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Um dos maiores e mais revolucionários discos do metal. Acredito que não tenha muito o que falar sobre Black Album, é difícil gostar de heavy metal e não conhecer o disco e a grandeza dele. Repertório marcante, músicas que se tornam ícones da banda e do gênero, performances históricas e um disco que dividiu, mas também surpreendeu os fãs da banda. Depois disso, a banda se perdeu muito tentando se diversificar e experimentar e demorou muito tempo pra voltar aos trilhos. Por isso, talvez o auto intitulado seja o último disco bom da banda para muitos dos fãs.
I understand why it’s influential and good but at this point in my life it just sounds like the nonsense I’d hear from a motorcycle bar or mechanic shop
Dios sabe que lo intenté (parte dos). Dos días seguidos que me toca un género así, ¿qué estoy pagando?
Klassisches Rockalbum, tolle Songs. Sehr melodisch und eingängig. Mit einigen Bangers und Evergreens.
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.
A classic I spent a ton of my time as a 16-17 old year listening to, and memorizing.
Difficult to rate. Love it or hate it, this record contains some iconics tracks. It also contains songs that you will most likely never hear outside of the context of the album as they are completely forgettable. Not bad, just kind of metallica flavoured white noise. Don't get me wrong, this record has some great highs with an excellent start in Enter Sandman. However, it quickly loses steam and sticks to repetetive riffs that sound the same across songs. I thought "...And Justice For All" was a little bit simple at times, but here they seemed to have turned up the dial to max. I get it, everything for commercial success, but it's kinda sad. Especially when they do somethhing different such as in "Wherever I may Roam" where they actually use an arabian scale the song instantly becomes 10x more interesting. But maybe I am just a music hipster. Still the riffs are generally good, the drums punchy and you can actually hear the bass in this mix for a change! This record could have easily become a 10/10 if they tried a little harder instead of making songs that sound like the sole purpose is to complete a tracklist so they have a place to sell their singles. 8/10
Aah, the quintescential Metallica album, the one album that every other band hopes that their self-titles album will become with the amount of hits that this album contains. It genuinely contains most of the greatest hits of Metallica (not to say that the other albums don't have those).
Hörku solid. Metallica eins og maður þekkir þá. Góðu lögin eru það góð að þau hífa hin aðeins upp.
3.5 favs: enter sandman, don't tread on me, nothing else matters
240626 13:42 3.5
classic
yeah pretty solid, I like it the note i gave isnt real though i dont like rating when i JUST listened to the album
Their best-selling album, where Metallica jumped the shark into a gigantic pile of money. The dividing line between 4 amazing works of Thrash rock (And some fantasic EPs) and the load of horrible schlock to follow.
As a huge Metallica fan, it almost makes me cry to see so many bad reviews. I honestly think this album is legendary. Sure, some people say it's more commercial or dated compared to their earlier thrash records, but that doesn't take away from how incredible these songs are. Kirk absolutely shreds, and James Hetfield is simply one of the most talented front men in metal. I just love, love, love his voice and songwriting. From start to finish, this album is packed with unforgettable riffs and songs that still hit just as hard today. It's an absolute banger and easily one of my all-time favorite albums.
I can’t believe this album has as much hate as it does. I have never listened to the whole album but it has many hits, and I think the album ends on a high.
People can say whatever they want about this album. But it fires on all cylinders and checks all of the same boxes as the prior albums. Front to back great songs with plenty of thrash. Sets a high bar for this genre
This is #day684 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to my final record by Metallica, represented on the list, aka the slow, deep, and hard one. Now, I've known plenty of songs before, but it has been my first time blasting it from start to end. What is there to say? A whole hour of goddamn heavy metal and... nothing else matters. "My Friend Of Misery" has always been one of my all-time favorites of theirs. This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day685.
Some of my favorite Metallica tracks are on this album. Sad but true.
Aivan absoluuttisia klassikkolevyjä itelle. 6/5.
Solid song
What can I say, it’s fucking Metallica
What can you say that hasn't been said about the Black Album? Far from perfect, not their best, maybe a little too rocky, but there's just so much that's killer on here.
started with a classic naruto amv banger and continued to some very listenable proto? metal? idk, i fuck with ~80s metal more than a lot of modern metal subgenres i’m aware of because it seems to be busy/cluttered and as a result more listenable for me. i'm def a musical ignoramus but i thought the guitar riffs were fun to and the sound is almost camp? which i enjoy in theory, but little actually stood out to me past track 1. i'd pick a copy of this up on cd if i saw it at a thrift for Angry Apartment Cleaning though. fav: enter sandman
Come on. Anything less from me would be a sin to me and my family.
even if you completely hate metal, you know this album. has to be 5 stars just for that. let alone it not having a bad track on it.
No es para mi
I've heard all of these tracks many times before, but this might be the first time I've listened start to finish. I can't imagine the impact this would have had if I discovered this in full as a 12 year old.
