Reviews (page 13 of 14)
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.
I can appreciate that this is a very good heavy metal album…but I really don’t enjoy listening to heavy metal
guess im just not a metal fan, some okay songs but they all feel the same.
I respect the album but I'm just not huge on the heavy metal. Guitars were fine, will not go back to this
Great stuff funny energetic
Enter Sandman - legendary - legendary intro. After that..... well the epic drum sound wares thin.... starts to hurt. Can't stand the vocal delivery and monotony of the sound. I really don't get it.
I am a huge Metallica fan. Well, I was until this album. There are a couple of good songs: The God That Failed, Holier Than Thou are the ones I like. The rest, meh.
It sounds too rock for me, that’s not my glass of whisky… but I don’t agree with « nothing else matters », as the metal sound rock is not for me and I do matter about it. 2 stars thanks for the tube otherwise I would have ranked only 1 star
It's got a couple good songs and a very refined production, but it's a far cry from the energy of their first few albums. It's been a while since I've listened to this, but it reinforces for me that And Justice For All was the beginning of the end for Metallica, and this is just further along down that decline.
When this came out, heavy metal was about as popular as it has been, and probably ever will be. As a consequence of (or, perhaps, part of the reason for) this is that "the black album" is their most poppy and accessible collection of songs. Fans can argue about whether that makes it their "best" album, but to me it is the most melodic and chart-friendly collection of songs regardless. The simple truth is, my music taste has evolved since 1991 - while I have fond memories of this era, 30-plus years on it is all delivered with such earnest, with such a lack of wit and irony, it just makes me cringe. I mean, I get anger is an energy and all that, but singing about monsters under your bed and shit as if you really, REALLY mean it - come on, give us a break. It's all just a bit silly, isn't it?
More annoying the longer it went on. I do not like Lars's voice, especially when he tries to shout
4.5/10 This was a vast improvement on the first album by Metallica that I got on this list. It was at least listenable, and had some songs I actually liked. Much more straight heavy metal Good production, throwing a lot at it. The bass and drums in particular stood out. Too long. Like 33% too long. But boy do they take themselves seriously. This is not infused with any fun, it is serious music that can’t help but come across as a little pompous. Nothing Else Matters isn’t far off being a parody. Best: Enter Sandman
top songs: enter sandman, the unforgiven, nothing else matters would have given it a three if i could tell the difference between half of the songs
Lät som man trodde, inte min grej
I haven't listened to this album in over 25 years. My ex-wife loved this, and it was in heavy rotation back then. We saw the band for this tour, and they put on a good show, but fast-forward to now, and I just find it boring and repetitive. I think another 25 years is plenty before I listen to this again. Yawn!
Good background music while working on mindless spreadsheets.
Some songs that I enjoy, but I tend to find a lot of metal a bit boring? I think it's just not my thing, but it tends to feel a bit long and tiring at times. The heavy guitar in particular stands out as something I wish were different. I just don't get the same emotions from it that some others do. That being said, my favorites were Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters (not exactly original on my end lol)
Dated corporate rock
I'm gonna be real, this isn't bad at all, but all of these songs are very very contextual. As I sit here at my desk and listen to these tracks, I fully realize I'm supposed to be riding a motorcycle really fast to this or slam dancing in a mosh pit. But since I'm not, I don't feel it.
Not for me
I admit it, I couldn't finish this one.
metal. metal that feels like a solid color (here it's black, even if grey is more appropriate). metal everyone knows. metal that is perfectly adequate at what it does -- whatever that is -- and never strives for anything further. metal that took blood sweat and tears to produce. metal that proves you can bleed, sweat, and cry as much as you want and it won't automatically create a gesamtkunstwerk. metal your mom doesn't switch off when the radio plays it. metal the radio plays. metal that you could feasibly cover with your local indie folk band that uses mandocello. metal that fills stadiums. metal that could be considered a "safe aux choice". metal with a bit of thrash and a bit of groove and a bit of alt but really none of those things all at once. metal, stainless steel used for a butter knife made in Hoboken -- durable, polished, dull. metal you would presume is made by a band named "metallic-a".
Apart from the 2 good songs, I truly don't see the appeal. Everyone in my hick town loved this shit. Not me.
This isn't bad, I just don't like it. Or maybe it is bad, but I've grown up skipping past this stuff on the radio so I'm just used to it. His singing/screaming just sounds so cheesy. Metal sucks.
Bit dull - unlikely to revisit.
I get why they’re on the list and enter sandman is a jam, but outside of that I just don’t like Metallica
The only people who unironically listen to this are angry millenial dads
Its a classic, but I am looking for new things
I wasn't able to listen to this in it's entirety. It was just too heavy for me.
god i could barely get through this lol
jäjä, stahsch am morge uf und wetsch gmüetlich dur de irchelpark laufe am ne früsche sunnige frühligsmorge. Was denn dur de kopf lauft isch: was isch echt hüt für es album ready? Was mir bi dere Situation denn nöd chan isch in Metallica drilose. Eich schad, weil grosse Lücke, hed mi na nie ahgmacht. Un dhas denn de ganz Tag verschwitzt. D.h. gleiches problem neuer Tag. Han mir 10 min Ziit gna. Mäh, isch halt nöd mis. Nothing else matters aber wunderschön. Süsch zu hardrockig. Muss glaub uf 2 Sternlis abrunde, sorry metallica ** Und peeps, ich wag mich namal zunere Prognose: Alli gänd zwei sternlis o.O
Some outstanding songs, the genre isn’t really for me but I can appreciate it nonetheless.
