Metallica's Best Album?

[Julio-Claudius]

Which album do you think is Metallica's best? I'm going to vote for the Black album since "Nothing Else Matters" is my favorite Metallica song. [/blasphemy]

[aku_chi]

You can have up to ten entries in a poll; you can add Load and Reload.

My favorite Metallica ablum is also Metallica (Black Album). The Unforgiven is my favorite Metallica song. Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, and Sad But True are also great songs. That being said, I also really like One from ...And Justice for All and Until It Sleeps from Load.

[Phrank-E]

Master of Puppets. I stopped buying Metallica after I heard the Black album. Was so dissapointed.

[Rainer7]

Master of Puppets for sure. Load is a great melodic hard rock album though. Not a big fan of Reload however. I also have some favorites on St. Anger, but hopefully their next album will be a nice throwback.

[Phrank-E]

Master of Puppets for sure. Load is a great melodic hard rock album though. Not a big fan of Reload however. I also have some favorites on St. Anger, but hopefully their next album will be a nice throwback.

You appear to have not voted....

[newwaytodie]

It's like having to chose your favorite child. But I had to go with Kill Em All.

This is the order of greatness in my opinion.

1. Kill Em All
2. Master Of Puppets
3. Ride The Lightning
4. And Justice For All
5. The Whack Album

99,999,999. St Anger

[the_polite_force]

ST. ANGOR baby

voted mop btw

[hellninja]

screw all of that noise, its all about those amazing solos in justice for all.
justice is nothing short of perfection.

[MrGrieves]

It hard to choose just one but I voted for master of puppets

[Elvis_L]

Justice for me but master is a very clsoe second. I like some of the balck album but anything after that is terrible IMO.

[Kutsic]

Ride the Lightning

[tharshmetalUK]

This is one of the hardest questions i've ever been asked. Its very close for me between kill em all and puppets, but I picked puppets in the end. The only reason I like it more is because of the song Master of Puppets which is my favorite song of all time.

[stunner1210]

I love all of their albums because I'm a big fan, but Master of Puppets is the one album that I can listen to each song without wanting to skip one. And Justice was a close second, followed by Ride the Lightning, Kill 'Em All, then the flood of others.

[FrshChees]

i voted MOP but ...AJFA is my favorite

[beerman]

Ride the Lightning
True. **** the Black Album.

[newwaytodie]

And all these people are saying, "You got your metal... You got Metallica!"

[woobwoob]

Justice all the way.

[monlienNH3]

And Justice for All for sure... second place would have been Kill Em All.

[LavatoryLoveMachine]

Everyone will agree Master of Puppets. It has the most kick ass songs in their library put together. And Justice is awesome too. I have a bit of a problem with the production: I hate the way the drums sound.

[MetalManiac]

Kill em All was definately the best Metallica Album, its the only one with Dave Mustaine's guitar on it, they were'nt sell outs, they didnt give a crap about there music being downloaded and most importantly no weak songs like "nothin else matters"...damn that song sucks. Back then they were a true metal band, not the rag tag group of metal posers they are today.

[SplinterMech]

...And Justice For All is my personal favorite with Master of Puppets not too far behind that.

[LoneSteele]

Gotta go with S&M, the live album. I know its mostly old tracks off other albums but the symphony accompanyment makes every song sound different and IMO incredible. Also, No Leaf Clover is a f*cking brilliant track.

I voted for Black though.

[CliffBurton4ever]

kill em all-it's all about BURTON and mustain

[Daesania]

Call me crazy, but I absolutely cannot stand Metallica. I just dont see what the appeal is.

[Sons_of_Kyuss]

Master of Puppets. I stopped buying Metallica after I heard the Black album. Was so dissapointed.

Ha! So true! I, unfortunately bought Load thinking that it was still going to be heavy...I didn't think they'd make anything else. Boy, was I angry that day...


BTW...I agree with you onbest album, too. It is Master of Puppets, but all of the early stuff is great. Orion kicks ass, though, on Master of Puppets. Cliff Burton is God!

[Creeping-Death]

Can't anybody appreciate Load, Reload or St Anger? Black album for that matter?

There is some great stuff, but you seem to not care because its not 'fast'. You realise if they didnt venture and experiment they would be playing basically the same boring riffs?
And Hetfield said that they didnt want to stick to one Genre aka Speed/Thrash Metal and they havent.

God its so irritating....

[tharshmetalUK]

Can't anybody appreciate Load, Reload or St Anger? Black album for that matter?

There is some great stuff, but you seem to not care because its not 'fast'. You realise if they didnt venture and experiment they would be playing basically the same boring riffs?
And Hetfield said that they didnt want to stick to one Genre aka Speed/Thrash Metal and they havent.

God its so irritating....

I couldn't agree more with u. I think Load, Reload and St Anger are good albums songs like Fuel, Attitude, Devils Dance, King Nothing, Bad Seed, Hero of the Day, Frantic, Dirty Window, Sweet Amber are all great songs

[Teh_Jakester]

Ride the Lightning. Followed by Kill 'Em All. Followed by St. Anger.

