Reviews (page 12 of 14)
The album that made Metallica a household name for better and worse. It's overlong and front loaded as much as any album ever has been, it's highlights Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters are great. Some of the tracks like Don't Tread on Me aren't very good. Most of the rest of it is just kind of there.
It just went on forever. There are better metallica albums
My mates listened to Metallica when I was a teen. I enjoyed a couple of songs but never listened to one of their albums until now. It's a great album but what can I say, it's not for me. I'll graze the classics; the hits but I'll never be a hardcore metal head or a Metallica devotee.
Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters are obvious standouts here. The rest of the album features brief glimpses of life but otherwise didn't distinguish itself at all to me.
Ik vind het lastig om metal als meer dan een gimmick te zien. Mannen met lange baarden, raarvormige gitaren en een distortion pedaal. Haal dat weg en je luistert naar blues muziek. Over pedalen gesproken, zoek op Google ‘boss metal zone 5g chip’ lol. Dit album vind ik echter heel toegankelijk en was prima af te luisteren. Als je nooit metal hebt geluisterd is dit een prima introductie. Nothing Else Matters vind ik stiekem een banger. En nu heb ik zin in Reign In Blood
I have kept trying to get into Metallica, and while Enter Sandman rips, the rest is just so plodding and repetitive. Can’t do it.
Has some outstanding and iconic tracks.
Sandman is a top tune, but the album is repetitive
Miley Cyrus's version of Nothing Else Matters blows Metallica's away. Show me the lie! Enter Sandman is a classic but it reminds me of Mariano Rivera walking out of the bullpen, which means it reminds of annoying Yankee fans who overpraise Mariano. Sort of like Metallica fans and this album.
Chugga chugga chugga chugg chugga chugga chugga chugg chugga chugga chugga chugg
This kind of music is safely in the not for me, Clive category. However, the best of pretty much any genre is going to be good, and Metallica is a very good example. What I like is their light and shade and the vocals. Nothing Else Matters, best song, highlights all of this.
what can i say... I should dislike this album and dislike this band based on my general musical taste and other preferences, but i liked it. As an album, there were some weak songs mixed in, which hurts the rating, but four or so songs are straight up iconic.
It has a bunch of songs I like and a bunch that are pretty meh but better than most other albums we've had.
I like this way more than I did the 'real' Metallica album that we had before, which I guess shows that I'm not really a proper metal person (sorry @Hector). Feels like they've taken their previous work, listened to a load of Bon Jovi, and set this new record about half way in between. Agree with Joe on this version of Nothing Else Matters, but it's still a brilliant song and so different to what they've done before. Also agree that it's a bit bloated, but it's still pretty listenable. 3/5, has its flaws, but I do like it.
Enter sandman: it’s okay I know that bible thing from somewhere Sad but true:I can tell I’m not gonna like this album just feels like doom music The unforgiven: ecstasy of gold kinda idk Through the never: probs my fave so far
Metallica and the generator are getting to me with repetition. It's a shame that the band drop the syncopation thing they've got going at the start, but even the sillier cuts provoke a smile. There's a little that's truly boring, but it's a classic enough sound that it all works as fast food.
Decent.
Only listened halfway but I know the first song.
The only Metallica album I can stomach but still not very enjoyable
I've never really got Metallica, this just seems like the same generic sound repeated for each song until nothing else matters hits and that song is great because it's different. Every other song is duhn dunn *pause* duhn dunn *pause* duhn dunn repeated, its so dull. After it was over it reccomend I listen to Nickleback who IMO was at least more interesting
Metal for the massess
i know alot of these songs because of the metallic blacklist and I enjoyed them. The songs were very long and I feel like there was lots of space but good for the most part
Eh, it was alright. Not as heavy as I was expecting.
its alright. some of the songs sound the same, boring asf
Pivotal album for aging Gen X listeners who don’t understand why their anger can only come out in ways that hurt their loved ones and minorities
Couldn’t decide between 3 or 4. Maybe 3.75?
Probably pretty great.
never thought much of hetfield's vocals or lyrics, but some pretty good riffs
The type of album that is reminiscent of others not because itself is heavily indebted, but because of its influence on classic, heavy and modern rock that follows. Tasty licks. Hetfield's brash voice is iconic but (perhaps for personal preference) my highlights were the softer, singing moments.
3.5
It is an okay album. What I would call the start of their sell out phase.
I am really enjoying this album. I know this isn't considered their best but there still alot here. The song ENTER SANDMAN is in alot of top 500 songs of all time list. I think it's one of the weaker song. I also think the shorter the song worst off it is. I like this album for all the places it goes, from the super grudgey sounding SAD BUT TRUE. Also kind of the alt rock banger that is THE UNFORGIVEN. There is even a love song on it too. Even if I did enjoy this album I did not love it. The ending runs together in an uninteresting haugepash
Not bad but you have to be in the mood for it. Some are (of course) classics.
Well, I’m surprised. Heavy-metal will never be my thing, but listening to this album has made me appreciate the genre in a way I never did before. I am impressed by the lyrics, the rhythmic intricacy, the bass playing and guitar riffs. I was especially impressed by ”Through the Never”. A bit goes a long way, and I probably didn’t listen to it at the volume that fans do, but I’m really glad I’ve discovered the quality of this style of music. That alone is worth embarking on this project.
Metallic. Nice but I think a few at a time is enough for me.
Ugh. The album that initiated the downfall of Metallica as a respectable heavy metal band. They changed their producer, changed their sound, sang f’ing BALLADS, and sold their souls just to cash in. Sure, they made a lot of money but at the cost of losing many original fans. I guess I can’t blame them. Sellouts be sellin’ out.
Always gonna be reminded of that tumblr post that goes something like “these guys aren’t tough, they’re singing songs!” 5/10
It was ok… nothing amazing in my opinion. Probably wouldn’t listen again. Rating: 5/10
Album definitely rips but tonally it's so one note with only a few exception. The songs really bleed into one another since they sound so similar.
Just reminds me of getting beat up by my friend's uncle and his buddy. It's fine, but I'll take some of their older albums instead.
Chugging guitar that everybody knows, but ultimately a bit samey.
After all of these years my feelings about this album have stayed relatively the same. I know that others have felt a strong connection to Metallica, but I'm not quite sure why. I know I've listened to this album at least once before, to try and understand the band, and there are at least four tracks from this album that I've heard several times. I might like some of the singles from this album more than I used to, but my patience with the vocals wanes as I listen to an entire ablum at once. With some rounding I land at 3 stars, but it would take a strong recommendation from someone else for me to sit through this entire album again.
Not entirely my cup of tea, but it does have some great tunes on it.
metallica e greit i mindre mengde og på guitar hero
The infamous Black Album. Never been a huge fan of this one. Funnily enough, the ballads I like, I think my problem overall is this album just feels like it lost a little something. The tunes can be heavy, but they don't feel as crushing as the classic four do, and while lyrics were never the strong suit of Metallica, the lyrics here feel especially glaring. Also, a personal bias: I am sick to death of "Enter Sandman". "Sad But True" still gets a pass. Favorite tracks: "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Sad But True"
Sad but true still my favourite on this album. It’s good, the drumming is infuriatingly dull though
You can't deny these riffs. The songs and sounds on this album share a lot more in common with the grunge bands I believed were far superior as a teen. As timeless as the music may be at times the lyrics get a little too "on the nose". The earnestness of grunge is its legacy rather than the fashion or even the sound. The production on the remastered version sounds great but Side B is hiding some real clunkers. For one reason or another I think I prefer Megadeth. Ye-yeah!