2.5 There’s too much Metallica on this list. At least this one has some radio hits on it.
Finally, an album that I was excited to listen to (again). The Black Album is an absolute monster in terms of its cultural and musical impact. Some fans felt it was a sell out by Metallica, but it was the opposite. The world finally caught up with metal’s greatest band and we are all better off for it. Every track here is fantastic. There is literally nothing that doesn’t hit exactly. A total master work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The black album. First time I actually listened to it. Surprised how much I knew past Enter the Sandman and Nothing Else Matters. Definitely soundtracked my morning run into my morning errands nicely. Usually wouldn’t go all the way to 5 for an album this long… but guess I’m feeling it today. 5 Boolean: true
Metallica (1991) - Metallica (6.75) Enter sandman 8/10 Sad but true 7/10 holier than thou 6/10 the unforgiven 8/10 Wherever i may roam 6/10 dont tread om me 6/10 through the never 6/10 nothing else matters 8/10 of wolf and man 7/10 the god that failed 6/10 My friend of misery 7/10 struggle within 6/10
Didn't liked it that much. Too much metal
This is a classic, not much more to say. Favorite track(s) Wherever I May Roam Nothing Else Matters
1hr 2mins of basically the same track over and over again. They're like the Oasis of Heavy Metal (Or Oasis are the Metallica of Brit Pop). Find sound, keep sound, bore the shit out of people.
hmm, a kaj je to
does what it says on the cover ...not a lot
Quelques bangers au milieu de trucs loin d'être nuls.
I can understand why people like this album, personally I don’t think it’s for me. But who knows the more I listen…
Nothing else matters is a great song. The rest I don’t love as much. Objectively Metallica are quite talented, it’s just not quite my thing.
This one surprised be - I did not expect to like this going in. I enjoyed the more laid back songs on this album as compared to the other Metallic albums.
'Enter Sandman' is an amazing track! The rest was good too.
Excited for this one; grew up listening to Metallica & know Enter Sandman & Nothing Else Matters Idk those 2 were great but other than that it’s good but kinda blends together Might be a hot take but I think I prefer Nothing Else Matters w Miley Cyrus
Very overrated. Three decent tracks and the rest just sounds like repetitive noise
8 / 10
Plodcore. BORING.
Kinda hard to rate this album. Really like metallica and this is a classic. But a lot fo the greatness has been really played out over 35 years. And there are some skips for me. 4 stars which feels harsh
-75% of the band were going through a divorce when they made this, and it really shows. This might be the Most Divorced Guy Album ever made. -I came into this listen thinking I would know 3-4 songs, and I actually knew almost the whole album; there's probably 3-4 songs I DIDN'T know. Credit where credit's due, these guys knew exactly the right formula to earn constant rock radio rotation. I sort of enjoyed revisiting these songs, which I hadn't properly listened to in about 25 years. For all the tough guy posturing, these songs are candy coated pop. -I now understand why my metalhead friends see this album as a major sell out moment -- it is insanely overproduced. There's 800 Hetfield voices on every track, tons of studio tricks, and a bunch of buried (uncredited) synthesizers all over this album. -In a lot of ways, Metallica are a VERY funny band. These are some real dumb guys who take themselves so seriously. The lyrics on this album are ridiculous; even if there wasn't a literal Gadsden snake on the cover, you could derive their macho "lone wolf" libertarianism from almost every song. -Lars is an utterly swagless drummer and they STILL buried Jason's bass -- there's probably 2 songs on the entire album where the bass plays a meaningful role.
another record I used to practice to, though there are better Metallica albums
fire...
Strong opening track, just as strong closing track. Full of bangers.
Just so good
peak, lowk always the same thing tho, nothing else matters
The beginning of the end for Metallica. If I never hear this record again I’ll be ok.
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.
Es como Rodrigo De Paul puntuando: Dale pasá boló...10.
It’s not a bad album, but it’s such a marked step down from Metallicas first four and a huge sign post as they transitioned into the Load era. Still some good songs though.
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?
Metallica is awesome and I'm really glad I saw them at lolla because I never would've appreciated them
#love
First time listening to Metallica album. I’m positively surprised, I really liked it!! Some of these songs were slower than I anticipated. The whole sound was really similar to ac/dc.
Listened to this at the gym, was a great experience
Hey, you can actually hear Jason Newsted on this one! Honestly just a really good hard rock album - if very commercial. I haven't listened to much of it in a while, but it still hits for me. Some of my favorites: "Sad But True", "Wherever I May Roam", "Of Wolf and Man", "The God That Failed". "Enter Sandman" is overplayed to hell, but still a great song of course.
Boring but would be happy to see live
Lotta heaters at the start, brings back memories of listening to a bunch of them off an mp3 player my brothers mate gave us which was the first time really listening to music that we were choosing to put on, last 4 songs do drag though
llegué hasta god that failed. No quiero decir que sea malo, pero no es mi estilo. EL MEJOR TEMA ES NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
No me gusta el metal, no pude terminarlo. Aun asi tuvo buenas canciones, enter sandman es un banger, the Unforgiven tambien. Si te gusta el metal es un clasico, guitarras fuertes, buena bateria. El bajo flojo, me gusta la voz del chabon como disco 4.1 personal 3.0
Albúm que se siente un punto y aparte en la trayectoria de la banda. Se explora nuevos estilos y posiciona a la banda como una de las principales agrupaciones musicales del mundo. Crea himnos que envejecen bien al paso del tiempo y que hoy en día siguen siendo piezas clave en lo que al Metal refiere. Obras como "Enter Sandman", "Sad but True", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters" o "My Friend of Misery", son auténticas composiciones que demuestra la versatilidad compositora de una gran banda como lo es Metallica.