[Gear_RA_RA_RA]

Kill 'Em All > And Justice For All > Ride The Lightning > St. Anger > Master of Puppets > Reload > The Black Album > Load.

My reasoning behind St. Anger is that there are 3 or 4 songs I like on St. Anger. And, er, 1 on Master of Puppets.

[battle_axe_of_doom]

anyone who even so much as likes st. anger needs to be instutionalized. st anger is ****ing HORRID

[FrshChees]

Call me crazy, but I absolutely cannot stand Metallica. I just dont see what the appeal is.

what is the point of u posting that then?!? seriously, why would u come in and say that, do u really think anyone cares

[Teh_Jakester]

anyone who even so much as likes st. anger needs to be instutionalized. st anger is ****ing HORRID

It's called an opinion?

[Julio-Claudius]

what is the point of u posting that then?!? seriously, why would u come in and say that, do u really think anyone cares

Apparently you do!

[battle_axe_of_doom]

It's called an opinion?

its called a horrible opinion that should never exist. st. anger is among one of the worst albums in history

[Julio-Claudius]

its called a horrible opinion that should never exist. st. anger is among one of the worst albums in history

I'm going to buy it to piss you off. =P

[battle_axe_of_doom]

ugh i'm ashamed to say i pre-ordered that monstrosity. the dvd is good for a laugh though :D

[polishdog90]

I think every song on Master of Puppets (other than Damage inc/Leper Messiah) is brilliant. It is such an amazing album.

I just have to LoL! at the people who voted for St. Anger. Sorry to be offensive but its almost common knowledge that album sucks.

[xenopherus]

I chose Master Of Puppets as my favorite. Disposable Heroes is probably my favorite song (and almost every song on the album).

And yeah, I have to agree and say St. Anger was ****ing horrid... I downloaded most of the songs (for "free") and couldn't even listen to them.

[Teh_Jakester]

its called a horrible opinion that should never exist. st. anger is among one of the worst albums in history

I like it. Go away. I also like Ride the Lightning and Kill 'Em All. But St. Anger's the third best to me. Why? Because I like the songs.

And who makes these lists? The Black Album? Load? Your logic is severely flawed.

Ride the Lightning>Kill 'Em All>St. Anger>... and Justice for All>Master of Puppets>Reload>Load>The Black Album.

It's MY ever-changing opinion. You have no right to insult it. If I suggest these songs for GH or RB, sure. Flame away. But insulting me because I like something? Don't you have something better to do?

[polishdog90]

It's MY ever-changing opinion. You have no right to insult it. If I suggest these songs for GH or RB, sure. Flame away. But insulting me because I like something? Don't you have something better to do?

I have every right to express my opnion as you do. My opinion can be about your opinion. This is the internet and obviously there are going to be people on a video game forum that dont have anything better to do. I dont agree with your opinion, because I think St.Anger sucks a fatty cawk.

[Teh_Jakester]

But you don't have to call me a reatrd just for liking one album. Yay.

[Zidane]

Master of Puppies!

That's my second favorite thrash metal of all time. (Reign in Blood is first)

[Hastyl3]

Well this is a toguht one for me because I like Master of Puppets and Kill 'Em All better than the rest... so I would have to say Kill 'Em All. I don't know why but I think I've just made a mistake.

[metalhead]

It has to be Master of Puppets by far. I mean the "Black Album" was huge b/c of the mainstream sound to it , but M.O.P. is the best.

[FrshChees]

I think every song on Master of Puppets (other than Damage inc/Leper Messiah) is brilliant. It is such an amazing album.


aw man...you don like Damage Inc and Leper Messiah? :(

[MetalHead99]

Master of Puppets and ....And Justice For All are the best. then again i only like them from Kill Em All to thw Black Album

[Thrashdragon]

Master of Puppets. You can tell Burton was the brains behind every good song they ever had. After he died, they had enough left over to make And Justice For All, but then had to start writing their own songs. Everything since has been a sad mockery of what they used to be.

[Raider87]

Master Of Puppets is pretty damn brilliant but I love Kill Em' All the most for some reason...
St. Anger is pretty much a sellout joke...
But ya Kill Em' All is amazing, it never gets old

[JoeyHuisman]

The answer lies in my avatar.

Oh, I also love St. Anger by the way.

[senomar]

Kill 'Em All is one of the best albums of the 80's, so it gets the prize.

[XRagingCrackerX]

its really hard to choose from "Metallica (The Black Album)" and "Master Of Puppets"

but i would go with Master Of Puppets

[Motorhead]

none,Metallica was good,but this isn't like a noble peace prize or something that if you skrew up you get to keep,it gets taken,so i listen to no metallica,asides from motorheads cover of enter sandman,which has a pretty funny name.

[ajrapper]

"...And Justice For All" because of my fave Metallica song MUTHA****ING "ONE"!!!!! lol

[Criss2fur]

voted for the black album but my favorite metallica album which was load mainly because i love the song Until it sleeps

[WiredRacing]

I dunno, I think it all depends on how you know Metallica. When you came to know them.

If you were a long haired leather jacketed teenager when MoP or AJFA came out, that's the Metallica you knew and because they did vary their sound a lot over the years, it's easy to see how the opinions can differ so wildly.

