Reviews (page 10 of 15)
Overall, an exciting project, the instruments used and the intensity of it are very enjoyable. The best way I can describe it is as final boss/epic movie scene music for sure. I can apprieciate the cult following of metallica off this albumn but personally not exactly my cup of tea that's why overall gets a 7.5/10 from me. Favourite songs have to be sad but true and of wolf and man. (wish there was a way to give half a star, so it gets 3 stars) Rough commentary as I listened: This would be the first rock album I have listened to, and must I say, Enter Sandman is a captivating song for sure, instantly had me wanting to shake my head. Something I would typically reserve for something like a Chief Keef song, lol. Intro alone, it is off to a good start; the drums and guitar are captivating as fuck. Enter Sandman - 8/10 Sad But True - 9/10 Goes Hard so far, but the only emerging criticism is the sly repetitiveness in sound. Holier than thou - 7/10 The Unforgiven - 6/10, different tone than the start, at least. Wherever I may roam - 8/10 Don't tread on me - 6.5/10 Through the never - 7.5/10 (final boss music) Nothing else matters - 8/10 (best vocals on the albumn) Of wolf and man -8.5/10 The God that failed - 7/10 My friend of misery - 7/10 The struggle within -7/10
Lot of hard hitting songs on this album
“…exit light, enter night, take my hand, we're off to never-never land!”; the dark beauty of Metallica!
Mid
Mehtallica
Looks like they tried to make their sounds a bit more commercial (not a bad thing), but there are some tracks still have a vibe of their earlier albums. Nice listen but not that essential to me, since I’m less interested in metal recently and also prefer their earlier albums before this. I guess my 15 year old self would have love it.
Much bigger fan of Master of Puppets.
Funker fint som gateway-metal og føde til UKM band.
Metall med et mørke over seg. Overraskende sentimentale greier. Tekstene føles litt påtatte, jeg kjøper dem liksom aldri helt.
Weirdly underwhelmed by this. Definitely an improvement over the last Metallica album I had from this project, and there's a couple of standout tracks, but it all sort of merges into a very midtempo sludge that I didn't find as sonically interesting as I'd like.
The black album, nothing else matters!
Other than the guitar playing, most of these songs are just not that good lol
Wasn't really for me
- Not really my cup of tea, but not completely terrible - There's some melody and enjoyable parts of songs
Metal!
Not my genre, but a couple ones I like. I know Nothing Else Matters far better than I thought.
i only listened to half of it... (guitar) (guy speak sings some sad words) (More guitar) not bad... i would defo eat it up if i was like angry
The problem I tend to have with Metallica is that they don’t really grab me for extended periods of time. There’s not many songs that they have that I sit and feel genuinely satisfied to have listened to, and this album has a lot of those moments. It’s genuinely solid insofar as it’s well made, well produced, etc., like there’s nothing in here that’s necessarily bad, but only a few songs properly grabbed me (Enter Sandman, Don’t Tread on Me). I think if it was a bit thrashier like their first few albums I would have enjoyed it more.
The last semi solid Metallica record in my opinion. Definitely not my fave though…too many “hits”.
Monster album, monster hits, but it gets boring, preachy, and suffers from sameness. I think I bought this CD back in the day (I must've, because I'm definitely familiar with it all), but it was the last Metallica album for me. It's brilliant in a "We discovered the formula for MTV & radio airplay!" kind of way, but it's really mostly Metallica-flavored early 90s radio rock. A far cry from their previous albums. Kicks off at a solid 4/5, but by the end it's the kind of 3.5/5 that I round down.
I'm not a metal guy, of course there are some classics here.
Classic and just right to reminisce on the era
Good album with some amazing songs but I think I'm to old to enjoy this type of music. I recognize the quality but anything more loud than 'Nothing Else Matters' is to much for me.
Some good songs some snoozers. Holier than thou was rlly good.
The singles are good. The rest is just fillers. Not bad fillers but mostly uninteresting I think. I forgot how much I hate "Don't Tread on Me" lol. "The Unforgiven" is my fav. This is another exemple of an album that could have been better by making it shorter. I dont hate long album (I love Swans) but its a problem when an album with 5-6 good songs and 6 mid-bad songs is an houre long. Cut the crap and leave the good stuff. Yep this album was really the start of MetallicA's downfall. And god did they fall... I cant believe the band that made "Ride the lightning" is the same that made motherfucking "Lulu". Wait RtL is not on this book ? And how is this album ratted higer than MoP ? In wich universe ?
I gave it a listen not my style of music but I did like the writing.
Heavy metal
This genre is not my cup of tea.
buen album para motivarse
Better than we thought. Pretty decent
I dont like this kind of music.
idek
Yea amazing album. So many hits. Metallica isn't my jam usually but this is a great album
temazo "enter sandman" pero no soy muy fan de este tipo de musica sorry not sorry
Not my ususal genre but impressed, need to listen more
Hittone metallone
The most popular Metallica album by the masses that most old school Metallica fans. Losing the thrash and the shred and way upping production results in a heavier but more sterile output. It's not actively bad by any stretch to me and MTV loved to scare me with the Unforgiven video back in the day. But it's decidedly not my favorite.
Bom album com algumas musicas que sao hinos do rock. Apesar disso, nao sou mt fã do Metallica, mas Nothing Else Metters, Unforgiven e Enter Sandman sao incriveis 3.5/5
Worse than I thought. I mean the hits were good but the rest was ehh. Low 3 stars
The 90’s were not kind to a lot of hair metal bands. It could have been worse for Metallica.
Never sure where I sit with Metallica. Some great riffs, but also way too many overly long tracks.
I mean. It is what it is. Not for me, I won't be going back to it any time soon
This was released when I was 19, which is in the ideal range for loving music that is relentlessly huge and loud. I saw them three times on this tour. Listening back, there are a few solid tracks, but overall it is a tough slog. Essentially the same tempo and vibe for an hour straight, with a couple of “ballads” tossed in to try to catch that “One” lightning in a bottle again. Not to mention that this stab at the early 90s grunge zeitgeist was a huge step down from Metallica’s early years of thrash and prog metal. The record that made them a global phenomenon to the point where they haven't released a listenable album in 30 years and still fill football stadiums around the world
Lars still sucks
A few of their best songs but also some filler and I'm not too big on Metallica ballads.
Good driving music, full of major hits, it’s fine. A little one-dimensional, but fine.
Metallica reminds me of smoking resin from a gravity bong. Does it get the job done? Certainly. Do I enjoy it? Not particularly. I’m not really a Metal guy, but all my friends in school were. All of them who weren’t good people loved Metallica, and all of those who were good people hated them.