Solid album, liked it a lot. Drums have a very rich, punchy mix, use of a lot of low end in the tracks. Enjoyed the production of it mostly, guitars sound a little scratchy in places for me.
The first song 🔥🔥🔥
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.
I mean yeah this album is awesome. So coherent throughout and just sounds sooo good. There are some absolute classics on here. Liked Songs: "Enter Sandman" , "Sad But True" , 'Hollier Than Thou" , "The Unforgiven" , "Wherever I May Roam" , "Through the Never" , "Nothing Else Matters" , "Of Wolf and Man" , "The God That Failed" , "The Struggle Within"
Great. Iconic. Even though they lost some of the thrash, this was a turning point in rock music mainly because of how huge the drums sound.
Most refined heavy metal album I’ve ever listened to. Simply beautiful, and instantly replayable. Point off for a couple samey sounding songs.
No es mucho mi estilo, pero es impresionante
Mehtallica
I laughed at it, loud, when it came out. What pop music it was after the albums before it - although it has a very strong and heavy sound. Bass is a new guest after ... And Justice For All. Listening to it now I can say I like this album - maybe because their albums after this one are even weaker. Melodies and most of the songs are good, that is how pop music works, but these are all on my pros list. Meowings are not guitar solos. This band is very limited.
Great
nice rock
Сара 5 Марко 5 Један од бољих
Oh god no!!! Awful.
Before this album Metallica was for the grits, Sandman blew up and brought metal to the masses. I was a little familiar with some of their music but never really got into it until the release of The Black Album. It opens with a couple great metal songs, and there are a handful of good ones (mostly the singles) here but overall it is a bit one note. It is a decent album, a bit formulaic, I definitely prefer some of there early work over this one.
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.
I think this album rules *because* it’s the album where Metallica sold out and got poppier. The further metal bands stray away from being metal bands the better they get. this is one of the reasons why, despite both bands having All-Time Assholes in the form of Lars Ulrich and Dave Mustaine, Metallica is fun and Megadeth sucks anyway I listened to this religiously in high school, there’s this fun depressing dark tone to all the songs on here,and I love everything about this album that isn’t Don’t Tread On Me. or the band members because let’s face it they are all kinda turds yes it is kind of adolescent but we were all young and overly dramatic and super into The Unforgiven once, it’s ok for music to be a little embarrassing that way
2nd best and last good one.
круто, класс. Лютый кал
Well, this did nothing to challenge my opinion of Metallica as a band that's boring and annoying apart from the big hits that everyone knows and likes.
Metallica has some undeniably good metal riffs but, man, they don’t know when to end a song and their “ballads” flat out suck. If metal is your thing I’m sure this is a 4 or 5. I gave it as high as a 3 because I get that it’s good for what it is but James Hetfield takes his junior high level lyrics seriously enough that I certainly don’t have to.
Great album. Actually, this album used to be one of my favourites while growing up. I've seen them live 3 times and many of these songs were played. As for this album, there are several really great songs: "Enter Sandman", "Sad But True", "Nothing Else Matters", "The Unforgiven", "Wherever I May Roam" (probably my favourite), "Through The Never", "The God that Failed".. It's difficult to keep the excitement of my first (many) listens of this album, but this is still definitely good. At least 4 stars. Could be 5 stars (and it would definitely be if we skip a couple of tracks). Btw, my favourite album, "Kill'em All" is not part of this project, so I may give it a listen ;-)
I'm sorry but I like it
This is so lameeeeee. I used to like it and didn't get all the critics but to be honest, listening to it as a whole in my late 30s is just a bland experience. The corny intro of Don't tread on me makes me wanna puke. Songs are not bad but all the time that mid tempo for stupid beer drinkers that say "'tallica" is just boring boring boring. Giving 3 stars though due to the huge amount of shit that there's in this list. This record at least has effective songs and a killer production (those arrangements in Sad But True are amazing, despite the song itself).
Classic
Opinion: Perfection. Favorite songs: (1) Enter Sandman (2) Sad but true & Nothing else matters (3) Wherever I may roam Overall Album Rating (Pitchfork rating system): 9.5/10
meh
3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/metallica/metallica/ The album with which Metallica 'sold out'. Of course it's not a necessarily bad album; they are (were?) too good a band for that (although later albums were actually bad...), but it's just a bit boring. It's long and very few songs really do anything interesting.
Smiths ahh
Its not my cup of tea but I can see why people that are into this genre love these guys. I mean I like them, I just have to be in the right mood.
Metallica by Metallica is a good album. I liked a lot of the album quite a bit, I think it may be another 5 star. The instrumental was heavy but nice and i like the lead singers voice. You know the album is going to be good when it starts with a song as strong as Enter Sandman. Top three: Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters
Not my favorite Metallica album because it’s not flawless but damn there’s some great songs on here. Beyond Sandman, you have bangers like Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam, Of Wolf And Man, Unforgiven, Through The Never and Nothing Else Matters. Metallica took their foot off the gas just enough to go from thrash kings to hard rock gods. This album catapulted them to one of the biggest bands in the world. Fans like me may have preferred another Master of Puppets but hard to argue with where they landed.