Honestly was surprised that this was as good as it was! Never really been a Metallica fan
I got bored on the 4th song. iIt sounds very powerful, I understand why this album is insanely popular. But for me it's too monotonous.
Svolítið eins og Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magick, spiluð í drasl í kringum mig í 10. bekk. Fannst þetta í lagi en ekki meira en það. Ólíkt BSSM hefur álit mitt ekki breyst.
Mid tier for Metallica
Ah Metallica. This is my third Metallica album and it's got a few songs I do know. Enter Sandman is just such a banger. The rest of the album isn't too bad either, but it does feel a bit repetitive. I'm struggling to remember anything other than the massive hits. 3.5/5
Some classic tracks, but it's all a bit thin-blue-line in it's sentiments
This was a huge album in high school. I never really got into Metallica but this is the album everyone loved (or hated because Metallica “sold out”). A fee good songs like Nothing Else Matters and Unforgiven.
They take themselves seriously, don't they?
It's very solid, but I don't like it as much as their first few albums. I enjoyed it but was a bit fatigued by the end. I was surprised how similar it sounded like the heavy grunge of the decade, like Alice in Chains.
This sounds very much like a modern Black Sabbath. Metal played more competently. Technically excellent, musically hopeless - this is for teenage boys only.
Enter Sandman is a belter and I generally enjoyed the first 30 minutes or so. After that it seems over-reliant on the overdriven guitar, four on the floor and rather clichéd lyrics. Not bad, though.
Not what I thought they would sound like, but not bad at all. Head bopping. I like sad but true. A little easy to tune out. Second half is really good, closer to what I expected them to sound like. A little “harder”
bnagers
AN album that made history blablabla don't let me hear this ever again.
Too many fillers on this album. I get how popular it is and everything, but I really prefer their first albums.
Ah, what to do with this album? It's a phenomenal commercial success and I think you can call it a metal masterpiece. There are sensational guitar riffs and the lyrics can easily be learned and sung by heart, with probably one of James Hetfield's best vocal performances. However, we have heard it so much, but heard it SO MUCH, that I am not even able to listen to the best songs of this record anymore. And the others, you have to admit, are fillers. The album is too long-winded. If I hear Enter Sandman again in life, I'm going to vomit blood, so here's a note that will be fair to me, and to Metallica.
Ah, the transition album from thrash-metal darlings to "sell-outs." Of course, they became one of the biggest one or two rock bands in the world. While I'll agree, I like the previous four albums are better ("Kill Em' All" thru "And Justice..."), there are a lot of decent songs here. I'll always admit to thinking the beginning musical build-up of "Enter Sandman" is brilliant. The band went with a different producer, Bob Rock, whom they liked from Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood", with the result being a slower, heavier, more refined sound than their trash metal efforts. James Hetfield's vocals are at the forefront, understandable and actually sung: a big thing among Metallica fans missing his screaming. I kind of liked his screaming too. Most of the songs are still about typical heavy metal and their own song themes of war, destruction, doom and misery. But, "Nothing Else Matters" is about Hetfield missing his girlfriend on the road; "The God That Failed" about Hetfield's Mom as she refused cancer treatment due to religious beliefs. The album is front-loaded with their five singles, "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Wherever I May Roam" and "Sad But True." My favorite part of the album is songs #5 through #7 ( "Wherever I May Roam", "Don't Tread on Me" and "Through the Never") ; I think cause they are the hardest rocking to me. The last part of the album I've always struggled to get through without losing interest, probably due the length of the album (72 minutes) and by this time, the reptetiveness. I see the inclusion of this album into the 1001 due to the popularity of all the songs and where it took them.
Metallica was one of my fav bands in high school(class of 90). This album disappointed me when it came out and it still does.
3.5 stars. Nothing bad about this, but it just doesn't click like some of their earlier stuff does.
3.5
Metallica’s record made for wide public consumption. And why not? It’s a business. But also the beginning of their drift towards suck. That said it’s still a rocker.
C'est vraiment pas top.. sauf que : Enter Sandman quel chef d'oeuvre, ça vaut 3 étoiles tout seul. Une petite étoile en plus pour Nothing Else matters? no
Thematic and well-made but not very satisfying. The whole album just left me wishing for something as great as "enter sandman".
Among the variety of metal my youth cohort favored I liked Metallica the best, though I'd pretty well outgrown it in my 20s. This to me marks the turn towards self-importance outshadowing the music. I liked the old stuff better.
This prompted me to listen to other Metallica albums all day yesterday
I don't even know anymore. I still listen to their earlier stuff all the time. But black album and later.... I just can't. Does that make me a hipster?
Riff rehabilitation. As important an album as Nevermind in showing the way ahead for rock in the 90s. Cunning to include a couple of lighters-in-the-air ballads along with all the crunching. Very consistent and though not an album I could ever love, it stands up to repeated listening.
It was not as bad as I was expecting. I did recognize some of the songs and was OK with the overall album.
An alright album, strong songs but still not to my liking. A classic album that you should listen to whether you enjoy it or not it's up to you. Basic opinion but I enjoyed 'Enter Sandman'
hmmmm not rly my vibe, i don't think i would have listened to it normally tho so i'm glad i gave it a shot. it was good! just not rly for me
It was a ...not a genre breaker, but certainly thrust Metal into the mainstream. I wonder how the album would have done without Nothing Else Matters. Matters not, we'll never know. That was the gateway to Everywhere I Roam, and for this we shall always be grateful It must be said that it has aged not quite as gracefully as, say, ...And Justice for All. Something about compromising for the zeitgeist?
the best songs aren't the ones that you've heard the most
few good songs, but most of this album i cant listen to anymore
"Enter Sandman" is an epic work. It is at an apex of hard rock. It is a perfect intro to the album. The rest of the album is good. Interesting lyrics and themes, some new sounds for Metallica, going beyond thrash (although I was quite fond of Master of Puppets). I enjoyed it, though I got a little weary of the second half by the end of the hour.
Interesting that this would be here instead of ...and justice for all. This album, though mature in some aspects, feels too tame and radio friendly. Like many bands that find fame and tour relentlessly, IMHO the songwriting sounds like it suffers from a thought process along the lines of "this will sound good in an arena" that can only come with experience of doing that, but I believe takes away from the raw energy and emotion of the previous albums which feel more bent towards headphone consumption.
About a decade ago, a coworker told me there was only one good Metallica song, and I laughed it off. I never asked which song that was, but I'm starting to think she might have been right anyway.
An album that got me moving from the first bars.
Enjoyed it but I'm not a fan of metal (which I'm iffy about using to describe Metallica), so it wore out its welcome after half. Didn't add but didn't dislike.
