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Every track has a great hook. For that reason, it's fun, easy listening metal. Great for pumping up while lifting weights or running sprints on interval days. I will give them some credit for helping me get strong. For that reason, five stars 😉
To the dissapointment of my brother it confirmed something I'd suspected my whole life: all metallica songs sound the same to me—10 min of drums-guitar-wahwahdestructionoblivionangerblahblah. Anyway, the last couple of days have been a real snoozefest so I'm grateful for the change.
Si bien este fue el álbum que permitió a Metallica llegar a los "charts" norteamericanos, posicionando al Metal como un "género pop", siento que envejeció bastante mal. La producción se siente carente de medios, sonando vacía. Las canciones son poco originales y se sienten como "réplicas resumidas" de canciones anteriores de los gigantes del Thrash (a excepción de las baladas). Creo que es importante resaltar este LP por lo que representa y su importancia cultural, no por su calidad musical. En mi opinión personal, es bastante malo.
Great album, but not really my type. I did like the song wherever I may roam, I got stuck in my head
This was like my first album and I've listened to this thing a billion times. Enter Sandman's intro is permanently ingrained in my brain. That Hollywood style slow build, the floor tom sound. Metallica grabbed the world by the throat with this album with a more honed production that focused more on a vocal forward approach. The songs were constructed to be more than just shredding. They were meant to evoke something in the listeners. Which they succeeded at. Holier Than Thou was always a sleeper track for me.
Pretty bood
great, great metal. love the riffs, the voice, the lyrics, the energy. but not that varied, that's why it isn't quite perfect.
Just a really solid Metallica album, with some of their best riffs. I prefer 80s Metallica, but this is still a great metal album.
It's not the best Metallica album ever, but it is the best selling metal album ever.
Classic
It is what it is. And what it is, is chock full of slaps
Qué hace Ennio Morricone en este album? Escuche la versión en vivo en Moscow. Niceeee, I like it! 🌼 estuve leyendo para Políticas Públicas, Territorio y Cultural de la Universidad mientras escuchaba. Nada mal para levantar el tiempo de estudio.
Your bag of tricks ran out years ago, Lars. Stop trying to hide it.
Starting hot with Enter Sandman. Metallica is exactly what I think of when I think “metal” rock. There is a bit more diversity in the album than I expected. A few songs I hadn’t heard before that I liked: The Unforgiven, Through the Never, Nothing Else Matters Don’t Tread on me has a throwback to west side story. Overall pretty impressive, but can’t listen to this style for too long.
I mean this album is already at minimum a four just because of enter sandman. Just an amazing song. I knew a few others like nothing else matters and holier than thou but I was excited to listen to some of the album tracks. Like The Unforgiven, was super interesting starting out like a western and then bringing in their metal sound. Metal country? New genre? I liked the wiki entry talking about how that new producer came in and kind of refined their sound because it really shows on this whole album. The guitars are crisp and the lyrics are actually understandable. I could definitely be persuaded into a five on this one
Was pleased to listen to this. Definitely knew more of it than I thought I would. I’ve always been a “One” and done Metallica fan. The more we go through the list, the more it’s apparent how much familiarity factors in to how much I like something. It isn’t an end all be all, but it definitely softens me towards stuff that I know/is similar. The lead singer’s voice is another one that was originally off-putting to me, but now only adds to the overall sounds. A 3 or 4 for me. I gave Black Sabbath a 3 and I feel like this album is better, so we’re sending a 4.
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a Metallica album from beginning to end, but I guess this was the one to start with. Of the songs I know, a bunch of them were on this album. The pacing was solid with a good mixture of songs that absolutely rocked and slowed ballads. I’ll obviously listen to songs like Enter Sandman, Sad But True, and Nothing Else Matters again, I just don’t know if I’d go all the way back through again.
There are some big hit on here and I feel like I need to give it a 4, but if I'm honest with myself it's a 3.
Pretty good album. Not the best the band has done, but the songs are good and there aren’t really any misses. More of a fan of the earlier thrash stuff, but this is still a good album. 4/5 Probably will listen again
I've heard this album more times than I can recall, and it still hits just as good now
Enter Sandman Sad But True The Unforgiven Wherever I May Roam Nothing Else Matters
3.5/5
Solid, still not a Metallica head
Not a metal fan but this transcends.
I have complicated feelings about this. I’ve heard the hits but never listened to them voluntarily. I liked it. But it gives very angry white man vibes. Like I feel it could be the anthem of storming the capitol. So I feel guilty liking it.
If you know me, you know that I am becoming a rock girlie. I loved this. Of Wolf and Man. Incredible.
Some strong material among some filler. Breaking up the monotony are good instrumental sections and tasteful, thought out drum work. I feel It goes on longer than it needs to.
This was pretty good. Enter Sandman was the best and will stand the test of time.
It's a well produced, well made album. Sad But True and Wherever I May Roam are flat out bangers. Of Wolf and Man and My Friend of Misery are underrated gems. Enter Sandman is way overplayed. Don't Tread on Me is forgettable at best. I still think Puppets is a superior album. They may have sold out according to some fans, but this album was necessary as it helped kill hair metal with a big help from grunge. So I'm cool with it even though it isn't perfect.
A classic. More accessible than their earlier stuff, but still heavy and full of great riffs.
Not bad for a bunch of sellouts
Like
Not really, my cup of tea, but it has a great sound and the heavier the better. When it slows down, it starts to border on comical in the second the last song is pure filler, but I won’t deny enjoying the fast loud parts.
I loved Enter Sandman as a ten year old.
Couldn’t be further from my line of music
STOP I DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO METALLICA AGAIN WHY IS THERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS IN THIS WEBSITE
Not a Metallica fan, but wow, I like this! What, 4 or 5 songs that were hits from one album? Will listen again!
A polarizing band so I need to start with a disclaimer, I am not a Metallica fan and I am not a Metallica hater. I never seek them out (except Whiskey in a Jar, there version slaps) but I don't change the radio if they come on. Critically listening...same cords and beats over and over and the lyrics are just cliché one liners over and over. But maybe that is part of the appeal and why they are mainstream? Overall we as humans are not as deep as we want to believe and we like something we can understand and connect with quickly. But does that make them exceptional musicians? Nope. Does that make them popular in a genre that wants to be different and go against the grain? Nope. But the psychology behind creating hit after hit (like pop music) in a genre where other bands can't do that, that is a talent.
oh this album. I saw Metallica at the Civic Center for this tour. I was pretty close to the front. It was rock'n. There is some music that I still like from when I was a teenager. There is some music that I just do not. Partly because I listened to it so much I'm kinda done with it. And that's okay for that to happen. I like the guitar work and the music but as a 50 year old adult the lyrics don't really grab me, nor take me back to fond memories. Mostly teenage angst and misplaced outrage. But hey, James Hetfield spit beer on us at that concert and I was pretty stoked about that at the time for whatever reason.