This is kind of a hard one to be objective with. I grew up with metal, especially the first 4 Metallica albums, so for a while I had kind of a weird relationship with The Black Album. But I am now at a point in my life where I can admit that this is a really good album. It's also, verifiably, the best selling metal album of all time, and 5 of these songs (Enter Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, and Nothing Else Matters) totaling about 32 of the 62 minutes here, are immortal hits that still receive *way* too much airplay on rock radio. Now, these are all great songs; *BUT* I really do *not* need to hear any of them ever again. If I wanted to, I could probably hear any of them in full in my head. Thankfully, the deep cuts here are also really good. The dominant sound here is kind of a perfect example of arena metal. These are all thudding, mid-tempo bangers, with strong hooks, interesting lyrics, and great solos. And these draws are maintained throughout this album due to the *very* strong songwriting here. Personally, I'd like to shout out the run from Of Wolf And Man through The Struggle Within for having some of the best songs on the album. It's also very impressive that for how much of a departure The Black Album was, it still *very much* sounds like Metallica. The production is right, the vocals are right, the riffs are right, the solos are right. It's proof of just how successful Metallica was on this album. The band worked with Bob Rock here, and he kind of got Metallica to shave down the 9 minute songs, and write some choruses, and the result was the most popular metal album ever. General overplay here does dampen my enthusiasm here, and you also kind of can't take the first 4 Metallica albums out of me, but The Black Album is still a *really* strong statement.
boring. this can’t be the band everyone was hyping up for metal. i feel nothing from this
am I the only one that thinks this is a banger?
holy dad rock. Wherever I May Roam is one of my favorite songs period god bless
I know and quite like the singles - but rest of album was new to me. On first listen it was quite relentless and fairly joyless. Although it was starting to grow on me by the second listen - which is the most positive response I have had to any metal album so far. Not sure I would readily listen by choice as just not my bag - but beginning to understand it a little.
Metallica Enter Sandman is of course brilliant, a truly great song. I’m of course also aware of The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters Beyond that there isn’t a great deal that sparks much interest, although it's certainly better than the feeble and wretched And Justice For All. As I’m not really into metal I suppose I’m responding to the slowed down tempos, simplified structures and more commercial polish, and it does have some decent songs. But no matter what they do they always feel so creatively and emotionally stunted, in a genre that is broadly creatively and emotionally stunted, that a full album is a bit of a struggle, especially when you add Hetfield’s voice, Lar's drumming and that it is over an hour long. Enter Sandman is great, a five star track for certain, I quite like The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters, and overall it is much better than And Justice For All, but the sense of turgid juvenile heaviness is pervasive, and there’s really not much else to pull it above a 2. ◼️◼️ Playlist submission: Enter Sandman
'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?
Meant a lot to me many years ago. I can’t say that I love it as much as I used to. Not to be “that guy” but I definitely prefer the previous four albums. The thing that’s missing for me is a solid sense of swing, a la Black Sabbath. My nostalgic affection won’t let me rate it any lower than four stars though.
I can't count the number of times I listened to this record back in the day when I was a teen. Absolute classic of my youth, but I don't know that it aged all that well. knowing what I know about heavy music now this was mainly special due to its reach and popularity. Still has some serious bangers but also some that were overplayed to death.
10/10
This album was my real introduction to Metallica, it was really Reload, but let's pretend that didn't happen. Similar to Back in Black from ACDC (there, we covered Beavis and Butthead), the singles are inescapable, the deep cuts are not great but fit in with the rest of the album, the difference is that this was hated by OG fans I don't know why. I suppose that before you listen to the album, if you start with Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters does sound like the band completely changed derection, but all their previous albums also have the metal ballad, the so-so hard rock singles, this one is just a slight slant out of metal, nothing compared to the Load-Reload era. Sad But True and Wherever have always been my favorites of the album, Unforgiven is a close next and deep cuts like Of Wolf and Man, God Who Failed and Hollier than thou are pretty memorable, but i'll have to deduct points because of Don't Tread On Me, dumb song, can't stand it. If not for that and a very weak ending, this would be a perfect album. but it goes so strong until 3/4 of the way there, the end is a bit of a let down.
One of the best albums of all time!
The first two tracks are bangers but this album isn't as good as "Master of Puppets" for example.
Thick neck vocals, Iconic riffs, deep percussion= quality thrash. Can see why they got so big, yet can’t believe how big they are.
Classic and for a reason
bom mas algumas musicas pareciam iguais, o album todo é meio *solo de guitarra maneiro* e só enter sandman é a maior
Quality.
Fun!
