Reviews (page 13 of 15)
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
Don’t think I care about Metallica. RYM: N Saved a song: N
it's lwk like good tone and good progression of the instruments but I don't like the vocals
Top end of a 2 for the great guitar riffs and solo’s. Otherwise I just find this kind of music boring and can’t listen to more than 2 songs at a time
Better than last Metallica album. Still a slog. Devastated to learn that there are another two of their albums on the list.
Hush little baby don't make me listen to this ever again.
It’s not good. It’s like the worst junk food. You can excuse someone liking it when you’re young. But as an adult a little goes a long way. Enter the sandman is fun. Then the rest of the album just drags out.
I'll be honest, I was a little tuned out while listening to this one. Unfortunately, I don't think that speaks well to this album as everything kind of blended into one for me. I know that cohesiveness is sometimes what makes for a great album, but in this case I think it instead led to something pretty boring and one-dimensional. It made me realize that I think Metallica is kind of corny, and I don't think I'll be a metalhead any time soon. 2.5/5 Favorite tracks: Enter Sandman (yes I know this is a basic choice, and yes I did know this one beforehand)
I hate Metallica gng
Yep, that was Metallica. Had this on cassette tape, from Columbia House! Haven’t listened to it since and it didn’t take long to remember why. Not necessarily bad, but predictable and that’s bad.
Through the Never and Nothing Else Matters are bangers, but the rest is pop metal garbage. Justice for Jason Newsted.
This is just so not my thing - sludgy, plodding, monotonous Nickelback-esque music with no finesse, wit or really anything much of anything redeeming. 2 stars because I guess I'm not utterly horrified by it, but it's really close to 1.
I liked this album a lot better when it was called And Justice For All and was good.
j'ai failli mettre le 3 pour nothing else matters
Enter Sandman is bearable but after that it was an hour of noise that put me on edge whilst I was attempting a relaxing drive. No thanks.
Songs are simple and slow (lars probably can't play fast) but this causes the riffs to have a sinister vibe - cool, James does play faster (chug). Probably their best album considering Kirk is not playing shit yet. James' lyrics are a bit like they are written by a child that just watched monsters inc, yet it is catchy in an anthem like way. Also James cooks with the acoustic.
This album really blended into my morning commute. Chugging riffs, chugging train, chugging coffee. But for a heavy metal record, it left me feeling rather sleepy.
On the last Metallica record I heard about a year ago (AJFA...), I praised the band for adding depth to what I believed to be a shallow genre. Metal to me was always stubborn blast beats and hair-flailing guitar tricks that impressed me as much as Brad Pitt impressed Shania Twain. That album was cool because despite the lack of bass, the band still had some progressive ideas. That's not really the case with their self-titled. I'm sure I can call this Metallica's full-dive into the mainstream. After all, it's an album synonymous with the genre which means it sold a shit ton of copies. Plus people tend to like it and consider it the last great Metallica album before they arguably lost their footing. That should give me enough reason to believe in it! So I turn it on and it's Enter Sandman! I know this one and it's good! Kick-ass riff, off to the NeverNeverLand, YEAHHHHHH!!! All the goods. Then like 5 songs happen where it's all dramatic and shit. Through The Never's a bit notable, Nothing Else Matters is great and it goes out from there. So I leave this album having heard it twice and both times I thought "Man, that was mostly wasted time". And Justice is the longer album by 3 minutes, but again, the time they fill on that is meaningful and warranted. This is just basic bitch pedal to the metal that everyone got on the train for. At least that's how I hear it. It's in no means a bad album but, massively overrated to me. That doesn't mean its success is undeserved; the songs that kick ass do indeed kick ass. I just don't feel the need to fill 62 minutes of my day with the same 7-8 sounding songs. You know it's sad but true (5/10, 2/5 on this scale)
There’s some good drums here but honestly, this genre has always been an uphill climb for me and this album is no exception. Likes: Enter Sandman; The Unforgiven
I swear every song sounds exactly the same. I mean that one song is okay but does grate a bit after an hour of it
Tedious
I'm sure they're great musicians but this is sooo tedious.
Sorry, I can't do an hour of this
nothing memorable. rah rah rah rah!
Yeaaahhh! Arrgghhhaaaa. Repetitive testosterone and kak lyrics. Giving points for 3 pretty good songs. The rest so skippable. Yaaawn. Might need to calibrate if there are more Metallica LPs on this list so I don't end up in negative score. But it's a no for me, dawg.
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.
Incredibly front loaded but listening to Metallica is worth it so you can get a glimpse at how much Metallica fans fucking hate Metallica. Even this one. Especially this one. But not as much as that one or that one or that other one, and especially not as much as that particular one.
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
'Enter Sandman' as an album intro is up there with the best of any hard rock album. A towering contribution to rock (it apparently gets 1 million streams on Spotify per day!). The first three singles form the enjoyable core of the album. Lyrically it's often awkward. Hetfield took some inspiration from Lennon amongst others, and 'Unforgiven' seemed like a 'Working Class Hero' retread lyrically, but disregarding Lennon's caustic narrative for clanky prose. 'Dont Tread on Me' with its "fangs of rage" and instruction "to secure peace, prepare for war" feels like the original incel manual. So three massive tracks, and a bit of good filler, and the rest expendable. Which leaves it the wrong side of three. As for the album cover - how much more black could it be?
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.
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