It does nothing for me, but I get it. It's like eating caprese. I get it, it's just never actually exciting or groundbreaking.
Alright, I’m glad to finally knock this one off the list and put it behind me. I’ve been avoiding it forever because I’m absolutely sick of it. Yes, I know Metallica is talented, and yes, this was a groundbreaking album that sold a ton of copies. I agree with all of that, but none of it changes the fact that this album annoys the hell out of me. After hearing it a thousand times over the last 30 years, 990 times was just too many! Oh, and if we count this listen, make that 991 too many times!
Not really my jam.
Couldn’t finish it. Why did the songs get so strained and uncool? I know they wanted to move on from “Damage Inc.” and the like but I’ll listen to that song fifty times before I crack the case on the later stuff. This album is NOT essential!
Besides the opener, came to this new. I’m not really a metal fan though, still not.
Opet 😂 a jao, ne znam šta dati ovome. Da, kultni je album. Je li realno dobar? Pa i ne baš. Vuče li me u djetinjstvo i čistu nostalgiju? Apsolutno. Ima par pjesama koje me i dan danas ponesu i zbog toga će biti mrvu bolja ocjena, ali nakon jučerašnjeg albuma ne mogu dati više od toga. 2/5, 4.5/10
Starting this one by saying that this is for me the most overrated metal band ever and it's not even close. And from the 3 albums of them that are considered great this one is probably the worst one by far. Because if not of the very few great songs in here, wvery other song is complete garbage. Most of this album's songs don't even have the Metallica song saving point, which is the amazing riffs. Lastly I will die on the hill saying that their records have the worst production I have ever heard. About 4-4.5/10
Ape music
Not nearly as bad as people like to say it is. There are riffs here and the first few tracks really rock. But this is the far past their prime and there are way too many tracks on this.
“Enter Sandman” may be the best opening to an album ever. Afterwards this is just diminishing returns. 2/5
was fiine
back again with another "what the hell, sure." I can admire that this album is sonically consistent and cohesive, even if it made me think that several of the individual songs were one big long one.
You hate this album because it’s too different from the earlier Metallica albums that you like. I hate this album because it’s too similar to the earlier Metallica albums that I also hate. We are not the same. Also, I’ve read a book before in my life. Which, I have to assume that as you are a Metallica fan is another way in which we differ.
finally growing beyond leaning on the ride the lightning tracklist as a structural crutch, metallica proceeds to replace it with No Structure At All aside from "well we should probably space out a couple ballads in here." tbf im not sure if there Is a structure that would allow for a more flattering presentation of such one-note material...all big stompy riff rockers way more mid tempo than they arent. i never thought of metallica as a super good proggy band but that level of ambition at the v least ensures that theres always a variety of distinct ideas. if i found all this fun or exciting it would make up for all this ofc, i like plenty of one note fun records, but whether thru overplay or just my disinterest in mid tempo stompers its just a big shrug from me. on a lot of levels this is genuinely a kind of artistic progress, they probably could not have escalated on their current path beyond what and justice for all offered and so cutting open a new path that takes advantage of the fact that metallica's songwriting sense has always had some amount of populist rock star appeal even when hung on something ambitious makes a lot of sense, beyond what the Selling Out narrative would necessarily imply. still, the exchange was not worth it for me, and im not even a big metallica fan to begin with. i accidentally wished for something stephen sondheim related on this list, and the monkey's paw gave me the west side story interpolation on the no step on snek song
I never got the hype with Metallica.
i really hated this. It just stinks alcohol-fueled racism and "she looked older than 13" . I just can't stand this vibe. It's not a 1 star because it's still an influential album.
I got 3 songs in but it's just too much. I know this is good metal but even good metal to me still isn't very good. Too angry, too much shouting. The exact opposite of the type of listening experience I'm trying to have. 4.25/10 (2.125/5)
Even though whether something rocks or not is a big part of my evaluation rubric, Metallica rocks and I still hate them. I think it's because they are usually rocking about how mad or frustrated they are - which just isn't something I want to rock about. I want to rock about hot chicks or Lord of the Rings or deaf blind pinball players or even the Devil as a proxy for my frustrations or aggression. I don't want to rock about emotional problems so directly. To me, Metallica is emo for mad dudes. Giving an extra star because Enter Sandman rocks the way I wanna rock.
Meh. Nothing special here. I could understand it feeling a little more cutting edge at the time but I think this is pretty generic and bland as metal goes. Favorite track: N/A Saved songs: Nothing Else Matters
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO enter sandman- 3 sad but true- 3 holier than thou- 3 the unforgiven- 2 or 3 where ever I may roam- 3 don't tread on me- 2 or 3 through the never- more like nether. my bad. 3 nothing else matters- 3 enough I can't do this yall
2/1089 - Not a fan of Hetfield's voice or Metal in general. Can cut 30 seconds off the start of many songs without losing coherence. However, the Enter Sandman riff is cool and the music is overall well produced/competently made. Solos are alright.
Less bad than the previous Metallica albums. Still bad.