This album is the fulcrum where Metallica tipped from a great metal band to years adrift in the hard-rock-meets-pop wilderness, until Death Magnetic and the albums that followed, which are fine, but sound like mere imitations of their peak work from the 80s. The Black Album was so big, and so inescapable that it overshadows what had been Metallica’s signature sound—thrash metal—and replaced it with something slower, thumping, but still very heavy and distinctive. There are maybe three thrash songs here (“Holier Than Thou” “Through the Never” “The Struggle Within”). The rest is still metal as hell, but generally more palatable for normies, particularly in terms of the four big hits it spawned: “Enter Sandman,” “Sad But True,” “The Unforgiven,” and “Nothing Else Matters.” It’s those songs, and “Sandman” especially, that most people think of when they think of Metallica. I realize this sounds like I’m here to bury those songs, but I’m not at all! They’re all great! I’ll also say that I’m not some purist who cares about them crossing over or selling out. For one thing, I was nine when this album came out, so it’s not like I was even conscious of their earlier work. Second, IF the music is good and it gets you the bag, that’s fine by me. I gave up being a punk purist decades ago. And here, the music is definitely good. The slow build of the “Sandman” riff is deservedly legendary, instantly unforgettable, and still hits like crazy. Mount Rushmore riff, that one. And the main riffs on pretty much every song on this album are great, and, as per usual, Hammett makes it seem like he can simply roll out of bed and throw down a laser-sharp solo. They lean harder on the vocal overdubs here, but it doesn’t feel overproduced. Instead, it adds some gravitas to lyrics that might not otherwise warrant them (I’m thinking here of “The Unforgiven” and “Wherever I May Roam” in particular). I also continue to think that their sound benefits from James consciously trying to sing cleaner and with a little less growl (I assume to save his vocal cords) because the man actually can sing pretty damn well. (For this reason, as I’ve commented elsewhere, I think more recent live versions of 80s classics (“Master of Puppets” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” etc.) actually benefit from being less self-consciously growly and metal-y.) This is not a perfect album, nor is it their best album. Some of the deep tracks are really weak. “Don’t Tread on Me” is boring and lame and these days sadly serves as a reminder that these dudes are almost all certainly MAGA chuds. “Holier Than Thou” has an awesome sound but stupid, trite lyrics. “Of Wolf and Man” is a terrible song all around, even though James is probably the closest thing rock ‘n’ roll has to a wolfman. A brief aside --- SONGS ABOUT WEREWOLVES, RANKED 1. Werewolf Bar Mitzvah 2. Wolf Like Me 3. Werewolves of London 4. Being eaten by a wolf 5. Of Wolf and Man All told, I was pleasantly reminded that some of the other deep tracks are actually really great and I had listened to them in a long time. Great album, it deserved to be a big hit, it’s just not, for me, the best Metallica has to offer.
Rode the lightning
How is every single song here good. Genuinely.
This album is really good and I enjoyed listening to it again.
Me sorprendió que me guste tanto
I struggle with this genre. I can appreciate the technical wizardry, and some of the melodies and compositions, but ultimately I'm unmoved by it all. The vocals, the guitars, everything - it didn't affect me. (Listened in the evening, at home)
nunca imaginei que ia gostar tanto de um álbum do metallica assim, sendo de um gênero que não sou assim tão fã, mas aqui tem várias músicas interessantíssimas.
I like Metallica decently enough, here they are really in their element. The guitar rips and the songs really get you moving. It's not something I'd consistently come back to tbh, but the big hits off this are big for a reason. Great tracks, only wish they had a little more differentiation between them. Otherwise pretty good. Fav Track: Enter Sandman
The album that pushed Metallica from a fringy thrash metal band to a metal band capable of mainstream radio. Even though the filler tracks aren't exceptional, the hits are such fucking classics that it pulls the whole thing into classic status.
Nope
For some reason I was under the impression that I didn't like Metallica. I was wrong. I do like Metallica. That was a good album. Not all the songs were good. But most of them were good. I had a fun time.
Enter Sandman absolutely rules. (note: if you're ever in the mood to run through a brick wall, listen to the Mexico City version, it's insane. Maybe the best opening to a metal concert ever) However, this album, like a lot of others runs out of steam pretty quick. There are some heaters in there, but I found myself waiting for it to be over a lot of the time.
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
I've never heard of any of them except for the first track. Sorry.
I think Metallica's 1991 self-titled offering is a very funny starting point. Self-titled albums sort of piss me of though, with an exception for debut albums. Was everything up to this point not "Metallica" enough for Metallica and this was when they really felt the stars align? The self-titled practice may also be appropriate for a band deliberately creating the last album they ever will, but I am not aware of any instances of that. The only track I already knew going in was the first track "Enter Sandman." Not without good reason, it's probably the only metal song anyone who does their eight hours in pleated khakis can name before saying something by Guns N' Roses and admitting defeat. The rest afterwards was fine but nothing stuck out to me too much. The start of "The Unforgiven" had a cool western opening that would have been at home in a Clint Eastward western, but then sort of goes into some standard riffs. A pattern in general I noticed here was that each track has a solid and interesting hook but when you open the can it's all spam. Delicious but totally homogenous meat. I can know what people say abou Lars Ulrich and I sort of agree, but I'm not ready to roll out the guilloutine just yet. I'll wait until I hit Metallica again on the six-hundreth and sixty-sixth day before passing divine judgement. I have a bad history of misunderstanding or straight up not comprehending lyrics in my native tongue, so going forward don't expect much analysis of prose and content. That said, I feel like everything here was completely digestible. I like that several tracks seem to be written from the first-person POV of abstract concepts. P.S. Thankful there's an edit feature, even if it's weird. Guess I should write these in a notes app and sit on them for a bit before posting. Just wanted to add that "Nothing Else Matters" is a needed change of pace to break up the album into clean halves, and "Of Wolf And Men" is probably a furry tf anthem or something idk.
