Reviews (page 13 of 15)
Ah, the transition album from thrash-metal darlings to "sell-outs." Of course, they became one of the biggest one or two rock bands in the world. While I'll agree, I like the previous four albums are better ("Kill Em' All" thru "And Justice..."), there are a lot of decent songs here. I'll always admit to thinking the beginning musical build-up of "Enter Sandman" is brilliant. The band went with a different producer, Bob Rock, whom they liked from Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood", with the result being a slower, heavier, more refined sound than their trash metal efforts. James Hetfield's vocals are at the forefront, understandable and actually sung: a big thing among Metallica fans missing his screaming. I kind of liked his screaming too. Most of the songs are still about typical heavy metal and their own song themes of war, destruction, doom and misery. But, "Nothing Else Matters" is about Hetfield missing his girlfriend on the road; "The God That Failed" about Hetfield's Mom as she refused cancer treatment due to religious beliefs. The album is front-loaded with their five singles, "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Wherever I May Roam" and "Sad But True." My favorite part of the album is songs #5 through #7 ( "Wherever I May Roam", "Don't Tread on Me" and "Through the Never") ; I think cause they are the hardest rocking to me. The last part of the album I've always struggled to get through without losing interest, probably due the length of the album (72 minutes) and by this time, the reptetiveness. I see the inclusion of this album into the 1001 due to the popularity of all the songs and where it took them.
Metallica was one of my fav bands in high school(class of 90). This album disappointed me when it came out and it still does.
3.5 stars. Nothing bad about this, but it just doesn't click like some of their earlier stuff does.
3.5
Metallica’s record made for wide public consumption. And why not? It’s a business. But also the beginning of their drift towards suck. That said it’s still a rocker.
C'est vraiment pas top.. sauf que : Enter Sandman quel chef d'oeuvre, ça vaut 3 étoiles tout seul. Une petite étoile en plus pour Nothing Else matters? no
Thematic and well-made but not very satisfying. The whole album just left me wishing for something as great as "enter sandman".
Among the variety of metal my youth cohort favored I liked Metallica the best, though I'd pretty well outgrown it in my 20s. This to me marks the turn towards self-importance outshadowing the music. I liked the old stuff better.
This prompted me to listen to other Metallica albums all day yesterday
I don't even know anymore. I still listen to their earlier stuff all the time. But black album and later.... I just can't. Does that make me a hipster?
Riff rehabilitation. As important an album as Nevermind in showing the way ahead for rock in the 90s. Cunning to include a couple of lighters-in-the-air ballads along with all the crunching. Very consistent and though not an album I could ever love, it stands up to repeated listening.
It was not as bad as I was expecting. I did recognize some of the songs and was OK with the overall album.
An alright album, strong songs but still not to my liking. A classic album that you should listen to whether you enjoy it or not it's up to you. Basic opinion but I enjoyed 'Enter Sandman'
hmmmm not rly my vibe, i don't think i would have listened to it normally tho so i'm glad i gave it a shot. it was good! just not rly for me
It was a ...not a genre breaker, but certainly thrust Metal into the mainstream. I wonder how the album would have done without Nothing Else Matters. Matters not, we'll never know. That was the gateway to Everywhere I Roam, and for this we shall always be grateful It must be said that it has aged not quite as gracefully as, say, ...And Justice for All. Something about compromising for the zeitgeist?
the best songs aren't the ones that you've heard the most
few good songs, but most of this album i cant listen to anymore
"Enter Sandman" is an epic work. It is at an apex of hard rock. It is a perfect intro to the album. The rest of the album is good. Interesting lyrics and themes, some new sounds for Metallica, going beyond thrash (although I was quite fond of Master of Puppets). I enjoyed it, though I got a little weary of the second half by the end of the hour.
Interesting that this would be here instead of ...and justice for all. This album, though mature in some aspects, feels too tame and radio friendly. Like many bands that find fame and tour relentlessly, IMHO the songwriting sounds like it suffers from a thought process along the lines of "this will sound good in an arena" that can only come with experience of doing that, but I believe takes away from the raw energy and emotion of the previous albums which feel more bent towards headphone consumption.
About a decade ago, a coworker told me there was only one good Metallica song, and I laughed it off. I never asked which song that was, but I'm starting to think she might have been right anyway.
An album that got me moving from the first bars.
Enjoyed it but I'm not a fan of metal (which I'm iffy about using to describe Metallica), so it wore out its welcome after half. Didn't add but didn't dislike.
Half good songs half sound the same as each other
While it isn't my favorite Metallica album in their discography, I do really like. Some real classics on here, especially opening up with Enter Sandman. Nothing else matters, Sad but true, and the unforgiven. Whole thing is filled with really solid songs. Solid Album.
"Classic" album that brings back memories from my youth when Metallica were at the peak of their popularity. Some nostalgia here, but overall, this album has just a few hits while the rest of the songs blend together and sound the same.