Childhood me was excited to listen again. Unfortunately, it doesn’t hold up. I know it’s cultural importance and all that, but this just might be the last time I listen on purpose.
I understand they are a big band and loved by many.... But I struggled to get past the 4th song. Guff.
Never been a Metallica fan :/
Je suis un grand fan de Metallica depuis 'Kill 'em All'. Mais j'ai été terriblement déçu par '...And Justice For All' (mixage mauvais mais surtout énergie des albums précédents totalement perdue). 'Metallica' m'a fait totalement abandonner le groupe : les racines trash ont presque totalement disparu, et c'est exactement ce qui m'avais attiré dans les albums précédents ! Cette nouvelle écoute n'y a rien changé ... =>2/5
Not a fan of Metallica. Saw them at Bonnaroo about 12 years ago. Not my jam. I suppose with a gun to my head this would be the album of theirs that I'd listen to. I did enjoy the reissue they put out a year or two ago with other artists covering tracks from it. Highlights included Jason Isbell's "Sad But True" and Phoebe Bridgers "Nothing Else Matters".
+++ wherever i may roam, of wolf and man --- the unforgiven, nothing else matters i’ve never been in love with metallica’s sound. everything is showy and impressive, but because they have inspired so much and ARE so foundational im a little bored by them because i’ve heard so much of the same thing. despite that, i’ve always loved their lyrics and despite how much i don’t click with the music it is like. objectively impressive. i do enjoy the heavier stuff quite a bit more.
not a fan. Some of the songs were fine but nearly all of them went on a bit too long.
ну да круто.. но никогда не чувствовала металлику хз.. может щас получится. для меня это какой то рок для подростков и мужиков хз нет не хочу это час слушать…. 3 песни послушала и достаточно
Love Sandman. But rest is ok
отошли от трэш метала, сделали продукт для масс. даже баллад насували сюда. но я никогда феномена металлики не понимал
not my thang
Alright, I’m glad to finally knock this one off the list and put it behind me. I’ve been avoiding it forever because I’m absolutely sick of it. Yes, I know Metallica is talented, and yes, this was a groundbreaking album that sold a ton of copies. I agree with all of that, but none of it changes the fact that this album annoys the hell out of me. After hearing it a thousand times over the last 30 years, 990 times was just too many! Oh, and if we count this listen, make that 991 too many times!
I do not like metallica
Parts of it just leave me stone cold, others I find just obnoxious. Really, really not for me.
I won't do it. I won't listen to an hour of this. I sat through all of S&M when the generator spit it out. No more, I won't do it. I'll skip through it a bit, that's the best I can offer: Skip Skip Skip Okay, this intro is actually not half bad. Tough-guy solo? Skip Skip Don't tread on me wtf skip Skip Another quiet guitar intro, I like those. Yeah, this one is super famous for a reason. Skip after first chorus. Of wolf and skip The God that skipped Ooh, My Friend of Misery has a nice bass intro. Oh, but other than that it's a SKIP Hyposkip ...aaand we're done. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
Honestly, it’s a better album than their first album. But I feel like songs can be cut from here to make it better. There are some very skippable and forgettable songs, as well as I think some of their best songs as a group. Overall, I’d probably give it a 2. If some of the filler songs were cut, it’d be a 3
A perfect album for anyone who likes METAL, METAL and nothing but METAL. Other than the lead 3 tracks there is nothing much happening on this album. Give me St. Anger over this any day!
Very repetitive for the most part. I know Metallica are known for a specific sound, but there’s too many songs with little variation to the structure and sound. The hits from this album are classics that I’ve always liked, and I quite liked Of Wolf and Man and My Friend of Misery, but the rest felt very much like filler. Also I don’t think I’ve ever noticed how boring Lars’ drumming is before.
Shocked at how much I prefer this to S&M. Studio Metallica is surprisingly much more my speed compared to live Metallica. Fav Track: The Unforgiven
Trash (BLANEY, Emmet) 1. I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin 2. I’m your pain while you repay 3. Burn your bridges, and build them back with wealth 4. The old man here is me 5. I’ll redefine anywhere, anywhere I roam 6. To secure peace is to prepare for war 7. On through the never we must go 8. Trust I seek and I found in you 9. Chill in the air, cold as steel tonight 10. The healing hand held back by the deepened nail 11. One man’s fun is another’s hell 12. Kicking at a dead horse pleases you
love metal hate metallica i think theyre stupid
Talented but this was a chore to get through
I used to not mind some of the songs on this album, but now without the San Fransisco Symphony they’re just lacking. And even then I don’t want to listen to them all one after the other.