I hate Metallica, but it's got the only Metallica song I like on it, Enter Sandman. Maybe the rest of the album will also be good? Well most of it was actually. Still think the lyrics are laughably peurile. And Don't Tread On Me is a load of bollocks. I like this album I think. Still hate Metallica though. Bellends.
You might be labelled a hipster to think that Metallica were better in the eighties before they blew up, but I think the hipsters might be right on this one. After putting out 4 landmark metal albums, Metallica drop the thrash and dumb down their sound for the masses so that even the most inbred hick can get plastered to 'Enter Sandman' and not feel left out! Perhaps I'm being too harsh, 'The Unforgiven', 'Sad But True' and a selection of other tracks are great hard rock staples. I just wish we got more experimentation seeing as they were incorporating progressive rock elements on their previous record and nothing like that is found here. The hardcore Metallica elitists treat this record like the plague and it does not deserve that type of bashing, but I was certainly underwhelmed after listening to this for the very first time in full today.
This was awesome. Could have been a bit shorter
It's a staple of a genre and entire movement. It was always going to be a decent listen
Una maldita obra maestra
The singles are of course tried and true classics. In terms of album-only cuts, its a mixed bag, as some songs didn't stick out to me. Overall, not a bad time/first album, though i'd cut it down a bit as it felt like a bit of a drag at points. Highlights-The singles, Holier Than Thou, Don't Tread On Me(guilty pleasure), and Through The Never.
C L A S S I C - The album that put Metallica into the mainstream music scene. This album has a lot to offer however there are a few pitfalls in this project that most fans of metallica would not have expected to hear this late into their careers. To start, this project is deathly slow compared to earlier works. The complete tonal shift from 'And justice for all..' to this is a big jump. Although this new style isn't horrible, it is noticeable for those looking for more of metallicas thrash sound. With that said this album felt more like a victory lap than another thrash project which is respectable. Given the style of music Metallica made prior to this release goes to show how influential their sound is, it managed to transcend the need for genre labels and unified people under the art of sound. Best song - Sad But True
Very radio friendly rock, verging on metal, but soft when compared to earlier efforts. Less speed more composure,
Cartoonish, corny and absolutely stuffed with memorable songs and just a bit of boneheaded "USA! USA!" warmongering
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.
The highlights on this album are eternal, obviously. But it's also clearly the turning point when the band moved away from the crunchy, often almost math-y structures of Master of Puppets towards a more straightforward sound. And it just makes me sad! Less polish, more grit please!
not interesting and many of the songs sound the same
This is the first album where I felt that the 'got to listen to it before you die' part was 100% true. Enter sandman, sad but true, holier than thou, the unforgiven, then wherever I may roam. These are just the first five songs in succession. There are established bands whose greatest hits albums have fewer timeless classics than this. Peak.
It's great but the first albums are better.
Aucun mot n'est nécessaire.
Oui, c'est metallica quoi
Metallica qui comprend que le metal est commercialisable, et qui le fait de manière magistrale. La moitié des chansons est géniale, l'autre est dispensable et un album de 40 min aurait frappé plus fort, mais bon c'était les années 90. On apprécie quand même beaucoup. Playlist pick : The Unforgiven
Went into this thinking I hated Metallica. Now there just meh. 3 stars
I love this album. Such good memories. Great energy. The line, 'they say the empty can rattles the most.' always stuck with me. Classic
Staggering riffs, soaring vocals, gigantic drum hits- this is a stone-cold classic metal release. To imbue metal music with this much of a pop sound without losing what makes this band special, with this much care given to a diverse sound (from balladry, to chorus-driven bangers, to slow chuggers, to fast thrash tracks)- there is no denying the power of the Black Album. I love each and every song, and to show that, I'm going to "rank 'em all" here and give a little blurb about why each one works: 12. "The Struggle Within"- military drums at beginning firmly anchor this in the Persian Gulf-era 11. "Don't Tread On Me"- an infectious chorus 10. "Through the Never"- that riff at the end is an all-timer 9. "Enter Sandman"- a classic? yes. but there are even better tracks 8. "The God That Failed"- great bass work and lyrical content 7. "Wherever I May Roam"- sitar intro???? YES 6. "Holier Than Thou"- the pissed-off feeling/attitude permeating from this one has always stuck with me 5. "The Unforgiven"- have always been drawn to the excellent vocal perf on this and 1997's part II in the same series 4. "Sad But True"- it's just so badass- so deliberately dramatic with those drum entrances and insanely well-produced guitar solo work 3. "Of Wolf and Man"- Catchy but still heavy- this one has aged really well production-wise and essentially launched Avenged Sevenfold's entire sound 2. "My Friend of Misery"- that atmospheric section in the middle with the reverb-y guitar laid over the orchestra is just orgasmic 1. "Nothing Else Matters"- a haunting piece of legitimately epic songwriting like no other in the power ballad oeuvre
2.5
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Bit noisy
All down hill from here haha. Can't deny the hits though.
17.5.2026
Not really my type of music but I can see why this album is so highly rated. The writing is super catchy and the instruments sound great. I probably won’t go back to it much but I still enjoyed my listen for the most part.
Shut up, Beavis.