Best: Nothing Else Matters I’m pretty selective with the music i listen to within heavy metal so i didn’t really go into this one with high expectations and to be honest that held true, however I did LOVE nothing else matters. Production was actually cleaner than i was expecting, it obviously was very weighty but i didn’t feel like it was as messy as i usually find a lot of heavy metal, the dynamics were also really well balanced and the vocals sat perfectly above the music. I didn’t think there was much variation in pitch between songs and many of the tracks,?particularly towards the latter half of the album, were very tonally and rhythmically similar which blurred them together for me after a while, but maybe that says more about my waning interest. I know technically James Hetfields are very impressive and i can appreciate them but in tracks like sad but true i find them almost comical and i envision a silly swamp monster singing. Musically this is a very consistent album, tracks have heavy intro riff, verse, big chorus, guitar solo which i suppose is the same for a lot of songs in general. I feel like me enjoying nothing else matters is almost unfair because it is so incredibly different to the rest of the album. It’s much more emotionally engaging and less aggressive, it showed incredible nuance that i didn’t feel on other tracks. Rating a bit higher because i love this so much and im generally a bit biased within the genre.
In December 1997 I was 12 years old when I got this album as a Christmas present. I really loved it back then which makes sense because metal music in general and Metallica in particular is the logical and very common next step after children's music. I haven't listened to this in 25 years or so but I still remember every song. At least 1.5 stars for nostalgia.
I get why everybody thinks it's good. But it's just not my thing.
Too heavy and drums are clunky. Maybe wasn't in the right head space
Couple of bangers. Listened to this a lot during high school, but not in my rotation anymore.
Started off strong with the iconic Enter Sandman, some great heavy riffs and a catchy chorus. From then on it was kinda more of the same but not quite as good, did start to get a bit bored of it, especially with how long the album is. I found as well the vocals could be a bit cheesy at times. I Really enjoyed the Unforgiven, kind of an Ennio Morricone vibe throughout. Great bass at intro of The God That Failed, sadly gets a bit lost in the mix for the rest of it. Great guitar tones for ripping solo at end of My Friend of Misery, the last two minutes of that were probably the highlight of the album for me. Borderline 3/4 for me but despite having some strong tracks, as an album listen it’s just a bit boring.
I'm bored
It's a far cry from their earlier stuff, but I still think it's decent. To be fair, I don't think there's anything of value I can add to the conversation here, if there's an that album has already been discussed to death, it's this one. I'm just kind of ambivalent about it. Favourite track: Enter Sandman
Four Metallica albums on this list seems a lot, just saying. Seems they were trying to capture a wider audience with this album, so I tried my best to appreciate their efforts. It's still mostly just a thumping noise but I did find it marginally more palatable than the previous two we have had to date.
Metallica just doesn’t hit for me as much as other metal/metal adjacent bands of their time. I don’t like their singer that much at all and their power cords sound almost generic (although this may be the Seinfeld effect). They just seem like the background music/target album/EA video game soundtrack choice from thrash metal — the most accessible but least special
I have listened to 'Enter Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' a lot in the past, so situating them within the album as a whole was interesting. 'Enter Sandman' is such a brilliant opening track - naming it as brilliant doesn't suffice for the way it propels the album forward and bursts onto the scene. 'Nothing Else Matters' is AMAZING. STUNNING. NO NOTES. For me, however, this meant the rest of the album blended into one. My prior experience with both of these songs meant they outshined the other tracks upon listening to the album as a whole. Maybe if I listen again this might not be the cause as, don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed listening to the album, discovering its overall sound, and delving into the journey it takes you on. It's just that all I was left with was 'Enter Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' (I guess they are popular for a reason!), leaving the rest to fall to the back of my mind. Rating: 3.5
Not necessarily a genre I completely embrace, but some massive riffs and excellent playing. Probably wouldn’t revisit, except for Enter Sandman, but don’t hate it either.
Es un álbum interesante pero no llega a conectar del todo
Not really something I'd come back to because it's not really a genre I vibe with. But I appreciate the artistry and craft.
Unforgiven and enter sandman are good, not loving the rest unfortunately apologies to the fans. Solid but likely wont come back to it a ton.
3/5. “The black album” is the moment where Metallica went from being big for a metal band to being one of the biggest acts on earth. If you’ve ever tuned into rock radio post 1990, you likely have this albums singles burned into your mind. And with the first leg of the album, it’s easy to see how it was such a huge success. But as the tracklist goes on there is a number of lesser tracks in my opinion such as “don’t tread on me.” And just being blunt I vastly prefer thrash Metallica and the radio overplay of this albums singles has worn them down for me (even if that’s not the fault of the songs.)
Classic metal from the 90s, done well, even if Lars is a dork.
I listened to this because I'm a completionist, but I did not need to hear all of it to know how I feel about it. It's one of the most important metal albums ever, and contains several of Metallica's all-time classics. Sadly, it's impossible for me to divorce my feelings about the music from my feelings about the band, and can only care for Metallica from a musical anthropology perspective. To that end, I watched the VH1 Behind The Music more times than I could count when it came out in the late 90s, but I've never owned a Metallica record. As a guitar player, the only things that ever interested me about the band are the classical guitar intros that they like to dabble in (I also mentioned this on my "...And Justice For All" review). In this case, that's primarily "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters". The enduring impact of this record forces me to rate it higher than if I were rating purely on personal preference. One of the longest hour long records in recent memory. My review of "...And Justice For All" said that I wasn't really annoyed to listen through that record, but I don't remember if that was just because it caught me on the right day or what was going on. I certainly feel a little annoyed to listen through this today, so I'm gonna price that in.
They're clearly enjoying themselves massively and if you like this genre at all you're going to love this. Unfortunately heavy metal is perhaps the genre I dislike most of all. But I'll score it relatively highly to allow for this being probably the best in it's class.
Day 1 — Metallica — Metallica (Black Album) (1991) Listened: Feb 23, 2026 Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Vibe: Haunting, aggressive, melodic Highlights: • Enter Sandman • The Unforgiven • Nothing Else Matters Impression: Giant sound. Very melodic for how heavy it is. Good balance for my tastes and makes heavy metal palatable for me. Rating: 3.0/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Yes
Hard and rock
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Schon so ein bisschen überbewertet.
I knew only two of these songs (the very well-known ones). The riffing is semi-decent (crunchy texture), but there are almost no off-beat rhythms, why is it so square? And I'm soon tired of the vocal style - I am quite open to cathartic music, but this is almost always shouty/angry, boring. So, Nothing Else Matters is great (better dynamic range), some other songs could be okay as one-off workout songs, but I wouldn't play this again as an album. I will keep choosing heavy rock / metal (eg Living Colour, Agriculture) that doesn't have this tedious shouty tone. Feeling generous, I say it's "Mix of Good and Bad", 5/10.
I finally got around to this, been putting it off. It was alright, 3 stars. definitely some catchier moments here and I've heard a lot of these tracks before but I've always steered clear of Metallica before. My view have softened to them in recent years but not super impressed with this album.