have listened to lots of metallica before. not really a metal guy anymore so this will be interesting. never really liked this album mostly because i don't care for metallica's releases after cliff burton died (not out of some kind of worship for him. just only like the first three), and i used to think the hits from this album like Enter Sandman are super overplayed and i was/am pretty sick to death of them. kind of fucking insane that there's apparently FOUR metallica albums on this list – i'd include maybe three at an absolute stretch. all the songs are in terms of composition good metal songs. james hetfield is a great vocalist. kirk hammett using wah-wah on every solo used to not really irk me much but for some reason this listen through it really started to piss me off — just turn it off for one fucking lick dude please. the way the drums are mixed kind of pisses me off too. the snare sounds like lars is hitting a mattress or something and the cymbals, especially the crash, are just fucking annoying. i guess especially because lars ulrich is pretty indisputably a shit drummer (he used to be good but by this stage in metallica’s career and onwards he definitely is as bad as popular vitriol makes him out to be and he's also a dick). lars makes so many of the songs drag on like borderline snoozefests because it feels like he’s constantly drumming in halftime. his fills (especially on Wherever I May Roam) also SUCK oh my fucking god. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE BASS IN THE MIX?????? the only way they could’ve gotten away with this absolute dogshit sound for a record was because of how notoriously bad And Justice For All’s (the album before this one) mix was. so many of these songs sound totally empty. i guess it’s worth considering this is metallica right as they decide to start pandering to more of a “hard rock” fanbase because they had already achieved most of the commercial success you can really get as a metal band (by releasing 3 [AJFA is composition-speaking a great album with great songs but fuck me what a terrible sounding album] great metal albums beforehand, so worth giving them credit here). not gonna get too into it but while the lyrics are mostly good (Hetfield is a good metal lyricist all around), there’s some fucking trash in here too — Don’t Tread On Me is a blatantly right-wing shitstain lyrically (“love it or leave it”?!!? are you serious cunt) and it’s also probably the worst, laziest, and corniest song on the album in my opinion. on the bright side, broadly great guitar work and vocals. i think i’m harsher on this album than most would be because i never got super into this album (it was probably a lot of millennials’ introduction to metal), so i don’t have any nostalgia to look back on it with. standout track is for sure Nothing Else Matters. also obviously better than the absolute shite metallica put out after this haha. maybe like a 3.5/10 if i'm being generous. sorry. i'll round up to 2/5 when i rate it to make up for it though.
I'm not much of a fan of metal, and though I appreciate the diversion from full-on thrash metal with this album, it hasn't won me over.
still shit
Sad But True
Ok. This one gets a 2 for all the hits.
Классика, но никогда фанатом не был
This album...*sigh* First off let me just say that I HATE Enter Sandman. It's so corny which is a quality amplified by the fact that through most of my life (I'm 39) this song has been the go to for every non-metalhead to act like they're some kind of "wild person". As in, they listen to adult contemporary 90% of the time but they'll let you know that they like to put their hair down sometimes and go a little wild when they put on...Enter Sandman. It's your lame uncle's favorite song and he wants you to know that he likes it so you won't think of him as the lame uncle anymore. That said, I liked this album when I was young and hadn't acquainted myself with the bands 80's work yet. Even then I saw some faults with this album though. Of Wolf and Man always irked me. It's so corny. I never could stand it. The Unforgiven isn't very good either. I actually think part 2 from Reload is much better (fight me) Nothing Else Matters can kick rocks too. The best song on this album in my opinion is Through The Never. It needs more recognition. Wherever I May Roam isn't too bad either. It's easily the most tolerable of the hits. Look, I get why people really like this album. I just think it's really watered down and completely overhyped. I don't have a problem with a band changing their sound some of my favorite bands did it often (Ween and Cave In come to mind) but man, no, I don't want my Metallica sounding like this.
Enter Sandman is a great track and they knew what they were doing by making it the opener. All the rest of this album feels like filler.
There is something soulless about Metallica and I’ve never warmed to them
Nothing that I didn't expect, the singles enter sandman and nothing else matters are welcome breaks as the rest is normal service. The occasional pleasant fret work but the constant thrash and strained vocals were as routine as a quo album.
4/10 - Don't tread on me has the theme from America from West Side Story in it. its a metallica album, it sounds like the rest of them
I guess I’m just gonna go my whole life without ever understanding why people like this
Rated August 4th 2024 It didn't do anything for me. If I had to say something, 'Nothing Else Matters' was my favorite track.
I can understand why this album was so massive and continues to be considered a classic in the metal genre. It just does nothing for me. The drums are always maxed out (on speed and volume), the guitars chug along in much the same way on every song and there's nothing particularly interesting about his voice. I do get it but I'm not feeling it, personally.
The Black Album. Ok. Yeah will Metallica finally break the 3 ceiling? Or will it be another boring album with the occasional banger. This has Sandman on it. Sad But True is alright. Holier Than Thou is boring as fuck. The Unforgiven is melodic and alright. This is an hour long and I need to mow the lawn before it rains. Wherever I May Roam is a good recognisable riff but I'm bored. Don't Tread on Me is another boring one sans good riff. When is Nothing Else Matters on? Next track completely forgettable. Ah good here we go, a decent song. Maybe they've saved all the good ones for the end? Oh, it's finished. Without another notable song. Well, Misery was ok. 2 great songs and 4 alright ones in total. This is worse than Justice for all.
I have a guilty pleasure with this record. I love it, although it is utter pretentious pop gone metal. It is bad though, and I had to suffer Lars Ulrich two times in a festival setting. That was a revelation. I do not think any drum track on this record was close to being played in one take. And the drums just sound shit. Two for the guilty pleasure
It's too clean. Too polished. It's a bit ... whiny? If this is the Devil's music, it's when he's decided to go corporate and do his work from shiny City skyscrapers. Which is probably about right. Enther the Sandman is a great pop record, though.
