Metallica

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.

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.

I can see the appeal and definitely enjoyed listening to this album. It's just not for me so much.

Great solo guitar moments and drums Quite dark First listen loved it. Second listen not so bowled over. Some great tracks in there though.

Not as good as the Cliff Burton era Metallica.

Some absolute era / genre defining bangers but also a fair amount of stuff I don’t love. Certainly deserves a place here but nearer the lower end of the scale. Extra star for helping Ant and his relationship issues…

It's a very well crafted and produced album, they achieved a very specific and consistent sound. Their sound here makes their brand of metal more accessible and mainstream. The production and the mixes are excellent, they sound very crisp and it lets the performances shine. Instrumentally they're great too, really liked the drumming and the guitar solos. Hetfield's vocal tone is very characteristic and well known by now, and it works great for their sound. I liked how heavy they sound at times, specially towards the end of the album. Thematically it's a bit dark but it's good that they get personal. The topics are questionable for me, "Of Wolf And Man" is a bit much, and "Don't Tread On Me" not only hasn't aged well, but the whole patriotic spirit isn't for me at all. I also disliked the opening riff. My favourite track was "My Friend Of Misery". The classic tracks are pretty good too. Overall it's a pretty well crafted and cohesive record. But I also feel it works better if you focus on the music and ignore the content of the lyrics.

I appreciate the attempt to craft songs that defy the typical thrash metal formula, adding musical flourishes and rhythmic changes to build a soundscape that adds drama. Yet there are still few melodic lines and the lyrics are often less than compelling. The Unforgiven, Don’t Tread on Me, and Nothing Else Matters were the highlights for me.

Nothing really tickles me here, drums are mostly uninspired, some solid riffs but very middling 3

It’s the only Metallica album i know.

I respect them. Good sound and I was surprised how many songs I was familiar with from this album.

I think I like the faster thrashier riffs and songs better that the half-time ones which feel like Ford truck adverts. Overall though it just seems quite mid, I haven't heard any of their early-mid 80s albums, but I'd imagine they are similar to this, but probably better, and way before. It just kinda feels outdated despite a lack of context. Obviously they are all incredible musicians, but there's quite a lack of variety. I think to put this alongside other 90s metal like Pantera or sepultura or something, those just feel much more 'progressive' and varied than this (in terms of instrumentally). I do think this is probably better than that slayer album from the other day, as that had absolutely zero variety. I will admit that it gets quite a lot better towards the ending. Its also way better than S&M, which I still ponder how that made it into the dude's book in the first place. Favourite songs: The unforgiven, wherever I may roam, through the never, nothing else matters, of wolf and man, the god that failed, my friend of misery Overall around 6/10

The good songs are really good but the slow songs are bad

Good metal/rock album.

Classic head banging fare. Too Much yelling for me

Did not age well

Not my favorite Metallica album

Never had anything for Metallica. I don't think that will change anymore

'Exit light / Enter night.' Except that this night has little of the color or the confusion that makes night an exciting, unpredictable part of our lives. I've seen interviews w/ Metallica, and James Hetfield in particular always struck me as a kindhearted individual, but Metallica's formulas don't do it for me. While I find myself nodding my head occasionally, their riffs are heavy but they aren't bluesy, i.e., they don't approach Sabbath's soulful metal. Kirk is clearly a gifted guitarist, but his solos are perfunctory, and Ulrich's a dense and uninteresting drummer. Most damningly, Hetfield is a corny lyricist, no matter how sincere: 'Never free, never me / So I dub thee unforgiven.' I do, however, appreciate the nod to West Side Story on 'Don't Tread on Me.'

2.5/5

Some absolute classics on here but it’s quite bloated and their older stuff is better.

Ok, but I found myself frequently zoning out. It was quite silly at times-- eg. some song about how cool it is to be a wolf, and a USSR diss track.

I don't know how long I can listen to this kind of stuff, but it kinda slapped ngl.

Such a solid classic band. Like the beginning of a tough sound that paved the way for sound garden, RATM, and others.

I like the first song slaying Sad but true- so true Forth song intro my ear likey Nr 8 is very soothing and me is loving it i enjoyed the album very mucho, guddo, greato

Prefer Metallica's thrash-ier stuff but a lot of great riffs on here. 6.5/10. Lot of same sounding songs but not a bad way to spend an hour

Crisp production. Heard some before. “Sandman” overexposed by now.