Half good songs half sound the same as each other
While it isn't my favorite Metallica album in their discography, I do really like. Some real classics on here, especially opening up with Enter Sandman. Nothing else matters, Sad but true, and the unforgiven. Whole thing is filled with really solid songs. Solid Album.
"Classic" album that brings back memories from my youth when Metallica were at the peak of their popularity. Some nostalgia here, but overall, this album has just a few hits while the rest of the songs blend together and sound the same.
Enter Sandman = 5*, Other songs = 2* (at most) Production = 5*. Lyrics = 1*. Putting everything in a formula and doing some long calculations.. ..2.544334 * so just *** in the end.
Love Enter Sandman, meh about the rest
30 évvel később már kifejezetten könnyen hallgatható, veszélytelen, szinte unalmas. Sok részlet kicsit komikus ma már, pl. James Hetfield hangja. Azért tisztelem. Borító igénytelen, mégis badass.
Plenty of metal classics on this one - while the production is air-tight, the album does lag in its back half as the songs tend to fall into repetitive arrangements.
i remember when this album came out - it was this huge thing, The Black Album. i just kinda didn't care much, and i'm not sure i care much more now. in fairness, i have always loved enter sandman, but honestly, that's because of the bosstones' cover of it. i do continue to appreciate lars' precision when playing slow, and james' voice and guitar sound are great, etc. but really, as metallica albums go, i could take this one or leave it, which makes me a little sad.
not my thing but fine
It's pretty fun I guess. 7/10
Not really the best but I’m not white so
A good but not great album, my least favourite of the three Metallica albums I've listened to in full. Sandman is a fucking banger though.
Burnt out by Metallica at this point. Enter Sandman must have been wild to hear for the first time though.
Decent music but really not my taste, DNF, 3/5 mainly for that first iconic song.
Trip down memory lane for me. Some really good songs on this album. Love the sound. 3 stars
Top 3 1. (1) Enter Sandman 2. (8) Nothing Else Matters 3. (4) The Unforgiven Bonus: (5) Wherever I May Roam
Not my type of music... at all. I feel like I can't give 1 star simply because it's not to my taste, because I'm sure that Metallica is, objectively, great and everything. So 3 will have to do.
Enter Sandman is one of the greatest walkout songs ever. Sounds like heavy metal driving in the right lane.
Another famous band I had never really listened to. Enjoyed this a lot on a rainy Monday drive to work
My expectations were low. Very low. But this album cleared the bar with ease. Good album.
In retrospect, Metallica is a good, but not quite great, album, one whose best moments deservedly captured the heavy metal crown, but whose approach also foreshadowed a creative decline.
Every song sounded like it could be in a cutscene from Smackdown vs Raw 2008, much better than I expected!
It's Metallica. Nothing hugely surprising.
Very enjoyable. First heavy metal album I've ever listened to. Hi-Tempo, excellent guitar solos! Head bangin' in the shower!
3/5 There are some iconic songs in this album, but ultimately I don't really like their style.
Decent album. Got to my limit before the end.
So so
Veel geluisterd, weet dat het goed is, maar vandaag was helaas geen metallica-dag.
Soy especialmente irracional y tontamente parcial cuando se trata de metal porque género favorito. Con Metallica también lo soy, pero en el sentido negativo: he despreciado (quizás sin una buena razón) a Metallica por famosos o porque es lo único que se piensa de inmediato cuando se menciona el metal, me salen ronchas de lo molesto que me resulta que tengan "metal-" en el nombre de la banda (es como si unos dudes de jazz se pusieran "jazzy", o una banda de rock se pusiera, "los rockeros"), también porque me cagan sus fans. Los integrantes de la banda como seres humanos individuales me dan igual básicamente porque no sé quiénes son. Habiendo desahogado mi hate, sí disfruté el álbum negro, aunque me siguen pareciendo algo corny algunas de las canciones más celebradas como The Unforgiven y Nothing Else Matters, y me dio hueva Don´t Thread on Me, pero también he de admitir que no me desagradó en general y a pesar del prejuicio, es más, "Enter Sandman" esta vez me pareció que tiene una ondita padre que no había apreciado, y bueno... tiene unos que otros momentos emocionantes y whatnot. Canción favorita: My Friend of Misery porque de hecho sí me gustan algunas canciones in crescendo larguísimas de estos dudes, y con algunas me refiero a solo un par de Death Magnetic, disco que por alguna razón, que no comprendo, tiene muchos haters de su propia fanbase. Mood: Cara de Pikachu sorprendido.
Nunca me ha emocionado Metallica. Quizá tampoco el metal, pocas veces. Y bueno, lo escuché y no sé, hay algo en mí que no me deja emocionarme (?). Fuera de eso, pues siento que muchas canciones se parecen unas con otras. Su clásico "Enter Sandman" me gusta. "Through the Never" y "Nothing Else Matters" serían las otras con las que congenié un poco. Ansori. 7/10
I discovered I really like hard rock
Solid album. A good listen, but not anything mind blowing Favorite tracks: “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” and “Nothing Else Matters”
You can tell this is the point at which Metallica really got mainstream. I suppose it’s “metal for the masses” in a sense which sounds really pretentious and douchey, but hey, at least I admit it.
There's a very, very good 30 minute album here, the only problem is that "Metallica" runs over an hour. "Enter Sandman" is a great track, but the rest of the album has trouble reaching those heights. The lowlights drag on for so long that by the time you get to the end, you've half-forgotten about the highlights.
I can’t really hate this album. It came out when I was a freshman in high school in a small town, so the band may as well have dedicated it to me personally. But the adult me cannot fathom how many steps backwards Hetfield took lyrically from this moment forward. “And of things that will bite!” is one of the most lazy, vague lines ever sung all in service of a rhyme that sucked to begin with. I still dig “Sad but True,” “The Unforgiven” and a few others, but yeah… I’m not a freshman in high school anymore. Also, has there ever been a band as big as Metallica that has made as many wild, dumb swings with how their albums are mixed? How does one even make a hi-hat sound like it does on this record? Is that even a hi-hat? And sure, you can hear a bass presence unlike “Justice,” but can you actually make out what Newsted is playing? Is he doing anything other than doubling the low note of Hetfield’s chords? It’s like they all went shopping and bought new ears. I prefer their old ears.
Haven't heard this in a while. This was the album that got me into Metallica soon after it came out.
Was looking forward to this, not as good as I remembered.
Yes it's a great album, and pivotal in my musical experience early on... but man is it way over-produced. There's no room in the sound, it's like they just punched the loudness up to 11 and walked out the door.
I prefer the instrumental parts
Surprised me.
Vill inte gilla, men det är ändå mäktigt. Unforgiven är ju grym.
Starts strong, Metallica fs it up halfway through
Too hard for me
Enjoyed it, definitely a classic, but not my cup of tea. The weird miss of slow, grand songs with acoustics really threw me off, especially with something like Nothing Else Matters. Of course, Enter Sandman is a classic, and the guitar riffs and solos throughout the album are spectacular, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. 4/8
It was ok. The vocals are not for me but the actual music was good. All sounded quite similar. Really enjoyed nothing else matters which was less shouty
Nice tempo and a certain energy that flows through the album. Interesting to hear the way Metallica steps from one part of a song or album to the next. It makes it very dynamic overall. I only saved two other songs "Enter Sandman" and "Through the Never" to my library (besides "Nothing Else Matters") but will try to listen to more Metallica soon.