Memories of Senior year in high school. This album, along with U2’s Achtung Baby, and the zeitgeist behemoth Nevermind by Nirvana were everywhere. I feel a bit of pride in knowing that I graduated during a peak year in music history.
The hits on here are some pretty awesome classics. Metallica rocks it! The non-hits were just so-so for me, but still a super solid album.
Not a big fan of metal but I quite enjoyed this one!
Heavy mehtal so dull.
Not their best work
Good but not my jam
Another CD that had its dust removed today. It was great to remember this album that I've been listening to since I was a teenager. To this day, if I want to introduce Heavy Metal to someone who has never had contact with the genre, this is the album I recommend every time, after all, it is synonymous with this type of sound!
Thoughts before listening: Absolute stone cold classic that came out right when I was starting to pay attention to music. This was HUGE for my generation. Everyone who's parents would allow them to listen to rock music had this...which of course meant I had to listen to my friends' copies. Still though the videos were all over MTV, and even without being allowed to own this until much later, I have very early memories about Metallica and this album. Review: I know that I'm giving this 5-stars cause of its important to the rock music of my generation, but listening has been an nice reminder of just how good this really is. Opening with "Enter Sandman", this albums comes out the gate with one of the biggest rock songs of all-time. From there the hits include: "Sad But True", "The Unforgiven", "Wherever I May Roam", and "Nothing Else Matters", all of which remain highlights of the earliest days of my music interest.
Not my thing. Far too long.
Awesome album.
On its own merits it's not bad at all. But ranked against their first three, and even Justice, it's pretty weak. It sounds exactly like a record produced by a guy named Bob Rock should sound.
Their last good album. Tinged with nostalgia as I was a huge fan until Nevermind came out at the same time as this.
yeah yeah
I really don't like metal, but this has the two Metallica songs I actually like.
Listening to this kind of music just makes me angry. Conjures up images of sweaty white men with their tongues out and I hate them all.
So many great songs on this. It's just a classic. Some of it can feel a bit like filler now that so many songs are so well known, but the filler doesn't disappoint either. Good stuff.
Better than earlier Metallica albums! I'm glad they slowed it down. It lets the differences in each song stand out more, so the album doesn't sound like one continuous song. Favorite Song(s): Enter Sandman, The God that Failed
The first Metallica album I brought, not knowing this is the one where they "sold out". The usual heavy hitters (sandman, n.e.m) aside, this is still a really well produced rock/metal album. Each song hits pretty well for me. As with many Metallica albums it does start to run out of steam towards the end but overall, decent
Good album, like most people I prefer others on theirs, but there are definitely some quality songs on here.
Ho man, this takes me back. Waiting outside La Grande Stereo & Music for them to open so my buddy and I could by the cassette. Love the smell of a new cassette and reading the liners. Something that is definitely missing from digital music. This album changed my taste in music for many years.
Wow - this one doesn’t hold up well. The album is bloated with a 60 minutes run time. It doesn’t need two ballads (it didn’t really need any frankly). It’s all mid tempo, it all blends together. It’s hard to believe Metallica was once a great thrash band hearing this album. Lars gets to suck less but this ain’t Metallica’s best by far. We do get more of Jason than we heard on …AJFA. But still barely allowed to be heard in the mix (thanks Lars). Poor Jason - heart and soul given for this band and completely spurned by Lars and James when it comes to mixing. Speaking of James… he’s just giving us his slam poetry notebook for song lyrics - nothing deep in this group of songs. And nothing that is truly memorable either. This is a mid-life (mid-band?) crisis album. It’s clear the Cliff Burton riffs are all gone and this is a band that just can’t find a way forward. I know it’s hindsight, but this was the beginning of the end. Beware of Bob Rock, he brings profits, but also destruction in his wake.
I hadn’t listened to this album in a very long time. It still stands up as a very approachable metal album. I prefer And justice for all as a complete album but there are certainly a few kickers on their eponymous album.
It’s not bad necessarily, there’s some good songs in it, the problem is that so many of the songs on the album are nearly the same song. If you’d only ever heard the highlights of it (which I had) you’d probably be surprised that it’s not a more well loved album but after listening to it in its entirety it does come across as uninspired. It’s the first album I’ve rated where I think the average song quality is pretty high but the album quality I’d say is fairly low, I’d be tempted to give it a 2 honestly, sad, but true.
Legendary
Not for me
I never understood this group or the fanatical fan base they have. Most of this is plodding, noisy junk that is not fun to listen to. Lyrics seem lame. Enter Sandman I know and is kinda OK, and a couple of other slower songs were decent. Not my jam.
Maybe it’s just that Enter Sandman is overplayed, but on this listen I felt strongly that Nothing Else Matters is the best song here. I’d cut 3-4 songs, or I’d make all the songs about a minute shorter. Not sure how many songs need two or three guitar solos. Not sure how many 7-minute epics I need on one album, especially when a song has only minor shifts in dynamics (looking at you, uh, every song except NEM). I didn’t hate anything, and in fact saved several songs to my playlist, but it’s doubtful I’m going to seek out this album in whole again. It’s a collection of songs I like that somehow doesn’t work for me as an album. So, like a 3.5?
It was okay! I am a fan of some of the tracks but there's filler there. Have tried to get into Metallica a few times but it doesn't seem to stick for me. Fave tune: Sad But True
Love this album and could easily listen on repeat.
The drum sound alone is almost enough to earn five stars. However, when the songwriting is on point, James sounding the best he’s ever done (and ever will) and almost every track is a winner (Through the Never doesn’t quite do it), the 5 stars are a given. One of the great rock records of the 90s, and it’s not even Metallica’s best album
I think I made my Napster joke on their last album, so I'll just say it's good music for when I'm feeling a certain kind of way. And it reminds me specifically of that show from MTV Spring Break when they sang karaoke and the song was selected by spinning a wheel. 3.5.
This album was transformational for Metallica, moving away from thrash metal and into mainstream success. I listened to this CD so much in high school. Relevance to this list: 5/5 Personal enjoyment: 5/5
I'm baffled by the staying power of Metallica. This is unimaginative angsty rock for 11-year-olds. Grown men who think this or Master of Puppets are a worthwhile listen are trying to compensate for their perceived lack of masculinity. Embrace it, dudes. It's ok to enjoy colors other than black and red and to not beat your girlfriend.