Wow this sucks
Sigh I really want to like metal. I really want to like Metallica. But man I just do not care. I’ve said this with previous metal albums (Metallica, Iron Maiden), but the stakes are always high with metal. Musically it’s as loud and as intense as it can be. Lyrically it’s all about the end of the world, monsters, dying, descriptions of demons or monsters and why we should be afraid of them, or some combination or derivation thereof. Of course this is an over generalization coming from someone who has now only listened to four complete metal albums in his life. But this is what I’ve heard so far. And I just cannot bring myself to give a damn about it. This album is no different. Even when they do slow it down, lower the stakes musically, and make it less intense on “Nothing Else Matters,” it’s still high stakes because, well, it’s called “Nothing Else Matters.” “Enter Sandman” is the clear winner here. Everyone knows it, it’s transcended metal as a genre and is in the popular culture. It also happens to be the best song on this album, if you ask me. I won’t be seeking out any metal on my own at this point. Which is a bummer because the genre clearly has many talented musicians. If this project hits me with a metal album/band I can get into, great. But at this point I’m starting to get the gist and it just isn’t for me. Two stars. Not even “Enter Sandman” could save this.
Everything sounded like enter sandman, I’m sorry.
They’re talented musicians and good at what they’re going but man are these lyrics dumb af
Partly heard before Saved 3/12 Top track: Enter Sandman
sandman’s coo…
Sounds impressively heavy. Besides the hits, not much here.
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.
I loved Enter Sandman as a ten year old.
Heavy mehtal so dull.
Not their best work
Not my thing. Far too long.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
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!!!
Hmmmmmm, not really my type
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.
I had to listen to six ads before I got to a single repetitive note. Metallica were sellouts from the start.
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
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.
not for me - but 'nothing else matters' slaps
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.
Metallica on yllättävän tylsää musaa. Tasaisen tappavaa ajoa, mutta ei onnistu innostamaan. 2/5
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).
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.
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?
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.
Some great intros and then the same tediously drawn out sound failing to reach a climax
The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because of Enter Sandman.
Fuen fuon... mas gosto de Nothing Else Matters, a famosa.
Not for me
Couple classic songs in Sandman and Nothing Else Matters but the rest is forgettable.
Pas tant mon genre, un peu lourd
Nostalgic but boring.
Album #12 I never understood the draw to Metalica that many of my classmates had back in the day. I still don't but I listened to this album entirely. I was impressed that I could understand the lyrics for the most part and it wasn't just a bunch of screaming men stroking their guitars and drum sets in a violent manner. I often see that the song 'Enter the Sandman" is listed as one of the best songs of all time, I don't see it or hear it. They weren't my cup of tea in the 80's and still aren't. I am glad that someone is drawn to their music, why, I have no clue.
Ugh, vorige album vond ik helemaal niets. Dit album is in elk geval een stuk melodieuzer dan het vorige album en op het eerste gezicht iets minder scheurende gitaren. Begrijp me niet verkeerd hoor, het is nog steeds scheurende gitaren wat de klok slaat en elk nummer bevat op zeker een gitaar solo, maar het is iets minder pure thrash metal wat ik opzich goed trek. Ok laat maar, na ongeveer de helft van het album is hte toch weer de pure thrash metal van het vorige album, lange gitaarsolo's en ik weet niet. Deze muziek is voor mij zo erg als "IK BEN BOOS OP DE WERELD VROEGER WAS ALLES BETER KINDEREN WETEN HELEMAAL NIEEEEETS" En dat vind ik nogal jammer. Hoeveel metallica albums staan er in deze lijst? FAVO: Ik vind opzich Enter Sandman wel een prima nummer.
not my jam, forgot to rate before but probably downloaded a song or two
No thank you
kinda long
I found myself getting more and more angry through each track - not because I hated the album or anything like that, it was just the style of m,usic is so abrasive and angry it just rubbed off on me. As you can probably tell, not my bag at all, but giving it 2 stars as I made it the whole way through.
Not my cup of tea, but there's some interesting musical motifs throughout. Weird reference to West Side Story in 'Don't tread on me' that felt both really on the nose and clumsily executed. Most songs are way too long, don't really have much purpose in being as bloated as they are. I still recognize the impact this album has had in music generally and in the metal genre specifically. 2/5
Some memorable tracks from my music listening past. Some 'oh god, its the same noise over and over and over again' with no idea about the lyrics. a bit Meh. Not shocking but meh. 2 stars
The Unforgiven // Wherever I May Roam //
Metallica hasn't ever really been my thing, but there are a few songs that I've had from here that I'll continue to keep in rotation
Very thoughtful lyrics, but generally just loud, roaring unrest and angst against the “they.”
"Nottingham else matters" gefällt mir ja sehr gut - aber der Rest ist wirklich nicht mein Geschmack
This is not my choice of music but I did listen to it. Some of the songs were better than others but I probably will not listen to any of them again.
Wasn’t a fan. Thought all the songs blended together and lacked variation.
I honestly tried to like this album despite my dad’s strong hatred for the band. Started off strong with the first one just because I know of it and its impact on the world (and Riveras song) but honestly his voice is just so painful so try to deal with. I miss rock and this is definitely it so I’ll give it that, but definitely not a great one.
not my thing, songs too long
Metal metal metal! After a while it all sounds the same.