For me I never listened to Metallica until 'Enter Sandman' was flooding MuchMusic (Canada's MTV) and I bought the album, and honestly never really cared for the other tracks (cause I was a teenage lemming and only attached myself to the popular song).

But a number of years later, Load came out, and I played the $#!t out of it for over a year. Loved that album. But I agree.. I wouldn't call it "metal". But IMO, it was a really good overall album.. production definately became a big deal for the band with Bob Rock.

Reload wasn't quite so good. It was okay, but the album was almost too literal, it sounded a lot like Load, but the writing wasn't as good, the songs didn't quite have the same hook.

I bought Garage Inc and listened to it once.
I bought S&M and other than 2 unhead of tracks, it was largely disappointing. Kudos to them for trying it, but I think it was indeed a failed experiment though.

So for me, the greatest number of tracks I like is on Load, but I do enjoy a handful from the earlier albums, and even a couple off St. Anger (even though I really disliked the disc the first time I spun it.. but I went back to it after the documentary). BTW, Cunning Stunts is a great concert DVD.

[clearGHOST]

IMO Master of Puppets is by far the best album they had come out with, there is amazing guitar in every song, but the Black Album is a close second.

[King_Nuthin]

Justice was their creative peak (and preceded a rather swift fall, imho). Its really a toss up between Master of Puppets which I think is their best sounding album and Justice which represents their best songwriting but suffers from some studio problems. I give the edge to Justice because it features the stronger opening and close even though all 4 are great songs.

And before anyone asks, my screenname/gamertag is in no way related to any filthflornfilk from latter day Metallica. :)

[Huwonk]

Master of Puppets with Kill Em All coming in a close 2nd.

[masterx1918]

Kill 'Em All by a mile for me. Hit The Lights+Four Horsemen+Jump in the Fire+Seek & Destroy+Metal Militia=total ownage

[MetallicaRules]

yup this is true

[MundaneSoul]

Master of Puppets was the first Metallica album I listened to and it remains my favorite. Close runners-up are Justice For All and Kill 'Em All.

[Mournblade77]

I voted for Ride the Lightning. Course my favorite is Garage Days Re-Revisited.

[MetallicaRules]

totally, Lars and James are the best! the other guys are alright.

[Julio_No_Mas]

One of my threads is still going =D

I'm still sticking to the Black Album.

[mind_in_rewind]

This poll is a travesty.

How has the Black Album gotten so many votes?

I cried when Enter Sandman was released, before the album came out.

[jimmymadstdnt]

What douche bag actually said St. Anger, I mean come on, that was like Metallica's "Rocky V", the one that should never have been made.

[polishdog90]

aw man...you don like Damage Inc and Leper Messiah? :(

No I still like those songs a lot. I just dont think they were as amazing as every other track. I still listen to every track on the CD and enjoy it.

[polishdog90]

totally, Lars and James are the best! the other guys are alright.

They wouldn't be a band without Kirk and Cliff.

IMO They started to suck after Cliff died.

[the_frenchey]

i voted Ride the Lightning cuz i think its the best start to finish...but Nothing Else Matters is easily my favorite song...solo in that song kicks soooooooo such ass. they're all good imo =P

[DethBoxx]

Black album is garbage in my opinion. God it sucks so bad it reeks!
Enter Sandman is like a caricature making fun of Metallica. It sucks.

I picked Master of Puppets but Ride the Lightning is right up there too.

[CrackerRiley]

I for one will say I voted for the black album. The only song I REALLY love on MOP is, well, Master of puppets. The black album has more songs I like. And I will be one of the few to say I HATE Ride the Lightning.

[rupert_giles]

And Christmas for All...

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/This%20Isn_t%20the%20Egg%20Nog%20Talking/

:D

[azz the heretic]

I say none of them
i dont really like metallica
they are overated i thinks
but thats my opinion

[MSFTsucks]

Master of Puppets for me...

Now how many people voting were actually alive when these came out? (I think I'm about to feel old....)

-MSFTsucks

[St. Michael]

Okay I know the Black Album gets a lot of flak from "Hardcore" Metallica fans (At least the people that I've talked to about it that call themselves such.) But I think it was an incredible turning point in their career.

... And I have to ask. Why is St. Anger even on the list? Isn't it one of the most hated albums in history? :D

[MetallicaRules]

why do you hate ride the lightning? it rocks. yeah, the black album has a lot of good songs

[vicam1581]

voted for MoP, but I actually like something on pretty much all their albums, except St. Anger: utter garbage.

[MetallicaRules]

this is true, what about S&M and binge and purge?

[vicam1581]

voted for MoP, but I actually like something on pretty much all their albums, except St. Anger: utter garbage.


Now how many people voting were actually alive when these came out? (I think I'm about to feel old....)

I've been alive for all of them, I was 2 when Kill Em' All came out

[Black_Heaven]

Master of Puppets gets my vote.

Don't really care about this whole hate the popular and non-early Metallica albums thing going around. Like I'm going to REALLY give two sh!ts that they changed their sound a bit or that they "sold out." Far as I'm conerned their music has continued to rock from the start to where it's at now.