This has been my first listen through of a Metallica album, and it was an interesting listen but a little disappointing. The tone/timbre of everything is perfect, the drums are pounding, the vocals have that great gravelly quality, and the guitars sound perfectly chunky and electric... But the songs themselves just failed to wow me. Enter Sandman is of course a great track, but by the time I'm in the second half of the album my attention is really wanting, which really sucks because those other elements feel so great. I know Metallica has other albums that are held in a little more higher regard so I'm keeping my hopes up for when I get to those. Fav Track: 1 - Enter Sandman Best Three Track Run: 1, 2, 3
A little on the long side for not-my-preferred genre. But full of easily-recognizable hits.
It's metallica and it's good but I don't love metallica
This was okay. A bit too long for me.
Does this album need to be on this list? No. Groove metal Metallica really doesn’t need much dwelling on. That said, Sad But True is one of the platonic ideals of groove metal, so this album is worth listening to for that.
Not my usual but I liked it
I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would. My few encounters with metal have not been great, so this was a pleasant surprise. A fault that I think can be found in every album of this genre is the monotonous sound throughout, which can, and did, become tiresome. And I know this is not an original thought, given it's their most popular song, but 'Enter Sandman' is great, I loved it. Three stars. (Favorite track: Enter Sandman.)
A good metallica album, though I miss their thrash days. Solid, but I might not come back to this.
I am more of the raging thrash heaviness of the first four Metallica records, rather than this big top 40 one. But I guess Enter Sandman and Unforgiven are poppy hits.
Um, a very masculine production is my first thought, in both fine and not so fine ways.
3 and a half. Enjoyed this more than I thought I would
About half the songs slap enormously, and the other half are guff. Lars is the world's worst drummer
Started off good. The songs all kind of sound the same to me.
It was fine.
It got worse from here for one of my favourite 80’s bands
I definitely enjoyed this version of Metallica a lot more than the version that created "Master of Puppets". Thrash metal is very much not my thing. I don't understand the appeal at all. But the music on this album is more focused on melody, and less on thrash elements, and ultimately it ends up being a much better piece of work. Thrash still sneaks in, but when surrounded by the more heavy rock sound, it actually works really well. "Enter Sandman" is a classic song. Everything about this song works so well from start to finish. It's dark, theatrical and foreboding, and the idea of turning the sandman into a horror story is pure genius. "Nothing Else Matters" is the other classic on this album. The opening acoustic guitar riff became compulsory learning for budding guitarists in the 90s, even if you weren't a Metallica fan, and for a good reason. The decision to soften the heaviness with orchestration is what makes this song, and coupled with that great chorus vocal, it's a different side of Metallica: restrained and refined. But, the songs surrounding these classics are where the album falls. Thrash sneaks in for full songs here and there, and a lot of the other songs don't really go anywhere, making a good chunk of the album feel quite forgettable. But, all in all, this side of Metallica, the side favouring melody over mindless thrashing, is one that I can actually listen to and enjoy.
Stand-out tracks: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, My Friend of Misery I'm generally not a fan of heavy metal so I knew going in that I wasn't going to like it apart from the few tracks I've already heard before. I've noticed that I'm a much bigger fan of the tracks that mix moments of high octane energy and moments of slowness and just instrumentals without the harsh vocals. Tracks that are just at a 100% from start to finish tire me out really quickly. In that sense only about half of the album is ok to me while the rest I won't be going back to, hence the average rating.
Highlights: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Wherever May I Roam, Nothing Else Matters Interesting how their whatever-th album is a self titled one (and not a debut), but it all makes sense when you look at it through the lens of the entry point for the normie edgy metalhead - which it is. But hate for the annoying fans aside, I found the record to be very good too. It has this edginess to it, but it is also very approachable to the general masses because it takes on some elements from 80s rock hits. It's great for what it is and I wouldn't mind playing it more often if it wasn't made by Metallica - a bunch of twats who act all edgy and cool until you download their music from Napster. The lyrics are a bit too edgy for my liking so I didn't pay much mind to them. I really don't get how this shit gets infinite praise while nu metal gets slammed for the same reason. The record for me was therefore heavily carried by its sound, which did make my head bop. I have heard more interesting tracks from their other records, so I guess this wouldn't be my favourite record of theirs based on that. This record was a bit more on the tamer side of metal. That's why I'm saying it's normie friendly. For instance, does Unforgiven even count as metal? Half of the material is more of a ballad type. I won't be revisiting this record as a whole, but the highlights will definitely remain in rotation.
The more melodic songs probably better suited to me. I did like Metallica pretty well when I was younger. 3/5
A few strong tracks. Not my thing.
Revisiting this album after I last listened to it in high school. Quite nostalgic and if I remember correctly it was of my introductions to heavy metal since Metallica decided to take the more commercially accessible route with this album.
Heavy metal.
Absolutely BUZZING for this one, I really like Metallica and this album, I’ve always wanted to listen to more. Man icl I didn’t really like any of the songs other than the ones I already knew. Fav song is ‘Nothing Else Matters’.
Not fond of metal in the slightest but this was a good listen.
Solid enough in a stodgy, plodding sort of way. Dark enough to be vaguely interesting to a non-Metallica fan, but lacking enough to disappoint thrash Metallica fans.
Contains two of their better known songs but the rest is pretty average
i really liked exactly half of the songs and absolutely hated the other half. truly the most 2.5 album to have ever 2.5'd
I like Metallica, I can see the appeal of the album. It's a little too pop oriented for most of it and forgettable for the rest. It's no Master of Puppets!
6.5 - Some decent tracks. Def prefer older Metallica.
A lot less abrasive than I was expecting, definitely kept me awake on my drive to work this morning. High 3
I've gone back and forth on Metallica over the years - times when I really liked them and times where I haven't. On the Black Album, I think the better songs save the rest of the meh songs on the record. Overall they are extremely important to the genre, have some great songs and an overall strong discography. While this is no Ride The Lightning or Master of Puppets, it's still worth a listen and a pretty easy entry into their genre of metal.
I didn't like this as much as S&M but I knew a lot of the songs. Metallica has kind of a hokey reputation, but I like them!
For me it’s a 3.5, which says a lot considering I almost never listen to metal. That said, it’s really good—I saved four songs that are now part of my daily listening. This was a first listen, so it’ll probably take some time to fully grasp it. The sound quality is great, and there are a lot of dynamics I’d love to steal for my own music :) hahaha. P.S.: This project is going great—loving this generator so far.
Took me back to high school. Metal isn't really my jam, but enjoyed this album all the way through.