I don't have anything specifically against Metallica, but this album really just plods on compared to their earlier stuff that I'm more familiar with. Spotify also has me listening to a "remastered" version which I suspect is mostly a louder/more compressed edition, so that doesn't make it any easier to listen to.
I don't own nor have any desire to own an Ibanez guitar.
Ark, j'aime définitivement pas Metallica pis c'est pas cet album là qui me fait aimer ça plus
Eh. Enter Sandman is a classic but the energy feels a little off for me. A lot of mid tempo/slower jams that don't hit as hard as ride the lightning or master of puppets style songs.
Perhaps if I had been 16 when this album came out, I would’ve liked it. Not sure it would’ve been a favorite even then. However, I was 31 when this came out. I had a wife, 2 kids, a solid start on a career. I just didn’t have the testosterone driven anger at the world, that this seems to call upon. And I’m good with that. I’ll go 2/5, just for “Enter Sandman” is a very good song, I do own that one. But don’t listen to it very often. 2/5
Just doesn’t do it for me today.
Enter Sandman is bekend en wel grappig maar als ik heel eerlijk mag zijn ook niet zo geweldig. Sad But True en Holier Than Thou verdwijnen een beetje in een generic Metallica soep. The Unforgiven was anders maar ook niet fantastisch. Nog meer Metallica soep NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. Deze vind ik leuk. 10/10 Soep Ik vind eigenlijk alleen Nothing Else Matters leuk, 1,5/5
Enter Sandman - Ik denk net een beetje te metallic achtig voor mij. Maar op zich wel goed nummer. Sad Bit True - Geen slecht nummer denk ik, maar niet voor mij. Holier Than Thou - Beetje te heftig The Unforgiven - Minder heftig, beter dan vorige nummers Wherever I May Roam - Weer beetje hetzelfde, iets te heftig. Ik zou hier niet perse voor mijn plezier naar luisteren Don’t Tread On Me - Nog heftiger XD Trough the Never - De zang is meer losse woorden uitschreeuwen Nothing Else Matters - Dit is het eerste nummer dat ik denk ik daadwerkelijk voor mijn plezier zou luisteren, iets rustiger dan de andere en minder geschreeuw Of Wolf and Man - Dum dum tu dum The God That Failed - Wederom iets te heftig My Friend of Misery - Eigenlijk hetzelfde The Struggle Within - Gelukkig het is voorbij (Zo erg was het niet hoor, maar niet helemaal mijn muziek) Metallica is niet echt iets voor mij. Eigenlijk het enige leuke nummer is Nothing Else Matters, en misschien Enter Sandman. Voor de rest is het iets te veel metal, niet helemaal mijn genre. 1.8/5
I don't want to LISTEN TO THIS ANYMOaoRE-a-uh! thruggadugchugdugdug thuggadugchug its place in historeeeea-uh is unmisTAKEable YEAH but I don't want to HEAR IT A-UH-GAIIIINNNNN! YEAH! meedley meawuuuuh bree a wreauh mreeeeuuwwww thruggaduggachuggachugchgchgchg music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Not really my bag. There are some great songs on hear, but most of these songs felt twice as long as they should be
Niet mijn stijl, ondanks bekende hits als enter sandman en nothing else matters.
Holy shit this album is boring. High school loser party album.
2/5
The album starts with good energy, but quickly loses steam. It gets dull pretty fast, and by the end it feels like it's the same drum line on repeat with generic guitar riffs.
Not for me, although 'Sad But True' & ' Holier Than Thou' sound okay and have nice lyrics
Au début j’étais impressionnée que ça aille aussi hard, pis rendu à la moitié je me suis fait chier fake j’ai écouté Rage Against the Machine à la place
Apparently you need to give a child a new food stuff between 12 and 30 times for them to accept it. I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to Metallica but I still can’t accept it. I’ll tell you when I get to 31 because obviously then I’m gonna love them. Just not now.
1 hour and 5 minutes is, by any measure, an unhealthy amount of James Hetfield. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater. He's an astounding rhythm guitarist. And his delivery of the line, "Hush little baby, don't say a word," is comedy gold. I'm just trying to urge moderation. So kids: If you want to listen to this album, do so in three-song increments. In between doses, take a half-hour break. Go for a walk. Listen to Taylor Swift or The Beatles. Remind yourself that joy exists. Following this advice will make your listening experience much more powerful... and no one will get hurt in the process.
I appreciate Stranger Things use of Enter Sandman even more now that I made it halfway through this album. Maybe there is real musicianship in this band but I won't ever truly know b/c I hit play and start thinking about Beavis & Butthead and how much adolescent boys stink and I don't understand any lyrics and the din just makes me f'in crazy.
2.5 I just don’t like Metallica
My least favorite Metallica album
Long, drawn out, repetitive, and angsty. The same guitar tone, same gruff vocals, the same up-down stroke riffs in the same minor keys. Really not sure what's going on here that others hear. Other then having "Metal" in the name, what's cool about this?
"Never opened myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. All these words I don't just say. And nothing else matters." --- Favourite Tracks: Enter Sandman Summary: I tried to keep an open mind with this as it's definitely not to my usual tastes, I knew of Enter Sandman going in which I didn't mind, but from there it all felt very repetitive and one note. I'm sure it was very influential and clearly has a massive fan base, but it's just not for me - the highlight was when my headphones interrupted the album to tell me the battery was low.
p676. 1991. 1.5 stars. Lumpy, plodding Spinal Tap for the 90s, but with an irony bypass. Definitive proof that one classic song does not make an essential album. Bonus point for Enter Sandman.
too metal for my taste
For my taste, I just can't get into how angry this album gets although I am a fan of the slower songs. Standouts include Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, and Nothing Else Matters.