Enter Sandman = 5*, Other songs = 2* (at most) Production = 5*. Lyrics = 1*. Putting everything in a formula and doing some long calculations.. ..2.544334 * so just *** in the end.
Love Enter Sandman, meh about the rest
30 évvel később már kifejezetten könnyen hallgatható, veszélytelen, szinte unalmas. Sok részlet kicsit komikus ma már, pl. James Hetfield hangja. Azért tisztelem. Borító igénytelen, mégis badass.
Plenty of metal classics on this one - while the production is air-tight, the album does lag in its back half as the songs tend to fall into repetitive arrangements.
i remember when this album came out - it was this huge thing, The Black Album. i just kinda didn't care much, and i'm not sure i care much more now. in fairness, i have always loved enter sandman, but honestly, that's because of the bosstones' cover of it. i do continue to appreciate lars' precision when playing slow, and james' voice and guitar sound are great, etc. but really, as metallica albums go, i could take this one or leave it, which makes me a little sad.
not my thing but fine
It's pretty fun I guess. 7/10
Not really the best but I’m not white so
A good but not great album, my least favourite of the three Metallica albums I've listened to in full. Sandman is a fucking banger though.
Burnt out by Metallica at this point. Enter Sandman must have been wild to hear for the first time though.
Decent music but really not my taste, DNF, 3/5 mainly for that first iconic song.
Trip down memory lane for me. Some really good songs on this album. Love the sound. 3 stars
Top 3 1. (1) Enter Sandman 2. (8) Nothing Else Matters 3. (4) The Unforgiven Bonus: (5) Wherever I May Roam
Not my type of music... at all. I feel like I can't give 1 star simply because it's not to my taste, because I'm sure that Metallica is, objectively, great and everything. So 3 will have to do.
Enter Sandman is one of the greatest walkout songs ever. Sounds like heavy metal driving in the right lane.
Another famous band I had never really listened to. Enjoyed this a lot on a rainy Monday drive to work
My expectations were low. Very low. But this album cleared the bar with ease. Good album.
In retrospect, Metallica is a good, but not quite great, album, one whose best moments deservedly captured the heavy metal crown, but whose approach also foreshadowed a creative decline.
Every song sounded like it could be in a cutscene from Smackdown vs Raw 2008, much better than I expected!
It's Metallica. Nothing hugely surprising.
Very enjoyable. First heavy metal album I've ever listened to. Hi-Tempo, excellent guitar solos! Head bangin' in the shower!
3/5 There are some iconic songs in this album, but ultimately I don't really like their style.
Decent album. Got to my limit before the end.
So so
Veel geluisterd, weet dat het goed is, maar vandaag was helaas geen metallica-dag.
Soy especialmente irracional y tontamente parcial cuando se trata de metal porque género favorito. Con Metallica también lo soy, pero en el sentido negativo: he despreciado (quizás sin una buena razón) a Metallica por famosos o porque es lo único que se piensa de inmediato cuando se menciona el metal, me salen ronchas de lo molesto que me resulta que tengan "metal-" en el nombre de la banda (es como si unos dudes de jazz se pusieran "jazzy", o una banda de rock se pusiera, "los rockeros"), también porque me cagan sus fans. Los integrantes de la banda como seres humanos individuales me dan igual básicamente porque no sé quiénes son. Habiendo desahogado mi hate, sí disfruté el álbum negro, aunque me siguen pareciendo algo corny algunas de las canciones más celebradas como The Unforgiven y Nothing Else Matters, y me dio hueva Don´t Thread on Me, pero también he de admitir que no me desagradó en general y a pesar del prejuicio, es más, "Enter Sandman" esta vez me pareció que tiene una ondita padre que no había apreciado, y bueno... tiene unos que otros momentos emocionantes y whatnot. Canción favorita: My Friend of Misery porque de hecho sí me gustan algunas canciones in crescendo larguísimas de estos dudes, y con algunas me refiero a solo un par de Death Magnetic, disco que por alguna razón, que no comprendo, tiene muchos haters de su propia fanbase. Mood: Cara de Pikachu sorprendido.
Nunca me ha emocionado Metallica. Quizá tampoco el metal, pocas veces. Y bueno, lo escuché y no sé, hay algo en mí que no me deja emocionarme (?). Fuera de eso, pues siento que muchas canciones se parecen unas con otras. Su clásico "Enter Sandman" me gusta. "Through the Never" y "Nothing Else Matters" serían las otras con las que congenié un poco. Ansori. 7/10
I discovered I really like hard rock
Solid album. A good listen, but not anything mind blowing Favorite tracks: “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” and “Nothing Else Matters”
You can tell this is the point at which Metallica really got mainstream. I suppose it’s “metal for the masses” in a sense which sounds really pretentious and douchey, but hey, at least I admit it.
There's a very, very good 30 minute album here, the only problem is that "Metallica" runs over an hour. "Enter Sandman" is a great track, but the rest of the album has trouble reaching those heights. The lowlights drag on for so long that by the time you get to the end, you've half-forgotten about the highlights.