Alright, I'm going to leave this one short and sweet. Not too short, but shorter than my last Metallica review. Metallica is my all time favorite band. While this isn't my favorite Metallica album, it's still a 5, and I've been dying to roll it. I love when the bot blesses me with two 5 star albums in a row. Yesterday, I got freaking Abbey Road, and now I get the Black Album for my weekend enjoyment. This is the second Metallica album I have rolled for this project, following the also very much 5 star album, ...And Justice for All. Ironically, the black/grey snake with the black background is pretty comparable to Abbey Road, as they're both up there with some of the other all time best, most recognizable albums arts of all time. I'd get it on a shirt in a heartbeat. One thing I've started doing because of this project is listening to entire albums from start to finish instead of just the hits. Now, you might find that a pretty ridiculous thing to say, who doesn't listen to entire albums?? Then you realize we're living in an era where you can just do that very easily with things like YouTube and Spotify. I have nothing to base this on, but I'd say a majority of people listening to music these days aren't going to pop on an entire album if it's at their disposal, they'll stick to the hits. Exceptions are going to be made with new albums, of course, but the premise remains the same. That was a long way to go, but the point is that I am VERY familiar with this album top to bottom already. I've heard this whole god damn album 1000 times from start to finish, and it's all good. Picking a favorite when every song is this good is actually impossible. It would be easier just flipping a damn coin. Nobody shreds quite like Metallica, and no one ever will. The chords are immaculate on every single song, from the hardcore rockers, to the softer but still equally heavy hitters like "The Unforgiven". Of course I'm biased because I grew up with them, so I'm always going to judge them a bit differently, but the fact that I've been listening to this my entire life and I can still turn it on whenever to enjoy myself is emblematic of sheer perfection. Some days I want to jam out to "Enter Sandman", others I'll put on "Nothing Else Matters", but then I have to hear the entire album again. It's not possible for me to just put on 1. I've gotta play the whole album. Do you know how rare that is, even with the albums I've rated a 5?? It's pretty rare. So, I'm not going to pick a favorite for this one, because the whole damn album is already in my favorites. Metallica forever. I think that's good enough for now, until the next one that I give a 5. Man, I'd hate to be whatever album follows this one on my list. I guess we'll find out when I vote here in a second. Will we get the fabled three 5's in a row?? It could happen, you never know.
Listen, I’m a huge Metallica fan. I’ve seen them probably 10 times in 5 or 6 different cities, and my love for Metallica is only topped by the Beatles. I say all that to say this is still the most overrated album in their whole catalog. Fans talk about this thing like it’s untouchable, and for me it just isn’t. In fact, the best Metallica show I ever went to didn’t have a single Black Album song in the setlist. I can still respect what they were doing, though. Going from their proggiest album ever to one built around nothing but radio friendly songs was a hell of a pivot, and sonically it obviously worked. Kirk’s solo on “Nothing Else Matters” is phenomenal, and while I love Rob’s bass playing now, Jason as a backup vocalist is unmatched here. This album also gave us the start of the “Unforgiven” trilogy, which counts for a lot. I’ll talk shit about the Black Album all day, but I’m also not gonna sit here and pretend I won’t jam out when they close with “Enter Sandman.” Favorite song: “God That Failed”
Yes
Pretty dam good👍
Sorry but cmon now I love some songs but minus 1 star for being over rated
All time metal album. So many classics and anthems you hear during sports events and pop culture. Some filler songs and Lars Ulrich's drums piss me off but still a great album.
I'm stunned by the number of non-5 star reviews this gets. But then again, it's their first "transition" album, moving from Cliff's pounding bass, to 90s alternative soaked Load. There are two people that don't give this 5 stars: non-metallica fans, and the purity testers of Metallica's original fan base. Stop the virtue signally, and embrace their best work.
i'm big enough to separate the negative associations i have with this album and the people who love it and admit that for the genre - which i generally despise - this is a "great" album.
as someone who is not a fan of thrash metal, this transitional album was welcome to me. Gets the head banging going, just in a more reserved way. The hits are what they are; nothing in the deeper cuts that was memorable to me.
Yessss, finally a metal album!!! Love Metallica
Enter Sandman is 5+ min long? I liked this album better than I expected and less than I wanted to.
Not that into metal but I can see why this album is legendary
It’s all one song no?
My Balls exploded
I'm very conflicted on this album. On one hand this album does have some of their best songs and some absolute bangers, but on the other hand, they kinda sold out and I'm at a point in my life I don't really care much about Metallica anymore. Metallica are a great gateway band to get into metal, but once you're in, you don't really come back to them much. That being said, this is a great album. I think I would give it a 4.5 if I could, because it does go on a tad too long, and the 2nd half has a couple of songs I just don't care about. Low 5.
A classic, not super my taste
Enter sandman and sad but true make for a really cool start to the album, but after that, it’s pretty much just a lot of Metallica, isn’t it?
Metallica clearly rocks hard- especially in this era. I think the thing I appreciate the most is their songs still have lyricality and a certain "catchiness" that you don't always find in metal. Plus their instrumentation is clearly on point. My only critique is it lost a little steam toward the end- the songs started to blend together. Overall- great album with great energy. 4.5/5, not quite a 5
Yes there's better metal albums (assuming this is metal and not hard rock), yea Metallica have better albums, but still - the iconic riffs and crunchy sounds are indelibly etched in my musical identity and sensibility and I can't really go below 4 for this
I don't own any Metallica albums, nor have I ever listened to a Metallica album in full before today, but I have all but two of this album's tracks in my music collection, so I know it well, and really like almost all of them. I think they got some flack when this album came out about it being less thrashy and hardcore than their previous work, but I really love the melodies and harmonies (quote of "America" from West Side Story!") of this album. I listened to it twice. Five stars.