Some fantastic songs and some boring heavy songs. Overall just to heavy for me
Not my style of music but I appreciate its place in history
Metal ok
Enjoyable nostalgia.
Not really my taste in music, however this guitar is amazing. I would probably listen to it again just to hear the guitar.
2.75/5. Gets old fast, and makes me think of the scene in 21 when Channing Tatum is having a happy trip and Jonah Hill is having a depressing trip. This album would be playing in the depressing trip. Some songs are decent, I just cannot listen to them back to back
nothing memorable. rah rah rah rah!
2.5 There’s too much Metallica on this list. At least this one has some radio hits on it.
Didn't liked it that much. Too much metal
does what it says on the cover ...not a lot
I can understand why people like this album, personally I don’t think it’s for me. But who knows the more I listen…
Very overrated. Three decent tracks and the rest just sounds like repetitive noise
Plodcore. BORING.
Not terrible, just not my cup of tea. Overly long too, with most of the tracks indistinguishable from each other. The opener and Nothing Else Matters are decent enough though.
"Enter Sandman" is great but the rest just blends together and is often not even that heavy. This is metal?
Boring but would be happy to see live
Boring, samey, overwraught. Think the problem I have with metal is that it all takes itself so seriously. Music for greasy incels who think life is totally unfair.
Yes, thanks to Jethro Tull for not releasing an album when this came out. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be talking about it… Anyway, it’s not my style of music, but there were a couple of songs that I liked.
Smiths ahh
I only knew "Enter Sandman" before listening to this, and that remains the highlight of the album for me. I didn't realize how much growling there was gonna be. I was expecting to be more impressed with the rest of it, but alas. I laughed when I got to the part where they interpolate "America" from West Side Story into "Don't Tread on Me"
One subplot of this list for me has been reckoning with my lifelong distaste for hard rock and heavy metal. I got little exposure to it growing up and it never hit me viscerally when I did listen to it. So a question going through my mind was would Metallica be like reactionary politics, which I’ve only grown more disdainful of as I’ve gotten older, or maybe like rollercoasters, which I used to be terrified of but now ride all the time? Nah, this shit is music for orcs.
Not my thing
Not my cup of tea, but I can recognize what an amazing production it has and the deep feelings that can be heard through the album.
not interesting and many of the songs sound the same
Shut up, Beavis.
Sorry but cmon now I love some songs but minus 1 star for being over rated
The pace feels a lot slower than I remember classic metal being, and it leans quite a bit more into ballads than I would've expected.
I'm starting to suspect this generator isn't really random, because I tend to get albums from same artists few days apart. I don't think i like the sound here. I was expecting more after listening to And Justice for All. First two songs have good riffs, but the vocals are just not my favorite aspect of Metallica. And I think I enjoye more the heavier riffs, like song 3. Listen, I like James Hatfield as a character, I really do. But his vocals a consistently ruining the songs in this album. If a better singer was involved in a song like The Unforgiven, for example, it would all be a different story. I think 7 is my favorite here so far. Better dynamics than other songs here. Nothing Else Matters is a very good song. Like it or not, there's nothing you can do about it. Even the vocals work quit well on this one. Nice riff on 9. The three final songs are the best on the album. This is how I prefer my Metallica, more aggressive. I think I enjoyed this one less than and justice for all. It's more predictable and less raw. The riffs don't hit as hard. I think it's a classic 2.5
Usual heavy metal stuff. A riff with a drum beat and a guy trying to sing. Not for me.
Never got into Metallica. Ten years too young. Don't think it dates too well but there is a definite Metallica sound. The only one I know is Enter Sandman. Couldn't tell you much about them.
This album marked to the beginning of the end of Metallica for me. While there are plenty of decent enough songs to make this a three star album, the disappointment of their diminishing unique songwriting qualities cause me to drop it by one.
Undervældende Jeg må indrømme at jeg ikke har hørt albummet så meget som jeg gerne ville, for at give det en ordentlig chance. Til gengæld synes jeg på mine gennemlytninger, at det især var guitaren der bærer albummet. Var ikke særlig vild med vokalen og synes at mange af sangene havde den samme vibe (som ikke lige var min). Vil vende tilbage til albummet for at se om det kan overvinde mig.
funny enough I feel like "Nothing else matters" is the only song that really matters in this album.
Buen álbum mucho ruido bueno
nah not my style
Enter Sandman so automatic 2.5 but keep at 2. Jist not much of a metal fam
a few decent songs, boring otherwise
Metallica again. Oh the joy that fills my heart. I get to listen to another one of their crappy albums. This is their third album on the list. Hopefully, it will be the last. Metallica aka The Black Album is their fifth studio album. The band moved from thrash metal to heavy metal. That could be an improvement. It is their best selling album and reached number 1 in many countries. If I was forced to recommend a song it would be "Nothing Else Matters" or "The Unforgiven". Although, both were too long. I do not want to waste anymore time on this album. I did not like the vocals at all. I hated them. James Hetfield sounds like he swallowed a bag of penises and they are scratching his throat so he sounds hoarse. 3/10.
Is there a more plodding act on this list. It’s walking a marathon through waste deep mud while carrying a 50kg load. Tedious, laborious music. At least the songs are “snappier” than the last effort, more around 5 minutes. Less parts being joined together? Definitely aimed at a more mainstream sound. This is straight rock not thrash, if Sabbaths Iron Man was the only template you can use. It’s ok, a few songs would have been a much higher score, I returned to a few songs later and though yeah that’s ok can listen to that, but collectively as an album it’s so overlong, and not particularly varied and ends up being just such a lumbering, tedious slog. One or 2 songs easy 3.5 but at over an hour 2 Star.
Not really my cup of tea in terms of the discography of the band. Anyone who likes metal should give this a try though because the singles are great at least if you're like me and don't care for the rest. I just don't find the songwriting as unique as their earlier albums.
Not my typical genre but not bad
Enter Sandman, then a pile of the most boring shit you have ever heard in your life. Still not as bad as most Metallica albums though.
enter sandman isch krass simpel aber glaub scho ihren beste song. sehr sehr sehr guet. ch find sini vocals streng aber do passeds und de lars groovt (die vorzogne schläg zwingeden glaub zum uf trab sii). de UUH isch scho huuuere geil. aber sin gsang hui okay. er will so fest krass sii au. sad but true cools riff, de lars hasst sini hihat zue haa hä. de kirk isch en geile gitarrist würkli. the unforgiven findi zimli lame. er macht noch jeeedere zile es "-ah" ah wow wherever i may roam het e sitar??? mkay. dont tread on me macht lustigerwiis de swing time. boh scho bitz cringe wnl. nothing else matters isch bitz cringe eigentli glaub jo voll? bin echli hii und her grisse. chönt es 2 geh well ich alles chli meh find und zum teil cringe wie de hetfield singt. aber au es 3 well es sind zum teil gueti grooved gueti soli und no cooli riffs. aber ich glaub metallica brucht mis lob nöd. ZWEI
I listened to the first few songs and just don’t care for Metallica. My genuine reaction: “cool story bro”
A few classics but the rest was meh.