Metallica are at that precise point on the spectrum where my tolerance starts to diminish. Rapidly. And it took me four "sittings" to get through this. Yes, an uber-chunky sound with pounding ryhthm and riffs that sound like they were played on a steam locomotive. Sadly, this often results in a rather plodding sound, albeit with the occasional respite ("Sandman" is alright but the lyrics are just plain daft). Elsewhere, "Don't tread on me" is silly (unless I'm missing some kind of irony). Some stuff would work very well at Guantanamo (what's that? It did.....?).
I guess Metallica is the logical musical extension of Black Sabbath. Driving music , that doesn't really appeal to me in my old age. It is tight and well produced, I recognize that. The drumming is relentless.
I've been told that this is the Revolver, the Beggar's Banquet, the Who's Next, the Led Zeppelin IV of heavy metal. I don't see it.
Day119 - one of the best hard rock albums whether your a metallica fan or not. all the people who trash this one are mad this album introduced metallica to the mainstream. on a side note what a bunch of d-bags.
Two songs make this record and the rest are not that different from each other.
This is one of the greatest metal albums ever. Metallica’s Bay Area thrash roots are on full display here yet are tempered with more melodic impulses. These impulses can be heard in earlier albums, but there are more mature here. The ballads on this album are some of their best songs as well.
This Ive listened over 100 times start to finish was one of my 2 let it run album when in high school along with appetite. Hardcore fans called it a sell out cause they downed a tempo but the powers reamins the same and to me is a none commercial music album that made it into mainstream and helped spark the whole genere. Begining with enter sandman was a show stopper and followed by sad but true was absolutely brilliant in a side A with all singles. I find that it could have used maybe 2 songs less but since it works so well as a whole I could not even think of which ones to pull. This is a masterpiece and one of the top 5 most important metal albums in history. This was a game changer. Simply mind blowing
My first ever listen to Metallica. I actually enjoyed the album a lot more than I thought I would. Enter Sandman was great, I also enjoyed sad but true. After a few tracks though it turned into what I would call wrestling music! I think the unforgiven is a great example of that Favourite song: Enter Sandman Least favourite: The unforgiven. Album artwork: dark!!!
Classic shit
# Playlist track - Enter Sandman # Notes - I've listened to Metallica when I was younger and it would immediately transport me to somewhere else. It was fast, angry, energetic, but also cool as fuck. - The album cannot keep the pace from "Enter Sandman" throughout the entire play time. But that is just a bar too high. Still giving this all the stars.
Kinda good.
I don't consider myself a part of the core Metallica Fanbase, even though I like a great many of their songs and albums, and I'm too young to have any particular animus towards the thrash metal equivalent of Dylan going electric. Like Dylan, Metallica took a huge chance in expanding their sound and songwriting and reached a career peak. Good for them.
The Unforgiven is Ennio Morricone with a distortion pedal. Lars Ulrich is a pretty pedestrian drummer and overall holds them back. Kirk Hammet plays very nice melodic solos. When comes in at the end of Nothing Else Matters is a highlight moment here. Don't Tread on Me and Of Wolf and Man are low points here. I still dig it, but not like I did in middle school are early high school.
its really grown on me over the years, may be a little slower but some of these songs are still heavy as fuck
Pretty awesome. A bit longer than it needs to be and kinda one-note, but that one-note is really good. I haven't listened to any other Metallica so maybe that is coloring my opinion compared to their other albums, but this one hit the spot.
Another album that I listened to non-stop when it was released, but that maybe hasn't aged that well. The first half of the album is incredibly strong, but it runs out of steam.
Some great tunes, but Lars is the most timid metal drummer of all time.
It didn’t convince me of anything I didn’t already know about Metallica (I’m still not a huge fan of Hetfield as a vocalist), but it is a good metal album with good pacing.
Hmmmmmm, not really my type
Great Metallica album all songs are good on this album
Not their best album by a long shot. Sure, Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, and Nothing Else Matters can ramp you up, but that's 3 out of 12 They have MUCH better albums, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets...
This album is really overrated. There was some ok stuff on the back half but mostly I found it boring. Metal should hit hard, and this doesn't
Me no likee metal. There are more tuneful and mellifluous albums to spend my time listening to.
Yeah, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I’d always thought of this as the softer, kind of lame Metallica album, but it still goes hard when it needs to.
So many bangers. Not even a metal guy but you can tell it's top of its class
Ancestors of Metal.
Classic album though not a frequent listen for me. I know the hardcore fans didn't love the heavily produced sound, but I think it suits their style extremely well. They are the big budget action movie of rock music.
I had to listen to six ads before I got to a single repetitive note. Metallica were sellouts from the start.
Prefer the earlier, thrashier, proggier Metallica.
I like the music but the singer not much…
I’m stuck between and 3 and 4. But I’d say it’s at least a high 3 so I’ll go 4
Not something I’ll listen to again. Metallica has better hits and better deep cuts on multiple different albums. I want to give it a 4, but the truth is I’ll never listen to any of these songs by choice.
More like MIDtallica 🤣🤣🤣
I detested this album when it first came out. It felt like a sell out after the first four albums, a slowed down, radio-friendly album. It didn't help that this was the first proper album that didn't have the influence of Cliff Burton on it. I stopped listening to Metallica for a decade or so after this was released, and with good reason, as they released a series of really bad albums (St Anger I'm looking at you) in this period. It wasn't until 2008 that they released something I considered worth listening to again, 20 years in the wilderness! However, any attempt to avoid this album was doomed to failure, as just about all of it would be played on the radio, in clubs, everywhere I went. I think I might have played the entire album from start to finish once before, but most of the album is on constant rotation somewhere. Hell, I even learned to play the opening of Enter Sandman on guitar when I was learning. In retrospect, it's not a bad album at all, just a disappointment after a run of exceptional early albums. I'm torn between a 3 and a 4 star rating, but I'll give it 4 because I know it's one of my daughter's favourites.
It's big, dumb, rock, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. somewhere between a 4.5 and 5 for me as it defined a portion of my youth.
Classic
Lots of hits on this, but it’s not my style.
I knew all the singles on this, and that’s pretty much all I needed. It lacks the edge to be considered really great, I tend to agree with most hardcore Metallica fans that their earlier stuff is better, this does feel like an attempt to please everyone, and it worked as more people probably know Enter Sandman than most songs you’ll come across on this list. It’s overall fine, nothing terrible and a few real standouts but nothing beyond that.