3/5
Great highlights and overall solid album
It's good, but not as good
i already listened to this one
Its not my style but its good
187/1089 Enter Sandman is just pretty great, especially as an album opener. it’s a fine album but still suffers the issue i often have with this and similar genres, which is that i just don’t really need an hour of it. the songs i liked were good and i’d listen to them again, especially in a movie/tv context. Otherwise i’m just fine to have this one listen. Similarly, i once again find that i prefer metal music when there aren’t vocals (in particular, i often don’t love male vocals in this style) S&M remains my fave Metallica project (ironically considering it’s length) but i prefer this over Justice faves: Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, My Friend of Misery 64/100
Personally, I checked out after …And Justice For All. Whilst it not may be the Metallica that I grew up on, it’s still a good record. The Bob Rock production still holds up and there’s no doubt the songs are there that cemented the band’s popularity.
Ok
Points for nostalgia but the songs all sound too similar
Uno de los mejores álbumes de Metallica, con temazos icónicos. Metallica Sound.
After a bit of deliberation, I have decided i'm not going to be re-listening to the black album. I'm not really overly fond of Metallica at the best of times these days, and the black album is kind of a culmination of the issues I have with them. That being said, it's a reasonably fine album, and I can't knock it entirely just because it's fallen out of favor with me. Used to mess with it back in the day.
Teenage me would have rated this album 5 stars. Adult me has a harder time giving this album more than three.
Heard this album many times. Bit overplayed for me. Reminds me of my uncle 😅
Makes me wanna play guitar hero real bad!
The Metallica album I’m familiar with. Some good songs, but not really my style.
Not as good as I thought it would be
I listened to this album while patrolling around GRPSTC, a training center for firefighters and police officers, and while driving around the desert roads surrounding it. I looked at pictures of firefighters on the walls and I thought about my father. While I don't have enough experience with metal to make any declarative statement on my feelings towards it, I can at least feel pretty comfortable saying that this Metallica album just represents a version of metal which doesn't do much for me personally. There are of course some incredible songs here, and I can respect and appreciate the power and atmosphere of this entire album, but I still find myself feeling a little left out by metal as a genre. We'll see how that relationship changes throughout this list. It also seems to be a coin flip as to whether or not I'll find the lyrics of any given song endearing and catchy or kinda hokey, and while that doesn't completely make or break songs for me, it definitely doesn't help. Though with all that said, Enter Sandman is still an all-time song. Highlights: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, Of Wolf And Man
Naturally we all have our problem genres - country, jazz, 80's. For me the big one is classic metal. Great production on this album, every word, note, drum hit crystal clear, love the war drum throughout, and I rarely turn down a screaming guitar solo, but the damn music, yeah, no. One of my hopes and goals over the next 900 albums might be a respectful appreciation for a couple high water mark metal albums, this one included.
I used to listen to Metallica in high school - mainly Ride the Lightning (my favourite album of theirs). I definitely listened to Enter Sandman many times back then too. They are talented, but I find that I really don't connect with their music all that much as an adult and just can't get into it now. I still enjoy some of their songs though, like Nothing Else Matters. Miley Cyrus performed the song with Metallica a few times ~4 years ago and absolutely killed the vocals!
it's not bad but i personally don't like it (( all songs sound almost the same
This was an album that I came to fairly late when getting into Metallica, and it's perhaps resultantly one that I don't have as much enthusiasm for compared to others in their catalogue. I'm loathe to be one of those "tHeY WeNt rAdIo MeTaL" types - there are undoubtedly some great moments on here amongst the more mid-tempo, groovy floor fillers, but there is a fair amount of fat you have to hack away at to get to the juicy innards, and I'm consistently left wanting for the breakneck speed and unpredictability of their earlier works. When the album does opt to pick up the pace somewhat, the attempts to do so feel somewhat misguided, lacking and/or forced, and much of the rest drones on a bit too much for my liking in a homogenous fashion.
Kinda fun as a collection of dumb metal tracks, but a little weaker as an album. Everything on here is very formulaic structurally, but the formula is strong enough to keep it afloat.
To me Metallica died with Cliff Burton. This is a solid, but bit boring hard rock album. Seems like the band lost their edge after ...and justice for all... (which of course was done without Cliff, but his spirit still seemed to linger around).
Metallica lost me at ...And Justice. It was already not what I expected, feeling like stadion oriented hard rock instead of the aggression that got me hooked on to the band in the first place. This is just more of the same, but in even more polished fashion, all of the edge gone and rough as fine porcelain.
6/10 Favorite: Enter Sandman
The last good Metallica album, not their greatest work but still a good way to send off the metal era before they got into the terrible era. I think that may favorite song on the whole album is "The Unforgiven" I think that is mostly due to the imagery from the music video. I do feel like this album could lose a couple of songs on here though they are not all bangers. A very healthy 3 stars.
Meh
Krijg zin om doom te spelen hiervan. Oprecht vond ik dit soms best tof. Fav track: the unforgiven
Love the cover, the vocals are so fun. I feel the vibe. Probably not an album I would choose to just play? But I’m honestly really feeling it. I’ll keep it in mind when I’m feeling more rage. I think I’ll rate a 3 just for how it matches with my personal tastes. Actually idk maybe 4 because I added 4 tracks to my liked songs
Half of this album is actually listenable. “Hey everybody, Metallica wrote some songs that don’t suck! You gotta hear them! Put it on the list!”
it was ok, def not my typa genre but it wasnt too bad
one note, but I enjoy it a lot, especially the drums!
Not sure if there are other Metallica albums on here. I understand why this one would be on here if there’s only one, because it was their big mainstream breakthrough album that showed their transition from a thrash band that could pack stadiums to the heavy rock juggernaut they later became. Influential, absolutely, and that a few of the songs on this album still get fairly heavy airplay shows the impact the record had. But their best? Not a chance. Their slower ballads are the stronger songs on here, when they speed up and get thrashy, they did it much better before. Overall, I find the album plodding. It’s far better than what came after it, but not close to as good as the ones that preceded it.
Not at all my kind of music, but it was not horrible.
Not my music, but there were a surprising number of hits on this album. It was an ok sound track to perform deep cleaning.
This album has 2 amazing songs. 2 very good songs gas and the rest of the album sounds basically the same. The 4 songs pulls it up to 3 stars but I can’t go any higher. This isn’t my thing but it does have value and I’m glad it exists
Metallica reinvented themselves with this album and broke into the mainstream. Personally, I prefer their catalog through …And Justice For All, but at the same time it was good to see a bit of creative growth (cough: sellout :cough).
Classic. But not my mood rn.
They have one sound and they stick to it. Yeah it’s a classic but after you listen to other bands in the genre you realize Metallica are just kinda basic. Ngl there are a few bangers on here but they don’t really hold up for me and it’s mostly just nostalgia because this was one of the first CDs I owned.
Moody attitudinal aurally interesting metal. Zig zaggy guitars, meaty drums, interesting lyrics delivered in the classic Hetfield way. Changes in tempo kept my interest, esp in Wherever I May Roam, but at an hour or so long, the whole thing started to wear me down.