I am not a fan of post-Cliff Metallica, and this album is largely the reason. In the 35 years it's been out I've still never come around on it. Lacks everything I loved about Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. A completely different band. There are bits and pieces that sound like Metallica, but not enough for me. Maybe I'll try again in another ten years (probably not)
Meh. Starts strong with Enter Sandman but it deflates quickly. I particularly like Nothing Else Matters and The Unforgiven but the rest is really one-note, monotonous redneck slop with shit drums. Wherever I May Roam is catchy tho.
Metallica had a hand in shutting down a prominent music file sharing site in the early 2000s....so its always gonna be "fuck metallica" Having a name so close to "metal" does this band a disservice. This is metal for people who think Greenday is punk. Enter Sandman does and will always slap though. 2 Stars
Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters rock, the rest is mid
I don't tend to like metal because it's too much, too aggressive, too unpleasant, but I actually found this to be straight up boring.
Jeg kan like Metallica men ikke denne.
Hard musikk for folk som ikke liker hard musikk.
Aiai.. Ikke min kopp te.
Hørt på flyet fra Granka. What? Elsker folk Metallica? Dette høres ut som forferdelig puddel-rock fra tidlig 80-tallet. Helt for jævlig produksjon. + for et par låter.
not totally my vibe
It does feel a bit formulaic. For a not-so heavy, melodic album they could have changed things up a little between each track. I think with this album, they condensed the sounds of 70s doom and 90s thrash rock to make an overproduced, watered-down album. It starded off strong, I quite liked Sad but True, but after that it's just boring tbh.
Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters are decent tunes but the rest is just the chuga- chuga- boom- boom - growl formula that make Metallica generally tiresome for me. 1.9
There's some good moments but overall it just wasn't for me
they’re kicking me out of the Bay Area for giving this two stars
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
"Enter Sandman" is fun, but I spent the rest of the album waiting for another song I enjoyed half as much, and never found one.
Decent in places; Enter Sandman is a jam. Mostly just quite meandering and self-indulgent though in my opinion.
this album is a three but i fucking despise james hetfield so its a two and im being generous.
Tava gostando (enter sandman), ouvi a segunda, chegou na terceira eu já cansei e queria pular. Tem que ouvir no momento certo pra curtir mais (não foi o meu caso dessa vez). Wherever I may roam é melhorzinha doq as anteriores. Many unfortunately sound the exact same lol. Nothing else matters #banger af and would bring it up to a 3 but I genuinely skipped most songs so…
Oof. What a slog. It was Enter Sandman and then it seemed like three days of the same angry song.
I need my metal to have a lot more sludge to it. And sludge aside, Metallica had better albums before this. Ride the Lightning is better. I remember this album from high school, Enter Sandman was my favorite riff, and now it’s played at sports stadiums everywhere. Rightfully so. Metallica is like one notch better than disturbed. Generally speaking, I don’t love when artists take themselves real seriously. Metallica kind of falls in that category sometimes. There is barely a song on this album that I’d play on a jukebox. Nothing Else Matters is kinda cool. In high school I used to like the Unforgiven. I’ll probably never listen to this album again, other than enter sandman at the football game. 2/5
About what I expected. Nothing on here I would ever want to hear again, but not absolutely horrible. Just not my cup of tea.
An accidental experiment has been done on the state of Metallicas catalog today. I accidentally told Emma to play the album “And Justice For All” instead of this self titled album. Something interesting occurred. So here are my thoughts on And Justice For All: “It’s no Master of Puppets” - me, and probably most other people. While this album is no slouch, I just don’t think it holds a torch to its predecessor. There are some moments worth listening for here, like the really chunky, slower “Harvester or Sorrow” which slows down its powerchord formula to a pace that makes you feel the thump of the drums and guitars. Then the obvious highlight on here is “One” which is truly among the best metal songs you’ll ever hear, if not the singular best. Metal will never be my in my powerhouse, but I can still appreciate this album in the same way I appreciated MoP: incredibly clean production and composition that stands the test of time, an instantly recognizable sound, and solid storytelling/imagery. Sadly, a point down for this being too similar to MoP. Now here’s my review for THIS actual self-titled album, in direct comparison to MoP: It’s mostly the same. Self-titled has a bit more variety and well-roundedness, but I am left with the same feeling of power chord wall of sound fatigue by the end. “Enter Sandman” is this albums “One”, though I fear One is not only better, but placed at a more refreshing place in its respective albums tracklisting. Or Self-titled felt like a slow devolution after the peak of Enter Sandman. I wince a bit at the potential group of guys that took “Dont Tread On Me” as their personal anthem. “Nothing Else Matters” proves that Metallica’s only other note to hit is the solemn plucked guitar melody-turned-anthem. And again, with the knowledge of the song “One” out there existing in the universe as a superior song, it just feels a little too according-to-script. I am left with but one logical conclusion to this experiment: Metallica is best enjoyed as a vibe, as an attitude. Need a hyper-masculine soundtrack to push day at the gym? Need motivation to drink 6 beers in under an hour? Need to strikeout the side to close out an AL East rivalry game? This is it. I hope this is the last Metallica album, and variation on their delta listed sound can be left for the heads. MoP got a respectful 2/5, so will this album
I don’t like metal. There’s maybe two songs on here that I can listen to.
not for me
Nicht meins
2-2,5 Denk dat we er al uit zijn dat Metallica niet mijn ding is. Nothing else matters stond op deze plaat
okay i like enter sandman! i know that one!
The most uninteresting Metallica record. At least with Lulu, I can laugh at how absurdly misguided it is, and at minimum, St. Anger has a fun story as to why it’s so scuffed. This is just Metallica selling their souls, put to tape.
Some iconic songs and iconic sounds but songs like ‘tread on me’ are so cringe and proves how much Metallica sells out. I like my music to prioritise art of capital
Sometimes I think I might be unfairly harsh towards Metallica, and then I listen to their self-titled and nah I'm completely justified. Mid.
Metallica’s just one of those bands I can’t get into like most. Wasn’t a fan of this one or Master of Puppets, but maybe someday it’ll click.
By Far, Not their Best
Metallica, Metallica ⭐️⭐️ Album #8. I cringed a bit when I saw this come up this morning. I’ve known Metallica all my life. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan. I like and borderline love a few of their songs, but they’re a small doses band for me. I was anxious at the thought of listening to the whole album. Turns out I was right. I have a few major gripes with this band, chief amongst them being their sound. Not the music, not the composition or the lyrics, it’s the fucking sound. Horribly compressed, like it’s playing from within a resonant box, sucking in on itself, completely devoid of dynamics. I hate it. This, to me, is not heavy. It doesn’t feel loud. It feels artificial in a majorly bad way. Secondly, it’s the rhythm section. Much of this stuff has been meme’d to death, but it’s still worth pointing out. The bass is so undefined. It’s just a low end splat in the mix. And Lars. Before today, I actually felt the criticism he gets was unfair. But my God. I’m sure these drum parts were meticulously crafted, but they’re played so rigidly. I’m a drummer myself, admittedly not part of a billion dollar band like Metallica, I’ve never made ten quid in music, but these parts are played so boringly and lifelessly that I feel you’d get more soul from a drum machine. What earns this album a second star for me is Kirk Hammett. His playing is class. His solos elevate every song on the album, particularly The Unforgiven, which is by far the best track here. One of the only songs with a real dynamic range, and where James ditches the trademark snarl and actually sings a bit. I also like some of the faster songs, like Holier Than Thou. I know this album is a departure from their thrash metal roots, so maybe I’d like the earlier albums more. I may get slated for this, but I don’t get it. By the end, I felt pulverised. Maybe that’s the point. I’ll probably never listen to it again.
i feel like a fraud
Found myself frowning a lot. Kind of music that helps your dad process his divorce.