Metal music is cool, but Metallica in this album focuses so much on power chords, it's like they're brute forcing everything. I prefer more riffs and melodic phrases with the heavier driving force in metal/ heavy rock. 2.6

Massive album. I dig the first half but got tired with the very polished production.

Pretty good but couldve been <50 minutes

songs are a little long, other than that its not bad

Megadeth is better

The first of the post 80s Metallica albums, and arguably the transition to a more mainstream metal sound. The weakest of their first 5 records IMO. A few classics (Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters) none of the rest of the album cracks my personal Metallica top 20

One of the definitive albums of that year and influenced so many bands. Not my cup of tea but, ehhh… fun listen.

Riffs for days. It’s good, but not one I’d listen too all the way through.

Fine

Masterpiece classic

Off to never streaming land.

Better than that other Metallica Album.

I tried.... I really tried... I just couldn't get in to it. There a were a handful of good songs, but the rest was just repetitive and dull

Pues ok

Що ж, писати про Metallica можна багато, особливо якщо хочеться охопити усі аспекти їх творчості до цього відомого "чорного альбому". До нього гурт вже встиг отримати культовий статус та вважався одним з найуспішніших метал гуртів. Щодо треш металу, то Metallica справді були новаторами та завдяки своїм першим 3 альбомам додали в нього складність та епічність. Усі ці багатошарові вивірені аранжування які при цьому не втрачали у важкості та драйві вирізняли Metallica серед усіх інших треш метал гуртів та зрештою абсолютно заслуговано підняли їх на "металічний олімп". Натомість ...And Justice for All (1988) вже був настільки замороченим, ламаним та технічним, що частково вже торкався прогресів металу. Хоча цей альбом і був сприйнятий здебільшого доволі тепло, дуже багато людей його просто не зрозуміло та пройшли повз. Тому гурт, який ось-ось забрався на верхівку ризикував доволі швидко з неї злетіти та посісти місце "нішевого" гурту, як це відбулось з іншими гуртами "великої четвірки" треш металу. І хоча ніша ця була доволі великою, Metallica такий розклад не влаштовував і вони почали шукати як цього запобігти. Зрештою, так і з'явився знаменитий "Чорний Альбом", що не просто втримав гурт на п'єдесталі, а запустив їх кар'єру у стратосферу. Досягнуто це було тим, що гурт вирішив остаточно відкинути усі натяки на екстремальність яка була у них на початку карʼєри та почали орієнтуватись на більш популярний формат. Пісні стали хуковішими, а вокал Хетфілда «мʼякішим». Разом з тим спростилася структура та ритм. Ритмічно - це вже були здебільшого поп пісні у дусі якогось Бон Джові, але з нижчими гітарами. Остаточною крапкою стала акустична балада Nothing Else Matters, що була просто приречена на успіх. З усього вищенаписаного, можна зробити висновок, ніби я вважаю альбом поганим. Але насправді це не так. Він дійсно не є моїм улюбленим, адже якщо я захочу послухати «рок гімни», то наряд це буде Metallica. Для мене це гурт перших 4-х альбомів де дебютний є найулюбленішим (так, я знаю що він майже повністю складається з каверів). Але сказати, що гурт вчинив помилку почавши робити таку музику, я не можу. Технічно це бездоганний альбом, він ідеально структурований, де кожен елемент просто працює та бʼє в «яблучко». Він вміло грається з настроєм, витримуючи темп між піснями, а кожна фраза «розкачує» композицію та постійно тримає вашу увагу. Що казати, якщо він «вривається» ледь з не найкращого опенеру у світі - Enter Sandman, та завершується ціпким гітарним рифом в The Struggle Within. Окрім цього, його просто неймовірно приємно переслухувати, не тому, що він відкриває кожен раз щось нове, а тому, що кожен раз він дарує захопливий «вау ефект». Він як перші «Месники» чи «Назад у Майбутнє» - просто знає як правильно маніпулювати почуттям радості. Ви можете не бути гіком чи фанатом коміксів, але ці фільми все одно «спіймають вас на гачок». Так само і з «чорним альбомом»: неважливо любите ви метал чи ні, але відчуття «атракціону» вам гарантоване. І насправді не одні Metallica мають такий альбом. Те саме можна сказати про Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses від Slipknot, Come Clarity від In Flames чи Sempiternal від Bring Me The Horizon. Але мінусом є те, що після цього «зсуву» Metallica фактично перестали випускати справді гарні альбоми й кожна наступна їх робота буде ставати тільки гірше і гірше…

No one was more surprised than me to find out I didn’t hate this.