The most boring metal in the world. Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman are undeniable classics. The rest, not so much. And I just can't stand picturing the people listening to this, and REALLY liking it. I don't exactly know why, but listening to this album feels like carrying a skateboard by the trucks. You think you're cool, but everyone with the same interest looks at you with disgust. 3 Metallica might be the most overrated band of all time. Master of Puppets is good though. 2
I loved Enter Sandman. Do not know the rest of this album & what with Easter & all, & having once watched that doco where this lot took themselves so seriously it made me double-upwith laughter, I have no time or desire to listen to it now. Two stars.
Too discordant for me
Besides their two biggest hits, nothing else mattered here. Perhaps heavy metal doesn't really fit the vibe I'm going for as I write a history essay while wearing low-rise jeans and a paisley head-scarf. It was a lot of nothing really.
I got two words for you: Mariano. Rivera. grrrrrrrr Mondays.
Uninventive drumming, riffs, solos. Repetitive with some okay parts.
3.6 - Spectacular guitar work. “Nothing Else Matters” is symphonic. “Enter Sandman” creates a dark, nightmarish soundscape. I’m less wild about Hedfield’s grunty vocals. And I dislike Ulrich’s drumming on here - simplistic and splashy. I also felt exhausted by this record’s plodding pace, especially towards the end of the hour.
4/10
2/12, 17%
Enter Sandman is great but after that it's slow-paced metal with super boring drums.
No reason to have this instead of Ride the Lightning on such a list.
dun dun a dun
I hate Metallica. Their earlier albums were irritating, this is just boring one-note ponderous tedium. The singer sucks, the lyrics are amateur schoolboy crap, and the production sounds better with the '90s Phil Collins material it was developed for. Please no more from these shitheads
Well you know what the ones I knew I quite enjoyed listening to but on the whole a bit of a slog. Enter Sandman is a banger. I can appreciate that this is a tight album and I get why it is popular, with those inclined but just so could not listen to this on the regs.
Oh I just was not in the mood for this one.
Totaal niet mijn muziek maar ik snap wel waarom mensen dit vet vinden. Nothing Else Matters is wel een lekker nummertje.
Had eigenlijk wel zin om deze te luisteren, want vind enter sandman wel lekker nummertje. Wel bij het tweede nummer al een beetje gek\depressief, en heb het niet veel langer volgehouden. Helaas
Wat heb ik dit album uitgezeten zeg holy shit, laatste 3 nummers kon ik echt niet meer aan. Op 2 bekende nummers na vond ik het vreselijk om naar te luisteren, alleen niet zó erg als Ute Lemper dus vandaar 2 sterren want zou ook Nothing else matters wel meezingen in de kroeg
Metallica always had the potential to be a seriously good act, but they couldn't evolve past their caveman machismo. While some songs are strong (Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven), there's too much grunting, and growling... it's a musical version of Tim Allen's Tool Time from Home Improvement. This is taken to the ultimate point of self-caricature in the "ballad" "Nothing Else Matters." The video featured them playing this tender ballad through snarls and sneers. Lars Ulrich beat the drums like they killed his dog while Hetfield sang, "So close, no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart..." Very Spinal Tap-esque :D
Most of these songs could be 2 or 3 minutes long. I remember loving this album like 15 years ago, but now, yeesh. These songs just go on and on and on. What the hell was Metallica thinking?
It’s just guitar and noise and it’s all in the same cord
I knew this album was gonna be corny as soon as I saw the gadsden flag on the cover. Some decent songs though. I like their other material better.
As much as I love Enter Sandman, I found the rest of these very samesy and boring.
Maybe I'm a biased trash but I really think this album lacks the punch and attitude that made me tolerate and sometimes appreciate metallica in favor of nonchalant cock/butt rock all you can eat extravaganza. Sad But True and Wherever I May Roam are pretteh slick bangers tho. Rest is kinda meh, please shut the fuck up about The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters, I don't really give a shit. I believe The God That Failed was good? Can't remember so idfk.
2 good songs, but even they could have done with tightening up time wise. Lots of dull shite. Metal that is not speed metal just seems dreary to me.
This is the crossover Metallica record, and there are good moments, but this loses a lot of what made Metallica special for me.
Not a particularly exciting album. A couple of good songs which make the remainder sound like filler. And the remastered edition is stupidity bright!
This is the album that ruined Metallica for me.
Would listen to again: Not a chance Rating of each song: 1)6/10 2)4/10 3)4/10 4)8/10 5)5/10 6)4/10 7)4/10 8)7/10 9)4/10 10)4/10 11)4/10 12)3/10
Too many solos, too few tunes.
not for me
Not bad, but it's not the type of music I like.
4/10. Started off well enough, but over the course of an hour it starts to feel samey and even rather boring
Enter, Sandman. Then leave before you have to listen to the rest of the album.