No!
Just not my jam.
Not my vibe Like nothing else matters
It was just pretty boring to me. I think Metallica is about a kind of dark, macabre vibe. But all the lyrics seemed like Hallmark card level aphorisms and cliches. Stuff about "carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders", or "sad but true". It was tough to take seriously.
Does absolutely nothing for me in any way but I kinda get it
never really given metallica a chance and i will continue not to. i think most of the popular late 80s/early 90s classic metal scene doesn't resonate with me because men hadn't discovered emotions other than anger yet, the riff driven stuff really doesn't do anything for me at all and without any sense of irony at all this is largely music for school shooters. hetfields vocals are fine but he's got one tone and doesn't do anything interesting with it the unforgiven is the first track i really sat up for, there's some guitar work here that gets interesting but can't save the album. wherever i may roam is so unnecessarily long. don't tread on me is BORING! c'mon how're you sporting the gasden flag and have literally nothing to say! nothing else matters is a well-written song (high point since the opener) but there's probably a hundred artists who have put more soul into this and at +6 mins is a slog in metallica's hands got to of wolf and man and checking how long's left, not been bored like this since U2's Achtung Baby. A one note album, does nothing for me at all. I'll say that Metallica are very, very good at what they do if that's what you want but it's really, really fucking boring to be honest - no dynamic, no highs, no lows, just a constant muddy sludge to trudge through 2 stars is being generous - 1.5 tops
some songs are alright i guess
Obvious influence on In Pain, but apart from Enter Sandman riff and Nothing Else Matters, a hard pass on the rest.
Okay, so it’s taken me three metallica albums to truly understand how to make listening fun. I will confess, there are maybe three decent songs on this album. Nothing else matters once again shows that Metallica have potential, but too often they default to paint by numbers, formulaic power cords for the bulk of their work. The unforgiven was kind of alright , and then we have Enter Sandman, which is obviously a popular and well regarded choice, though typically it showcases the dearth of lyrical talent that this brand bring the party. Cutting to the chase, it’s like some pubescent 13-year-old has penned the words to every song. So how to overcome that? Welcome to Kelvinos’ random lyric generator! You basically play the track, and instead of listening to the words, you make up your own which must involve references to darkness, night, the mind, pain, evil powers, tortured souls et cetera, et cetera. By the end of the track you will realise that your word salad is equal to if not better than the word salad that Metallica have just spouted. Try it, it’s a far better way to spend one hour and two minutes of your life.
Hahahahaha. I’m not gonna make it through this album. Sorry, gang. Weirdly, I like “The Unforgiven” and “Nothing Else Matters” more these days. Sad But True: all I can hear is Snoop Dogg singing this as he walked through the audience with terrible hair during MTV’s Icon. Woof!
Very typical of its time and genre, band members having a battle to see who is the loudest.
eh
My friend of misery: excellent guitar riffing. Sonically sounds great. The struggle within: loud fast metal, has some slower parts but still a good listen. OVERALL: not a huge fan of Metallica just based off this album
2 or 3 songs are forever burned in my brain thanks to KROQ always on in my dads truck as a kid. Still not my thing
This is the third Metallica album I've heard on this list, and I still don't get the appeal. This has a couple of songs worth listening to and a bunch of trashy, boring crap.
Favorite Tracks: The Unforgiven / Nothing Else Matters Rating: 1.8 Listened to the (Remastered) version. I've just started this Album Generator journey (this is album 5) and it feels like I need decide my paradigm for scoring. I've always preferred listening to a full album vs. singles or a playlist; my main goal for working through this list is to expose myself to classic albums through the ages that I might not bump into otherwise, in order to expand my own horizons as an appreciator of music. Should I endeavor to score objectively? If so, this album obviously had a massive impact, the production is polished, the guitar work rips, and the rhythm section is on fire. It went freakin' 15x platinum for goodness sake. Should I score it by how much I personally enjoyed the listen, and/or likelihood I'll listen again? If so, this is just not a genre I vibe with and even if an "all-timer" like Enter Sandman pops up on my radio, I'll tune to another station. I'm glad I gave this a listen, but there's zero chance it'll be in my rotation or that any tracks here will be on any playlist I create. So, decision-time. For posterity, I'm going to define my scoring on a personal enjoyment level: 5- Excellent from beginning to end; would listen again, maybe even right away 4- Highly enjoyable listen; will save specific songs and likely listen to this album again in the right mood 3- Fine; I can appreciate it even if it isn't my thing. Didn't exactly dislike but didn't do anything for me 2- Maybe a song or 2 I didn't mind, but on the whole I just "got through it" 1- Nothing enjoyable; zero chance I'll listen to this crap again Which means final score for Metallica Metallica.... 1.8
The good song is good. Otherwise, kinda boring and more than a little dumb :( Skimmed the list of albums that have sold (citation needed) 30M and this is one of the... least good not by Celine Dion. I liked And Justice somewhat.
Voelt als een parodie en veel van hetzelfde. Niet mijn muziek l!
Pinkpop-core. Dacht nog; naast de grote nummers echt enkel filler no-killer
Kwam niet veel verder dan 5 nummers ofzo. Tis niet echt mega bad maar zo geen zin in
Haat-liefde met deze. Gigantische hits maar ook heel veel domme, repetitieve riffs. 'Wherever I May Roam' is onwijs gaaf, de laatste paar tracks waren zwaar om doorheen te komen. Valt me ook op hoe, in tegenstelling tot gister bij Iggy Pop, vette moderne metal niets wegheeft van wat hier gebeurt. Ik ga snel weer Agriculture aan knallen.
This album is so, so plodding and samey. I get why other people like Metallica, they’re just not my thing.
I see why certain people in certain contexts would like it but it was too hard rock for me to make it through the album so perhaps this is an unfair review but it gave me a headache
- Dad Rock Realness - Not super understandable (enunciation) - Some decent instrumentation - Knew some of the songs
Dad rock realness
I was thinking 'oh no, not these tossers again' - but I have to say, this isn't half as bad as most of the stuff I've heard from them. So fair play. Still rubbish in a broader context mind you 🫠 And even if they have dipped into a drop of Nietzsche and Emerson, this still mostly sounds lumpen and laughably overblown.