This album for sure belongs in this list. It’s solid, but not one I will be listening to any time soon. Maybe because it’s so well known and I heard a lot of the songs already too much. Still it’s a classic and I did enjoy it. Best songs: - Enter sandman - The unforgiven - Nothing else matters
Didn’t realize so many hits were on one album. I don't love all of their jams, and fuck them for their RIAA bullshit in the 00s, so can't give it more than 3.
Wat een album! Goede afwisseling, echt een paar topnummers, veel goede, en weinig filler. Goed geheel.
Is it Metallica's best album? No. Is it dripping with masculinity? Yes. This album isn't for every day or every mood. Does it rock? Very very much yes. 5-stars.
Great album all around. So many good songs. Might have not ever sat down and listened to the entire album before. But glad I did. First really great album I've got from this 1001 album generator.
01) Enter Sandman - 10,0 02) Sad but True - 10,0 03) Holier than Thou - 7,0 04) The Unforgiven - 10,0 05) Wherever I May Roam - 8,5 06) Don't Tread on Me - 7,5 07) Through the Never - 7,0 08) Nothing Else Matters - 10,0 09) Of Wolf and Man - 7,0 10) The God That Failed - 8,0 11) My Friend of Misery - 8,0 12) The Struggle Within -7,0 TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100) I listened to "...And Justice For All" a few days ago and the maximum I could give it was two stars. This one is much more to my taste, and I know it's because of the monster songs "Nothing Else Matters", "The Unforgiven", "Sad but True" and " Enter Sandman". If not for those, it would be a lower mark, but still better than its predecessor.
Masterpiece. The maturation and refinement of the speed metal genre.
I really should get back into this Metal gear. Solid.
Starts great but last few songs are more filler than anything
So this is the second time I've shocked myself by liking a metal album on this list. I groaned when I first saw it because, despite the only Metallica song I knew being "Nothing Else Matters," their band name lead me to the assumption that their music would be full of unlistenable screaming. Not the case. Yes, most of this is heavier than "Nothing Else Matters," but it's certainly not less listenable than most of the hard rock stuff on this list. I've been getting quite a few hard rock/borderline metal albums lately, and I was over the lyrical content of most rock music on this list ages ago. Only a few days ago, I found myself wondering why rock bands couldn't write intelligent lyrics. And only a few days later, here we are. Maybe it's because this is technically metal, but it's close enough to rock that I'm able to say: "Finally!" This isn't more mindless sexual nonsense. These lyrics are actually GOOD. They're thoughtful, and inspirational, and explore a lot of really important themes. Okay, the first two tracks struck me as a little creepy at first, but both are still very well done. "Enter Sandman" has a really catchy chorus and sounds like it's about someone killing their girlfriend in their sleep, but it could actually be about institutional brainwashing. For most of "Sad But True," I was thinking: "whoah, this is a really abusive partner!" But then, towards the end of the song, it reveals that he's singing to himself instead. So this is a song about how we abuse ourselves- a very common theme on this album and a universal one. Then we get to "Holier Than Thou" and I'm just like: "Oh yeah! Go get 'em!" with every single line. This song is about the kind of person everyone hates: that annoying self righteous character who always has to prove they're better than everyone else. But it was when "The Unforgiven" played that I really started to realise that I was actually enjoying this album. This song is gorgeous and heartbreaking, but also very catchy. As far as I gathered, it's about a man looking back on his life and feeling it was wasted. Then we have "Wherever I May Roam," which is all about being a wanderer who doesn't fit in- a topic close to my heart. It's beautifully written and punchy and so much fun. "Don't Tread on Me" wasn't my favourite, but is still good. It's all about getting back at people who wrong you. And then they literally get existential on "Through The Never." I couldn't believe what I was hearing- I thought that kind of subject matter was wrongfully confined to "quiet" music? I think a metal backdrop actually perfectly suits these lyrics and the mental turmoil that often accompanies existential thoughts. "Nothing Else Matters" is, of course, a gorgeous classic with beautiful, inspirational lyrics about being true to yourself. Surprisingly, it's still one of my favourites here. When listening to "Of Wolf and Man," I was reminded of a more little known album I've been obsessed with lately: Marya Stark's "Lineage." A new age folk album influenced by tribal music, it's all about healing by returning to the wilderness, and reawakening the wild within. "Of Wolf and Man" not only has the same message, but a lot of the same lyrical imagery as is found on "Lineage." And since Marya Stark's album mostly focusses on women, I'm glad Metallica did a song like that focussing on men. "The God that Failed" is I think a critique of religion. Not my favourite but still well written. However, it was when "My Friend Of Misery" started playing that I really couldn't believe what I was hearing, and how relevant it is to my recent philosophical musings. The song is about someone with a saviour complex. I think it does a great job at dissecting what that looks like and how detrimental it is. I love how it came at it from a more forgiving angle and focussed on the misery this person is causing themselves rather than how it makes them "egotistical" or whatever. We wrap up with "The Struggle Within" which is the most straightforward look at the album's central theme: How much of our suffering is self created. We're left with the inspirational message that we don't have to suffer. That we can break free of all this mental turmoil and just enjoy life.
one of my favourites all time!
nice to listen entirely
First half is a stonking 5/5 but everything after Nothing Else Matters is meh.
Would be a 4.5
One of my stinkiest friends adores Metallica. Naturally, that made me always assume they were bad. However, as time went on and I’ve listened more and more, they’ve definitely grown on me. Looking at the tracks on this album, there’s definitely a fair few that I recognise. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters Favourites: The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters If I remember correctly, I think this was the album that divided a lot of Metallica fans, with the detractors labelling them sell outs. However, I’d say this has been my favourite by a pretty large margin. The songwriting here kept my attention throughout, and there is a nice variety between the harder hitting songs and the softer ballads. I understand why some people got miffed at the softer side of the band, but I personally like this.
Sandman is one of my favs but must be getting old…a lot of the songs sounded the same…
"The troubled production coincided with Ulrich, Hammett, and Newsted divorcing their wives" - You can't convince me this isn't divorced man music.
Enter Sandman sounds like a perverse lullaby, love it WIMR bangs, tho libertarian 😔 I love Metallica (1991) equally I don't care for Don't Tread On Me 🚬 Through the Never is Ok but the solo slaps
I don't really like metal, so can't rate this too high. The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters are classic songs that I love very much, but I don't really like the rest. His voice is good though, but musically it's nothing great.