When I was in high school cross country every invitational meet there would be these dudes who would warm up carrying a boombox on their shoulders and the only songs they would ever play were Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue and Enter Sandman. Anyway, this album is solid. It’s not their best work, but the singles are really good. Why does Don’t Tread On Me use the melody from America from West Side Story? Favorite songs were Enter Sandman, Sad But True, and Nothing Else Matters.
Metallica är metialica, pappa skulle vara nöjd
i liked some of the tracks; The Unforgiving and Nothing Else Matters. liked the hard riffs. 2.5/5 ig.
Has good melodies and a solid sense of cohesion between the instruments, but in today’s context it can feel a bit bland. That said, it still holds up reasonably well, and most of the songs have an interesting flow that keeps them engaging. There’s a noticeable cynical edge running through the album. Overall, my main issue is the vocals, they just don’t do it for me.
The last good Metallica album. Has some great tracks but pales in comparison to their 80s output. 6/10
An audible "Tch" was my literal reflex response. It's not that I hate Metallica; I just find them kinda predictable and safe. Although, I suppose that IS better than dangerously unpredictable metal. *shiver* Anyway, I gave 'Master of Puppets' a 3, and this seems no worse (nor better), so another 3 it is.
i quite like metallica and i have this album on cd. opens up with the incredible enter sandman but then it’s kinda downhill from there. not that it’s necessarily awful it just pales in comparison. still, two things can be true at once and this album is a classic that also follows a classic structure and makes sense musically. but it’s just boring eventually. as a full album i think it’s repetitive but the hit singles stand strong by themselves if that makes sense. idk what im talking about really. i freaking love the unforgiven and dont tread on me
i can finally wear the shirt now haha. honestly, not my style but it gave me a lot of energy while driving wherever I may roam = incredible song
Favs: where ever i may roam, the unforgiving, and nothing else matters
Some great songs, but overall pretty mediocre by the lofty standards Metallica had set by this point. Favorite track: Wherever I May Roam
Good
Here’s the thing…I like Metallica…but this is my least fav Metallica. Love the thrash/punk vibes- the weird gothic doom ballad metal, not my thing.
Tää oli junnuna lempparilevy! Nyt reiska 30 vuotta myöhemmin on tässä pari ihan jees rokkibiisiä, mutta vähintään puolet aikamoista täyteSHITTIÄ. Annetaan vanhojen muistojen kunniaksi jotain 3 ja 4 välistä
Nojoo tääkö se on se levy mihin metallikan ois kantsinut lopettaa levyttäminen ja ruveta vaan vetään keikkaa Porissa ja muualla. Voihan tää se olla. Ei kuulunut lapsuuven saati nuoruuven suosikkeihin. Ei kuitenkaan niin rupinen kun se tsastiissi jota kuunneltiin par kuukautta sitten. Ohan tässä semmosta hittiä että on saatu miljuunaa tilille joka pojalle. Ei siis mulle mutta noille jotka tässä skulaa. Bassookin äänittäessä muistettu laittaa liuku ylös eikä unehtunut alas (heh heh). Vuan mitä tähän nyt sanois. No kyl ne alkupään levyt on parempia. Tää menee sitten enempi siihen samaan kun sunkvistin mika kysy popedalta että ottaako mieluummin kriitikoiden suitsutusta vai kesämökkitonttia. Tässä on sitten mötallikan jannut valinneet ne malibu-kartanot. Vai mitä helvettiä siellä isossa maailmassa onkaan. Alkaa vähän puuduttaan saundimaailma ja hönkiminen pidemmän päälle niin ei ihan pysty nelosta antaan. Samalla kun tietää että kyllä ne paremmat levyt sielt viel listaa kivutessa varmasti päästään kuunteleen niin säästetään sitten pistepotteja sinne sitten joo. Voihan se olla että menee marisemiseks niidenkin kohalla.
Le gros son du black album, moi pas vraiment mon truc. 3 banger sur l'ensemble
Enter Sandman is a great song, overall the album was ok. Not my usual genre to listen to.
I listened to this album a lot when riding around with my Dad as a kid. That's why I wanted this listen-through to make me feel something, and all I felt was tired. Cliff's dead, they already indulged themselves to the max on the last album. Now it's time to get the guy that makes Motley Crue sound good and ride the angst wave into a new decade of arena tours. You can sell a lot of records without selling out. You can also sell a lot of records by selling out and that's what Metallica did.
Me gusto escucharlo completo. No es mi estilo, pero es muyyy bueno 👌👌
conocía 2 temas de este álbum. nunca escuché metallica porque no son mi estilo, pero me gustaron varios temas!! wherever i may roam fue el q mas me gustó, tmb sad but true y holier than thou. la primera vez q lo escuché me pareció q empezaba con todo y después bajaba y se tornaba medio aburrido, pero después volví a escuchar los temas y me gustaron. gran álbum!! si pudiera le pondría 3.5 estrellas
This album made me 100x more productive at work while I listened.
This would get such a higher rating if Lars and James weren't such dillweeds. Also, a lot of the music is repetitive but there are definitely some epic songs on this album. So like it's good for its time, mid for now, and it was just a minute before some of the best music of my generation: alt and grunge.
Good one
Some classics - enter sandman, the unforgiven, nothing else matters - but the rest is a little same same for me. Straight 3
metallic.
Some very great songs on here but also a ton of filler here so it's hard to give it above a 7/10, still some classics here though
I respect it, but I don't like it.
Every ending is a new beginning...
3.5
- First song was very familiar and fun, but the last part of it less fun, - Second song a bit boring (Sad but true)
What surprised me the most was that I didn't hate the album. Heavy metal music has never been my go to music, but with the slower, heavier sound of this album, I thought it was more than long and loud guitar riffs which would often hurt my back teeth; plus, it was a nice change from the electronic music I had to listen to yesterday. Still, I'm not a big fan as the lyrics were quite depressing. My biggest problem with the album is that so many of the songs have the same sound, so it becomes hard to distinguish one song from the other; still, best song: "Enter Sandman", worst songs: "Wherever I May Roam" although it could have been, "The Struggle Within" or "Of Wolf And Man" also as they all sounded pretty much the same to me.
Enter Sandman rocks. The rest sounds like those kids in high school who wore jeans jackets
Yeah well. Plays of this one would be in the thousands. Far from my favourite from Metallica, but still a good spin.
Fine.
Yeah it was ok. I feel like I have personal biases against Metallica. I didn't dislike the songs but didn't like them either.
Metallica used to be my favorite band. Then they hired Bob Rock to produce this. The Black Album was the beginning of the end. Good for them for the commercial success but it’s not for me.