4/10
It's... fine. I'm just not the target demographic. I associate this group's music with 15 year old incels and racist american rednecks (not the group's fault, but still).
best song: nothing else matters worst song: the struggle within surprise song: the unforgiven
I think this might be the first time I listened fully to enter sandman. Begrudgingly I will say it’s great…. At first. I found it longer than it needed to be by about an hour. Every song after just felt like an extension, and not as good. This album slowly descended into monotonous.
jednolično, predrugo, katkad edži, ali prije svega dosadnooooooooooooooooooooooo
Not for me. I get there is some artistry here, but wow--I hate this. The song structure, the singing, and all the Metallica-y aspects of it just leave me cold. This also feels very dated. On to the next!
Kun ei lähe, niin ei lähe. Kuuntelin tämän autossa vielä kahden Metallican ystävän kanssa, mutta ei heidänkään kaunopuheisuus saanut minua vakuuttuneeksi. Oli tämä reilusti parempi kun se edellinen Metallican pläjäys, ja tästä oli jopa useampi kappale entuudestaan tuttuja. Mutta kun erityisesti tuo Hetfieldin laulu tökkii niin saatanan pahasti, että en oikeasti pysty kuuntelemaan. En ole muutenkaan vihaisuuden ystävä, niin miksi minun pitäisi kuunnella teeskenneltyä vihaisuutta puhkuvaa laulajaa. Vaikka vihasin tässäkin lähes jokaista levyn parissa vietettyä sekuntia, niin annetaan silti kaksi tähteä, oli tämä niin paljon parempi kun se edellinen.
It was okay, recognized some of the songs 2.70
A seminal heavy metal album, turning a page on the genre and etching a sound that is still recognizable today. Make no mistakes. I don’t like it. It’s not my cup of tea at all but there are still some gems on this album. Honestly the hardest part for me to swallow is that people take this seriously. Couple the vocals with the lyrics and it reads to me as ‘I am sooo badass. I’m a step-dad from Jersey, who slams Monsters, and is overly protective of his daughter from his first marriage, and if you mess with me I’ll pull out the national gaurd training I received at Fort Benning in 1991.’
a couple good songs but a little too grunge heavy
Sure, I suppose it belongs on this list for posterity.
Nothing upsetting, nothing thrilling. Bog standard heavy metal to my untrained ear. I expected more.
There are a few Metallica songs that I like but their entire albums are a little too repetitive and boring for me. Sandman is a decent song and representative of their sound but the rest of the album had a lot of posturing and overindulgent noodling. A few hooks would've gone a long way.
Vel... ikke helt min greie.
Never really liked Metallica. This kind of confirmed it.
songs everyone knows but there are better Metallica albums.
I've heard it's one of their best. I'll take your word for it. Not a fan.
My first time giving Metallica a proper go, and whilst this has some big tunes on it I am not immediately in love. Perhaps I had quite high expectations after how much I enjoyed Slayer last week, but I found this to be quite a long slog. Enter Sandman is undoubtedly the highlight with its iconic riff, and benefits from being the first track to hit your ears. After that though I felt the album becomes quite a one-dimensional marathon, chugging along for a full hour. There are definitely some great parts in there, the sitar that opens The Unforgiven, some sweet solos, and Nothing Else Matters is a welcome vibe shift. I also like The Struggle Within with its slippery time signatures and faster tempo, but by that point in the album I was running out of stamina. I struggle to think of defining features of the other songs on here. I'm sure many of these songs are great on their own, but as a total package they are all a bit much for me. I also totally recognise the epic legacy this album has had, and do want to check out earlier Metallica. I think I prefer the faster side of thrash.
Nope by Nope
I like the earlier Metallica, but their decadence started here. I get bored listening to this álbum. 3 or 4 songs are quite good, the rest are unforgivenly forgettable.
Saw this pop up and immediately thought, "ugh I don't want to listen to it." I know it's a "good album" and I have listened to it before, pretty recently actually, but my gut reaction here is gonna make it a 2 at best. Older Metallica I would've been jazzed to listen to.
insufferable heavy rock music that screams look how hard I am, but I will throw in some rock ballads to make me look edgy for the ladies. I know unforgiven, Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters and thats about as much as I can say about those 3 songs. I had no pleasure listening to this, but it was not completely unbearable. 2 stars
Not a metal fan. Musically, I enjoyed the album. Lyrically, found it wavered between cheesy and pleadingly sincere.
TIL i cannot stand a full Metallica album 😅 i obv knew the three hits beforehand, enter sandman, the unforgiven and nothing else matters. the unforgiven the best song on here, every other song besides the hits are absolutely tedious to get through. i noticed am absolutely not a fan of this sound 😆 and i say this having learned nothing else matters on the guitar very early when i picked up the instrument. YEAH YEAH!! WOAH WOAH!! look up joshua woo’s parodies of metallica on social media. it’s spot on. 2/5 ⭐️⭐️
My favorite Metallica album so far
rock para papais que choram ouvindo nothing else matters depois de 12 latões (um abraço meu tio eduardo) eh o marco do afastamento deles do thrash metal né, o que não quer dizer coisa boa. tem pelo menos 3 "clássicos" deles aqui e nem isso salva. muito bom pra quem gosta, eu não gosto tanto não
Metallica are legendary, however I've never been much of one for metal. I suprisingly enjoyed the first half of the album, but by the second half it really felt like Metallica had used up all of their ideas and the rest of the songs dragged on and were all a bit samey.
Great guitar. Terrible singing.
Enter Sandman is inarguably a major hit, but the majority of this listening experience leaves me ambivalent. I don't hate it, but rarely does it grab me. Every positive review lists "Wherever I May Roam" as a top-tier song on the album and that one didn't do anything for me. I liked "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters", though. "Of Wolf and Man" is seemingly about werewolves, so that's pretty cool. I wouldn't self-identify as a metalhead, although I've got my list of albums and bands I've enjoyed. (Ie, Dopesmoker by Sleep, Dopethrone by Electric Wizard, Ozzy-era Black Sabbath, early Megadeth. More Stoner and Doom than Thrash.) What I like about the metal I enjoy remains intangible to me. I just know that this album doesn't light up my brain like others have. Personal taste, this is a 2/5. Cultural significance, it's probably a 3/5.
#133/1001....And Justice for all was the last Metallica album I was interested - and could play through the riffs with my guitar (probably still can, but that was about 35 years ago, so perhaps not so well). This does have undeniable classics, which I guess a) made them one of the biggest rock bands in the world or b) shows that they sold out or c) both. For me it doesn't really matter (nothing really matters, as long as you don't upload this album to Napster), since the hit songs wouldn't be something I'd listen to anymore, and the rest of the album is pretty mediocre.
Slow plodding and uninteresting. Most of the output of this band can be ridden over. Enter sandman is ok but the rest is very one paced
I like plenty of metal in its various alloys but Metallica albums sound tinny to me. Leaden. Ore something. I could go on. I don't dig them, but the pleasure of making metal puns is all mine.