I heard of them but never heard their music.
Alpha male metal. songs about Gods, beasts, monsters and religion. Awesome riffs and playing and not brought down by Lars Ulrich being one of the worst people in the world
Not amazing, still decent
Amazing, i love every song, each one of them is iconic
Not horrible.
The Black Album might be the breakthrough point for thrash and speed metal coming out of the hair metal 80s. Wide popularity of the album of a changed Metallica changed their success and careers. Many people considered this to be a bad thing. Most Metallica fans would cite one of the previous four albums as their best. The truth is that this album always lingers below that surface for it's influence. Their self titled helped to create new metal bands and new metal sounds. Without being the best or the favorite, it is radically important.
I am a fan of metal so I will try and temper my review of one of the albums I have listened too the most. Though I prefer their earlier thrash sound. For those who don't know the overall sound of the album was it's most controversial aspect as it marked Metallica and Metal's movement into the mainstream. The first song enter sandman becoming a major hit on the radio as a single. Personally This album also important because it gave rise to a conversation with an old guitarist that explained why I like surf rock and metal so much. If you play metal without the distortion and effects it sounds pretty close to surf rock.
All of this is the same. How do you make multiple songs that are 6+ minutes still sound the same. Favorite Tracks: Through the Never, Enter Sandman
In an attempt to capture a more commercial audience, Metallica arrived at a air guitar-ing, power chord-chug-chugging, “YEAH-HEYAH!”-inducing hour and 2 minutes of badassery. Though not as complex or unique as, say, Master of Puppets, The Black Album was the perfect gateway drug for fledgeling metal fans — accessible without being antiseptic.
pre sigma
Fun fact: My first ever CD was the Black Album rearranged into lullabies for babies. My dad married my mum to a violin rendition of Nothing Else Matters - this album holds a special place in my heart and is one of Metallica's best works.
Great album - I like it
Some absolutely legendary songs on this album. Loses a star for sounding too clean and a bit over-produced at times.
There are for sure some moments of musical transcendence on here. The drum intro to Sad But True. Even the plucky guitar ending Nothing Else Matters. I remember picking away at these tracks when I was 15. Ultimately this album feels stuck in that time. I know it moved the genre forward but lots of rhyming by numbers and kinda juvenile lyrics. Good but not great, IMHO.
Got some real bangers here, but I'm not really a Metallica fan.
Cool
A true rock classic that can either sound incredible, or like pumped-up cartoon music on steroids, depending on one’s mood. But no denying the ongoing influence this record has had.
2.5/5 I just don’t like metal my bad
Okay. Just okay.
Mai stato un seguace del metal, ma il Black Album va oltre i generi. Un lato A che li conti sulla dita delle mani nella storia, non solo del genere. Un capolavoro che sarà ascoltato per sempre.
My fifth favourite Metallica album and the last decent one
While not in the conversation for “best metallica album”, this is still a very good album with quite a few iconic songs.
Starting with this album I don’t think Metallica should call themselves Metallica anymore. They kind of stopped being a metal band and veered into hard rock on this album. But Hard Rockica just doesn’t have the same ring to it as Metallica. With their transition to hard rock, Metallica made a decent album. Honestly for a lot of bands this would be a great album, but Metallica was coming off an amazing three album run. This album doesn’t come close to those. It has a few good songs but most are just ok to forgettable. All I’m saying is they better have ride the lightning, master of puppets, and …and justice for all on this list if this album is gonna be on it. I get that this is Metallica’s mainstream success album, but it’s not their best.
It's a good album but a bit soft for my regular Metallica taste
Much like Metallica's career, almost every track on this album starts off interesting, overstays it's welcome, then eventually fades out without a proper ending. Enter Sandman is one of the greatest rock songs of all time, but the whole thing falls off a cliff right after. Sad But True kind of rocks, but it's so corny and again just overstays. I have no idea how Nothing Else Matters is a single. I found it so trite even if it was a welcome contrast to the rest of the heavy heavy riffs.
Of the three Metallica albums I've had so far, this is by far the best. A few of the songs here are screamers, to be sure, but most of them have really good melodies and catchy hooks. If you have heard Metallica's music strictly over the radio, you will still recognize most of these songs, as they are the band's most popular.
A surprisingly great album. Was familiar already with most of the songs (I didn't know this). Would be a 4.5.
A classic of Metallica's newer sound and a critically important album to Mr in terms of how it shaped my taste in music.
not for me - but 'nothing else matters' slaps
Lots of bangers on this album, this might be one of Metallicas best.
Love it. Nice mix of uptempo/ballads. Lars is underutilized, but drumming fits the styles of the various songs. This album was the first Metallica I ever heard, so I'm immune to the "change of direction" or "sellout" criticism of it. Still holds up.
Yep, Its Metallica.
Metallica - Metallica This is the Metallica album that brought me into the Metallica camp. My friend Jon will yell blasphemy at this as he was listening to Metallica from the very beginning. While "...in justice for all" and the song "One" was the gateway, it was this album that brought fully through the gate! I can now go back and enjoy the earlier Metallica (especially Masters of Puppets) but at the time, I didn't really care for their music. They weren't glam rock enough for me (ie: Poison, Winger, Motley Crue, Trixter, etc.) The late 80s was a magical time. And I'm so glad that I can look back at all of the music from that time with love. It's truly the music that first took hold of me and I'm so glad that I now find enjoyment with all different genres and styles. Plus I love creating playlists that have so many different sounds that just somehow come together. So, Metallica (the black album) is one of those albums that I will never tire of. 5/5
Not my favourite Metallica record but it definitely bangs. A bit bloated but obviously has some of their biggest hits. Fav songs: - Enter Sandman - Nothing Else Matters
yahoo!
One of my favorite albums of all time. This album just has incredible riffs, lyrics, and hits hard. 5/5!
This was one of those albums where you don't really realize the songs are progressing.
Contrary to popular belief that this album in fact contains colour
Is this what they call black music?
One of my favorite albums of all time. While many folks look at the "regular" cuts, the last 3 tracks on this album close it out in an amazing way! The whole album is quite the emotional roller coaster ride, dealing with anger, grief and depression; as well as happiness, joy, and determination.
Gear: Grado Hemp Mix (2021 Remaster): Saftig, voll und mitreißend - mein Gold-Standard für Metal. Musik: Nachvollziehbar polarisierend. Trotzdem und aus persönlicher Verbundenheit bekommt es Bronze auf dem Metallica-Album-Treppchen bei mir. Wertung: 🐍🐍🐍🐍(🐍)/5
A lot of all time classics of heavy Metal.