There are some heavy hitters here, and then there's the rest of the album. You can tell this is probably the most commercial album in Metallica's discography, mainly due to the sound they decided to capture. I don't really know how to describe that in words, but tracks such as "Wherever I May Roam" and the iconic "Enter Sandman" sort of reinforce that feeling. This all leads me to share the same thoughts I had with their previous album on this list, "...And Justice For All", in that it all sounds a little one-dimensional to me. The song structures just never really differ from track to track and it all becomes a tad exhausting to listen to. Ballads such as "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" act as a change of pace here and there, but ultimately this doesn't strike me as *that* influential of a metal record. I stand by my opinion of preferring Metallica's earlier, thrashier stuff.
I liked the ones that everyone likes
the guitar and the drum...
Just not my favorite. Some replayability but ultimately just not my type of music
Not a big Metallica fan but, always enjoy listening to Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters.
Its okay. There's a couple songs that I might have enjoyed if I hadn't heard them as a kid, but overall a little heavy for my taste.
Heard several of these before. Not bad.
rock
Veerry good album, a classic, some beloved songs there, a few of the albums in this genre i actually like, tho still not my cup of tea.
Pretty straightforward metal
I have heard so much Metallica. They have been massively overplayed. That's not their fault, I'm just tired of it.
Great metal album, I think it isn't quite on the level of master of puppets and ride the lightning for me. Overall enjoyed though
Nota: 3.0
To give some context for this review, I have no nostalgia for or emotional attachment to the music of Metallica. I have never listened to one of their albums front to back and I've only heard bits & pieces of a few tracks ("Nothing Else Matters," "Master of Puppets" and "One") thanks to Hardwell, Stranger Things and Guitar Hero III. Yes, I'm THAT normie. In spite of this (and partially because of this), I've quietly been very excited for the Generator to eventually give me some Metallica. The combination of how much I liked Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album and how much I disliked Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone made me curious how the band most synonymous with metal (and the best-selling artist in the genre) would fare. I also listened to my first Lou Reed album very recently and was waiting to give Lulu a listen until I could ingest some "normal" Metallica, so getting their self-titled LP as today's assignment was a huge treat. At least, I thought it was going to be a treat. I won't beat around the bush here... I can't say in good faith that I'm a fan of this album. I guess my main issue is that I just don't really like James Hetfield's vocals and they're pretty hard to escape from here. Most of the tracks have decent guitar solos and those certainly help break up the longer vocal sections, but the instrumentals are rarely ever compelling enough to make sitting through minutes upon minutes of unbearably “masculine” vocals worth the wait. Another thing I knew about Metallica going into this album is that Lars Ulrich is often referred to as a bad/terrible drummer. I always assumed people were being needlessly harsh (and I still think that, for the most part), but I can kind of see what they're talking about after listening through The Black Album. His drumming usually gets the job done here, but it's not particularly technical and there were a few moments where it sounded like he was wandering off the grid, which got a bit distracting. I did enjoy this album a few degrees more than All Hope Is Gone and feel like it deserves a higher rating, but I'd also be more annoyed with someone putting it on over other albums that I've rated three stars, so I'm a bit stuck here. I'm feeling nice today, so I'll go three and cede that perhaps this is a good album in a genre I generally don't care for – I like metalcore, alternative metal and progressive metal, but maybe thrash metal just isn't my thing. Oddly enough, I think I'm even more excited to listen to Lulu now – I just can't envision how Lou Reed & Metallica would work together and I have to know what it sounds like! Will report back on that in my next Metallica (or Lou/TVU) review, assuming I have anything interesting to say. Highlights: Enter Sandman, Holier Than Thou, Wherever I May Roam, Nothing Else Matters
I’m a little disappointed I didn’t like this more. “Enter Sandman” is cool and all, but feels sort of cliche to me now. And the other tracks just didn’t do much for me. Maybe it’s the singer’s limited vocal range?
Enter Sandman
Nothing like enter sandman at 6AM to get you hyped for a workout. It’s good but not something I would listen to casually
5/10
loved it
According to some critics, this album represents Metallica's move from their earlier thrash metal brilliance to mainstream commercial rock. I agree, and I am thankful. That said, the move isn't significant enough to make me a fan. I can easily respect and appreciate the work and move toward maturity. It sounds great and has a few memorable standards. They just won't be standards in my listening history.
I have mixed feelings on this one. It was their first album I listened to, and I dug it. That was 25 years ago at this point, and my taste in metal has grown a lot since then. I liked this album at the time, but it doesn't really hold up for me. It's got some good stuff, but the overall tone just doesn't sit well with me anymore.
Classic!
Better than I thought it'd be. Enter Sandman is a banger.
This is their radio album. Enter Sandman is trite. One is classic. Some filler, some heavy. Not their best work, this is when it all started falling apart...
Solid uncontroversial metal.
Struggled understanding the lyrics and the panting but very pleasant!
My uni mate loved Metallica. He tried for a number of years to convince me. Never quite got there with Heavy Metal. Going 3 stars in honour of Jools!
It may not be my style, but it’s not horrible
This is a solid album, but the heaviness (in particular in sounds) weighs it down. I do think it is too cohesive and in his own world to truly be great in my opinion. There is no question it should be there, or that it is worth a listen, but I understand why the hit is Nothing Else Matters, a gorgeous song, and probably the only one who doesn't sound like the others. I also think the songs are generally too long, 1H plus for twelve tracks it feels quite slow which is surprising for a metal/rock album. On the positive side it has energy, depth, and ambition. I could have used some fun, but overall I did enjoy listening to it
After reviewing "...and justice for all", I came into this expecting the worst, and was pleasantly surprised. I like the slower, more methodic sound, the bass is actually present, and the use of atypical instrumentation in metal was cool.
This is the album that the guy next door in the student dorm kept playing over and over. So, despite myself, I know every note. It's a decent album. Not my thing but I'm forever grateful that my neighbour wasn't into worse music.
Supongo que este es el álbum más "pop" de Metallica. Tiene la mayor cantidad de temas popularmente reconocidos, lo cual deviene claramente de una búsqueda musical diferenta a la que traían con álbumes anteriores. Temas con estructuras más simples, beats mucho más sencillos y letras introspectivas conforman la obra. No es un álbum que me guste (la banda en general no me moviliza), aunque tampoco me parece malo. Mi problema radica sobre todo en la batería. Siento que no tiene groove, y recae en la utilización de recursos predecibles, como la acentuación con los platillos en los acentos de los riffs para volver a un beat extremadamente básico. No me molesta que los beats sean simples, pero el problema es que no se percibe como pensados en función del groove de los riffs, sino que más bien forzaron un estilo de batería a lo AC/DC o Rollings Stones (lo cual fue buscado conscientemente según entrevistas) sobre riffs que a mi parecer requieren algo diferente. Varios de los temas me parecen demasiado largos para lo poco que ofrecen compositivamente. Además los riffs tienen poco contrapunto, suelen duplicarse bajo y guitarra, ofreciendo poca imaginación compositiva. El tema que más me gustó es "Nothing Else Matters", lo cual es irónico porque es el menos heavy metal de todos. Pero lo interesante es que la simplicidad de la batería en este caso funciona a la perfección, y la voz del cantante se luce y se disfruta mucho mejor cuando no está intentante freír el timbre, y además el arreglo de orquesta que forzó el productor le da más tridimensionalidad. En fin, un álbum reconocido, pero con poco mérito.