Meh, it’s good and I understand the praise, but there’s a reason why their earlier thrash stuff is more acclaimed

Starting with Enter Sandman is a bold move. I love that song, so everything after that felt a bit like diminishing returns. (My ears pricked up a bit at Don't Tread On Me though - I wasn't expecting the lyrical flag waving or the musical nod to West Side Story.)

Metallica's most radio friendly record. While you can't argue that the songwriting is still exceedingly strong, and the hits from here are more popular than their other albums, I still can't help but lament the "smooth-around-the-edges" hard rock sound this record took in comparison to the exciting, bold thrash from their beginning. If I'm listening to a Metallica album, it's not for the acoustic slow ballads, as good as they are on this record. Best Tracks: - Enter Sandman - Holier Than Thou - The Unforgiven Worst Tracks: - Of Wolf And Man - The Struggle Within Rating: 7/10

ts so lame bruh 2.5

Enter sandman : ★★★★★ Sad but true : ★★☆☆☆ Holier than thou : ★★★☆☆ The unforgiven : ★★★☆☆ Wherever i may roam : ★★★★★ Don't tread on me : ★★★★☆ Through the never : ★★★★☆ Nothing else matters : ★★★★★ Of wolf and man : ★★☆☆☆ The god that failed : ★★☆☆☆ My friend of misery : ★★☆☆☆ The struggle within : ★★★☆☆ Overall score : ★★★☆☆

Good to listen to this consciously, opens really strongly but does dry out towards the end. Nothing else matters felt almost country to me on this listen.

Great driving music, love the front half

It's an odd choice to include as honestly its an okay album compared to some of their others.

It's metalica - it has no business being only one song and still an hour...wait, it's multiple songs!? Listenable incel anthems. Not awful, not spectacular. 3/5

A slightly less 'thrash' album which l find a bit more accessible than Master of Puppets, as a non-metal fan. As with the other Metallica albums I've heard on this list, I did find it a bit samey after a while. The riffs are good, solos rock, the vocals are strong and the songs have a great energy. I found this better than MOP as there are some gentle moments to break it up (like the classic Nothing Else Matters) Still don't think I'd listen to this repeatedly though as I was ready for the end around the time of 'The God That Failed'. Capped at 3 as it's too much Metallica for me

thought i wouldn't like it but wasn't bad at all

Enter Sandman 4 Sad but True 4.1 Holier than Thou 3.5 The Unforgiven 3.6 Wherever I May Roam 4.1 Don't Tread on Me 3 Through the Never 3.3 Nothing Else Matters 3.6 Of Wolf and Man 3.3 The God That Failed 3.4 My Friend of Misery 3 The Struggle Within 3 Score: 3.491666667

It's alright, 200% energy all way through. For loud noises

3,2

This is like the easy listening of metal. I'm certain it was innovative in some way. Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman are iconic metal songs but the album is just kinda meh in overall feel. I think this feeling has to do with the fact that there has been 3 decades of development within this genre with increasing popularity since this album was released. Overall enjoyable, but feels a bit simple for for the genre overall.

#476 : 08/05/2025 : Metallic (the Black Album) Finally I'm into something good, I actually have this album too. Enter sandman was my happy place back in the early 90's loved it then and still crank up the volume when I play it today. The rest of the piece is quite ordinary, but with this they've done a pretty decent job. 235 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Enter Sandman is my favourite track obvs.

I'm going in with an open mind. And you know what? It wasn't bad. I might actually listen to more of their stuff eventually.

Quite average to be honest, not off putting but not great either. The cover version of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ fits nicely as it doesn’t really know what it’s about, and neither does this album.

I get it. Huge band. Big, heavy sound but honestly it leaves me cold. Maybe everyone copied them, but they sound formulaic and staid.

Brr brr exit line

Ok. It's got Enter Sandman...know this. Rest is new to me. Just wasn't in to Metal back in the day, but got to say there is quite a depth to this. It's good. Still struggling with an entire albums worth at once, but can see why people are into this now

...very metallica like

I don’t love this type of music, but this was quite ok to listen to once. There was maybe one or two songs I could listen to more and a few tracks had words or ideas that I liked.