Suck.
Heavy metal. Knew some from Guitar Hero. A bit too much for all at once but 2-3 are good.
Decent. Good working music. Never knew I could like metal
Man, this really is a great metal album. There are a ton of songs on here that I really enjoy, including Enter Sandman, Sad but True, Wherever I May Roam and maybe my favorite Metallica song of all time, The Unforgiven. It's hard not to headbanger along to the entire album.
I felt like most of these songs sounded the exact same. If I’m feeling angsty, a couple of these songs might hit, but I don’t have much desire to listen to the rest of that album again. Enter Sandman was my fave.
honestly loved a couple songs, but the rest were not really my vibe
Classic
No jaa onhan tämä tällainen siirtymä hevanderista valtavirran suuntaan. Ymmärrän miksi on listalla mutta eipä tää mikään kummonen juttu itselle enää ole. Pentuna kyllä tykkäsin enemmänkin. Omistan tästä vinyylinä jenkkiorkkiksen mikä taitaakin olla kokoelmani arvokkain levy. Sattumalta sain sen haltuuni. Vois vaikka myydä. Kai tän voi parin vuoden välein kuunnella, erityisesti nyt kun meen kesällä katsomaan Metallicaa... Koska en oo koskaan nähnyt ennen. 3/5
En kyllä odottanut, että tää ois näin tylsä. Hohhoijaa.
Metallica on yllättävän tylsää musaa. Tasaisen tappavaa ajoa, mutta ei onnistu innostamaan. 2/5
Love this album.
Some songs are too long but this is great metal music.
A very good album from (one of) the greatest metal bands of all time.
Freakin' awesome!
metallica is poo
"The Black Album" by Metallica is the sonic equivalent of ordering a medium steak at a gourmet restaurant—reliable, satisfying, but not exactly a culinary adventure. Released in 1991, it's the album where Metallica decided to slow dance with the mainstream, leaving some fans staring longingly at the mosh pit of their thrash metal roots. Tracks like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters" are so ubiquitous, they've become the background music to everything from road trips to grocery store aisles. It's an album that doesn't so much demand your attention as politely request it, offering up a platter of well-crafted, heavy rock tunes that are hard to hate but easy to hum. James Hetfield's voice has never sounded more polished, and the production quality is as sharp as a new set of steak knives—clean, precise, and engineered to a T. The band's shift to a slower, more radio-friendly sound was a gamble that paid off, making them household names but leaving a portion of their fanbase feeling a bit like they just watched their favorite dive bar turn into a Starbucks. 3.5 stars for "The Black Album." It's the musical equivalent of a blockbuster movie—big, bold, and full of special effects, but not likely to change the way you see the world. Still, like that medium steak, it's undeniably good, even if part of you wishes you'd ordered something a bit more daring.
Polarising Metallica album, to some they sold out, to some it was the gateway to metal. It was my gateway to metal, so my judgement is pretty clouded. I loved this as an early teenager, they wouldn't sell out till Load in my eyes, but this was epic, brash, loud, deep, meaningful, meaningless. As soon as "Enter Sandman" kicked in, I knew loud guitars was that which I desired (not fuel not fire), not the indie dance and acid house rave scene that was sweeping the nation. Grunge hadn't come around yet, Britpop was years away, so metal was my jam, much to my parents derision. The aforementioned "Enter Sandman" lets you in to what this album is all about, it gently lures you in before Lars bass drum kicks you in the gut, Kirk and James guitar play is a shock to the system and they let Jason be heard... Bob Rock's production can be problematic but he's in his element here. It's a fucking monster of an album in every sense...
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Not my thing, never was
Some stellar songs. Most are pretty mid. 3.41 per track.
By scaling down the excesses of their more complex Thrash Metal albums, Metallica were able to breakthrough to the mainstream with a strong, sleek and heavy-ass Metal album. The really interesting thong about The Black Album is how, despite the relative dearth of riffs compared to say …And Justice For All, Hetfield et al are able to play around with variations, creating interesting interpretations and interpolations of their own and, in the case of Don’t Tread On Me, others music. It makes for a fun experience to listen to, even if the lyrics are a bit of a downer. But, in true Metal spirit, the lyrics are personal enough to provide for an interesting examination of Hetfield as a character. It’s a very personal set of lyrics, dealing with trauma regarding family, addiction, and mental health. Recently, Metallica have been emphasising the joy of life, ‘Are you alive? How does it feel to be alive?’ has become a rallying cry at their concerts, and I think that the seed of that joy was planted during the Black Album. It’s an album full of pain and anger, but it’s music is still so full of life and beauty. Despite all the shit, they’re still kicking. And there’s something really inspiring about that
Ah, Metallica right when they sold out. Been a fan since 84 and initially questioned the change in direction from thrash to “mainstream.” This record is a monster. Once of the best sounding records I have ever heard. Five stars is not enough here.
Ça bouge, c'est pas mal.
Cranked this shit while driving the strip in Crystal Lake just like the old days.
I mean, what’s there really to say? One of the most popular albums ever, if you listen to any alternative rock radio station for a day you will likely hear half the songs on this album. I’m not a huge Metallica fan and I personally prefer their earlier thrash metal albums but this is still fantastic.
A classic—heard most of this from the kids’ rooms while they were in high school. Glad to revisit—thanks and happy it made the list.
Could have given this a 5* after the first track ! Brilliant classic !
Not my favourite Metallica album but probably the most important for getting me into Metallica and metal in general. I read the other reviews with amusement...
Almost tears of joy when this popped up after that last one. It had almost made me give up on music forever. Huge.
fantastic album!
Sad but true.
Garth Brooks of Metal
General Metallica take: miles ahead of slayer and megadeth, but they have a problem where their stuff always goes on too long. As for this album specifically, “Enter Sandman” is an all-timer, even despite being such a planet fitness playlist staple, and it's such a good album opener that it took several more songs than usual to decide I was getting bored
5/10 Modem Metallica is meh.
A few great songs...many other middle of the road tunes.
Knew a couple of these songs from back in the day, plenty of new ones too. Great album with lots of big hits.
On ne muutamat hyvät biisit ja sitten on Metallica-biisit, jotka ovat kaikki samanlaisia ja siksi niputettavissa paitsi Sad but true joka on todella hyvä. Mut siis sinänsä pidän siitä kuinka tavallaan tosissaan nämä ovat ja kuinka ovat tällä levyllä mestareita omassa soundissaan.