Have never (knowingly) listened to Metallica before, some great drum and guitar, interesting lyrics and loved 'Nothing Else Matters' so glad I discovered this
Didn’t like as much as I thought, but still shreds
Another oh well record. Contains the big hit, but also plenty of left in right out tracks.
Enjoyed listening to this album 3/5
Im getting back into rock ish Music, but I think it was pretty good, didnt listen the entire album
i clicked on the wrong one, accidentally finding the 8h anniversary version. this shit will be on my spotify wrapped whether I want it or not. 3*
Tricky. There are some good tracks on here, ones that I enjoy listening to, but I don't think this 'works' as an album. It's analogous to putting your favourite track of all time on repeat for an hour; at the end I'll guarantee you'll like it a bit less. It would help if this was about 20 minutes shorter. 3/5 as an album. Some of the individual tracks deserve more.
++: Enter Sandman, Holier than Thou, Wherever I May Roam, Through the Never, Nothing Else Matters, Of Wolf and Man, My Friend of Misery +: The God That Failed, The Struggle Within +-: Sad but True, The Unforgiven, Don't Tread on Me 7,7/10
I know this is the album everyone points to as the beginning of the end for Metallica. That said, I can't say that I disagree, as I like the earlier albums much better, but it's really not that bad. That, and I have a soft spot for this time period because it came out as I was discovering music on my own, so it imprinted on me. I probably won't put it on for myself, but I can't help but nod my head when I inevitably hear it at bars, restaurants, etc.
Good album, seemed larger than life back when it came out, less so now.
Would listen for a workout
It's alright, a bit long though.
I knew the big singles, but never listened to the album before this. Some of those have grown on me, but overall the style isn't really for me.
Lot of bangers on this one
While I respect and even like some of their older material (especially Ride the Lightning), my friends nearly ruined Metallica for me forever during high school in the late ‘80s by playing them constantly, at high volume, while staging mock fights. So by the time this album came out and took over the FM airwaves and MTV, I was well and truly over them. Listening to the full album for the first time ever today, I can recognize its qualities and why it won them so many new fans (and why many longtime followers were put off by it). My main problem with it is that by slowing down the tempos but otherwise keeping the snarling Hetfield vocal delivery, dystopian lyrical content and heavy riffage, the band lets cheese slip through the door — something highlighted by the brilliant Metallica-Huey Lewis mashup “Hip to Be Sandman” several years back. The other side effect of corralling the thrash was creating more room for Lars Ulrich’s absolutely ham-fisted drumming to come to the fore. There are also signs that the band was starting to run out of ideas.
Middle-school me is shouting "GIVE IT A FIVE" while 40-something me is shouting "YOU KNOW THIS IS NO BETTER THAN A TWO" ... looks like I'm spitting the difference and rounding down.
I gotta give it credit for being a crossover metal record that rejected hair metal and hit concurrent to grunge. Not my thing but the singles hold up for what they are.
Melodisk hårdrock 1991 utan att det blir pudelrock. Jag gillar tyngden. Hitsen Enter Sandman och Sad but true är bra låtar. Det finns fler. Några gitarrsolon för mycket kanske och det klickiga trumljudet är lite störande.
i've found i kind of fall all over the place with metallica. this album falls somewhere in the middle. i find i tend to like their earlier more energetic stuff, and this is kind of not that. of course, they're metallica, but this album does feel a bit more subdued and melodic, with ballads such as 'nothing else matters.' of course, 'enter sandman' is a classic and there's nothing on here that's truly bad or unlistenable, but i'm not sure i really vibed with it outside of maybe a handful of tracks.
On parempaa mitä muistin. Balladit varsinkin
Just okay!
I’d call this 2.5 rounded to 3. What saves this is more than 2 songs being standouts on the album. Enter sandman alone is one of the better Melodies in rock music. But I stand by the solos not really moving and sounding robotic. And there’s a lot of them and it’s clearly a focus. I just don’t dig it. No shuffle in the groove or 2 bar riffs at all don’t help. Thanks Lars.
It's a shame I don't like it, because I think it deserves a higher rating
I wish I liked this, but I don't
The non-singles really hit for me this time. As far as singles go, The Unforgiven fucking rules. overall, Metallica is so important and I straight up do not like them. you can hear them (Lars) sweating to make it work.
It's the last decent Metallica album. And the one I listen to the least these days.
There’s a good amount of fantastic songs here but it’s also a very long album
Better than the last Metallic album, but still basic American dad rock.
So many hits on this. Jason’s bass is famously present in the mix. What a crossover album.
Remembering this seminal study of our youth: "Metal Makes Ants Eat Faster, Science Proves" (9/4/14) Metallica made me that ant today.
i used to hate Metallica but started coming around a few years ago. this album has some real sledgehammers but i still hate songs like unforgiven and nothing else matters. at the end of the day, my growing appreciation mostly leans toward their earlier, faster metal.
Decent but as expected metal
Metallica’s 1991 album hits hard with its heavy riffs, but it also has surprisingly polished, melodic moments that make it easier to get into even if metal isn’t usually your thing.
Better than expected, still not really my type of music
omg yeji and mark really like this band and i remembered once they made me watch them and now they are engrained in my brain (engrained enough for a white band, i knew some of the songs that should count for something)! anyway this was fun i wasn't annoyed 🫶🏻
I liked this metallica album better than and justice for all, but not enough to give it 4 stars…I feel pretty neutral about it but overall not my vibe
Honestly, thought I would like this album more than I did knowing the hits that came off of it.
Un clásico del trash...cada día me gusta más.
I hate Metallica.
На альбомі є просто видатні метал-бенгери, але загальна траєкторія руху мені вже не дуже подобається. Хеві-метал та хард-рок Металіка не те, що мені треба. І в дитинстві я був травмований Nothing Else Matter, фізично не можу слухати цю пісню, ніколи її не любив.
Decent album with some great songs, and also some not so great songs. Probably the last good Metallica album, I don't think they have put out anything decent since. Knowing what they did in the first 4 albums, I can't rate this higher than 3.
they sold out bruh
I loved this album when I was discovering metal. Listened to it like crazy. Now I recognize this is when Metallica started to decline. Their first four albums are so much better, and everything after this album is straight un-listenable. This album is listenable, but it feels cheesy to me now.