I dunno, man. If I'm being so totally honest, Metallica just doesn't really do it for me. Enter Sandman reminds me of soccer practice and my soccer coaches and the rest just got super old. I'm definitely hearing influence of Metallica riffs on KG thrash metal which is fun but I think I want my thrash to be more like "acid thrash". It makes it feel less... conservative.

I'm certain that I'm missing something here, but its so hard for me to get into Metallica. I used to really like ...And Justice For All, but I don't even know if I would anymore. A lot of the composition here is pretty cool. Big drums, cool guitar solos. James Hetfield's voice kind of sounds like a meme to me though, and that's probably because its been parodied so many times. And the chugging thrash guitars also sound kind of like a meme to me. So its hard for me to totally get into this.

Classic just not my type of music

Mid as hell ngl. Couple of bangers but they all sound the same. Maybe it’s just cuz I’m not a metal head.

it’s a good album, very consistent all around, but metallic just doesn’t hit as hard for me as other bands do 3/5

It's a classic metal album, but it did nowt for me.

It was fine. Pretty corny and self-indulgent but I can't deny there are some bangers on here. I still think Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters are the best songs on it which are the only two I knew before I listened so was it worth it? I guess it was nice to hear, but yeah I doubt I'm coming back to ever listen to this in full.

Such a bad turn from the first 4 albums. There are still good songs but you can pretty much ignore this band from this album onward. Will I listen to again: 25%

Some really good tracks here but still leans a bit too far into the loud roaring to be a 4, I think. A high 3.

Definitely an album I had heard before and a solid one. It’s been a very long time since I have heard this one in full. The guitar solos took a little while to get used to. I liked reading the making of the album information. It was cool have that insight before this listen to get a better sense for the mix of the classic Metallica songs with the newer more evolved sounds. Song stand outs for me would be Nothing Else Matters and The Unforgiven.

#555. Metallica made four of the best metal albums out there in a row, so it's kinda disappointing that they so abruptly changed direction like this. They've made some truly awful music over the years, but this first foray into radio rock is certainly the least terrible. One could argue that this could be a four star album, but I'm going to subtract one because I hate Lars Ulrich so much. 3/5: sellouts

Not a metallica fan but I guess this had been quintessential material

Les tengo manía desde que fueron a por Napster, y eso que nunca fui usuario de ese programa ya que soy de una generación que aún compraba e intercambiaba discos. En su momento me gustó, el heavy metal que vino después del grunge me parece más interesante que todo lo que había antes. Me he guardado las más conocidas «Enter Sandman», «The Unforgiven» y «Nothing Else Matters».

Much better than the previous record I listened to: Justice for all. I liked the rougher themes, the guitarwork was sharper and more well rounded. Overall very impressed for a metal record, and the opener... good lord, listening this made me feel cool(I'm not). Favorite track: Enter Sandman. Overall score: 8.2/10.

I’m something of a Metallica apologist. But this one has slipped for me over the years. I have a ton of burnout factor going against the hits, and a number of the album cuts aren’t all that strong. What’s more is that this is one of the few key albums you can trace back to as a direct forefather over 2+ generations of the shittiest mainstream heavy rock imaginable. This is a solid enough album.

Not my vibe

han am morge eigentli beschlosse dasi‘s nöd wird lose (us offesichtliche gründ) aber han mi denn doch zämmegrisse und de grossteil devo glost – paar tracks hani gskippt to be fair nothing else matters beinhaltet en grosse nostalgiefaktor ih mir und isch es eidütigs 10i, enter sandman obvious banger & gsehni absolut de reiz dra… bim rest hört denn de gspass bi mir aber au scho uf das heisst: liebi 3 metallic lackierti BMWs

Never before has an album been the cause of so many early 2000s teens getting sued by their favorite band. Typically known as the "Black Album" by fans, this is a classic from the most prominent of the "Big 4" of metal, home to several headbanger classics like "Enter Sandman" and "The Unforgiven". I'm 100% sure this is a favorite album of many far-right idiots, due to its use of the Gadsden flag snake and the track "Don't Tread on Me", despite core members of the band publicly denouncing Trump's politics. In the last third of the album, we get a break from the standard heavy riffs and growly vocals, taking us to an almost pensive place with "Nothing Else Matters". While a classic, this album does suffer somewhat from too many songs sounding too similar--indeed, 2/3 (or more, depending on source) of the album is in E- or A-minor and a similar bpm. Favorite track: Nothing Else Matters Hidden gem: Wherever I May Roam 3.5/5 stars

Some of Metallica's best-known songs like The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters hold up. The slow and measured sound on this album is a good match for Hetfield's lyrics. They might be "edgy," but they get the point across. The instrumental breaks and guitar solos are unique and well-executed; the composition of this album is its biggest strength, lacking only from its reliance on repetitive structures that become apparent when listening to the album in its entirety. I found that The God That Failed is a favorite of mine upon a full listening, and listening with headphones in stereo brings out some nice touches. I'm not usually interested in heavy metal, but Metallica made this album easy to listen to with their new, streamlined sound.

