

Rightfully so, methinks.

[gmarsh]

Rightfully so, methinks.

Eh, I'm not a big fan of the black album but I don't think St. Anger should be in front of any metallica albums...ugghh just so awful. :(

[sonicnerd23]

Nothing on Kill 'Em All, or any other Metallica album, is brutal. That's like calling a Sex Pistols song a ballad or calling a Meshuggah song melodic.

Maybe brutal was an overexaggeration. I meant to say it's one of the heaviest Metallica's ever done.

[40FootWolf]

I'm in the absolutely infinitesimal minority that thinks Garage Inc was their best. Ride The Lightning is a very very close second.

[theripper905]

Ride The Lightning has the most epic songs and i think the most replayablity.
i really like their new album too because it kinda brings back that sound from it but not as epic

[weeyoo]

How can you guys say these albums are better than ...And Justice For All?

[Teh_Jakester]

Eh, I'm not a big fan of the black album but I don't think St. Anger should be in front of any metallica albums...ugghh just so awful. :(

It's not THAT bad. The Black Album is easily Metallica's worst album, and that's saying something. St. Anger is around Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning. It sucks, sure, but it sucks less than most Metallica albums.

[Zidane]

It always changes for me, but right now I'm going through a Kill 'Em All phase. Although I think the best writing is on ...And Justice for All.

[rowtheboat]

Ajfa

[Ichigo237]

...And Justice for All

[Tank9088]

How can you guys say these albums are better than ...And Justice For All?

Because MoP,RTL and KEA are all better than AJ4A. All you do is post in every thread even slightly relating to metallica and post how One is your favorite song and easily Metallica's best song.

[JukeBoxHero]

How can you guys say these albums are better than ...And Justice For All?

For obvious reasons that we can.

I don't know what the best album is for Metallica, but I am partial towards Ride the Lightning.

[Hireclaw22]

I think black is their best album, but I didn't think that a lot of people thought that

[Stones_Clash]

puppets followed by lightning i think. after that its too close to call for me, although i think justice is overrated.

[Idiostock]

puppets followed by lightning i think. after that its too close to call for me, although i think justice is overrated.

Move all these titles over to the left one and I agree.

[willdabeast21]

I'm not really a big Metallica fan
I really enjoyed their first 4 albums, but everything after that kinda sucked
I voted ...And Justice For All, though you could easily persuade me into picking Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets

[chumsicles]

Ride the Lightning



How can you guys say these albums are better than ...And Justice For All?

Cause I can't hear the bass on ...And Justice For All

Then again, I can't hear the bass on Ride the Lightning either. But it's worse on ...And Justice For All

[Zidane]

Ride the Lightning




Cause I can't hear the bass on ...And Justice For All

Then again, I can't hear the bass on Ride the Lightning either. But it's worse on ...And Justice For All

I can hear them fine. You can't hear the bass on Ride The Lightning? You need to check your ears.

[Lolicat]

Kill 'Em All is the only Metallica album that it's ok to own. inb4 u can't dictate others tastes*

*Well too bad, because; respect the badge, I earned it with my blood, fear the gun, my sentence may be death.

[THEBassist]

It's between MoP and the Black Album for me.