Okay I know how iconic they are and how good their musicianship is, but I just don't like the music
Another art versus artist record for me. I can appreciate the energy and production, though this seems more like Pantera Light. I'm still jilted from the Metallica v. Napster lawsuit and bear a grudge that they were a bit petty and short-sighted about access to music. Though now we're living in music streaming content hell and I hope they got what they wished for. And the content of 'The Black Album' itself, it's alright. They should still steer clear of the Cowboys From Hell.
day 2, 8/12/25: self titled metallica track 1, enter sandman: 4.5/5 track 2, sad but true: 3./5 track 3, holier than thou: 3/5 track 4, the unforgiven: 4/5 track 5, wherever i may roam: 3.5/5 track 6, don’t tread on me: 2/5 track 7, through the never:2/5 track 8, nothing else matters: 3.5/5 track 9, of wolf and man: 2/5 track 10, the god that failed:3/5 track 11, my friend of misery: 2/5 track 12, the struggle within: 2/5 metallica is metallica. not my favorite but i won’t change the station if they start playing. this album is pretty much exactly that too. 3/5.
3 stars Another album that is too long but probably has enough good stuff to have been a great 40 minute record. My mind wanders and I stop caring. I forget about how great of an opening “Enter Sandman” is when I’m listening to 3 identical thrashers at minute 50. The singles are solid. Maybe others are good but it didn’t stick.
After a few days stretch I finally made it though this one. Very promising first few songs and progressively lost its charm
Really liked some of the songs but I found a lot of it too similar. Would definitely listen to the tracks I like again but wouldn’t listen to the whole album. Fav song: Enter Sandman Least fav: The Struggle Within
Pas nécessairement mauvais, mais pas pour moi. J’ai trouvé l’album trop long, même s’il ne fait qu’à peine plus d’une heure. Chansons répétitives, manque d’inspiration. Mais, ça s’écoute.
Overrated
This was the first time I listened to the whole album. I considered giving 4 stars (the two top hits are both definitely 5 stars), but in the end decided on 3, because I don’t think I’ll listen to the whole album again. A lot of songs started to sound the same to me.
Can get behind this in the right mood
Gah this was so close to a 4 because some of the music really does rip. But fuck me I just hate when singers growl at me. This album isn’t super egregious but just when I’m getting into a song, that little creed “uhh yeaaah” yanks me out
A 3.5. This is chock full of classics (RIP Mariano Rivera), and decent range for a heavy metal album. Although it doesn't do a lot for me, this album oozes pure Metallica sound
This is the album that AI would come up with if you gave it every 70s rock album. This is the absolute mean of all rock music from this period, even down to the folksy harmonica solo. It’s not good, it’s not bad, it’s average in every way possible.
As far as 62 minute songs go, this song is pretty ok.
3 1/2 stars
Partially rad, partially toxic masculinity, partially boring and samey
Good but not great
Fun but not enough to be better
*A few good songs, but pretty repetitive. *Metallica is best when they're playing around with volume (loud and quiet parts). *Fave track - Nothing Else Matters RATING - 6.5/10
The best metal album (which is an incredibly low bar, but still- they cleared it!)
Enter Sandman has to be up there as a Top 10 album opener.
The acoustic parts kinda feel like they're trying to be Led Zeppelin IV for the 90s, which I didn't like the first iteration of it anyway! I guess it kind of falls halfway between thrash metal and classic rock, which makes sense for its reputation. The album sounds pretty cool, but not cool enough to totally justify a 1 hour run time. Oh and also! I was always under the impression that Metallica fans saw Lars Ulrich as a bit of a joke, so I was really pleasantly surprised to hear just how great the drums sounded here?
Less than 500 albums to go and there are a lot of bands repeating. Oh well. Good album that sounds like Metallica…again.
alright
Ouais sympa mais pas non plus incroyable
I listened to Metallica too much when I was in 8th grade, so I think that's why I have a juvenile association with this album and most of their discography. I've tried several times to sit down with this album, but just can't make it through. It's like it's trying too hard, taking itself too seriously, and I just cringe. I don't feel like this sound has aged well, or maybe I've just heard many of these tracks too many times. It's tough to rate, because it's not as if I hate it or love it. I'm just a bit indifferent. It just seems to lack passion and sincerity, like it was manufactured just for airplay. I don't know enough about the Metallica story to weigh in on them "selling out" when this record was made, but I can see how many argue that this album is mostly pop songs under the guise of metal. I'll rate it in the middle since nostalgia is convincing me to be kind.
Sure, I guess this album belongs on this list given that 1001 albums is quite a lot and some of the other middling garbage they decided to include. Metallica's "Black Album" is pretty decent and probably their last decent album (I confess I did have Garage Inc. and enjoyed it as a kid more than I probably should have). Some of their best sounding production/mixes, but a lot of the songs to lack the teeth of their earlier output.
Not as much of a fan as with master of puppets but good sound and cohesion
It was fun going back to this album, I was a huge fan of it back in high school, and Metallica was one of the first metal bands I ever got into and were what helped turn me into the massive metalhead I am today. While I'm not quite as into it as I was back in the day - these days I prefer Metallica's early stuff to the much more radio friendly Black Album - it's still a really fun album with some absolutely iconic riffs.
The transition album, I definitely like the albums before it better but you get old and you can’t play hard anymore so you make an album like this show. You can still play hard but you’re slowing down. Metallica was never my favorite band, but they’re good. I saw the tour for this album they put on an impressive show.
Pretty epic.
Sad But True
a good metal album that sets the stage for a lot of bad metal albums.
Ok; hark rock but ptetty good hard rock
In high school, my friends and I listened to enter Sandman and nothing else matters a lot and thought we were really hard core. I’ll always love those. The others, not so much.
I like the covers on Angry Workout better.
This album is what I imagine those rock fans that stick out their tongues and hold the rock signs listen to. It's got the classic yelling metal rock that I just cannot rock with. I was actually pleased that there were slower melodies in some songs in this album. Those were the ones that I actually enjoyed. If the album had more of that, I would genuinely like it a lot more.
It's kinda boring
Starts off pretty good but I ended up bored after a few songs
anfangs durchaus melodiös wird es immer eintöniger, wenn auch auf hohem musikalischem niveau. ja @getaalbum, deine 5 sterne sind OK, auch wenn ich deine meinung nicht teile. 😉
Not their best album by a long shot. Frankly generic almost to the point of Disney-level corniness. Maybe I just don’t know enough rock/metal history to judge this album’s place in time. Enter Sandman and The Unforgiven are my favorites from this one, but most of the rest sounds the same. 6.5/10
Some classics but sometimes a bit too heavy for me.
pwease no steppy lol
I know Metallica are more thrash metal and I prefer to stay within the prog-metal genre as I like a good tune. This however pleasantly surprised me it sounds gothic, dark and on songs like Unforgiven very melodic. Definitely will check out more from this band.