Ovo će mi biti prvi puta da ću poslušati Metallicu na svoju želju. Naravno, znam već neke pjesme koje sam čuo u izlascima i jedino sam se vraćao pjesmi Nothing Else Matters, ali eto vidit ćemo hoće mi sjest uopće oni. EDIT: Ma da, nije to glazba za mene, eventualno u gradu tipa nekad Bolero, Green&Yellow bi to išlo, al ih si ne bi nikad pustio, tj, bar ne ovaj album.
i do not like metal nothing else matter is a jam however the guitar is the most recognizable shit ive ever heard overall pretty repetitive, formulaic the most MURICA FUCK YEA FREEDOM lyrics ive heard not really great
Couple of bangers but couldn't get into the rest.
The same song, repeated again and again.
My problem with Metallica is Lars Ulrich. If you compare their breakout album, Master of Puppets, to Slayer's Reign in Blood, it is obvious that Dave Lombardo swings while Ulrich can only plod. In fact, I have suggested that an Ulrich be the measurement of absolute mediocrity which achieves great success. Henry Rollins would be half an Ulrich.
Maybe I just didn't get it, but this album just sounds painfully cheesy to me. Nothing in this album sounded particularly remarkable or influential, especially since this was "the last good Metallica album." Not very challenging or interesting to my ears. Felt like very entry level metal music. Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of metal music, but I know that I prefer Boris, Uniform, or ISIS over this album in particular.
Not my vibe at all, Listen to it because of this challenge... I understand why it's popular, but that's not for me..
I was a latecomer to the Metallica party, invited to their head banger ball with this LP. Prior to 'Metallica,' Metallica was an underground thrash metal band with an extremely rabid and loyal fan base. All that came to a crashing end with this LP, a massive seller, with the smash hit ‘Enter Sandman’ even receiving radio airplay- a sure fire way to really piss of thrash metal fans. Metallica’s die-hard fans hated this LP, and its popularity. What is it about metal heads (and punks) that causes them to they stop liking bands when they become popular? Anyway, 'Metallica' still found Metallica thrashing with the same fervor before on ‘Holier Than Thou,’ ‘Through the Never,’ and the album’s scorching closer, ‘The Struggle Within.’ Musically, if you like this genre (and I do), it is quite enjoyable. And if you dig the extra heavy, (and I do): ‘Sad But True,’ ‘The God That Failed,’ and ‘My Friend of Misery,’ the latter featuring a terrific duo harmonic guitar solo by James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett ala Thin Lizzy, followed by Kirk shredding it up himself, wah wah pedal to the metal. And, then there are the two numbers Metallica’s prior fans loathed the most: ‘Unforgiven,’ and ‘Nothing Else Matters.’ Undeniably, not thrash, but not bad either. I really liked this LP when it was released, being a still relatively young age of 31. Wore the cassette(!) right out. And I resonated with it not only on a musical, but a lyrical level, too. Because just like James Hetfield, I too was emotionally stunted, further exacerbated by alcohol (and drugs when I could get them, which in rural, far North East Texas in 1991 was next to impossible.) It’s always interesting to read the random comments people post about music, and most folks seemed to agree that ‘The Struggle Within’ is concerned with the suffering a self-defeating personality brings upon oneself. Very Buddhist, although I doubt Metallica’s fans have any truck with that. Buddhists are too non-violent. ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ kinda punches the Buddha right in the face. However, there was one smart ass who commented that ‘The Struggle Within’ is about constipation! Typical juvenile scatological humor. And, sometimes, that ‘shit’ is funny. But the commentator actually stumbled upon a truth that I suspect James and I share: the lack of appropriate and consistent mentoring by our parents, particularly in the area of responding maturely to the disappointments encountered in one’s life. One could label this as emotional constipation, and I suffered from this for years, inadvertently causing great harm to myself and my marriage. Thankfully, with help, and lot of ongoing work on my part, my emotional age is finally beginning to catch up with my chronological age. Hetfield is only four years my junior, so I sincerely hope that he’s making similar progress. I do know that for years, he self-medicated with alcohol (Metallica used to refer to themselves as Alcoholica), and as of a few years ago apparently got that under control. Lyrically, there’s really nothing here for anyone over the age of, let’s say, 18. Just a lot of self-loathing and/or blaming and judgment of others for one’s problems (organized religion being an obvious and easy target, particularly for metal), unwillingness to forgive, violent retribution, etc. On the second, and super heavy track, ‘Sad But True,’ Hetfield’s completely untamed, unrestrained ego has completely overpowered his (holy) spirit with (unholy) thoughts of forever being a victim to one’s past, the future being already determined by one’s regrets and fear, etc. Sad, but true, Hetfield laments. And that makes me sad to hear it. I’ve been sad too much for too long already. I much prefer being happy. That’s my new truth. Loved 'Metallica' back in the day. Appreciate it for what it is today, musically. But I don’t really care to listen to it anymore. There are other, wiser, and actually more helpful selections of metal to bang my head to today that bring a smile to my face.
Wasn’t as painful to listen to as some metal but just found it boring
Yeah don't like metal etc
I know Metallica fans would literally kill me for saying this, but I just don't think they're very good. I can see why teenage boys with too much excess testosterone like them, but I find their music boring, their lyrics trite, and James Hetfield snarling his way through the vocals gets old pretty quickly. 2 stars.
As with a number of other bang average bands, metallica - and this album - is hugely overrated.