Least Proggy Metallica Album

why cause master of puppets, ride the lightning and and justice for all have more complex songs than your typical have metal? of course that might not have anything to do with the fact that bay area thrash bands are more leaned towards technicality, as opposed to east coast thrash whose sound was closer to punk and hardcore or german thrash metal who drawn influence from venom?

sorry but if that is the reason why metallica are considered a prog band than one can go easily and add the likes of megadeth, testament, death angel, heathen and the whole lot. personally i think its a weak argument.

other explanations metallica's sound influenced the likes of dt? fair enough but in a same way nwobhm bands such as diamond head should be considered to be at least as equally influential as metallica as metallica's sound was much more influenced by them, than prog metal bands a'la dt's sound was influenced by metallica.

if we want to be honest bands such as virgin steele or savatage have more prog elements in their music than metallica ever had.

i am reading through that thread now and personally i don't see what i consider to be valid case for considering metallica prog related.

Read carefully through the Prog Related page on the site.

now if people here want to hold it against me then so be it.

Although I disagree with your view, I have no intention of "holding it against" you.  However, the belligerence with which you articulate your opinion does have an alienating effect.

i stick by what i said, imo metallica is neither:

a) prog

nor

b) prog related in any greater extent than the likes of megadeth, venom, celtic frost, bathory, metal church and co are.

Despite popular platitudes, not all opinions have equal value:  some are well-informed and reasonable, others not so much.