Aburrido chica, que quieres que te diga
Vi har nog alla haft en hårdrockande kompis, gärna också gitarrist, som har spelat den här till absurdum och man tvingats utstå det. Med all rätt kanske, den har sina poänger. Har alltid uppskattat tyngden i "Sad but true" (är den möjligen nedstämd? Frågar en icke musikteoretiskt kunnig). "The unforgiven" är ju egentligen en countryballad har jag fattat först på senare år, kanske är det därför jag är svag för den. Bäst blir det kanske dock när trashrötterna får glimta fram emellanåt med punktempo och lite skitighet som i "Holier than thou" och "Through the never". James Hatfield är verkligen en genomusel sångare och dom obligatoriska gitarrsolona med många toner på kort tid är mer än lovligt enerverande. Men bortsett från "Nothing else matters" finns det inga riktiga bottennapp. Det är en någorlunda smakfull hårdrocksmacka. Jag tycker det finns roligare Metallica-grejer från tidigare i karriären när dom fortfarande verkligen var trash, här är dom mest ett vanligt ganska bra hårdrocksband. Således en rätt stark tvåa, med en vettig sångare hade nog blivit en trea.
2/5 I'm not one to play the album or any other Metallica album in general .
Benching 500 kg
Not my style
I'm just not a metal head. I was bored, except for enter Sandman of course
i know it’s good or whatever i just find it hard to listen to
Not my kind of music, mastering was a bit dry.
Just don’t care for their sound.
This is pretty one-note. They play ut fast, they play it slow, they play it loud, they play it all with the same attitude. Never liked this sound much.
God please lord let there not be another album by this fucking band on this list, or I'm going to have to kill the men who wrote it.
This album falls off the cliff after the opening 30 seconds. What a corny, try-hard, uncomfortable album. There is something pretty cool about the main riff of *Enter Sandman* sort of pulsing towards a breaking through to kick off the album with a bang, but... The bang never really comes. For a foundational metal album, this is surprisingly *soft*. There is no real impact after the first couple of fake-outs when the riff fully hits. And that goes for the whole album, sure the bass is deep and the distortion is fuzzy, but its clean-cut and over-polished. The album is impeccably produced so I can only conclude that they intended for it to sound so bland. Maybe they tried to compensate for this with the vocals, and oh man... This is a guy I wouldn't want to bump into coming out of a gas station bathroom. Yeah if there's anything threatening or 'hard' about the lead singer, it's just that I'd worry about my kids if he moved onto my block. He's doing an inverse of the glam rock yodeling and comes across about as flamboyant. The lisping growls following each bar are better suited for a boyscout campfire story, if not for the aforementioned predator vibe. The lyrics don't fare any better. *"Hush little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head"* ***Groan*** Now, again, putting aside the incredibly uncomfortable insinuation that the guy is anywhere in speaking range of a child. The fucking nursery rhyme trope is laughable. 'Oooh there's something scary in the dark' is about the extent of the theme here. I wasn't there when this came out, so I'd be inclined to think that this was just the baby steps of metal that eventually grew into the funky satantic shit its known for. But hell, *Reign in Blood* was 1986. Something like **Black Sabbath** obviously predates and wipes the floor with this. A little bit later, *Rob Zombie* and his *Hellbilly Deluxe* is the realized version of what Metallica was going for here, loaded with infinitely more musical intrigue and demented aesthetic. I'm going to call this 'Suburban Metal' and cut it off there. 3/10.
Yuck. Metallica. I fell to my knees and screamed no when I saw this was up and its an journals long. It just sucks ass dude. It tries so hard to make itself sound big and important but there is just so little substance here. Everything is slow and boring. None of the riffs are anything. Just like 3 chords like a pop song. But at least some garbage pop is interesting. And James fucking Hatfield has the worst voice of all time. And I like shit singers. This guy's bully goat gruff ass blows so hard. And then the producer had the gall to double it up. You know what's better than one steaming pile? How about two! Wow! With a passion I hate this man's voice. Probably a nice guy but damn id rather him do anything than sing. And Lars on drums stinks. I have never played drums once in my life and I feel like I could get a full set down in a day. I know the fans even say that and I think they are too nice to him. OK the hate train is rolling out of the station. Chu chu. The closing song is listenable. It at least is driving. I understand the importance of an album like this. Im sure I have listened to a million other records who were inspired by this one. At least they pushed some kid to make something actually good. I dont disregard white a milestone this record is. I may hate it with almost every atom of my being but its done good things. I just want nothing to do with this crap. It should get a 1 but I have to give it some props. Only a little but better than me wanting to give it a zero if I could.
The best of the Metallica albums so far (which isn’t saying much). I hope there aren’t any more because three of their albums are far more than enough.
Metal isn’t my thing
I'm maybe being unfair because it's well made but I'm just not much for them anymore. It's alright and that's that.
the beginning of the end for thrash metal's biggest stars. their Black Album is a departure from their 80s work that's dumber, less interesting, and less worthwhile than anything before. but listen, Enter Sandman does fuck, despite some poor lyrics. you hear those riffs? i ain't above dumb fun deserves to be one of the 1001? yes. but as a cautionary tale
By now in the Year 2025, this has become such an incredibly boring album. I could probably appreciate it for what it was at the time but when there are albums that far precede this one and also hold up a million times better I would never listen to this album again
As legendary and important as this album is to Metallica and perhaps a lot of metal from here on, I really don't think it has much going for it besides the singles and a few scattered songs here and there, it's got these specific musical ideas going for it and they are cool in some songs (Enter Sandman is a great opener) but when they get reused and replayed they just stop feeling interesting. Just a fine album but not a great one at all tbh
i prefer ride the lightning and master of puppets over this one.
Metallica... Challenges me a bit, but I can 'appreciate' the emotion.
With this and the live album, I've listened to over three hours of Metallica on this project. That's enough.
I just think they're Hack. I don't like them, never have. I've never even really been able to put my finger on why either...
This album is full of twisty transitions and loads of great percussion, guitar riffs and runs. The transitions, unfortunately, quickly become shallow and meaningless. The majority of the album irritates with lyrics that are at times so juvenile and corny (e.g. Of Wolf and Man) that it’s hard to believe this band wrote The Unforgiven. The outstanding guitar solos are welcome moments of reprieve. Songs of Note: Enter Sandman When I was in jr. high and high school, boys wore solid black t-shirts with Metallica printed along the left side, just as on this album cover. And, this song about masculinity, adolescence, and fear of the self, still feels to me like it belongs back there in jr. high. Gripping lyrics and a gothic setting make the listen enjoyable, “something that bites.” The Unforgiven Beautiful and devastating with subtle, meaningful lyrics. The only mature offering here, imo. Transcends its time.
Det bara låter mycket och är väldigt sällan njutbart
No offence, but if you enjoy this shit I’m just gonna assume you’re a twice-divorced deadbeat who thinks billionaires should pay less taxes.
Hard rock & metal is iffy for me, rarely do I enjoy that type of music. It’s good, but not for me
Virtuos... und ziemlich nervtötend.
People really like this stuff? Juvenile lyrics, fairly simple music. Good production.
Metallica’s Metallica is not a fun listen. In fact, it’s boring and a fatiguing listen. The repetitive riffs and drumming would be more tolerable if they mustered something of a groove, but the only song I found myself foot-tapping along to was the final one. There’s not even enough harshness to be interesting in that regard, either. Metallica’s Metallica might be Metal, but it’s certainly not an A.