I can’t really hate this album. It came out when I was a freshman in high school in a small town, so the band may as well have dedicated it to me personally. But the adult me cannot fathom how many steps backwards Hetfield took lyrically from this moment forward. “And of things that will bite!” is one of the most lazy, vague lines ever sung all in service of a rhyme that sucked to begin with. I still dig “Sad but True,” “The Unforgiven” and a few others, but yeah… I’m not a freshman in high school anymore. Also, has there ever been a band as big as Metallica that has made as many wild, dumb swings with how their albums are mixed? How does one even make a hi-hat sound like it does on this record? Is that even a hi-hat? And sure, you can hear a bass presence unlike “Justice,” but can you actually make out what Newsted is playing? Is he doing anything other than doubling the low note of Hetfield’s chords? It’s like they all went shopping and bought new ears. I prefer their old ears.
Haven't heard this in a while. This was the album that got me into Metallica soon after it came out.
Was looking forward to this, not as good as I remembered.
Yes it's a great album, and pivotal in my musical experience early on... but man is it way over-produced. There's no room in the sound, it's like they just punched the loudness up to 11 and walked out the door.
I prefer the instrumental parts
Surprised me.
Vill inte gilla, men det är ändå mäktigt. Unforgiven är ju grym.
Starts strong, Metallica fs it up halfway through
Too hard for me
Enjoyed it, definitely a classic, but not my cup of tea. The weird miss of slow, grand songs with acoustics really threw me off, especially with something like Nothing Else Matters. Of course, Enter Sandman is a classic, and the guitar riffs and solos throughout the album are spectacular, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. 4/8
It was ok. The vocals are not for me but the actual music was good. All sounded quite similar. Really enjoyed nothing else matters which was less shouty
Nice tempo and a certain energy that flows through the album. Interesting to hear the way Metallica steps from one part of a song or album to the next. It makes it very dynamic overall. I only saved two other songs "Enter Sandman" and "Through the Never" to my library (besides "Nothing Else Matters") but will try to listen to more Metallica soon.
Some fantastic songs and some boring heavy songs. Overall just to heavy for me
Not my style of music but I appreciate its place in history
Metal ok
Enjoyable nostalgia.
Not really my taste in music, however this guitar is amazing. I would probably listen to it again just to hear the guitar.
2.75/5. Gets old fast, and makes me think of the scene in 21 when Channing Tatum is having a happy trip and Jonah Hill is having a depressing trip. This album would be playing in the depressing trip. Some songs are decent, I just cannot listen to them back to back
I’ve found every person I’ve met who says Metallica is their favourite band to have questionable taste. It’s a lot of banging from a mediocre drummer and a lot of pretend gruff singing and A LOT of repetitive guitar riffs. It’s music for people who want to like metal but don’t want to try too hard. That being said, the Unforgiven isn’t terrible.
Get rid of the genera, their vocalist, and lead guitarist and they might be worth listening to.
Positives: Bass and drums on Enter Sandman rip. Way downhill after first song. All very familiar and slightly nostalgic. I never liked Metallica, but I had a roommate and good friend who loved it. So not all bad feelings. Didn't hate "My Friend of Misery" sounded slightly different at least. That's about it. Negatives: This is over an hour long, way too much, could have been an email. Hard to imagine just listening to this back to front in any normal context. Mostly soulless pop-metal A lot of these songs I think are going to be cool for about 20 seconds then I'm just waiting for them to end. Never liked Hetfield's voice or style, still don't 2 Stars, barely interesting to note that I'm in a phase where I'm pretty into "angry" music, but this doesn't move me at all.
Very very produced. Very clean and minimal. Reminds me of Nickelback in that way. I'm not very familiar with either of these bands however
I liked the singles as a 13/14 year old boy when this came out, especially Enter Sandman. I thought I'd be rating this higher but it sounds kind of corny now. I can't help be see Lars Ulrich's stupid face and feel his stupid personality when I hear his shitty drumming. I hate the snare sound, it's too gated... Sounds like a crappy drum machine. Anyways, doesn't hold up for me
a few classics but honestly thank goodness it's over. enter sandman and nothing else matters are too good to give sub-3, but to be quite honest judging by the album as a whole, this is a 2. so actually, that's what i'm giving it. with the caveat that those two songs are 5/5s.
2.5
Favourite Track(s): The Unforgiven Nothing Else Matters
They certainly set a standard. Never been my kind of music.
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.
I will never voluntarily listen to Enter Sandman again, nice try. Lars Ulrich sucks, almost as bad as James Hetfield. You don't gotta hear this.
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.
I’m not saying this is bad, I do enjoy some of it. But this is just not what I listen to Metallica for
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.
Never listened to this band before, outside of walkup music at baseball games (that goddamn Sandman cliche). I disliked this less than I thought I would. So, intolerable, but ... it clearly could be significantly worse.
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