Ei esteettinen katastrofi, joskaan ei suuri nautinto - vain parin hitin ja keskivertoa kiinnostavamman riffin kantama, filleriä sisältävä LP, niin kuin LP:t nyt tuppaavat olemaan. Miksi ei 3? Koska bändin poporientaatio ei poista musiikin raskautta, eikä ainakaan paranna sanoja (Nothing Else Matters - iik).
There are some bangers on here and there are some average songs. Not as good as master of puppets which is basically perfect.
Metallica at their absolute peak. 2.75 stars
Best Song: Enter Sandman. Maybe the only track on this album that actually rocks. Also I used to say that "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer when I was a kid, so it's got some nostalgia going for it. Worst Song: Wherever I May Roam. Classic Metallica: Overly long, slow, and meandering. Overall: My metal hot take will always be that Metallica is hugely overrated. So ploddingly slow for a band that was so heavily marketed as "thrash". It feels like music that's best suited for toddler-stomping in a wide circle. Music for people who unironically view throwing up "devil horns" as a form of counterculture.
Oh, no. Please no. More Metallica? At this rate there are going to be 33 Metallica albums on the list, and they all sound the f£%^ing same. One is too many, and the returns are diminishing badly. We're well into the hundreds of albums, and given the tedious length of these, close to 5% of the time has been spent listening to this one terrible band. 0 🌟
ok now they’re just trolling us. this is the 4th metallica album. are 5% of the songs you have to hear before you die from one band?
Not into metal - but found it pretty good.
I hate Metallica. The songs are too long. But I love this album. Fuck.
Wow this album is way better than I thought it would be. Not too big a metal/metallica fan, but these songs are really strong. Enter sandman I have some fond memories of, as they played live on Pinkpop, and it was afterwards one of the first songs I heard on the radio driving back, reliving the experience again. The unforgiven is also really nice.
favourite: enter sandman, the unforgiven + some other ones least favourite: holier than thou it's metallica
This was a great album. I enjoyed almost every single song on this album, plus there were so many iconic songs on this album. I think this is Metallica at their peak. I do admit it is a bit of a front heavy album. Cutting a few songs from the album probably would’ve been beneficial, but it was an amazing album for what it was. 4.5
An iconic album.
A classic Metallica album. Not my favorite, but still really good. 4.5/5
In my opinion this is their best album . Great songs, great production, and just the feeling when I listen to it.
Well. Tight sounds, crunchy guitar, juvenile songs. Sonically it's great, can appreciate the quality, but it just sounds formulaic. Perhaps they invented the formula - I don't know and I don't care, it's just tedious.
Pretty solid throughout. Only throw away track is "Nothing Else Matters". It feels like the boring brother to "One".
Yet another timeless classic
The music is great, but I can’t get into the cheesy angsty lyrics. Some classics on here though and undeniably a classic album in its genre. 3.5/5 goes up to a 4.
In meiner kleinen Sammlung befindet sich auch ein Album von Metallica, Master of Puppets von 1986. Nachdem ich das "Black Album" jetzt gehört habe, muss ich sagen, dass es dagegen abfällt. Ja, jede Menge Smash Hits, einige auch tauglich fürs Formatradio. Aber die maschinenhafte Energie des 86er Albums fehlt mir.
Objectively the intro hard rock and metal album for many individuals. It was mine for a time too. Many of my peers cited this as their foyer in metal. For me my tastes have grown but subjectively this album is a good started for those who crave more than just rock and roll. It is a blended hard rock/metal album though. Its not the heaviest thing, but sonically and track wise its a good start.
Ein Klassiker für mich. Hör ich immer wieder.
Since I got this album’s predecessor “…And Justice For All” a couple of weeks ago, I feel obliged to compare the two. Firstly, and perhaps most obviously, the music itself is a lot less complex and prog-y here than it was on the last album, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it made this album a lot easier to digest for me. Secondly, the lyrical content is a lot less political here, with the band instead focusing on more personal matters like childhood fears, religion and death, so, while the lyrics may have less of an impact, its not like the songs don’t have any meaning at all. Overall, this album is a fun time that also tones down a lot of the aggression from the previous album in the hopes of reaching a wider audience. Favourite tracks: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, Through the Never, The God That Failed
Def not for me, but unsure if lacking merit? Fav: nothing else matters
Lo reconozco, es un placer culpable.
Thinking of packing this project in. Life is too short to listen to Metallica
Some great intros and then the same tediously drawn out sound failing to reach a climax
I've always found Metallica a pretentious band. Even their most popular songs, like "Enter Sandman", are boring and substanceless. Watching paint dry would've been a greater pastime than listening to the "Black Album." Both Black Sabbath and Nazareth did it better.
Ahhh, when Metallica stopped making noise and learned they had something to say. This is Metallica at its best, still load, still metal, still deep …..but finally crystal clear.
Soundtrack of my youth. I had the album, posters, and mullet to prove it.
Love this album. Every song is a banger. And I don’t even love Metallica because I feel that the drums could just be so much better, however it was the early 90s and real metal was only just coming into its own so it’s fine. Still a 5/5
i thought metallica was way harder than this aha
The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because of Enter Sandman.
Alright, Sandman and Nothing else matters are easily the best two tracks, the rest sounds like filler
Must have album in any collection… Masterpiece…
Good
Great. Play it loud.
Did not dislike it as much as I expected to, but probably also wouldn't come back to it for a re-listen.
This album goes crazy. Not a single miss.
Probably the album that most people think of when someone says Metallica. Lots of good stuff on here and I did enjoy going back and listening to this one all the way through again. Say what you will about Metallica, musically or otherwise, there are a lot of great songs on this record. I get that thrash metal isn't exactly for everyone, and there's a valid argument that this album isn't exactly thrash metal anyway, but it's undeniably solid. I think where this album is lacking most is in production. It's not bad but I think the balance between the low and high frequencies is off a bit. Maybe it's sort of scooped? I'm not sure. I listened to the original, not a remaster, so maybe that's something they fixed later on. I've never been a huge Metallica fan but I really like this album. I probably wouldn't go out and try to find it at the record store but I would play it again for sure. And maybe pick it up if it happened to be at the record store and I didn't want anything else. 4/5
I've never listened to this album in its entirety before, but it's obvious that this album was very influential in the space. Feels quite ahead of its time, like it wouldn't be out of place if it had been released 10 years ago.
Not my type of music but it's cool anyway
This album is an absolute masterpiece.
