Favourite Metallica album???

Master. Its so brilliantly done and was the last to feature the great Cliff.  The album was not only heavy as hell, but incredibly well put together musically and they were nearly as screachy as on the first two also great albums.

I really dig the band, even their "sell out" albums.  St. Anger wasn't as bad as people made it out to be.  It was pretty amazing they even put anything out.  The album is aggressive as hell, the riffs are still sweet, James' voice is still ass whooping, and Lars's drumming still rocks even with the overload of typical layer upon layer of compression Bob Rock production.  I'm greatly looking forward to the new one.


1. Master of Puppets
2. Load
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Ride the Lightning
5. Kill 'Em All
6. St. Anger
7. Black Album
8. ReLoad

The albums I can actually stand are :

Why that would obviously be the commercially successful, return to roots, St. Ang---AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Bump.

Edited by rushfan4 - June 02 2008 at 17:34

     

Kill'em All
Raw energy - fast and angry. Hetfield's vocal sucks. Overall good and interesting debut, but nothing special, it just can't grab me.

Ride The Lightning
Now we're talking. Thrash masterpiece. Everything is in the right place, album doesn't drag. Riffs are powerful, intricate and catchy, solid sound, technique is great also. My fav.

Master Of Puppets
I've never understood what's so great and groundbreaking about this album. Decent thrash. The first tracks are awesome, but then it slows down and only at the end we have great tracks. It's too fillish to my ears.

...And Justice For All
As thrashiest as it gets, but it's sheer technique. There's no room for soul here, except for masterpiece such as One and few other great tracks. All in all, superb at virtuosity and decent at emotions.

Metallica
It's been sooo long since I've heard it (maybe I should check it again?)...I don't even remember is it really that bad, as I thought of it back then. Well, I don't like it. It just doesn't appeal to me.

Load
Same as above

Reload
Same as above

St. Anger
Actually I refuse to listen to it. I've heard St.Anger, Frantic an couple of other songs on radio and deeply disliked it.
    
    

Edited by Paul K. - May 29 2006 at 05:36

MoP

Orion is incredible. It's what I was raised on on middle school.

And by the way, who the hell voted for St. Anger?! Hope it was a joke...


Edited by YYZed - May 25 2006 at 20:46

1. Master Of Puppets - 5
2. ... And Justice for All - 5
   
3. Ride The Lightning - 4,5
4. Kill 'em All - 4,5
   
5. Metallica - 4

          St. Anger - 2 (the drumsound and the lyrics)
   
     Edit: Forgot Garage Inc. ('87 version). - 3.5


Edited by Rocktopus - May 25 2006 at 15:47

Barla wrote: Ben2112 wrote: Master for me too. I would be more tempted to say ...And Justice For All if it was mixed better. Poor Jason is nowhere to be found on the album. I wish they would re-master it.   Yes, it's true ... but it has to be with the distortion. Really I can not hear so much the bass on metal bands. But "... And Justice For All" has an excellent sound and ACCURACY, very well recorded.

Ride The Lightning