First half better than expect. 2nd half a bit samey and heavier after nothing else matters. “Too American” says C

I can appreciate this, but I don’t want to have to.

The only Metallica song I had listened before today was Enter Sandman, so I suppose this is as good an introduction as any. The music is about 4/5-- although I found it somewhat monotonous by the 11th song; by that point it was all blurring together to me-- and the lyrics are about 2/5, so 3/5 evens it out. I will say though that while Hetfield is not a particularly skilled lyricist, when he's working with more direct emotional expressions instead of trying to make metaphors etc I actually think the lyrics are alright-to-good, such as in Nothing Else Matters and The Unforgiven.

Can an album feel potato? I gave it a clean shot, and some of it still hits some, but overall the album just feels dated, old, played out, it doesn’t hold up. Better bands doing it at the time, bands blowing them out the water in sounds to this day.

I was a huge Metallica black album fan back when I was in High School around 98. However, coming back to this record after putting on the shelf it has lost its luster, some good songs here but doesn't hit as hard as it did when I was a teenager.

Starts off strong with Enter Sandman and from there it is a downward hill. I fucking love that song though. I remember liking the Nothing else matters as a moody kid a lot too. I guess I'm healed.

This records presents some nice riffs and catchy vocals melodies and it is heavy but it also drags some songs for too long. If it wasn't for this last point, I would give this album a higher rating, even after having grown tired of them

From a guitar and percussion pov I can see why people think highly of this album. As someone who enjoys a good tune, however, it was just a little too yelley for me, and after a while the tracks began sounding the same. I was getting serious de ja vu in “The Struggle Within”.

Ride The Lightning > Master of Puppets > Black Album 7/10

2 metallica albums in less than 10 days from this website should not be allowed.

This album was a very nostalgic listen for me. Not my favourite Metallica era, more stadium dad rock at this point really, but it can’t be denied that these boys can write some great hooks and melodies.

I actually don't mind Metallica.

I was in high school when this came out so I am condemned to know every single note on this thing. It's remarkable that every last track here got airplay where I live. But I never put this album on and I never really need to hear any of these songs. Master of Puppets is a 5 for me, so this has to be like a 3.

This feels like one of those albums that would grow on me on repeat listens, especially since that's what happened with the title track, "Enter Sandman."

5/10

Enjoyable, but I can't think of an album that's so ripe for parody.

Not my thing but I understand how this is an important album.

Yeeeaaaheeaaaaggghhh

7/10

Great album. Edging on 4, but metal/hard rock not really my bag anymore.

I love how, if you walk into a musical instrument shop, there's nearly always someone playing the Enter Sandman riff to test out an electric guitar. If it's not a teenage customer, it's a staff member. It's a hugely satisfying riff, with a weirdly danceable rhythm. A bit like heavy goth, perhaps. Anyway. I've always loved Enter Sandman; it was love at first listen, and noone was more surprised than me, as my only prior feelings about Metallica were that I'd thoroughly disliked Master of Puppets when a keen boyfriend played it to me in 1987. Fast Metallica are still not for me. I'm much happier with the more measured, heavy riff stuff. Saying that, not all of this album is really all that good. Sorry. I found some of the songs a bit naff, despite the musical ability on display. Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters - they're all up my street. I guess I only like Metallica-lite, not that "lite" describes those songs very well.

There were many times in the album I was impressed by the writing and lyrics, but something internally in me just had a hard time taking a yelling man deeply seriously and earnestly as anything more than angry. Which is the reason I generally avoid metal anyways, but regardless I really liked a lot of it artistically because of the lyricism or musical riffs, I just wouldn’t listen for entertainment (such as holier than thou). Although overall I did like it more than I expected to. One favorite has got to be the unforgiven because it dealt with my issue with many of the other songs that there’s little to no variation in singing tone, and when he sings in the chorus of this song, along with a great guitar instrumental made it legitimately enjoyable for me.