þetta er auðvitað bara .... black album
Love every bit of this pretty much other than Enter Sandman just because I can go anywhere and here it. Work like this is how you transcend genres as a band.
Opens pretty strong with Enter Sandman, can’t go wrong there. Doesn’t really let up from there, Sad but True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam all excellent. The drop in a ballad with Nothing Else Matters and this is a really good album. Yea, there is some cheese for sure but Metallica sticks it with their self-titled. I’d argue the only stinkers on this release are Don’t Tread on Me and The God That Failed. Overall though, no issues. 4 stars
Not so much into heavy/metal. But this one I really like. Guess it’s iconic
I’m biased, grew up with this one, absolute classics in here and imo best Metallica record
Somehow they made heavy metal accessible and mainstream.
4.5/5 Best Track: Nothing Else Matters
Not as good as I remember it.
Metalnumre man kender, god energi hvis det endelig skal være
Fuen fuon... mas gosto de Nothing Else Matters, a famosa.
Proving that I'm no metal-head, my first thought was that Metallica is one of those rare bands that became better when they sold out. The engineering and production on this album are gorgeous. The guitars are as full and rich as anything since Eddie’s Brown Sound and it finally sounds like Lars is playing drums instead of slapping wet cardboard with wooden spoons. By Holier Than Thou I started thinking that, like REM, Metalica’s music is maybe more enjoyable when you can’t understand the lyrics. But that's not entirely correct either. Some of the lyrics are pretty damned good. It’s still a Metalllica album - which means it gets pretty monotonous pretty quickly. But it sounds amazing and the riffs are outta this world. The riff of Enter Sandman is worth 3 stars all on its own.
Man, this brought back memories.
Goes hard
I've never been very deep into metal but Metallica seems to speak to me a lot of the time, as does Iron Maiden. While I think I prefer Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning, this is a great release.
A solid album, I liked Enter Sandman and Wherever I May Roam the most.
1001 Albums 1: This is my first time rating a project on here and it is Metallica's self title. I think this album is pretty good. There are quite a few classic tracks on this album including my personal favourite \"Enter Sandman\". The main downside is that this doesn't stack up to Metallica's releases prior to this in my opinion. It serves as Metallica's last truly good project and as a step into the mainstream and one out of the thrash scene. Rating: 8.5 Fav Tracks: Enter Sandman, Sad But True Least Fav Track: Don't Tread On Me
Same as other heavy metal bands: just not my style. it gives me headaches to listen to several of these songs in a row. Really not enjoyable. Nothing else matters is probably the only exception in this album.
Classique également, mais beaucoup plus inégal que ses prédécesseurs.
Not for me
So many classic songs, with kick ass riffs. Sometimes all you need is a James Hetfield chugging power chord. Lyrics are a bit cringy though. Kirk’s wah drenched solos are a guilty pleasure. Lars’ drumming is plodding but suits the style of the band. I’m also happy that you can hear the bass here unlike … And Justice For All Second half kind of dips in quality. Highlights: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam
I mean, if I have to listen to Metallica...
So many hit songs.
I very rhythmic and influential album. The lyrics sometimes compliment the grittiness of the songs. Some of the songs drag on a little, as if you would be banging your head and knocking into people during the repetition. "Enter Sandman" is such an iconic song, and "Struggle Within" is a great closer. 3.5 stars
Great album, lots of all-timers but its a little too long and gets a bit repetitive
Couple classic songs in Sandman and Nothing Else Matters but the rest is forgettable.
Feels like listening to one long song instead of an album. Only exception is the Song "Nothing Else Matters". In my Opinion it lacks in variation
For some reason the whole album reminds me of that spoken word part in Thriller. Solid album tho
I was debugging code, this gave me the strength to continue. Slightly geared towards pop, not too harsh which is also nice. Strong album with a few hits.
4 stars because they fought Napster
Hey-yeeeeeaaAH. 5 staaaaaarsAH. 4 stars truly listening back, but it's a classic in my personal catalogue.
Ironically dark and slow, Metallica made a big shift in the direction of metal with this one. Some of their most iconic tracks were born from this album and this is what I think of when I talk about their sound. They get so into the new style that it can be a bit dense, but if brooding, angry, and a little bit powerful is what you're feeling this is the album for you.
This album is listenable which is something the prior Metallica album isn't. This isn't the obnoxious yeah metal machine gun drum stuff. It's slower and the songs have a more traditional song structure. At times it's seems less metal and not hard rock. Those are the times I considered actually listening to this again but the end of the album was back to what I don't like about metal.
Not a big fan of Heavymetal, but Metallica and some of the songs are a classic, Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters of course.
A real heart banger
Great album. Peak Metallica.
a classic. it really stands the test of time, a great album!
Famtastic!!!
More like Midtallica.
Quite repetitive and nothing stand out but good voice and music
J'aime mieux la version acoustique de plusieurs chansons, mais c'est parce que c'est avec celle-là que je les ai découvert. Reste que c'est du bon stock.
Enter sandman is such a fantastic song. That with nothing else maters makes this album great. Also I have seen them live and was so blown away.
Not to my taste but I powered through.
Alright, so I went into this expecting to give it an obvious 5/5. It's Metallica's magnum opus and it created a hits machine for the band. I love so many of these songs and was happy to discover some new ones. HOWEVER, as I was jamming out, I realized that every single song takes waaaaaaay too long to get the the lyrics. Every song pretty much has a minute or more lead up. Now a lot of people probably credit that about what makes it so great. The musical talents of the band. But I've always been a lyrics man, which is the only reason I can't give it a perfect score. 4.8/5
Copypasta from Master of Puppets... I was never a "fan" of Metallica due to all the tryhards of the world, but as I grew up I realized that these dudes rock. There are certainly things left to be desired with the band and with this album, but overall it was a fun album. I knew most of the tunes, but never listened to the album in it's entirety.
Pas tant mon genre, un peu lourd
How much more black could this be? the answer is none, none more black. A good album that I enjoyed a lot when I was a teenager. My guitar teacher told me to start on Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, and Justice for All over the black album. But this still holds up and definitely made them into the mainstream band they are today.
Enter Sandman is a classic, nothing else on the album stuck out to me
That’s tough, I loved this in 7th grade but was way too cool for it in 12th. I guess I’ll just have to try to give it an honest listen 30 years later. It pretty much holds up! The instrumentation is top notch, but the lyrics are dumb and boring. It would be a five if it were in a language I don’t understand.
It's probably a 4 star album but I just don't love Metallica...
Soundtrack to my Jr high.