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 still dont really like this kind of metal, and are you kidding me? Did every single song have a guitar solo? Even the slow songs. ..
I was one of those people who dismissed this album when it came out as a sell-out album. The song should be long and intricate, and these songs were too short and radio-friendly. I still generally feel that, but I have to say that Enter Sandman is one of the best things they've done and an amazing song. The album goes downhill after that.
Yeah, this is not my jam. Much like Master of Puppets, I got bored fast here. Same old mid tempo chug, predictable drums, same guitar solo cut and pasted throughout. Oh, and sometimes it gets quiet and acoustic! Wow! I just don't get the appeal. Enter Sandman is alright, the rest is utterly forgettable. 1/5
I’ve been looking forward to getting this one! Easily Metallica’s best album, it’s angry, punchy, and deep. Each track sounds similar enough to belong with the others, yet each one is unique and memorable in its own way. I love the strong guitar melodies that just run continuously throughout this album, that’s one of my favorite features in metal. One of my easiest 5s yet
Is a bit long but the classics do hit. 4/5
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
First album I ever owned. Still holds up all these years later as one of the best ever.
Good album. One of the best heavy metal albums produced.
One of the best metal albums of all time. Every song is a belter. Top production too.
Not my favourite type of music but it’s undeniably good
Not a big metalica guy, but this album bangs.
oui monpapa
Solid pop metal, part of my high school years, with a few solid hits.
Even if you're not in the metal, this is one of the most roundly well constructed elbows of its year. Incredible! Used Harmony. Great production excellent pacing. I used to listen to this album over and over again when I was 12 or so. I would run through Walkman batteries. The screen of my parents. It's equal parts power fantasy and encouragement. Just what a troubled youth would be attractive to. Probably why when Platinum. In either case, I love this album. I listened to the whole thing and thought about going back for a second lap. Perhaps later this afternoon.
An 8.5/10. Pure power. Not every track hits the same, but when it lands, it really lands. A powerful record and definitely one I enjoy coming back to.
No thanks.
The album flows from each song to the next really well.
Really polished metal that saw a shift from the previous speed metal style to pomp and spaghetti western influenced twang. Full of chart topping ambition and catchy tunes that shifted metal landscape when it came out. Just a bit boring in my opinion compared to their early records where things felt a bit less contrived and better to headbang the shit out of.
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.
2026.05.08.
A really fun album. It's in no ways better than Master of Puppets, but it's a fun romp.
Biased rating because this was the album that introduced me to heavy metal. And it will forever be special to me for that reason.
Listened to before? Yes Context? One of Metallica's best-selling albums; widely considered one of their best, as well as the beginning of them stepping away from thrash metal and into more refined heavy metal with shorter songs. This is the second Metallica album I've gotten on the list, and thank god it's better than the last. I wasn't a fan of "...And Justice For All". Sure, the compositions were fine, but the production was physically painful, and the lyrics were reaching for heights they just couldn't quite get to. "The Black Album" is much, much better. As much as Metallica was at odds with their producer throughout the whole thing, Bob Rock did a great job. The guitars don't sound like a scraped knee, and the bass is present. Beyond the mix, there's also more complexity in the sonic palette, with some cleaner vocals and orchestral instrumentals such as cellos. It's a solid metal album from start to finish. Each song is interesting, and while I do think one or two could've been cut (especially given the runtime), none of them are bad. The lyricism is also much better than on "...And Justice For All". There are very specific stances taken against things such as self-victimization ("Misery"), aspects of cruelty in our culture ("Of Wolf And Man") and arrogance ("Holier Than Thou"), rather than broad criticisms with little personality to support them. That said, I do find "Don't Tread On Me" to be cheesy. But, just for the record, I'd find it cheesy no matter what political stance he was taking (which, it being "Don't Tread On Me" doesn't really signify much of a political stance beyond some level of anti-government thinking, anyway). He could've growled "WOMEN'S RIGHTS" or "SAVE THE PUPPIES" at the end and I still would've had the same reaction—which was pausing briefly to faceplant. I also find it really funny that not one—not two—but THREE members of this four-person band were going through a divorce during the making of this album. And you can really hear it. These lyrics are petty as hell at times—admittedly, all lyrics I found myself relating to, but still. Wow. I know James Hetfield must have been in hell, but it's also really funny imagining him playing some kind of therapist role in it all. Also, apparently the working title of this album was "Married to Metal" as a joke about all the marriage troubles. Geez. As much as I find the sheer amount of divorced-male-metal-head stereotype going on here funny, it really does make the album great. Sure, this album may be them stepping into a more polished sound, but it's also still so, so angry and dark—from the cover to the lyricism to the aggressive playing. According to Bob Rock, they were using the recording sessions for this album as a catharsis for all the turmoil in their personal lives, and it really shows. I have got to say: I'm not a big fan of Metallica's lyricism. I want to like it. I do actually like a lot of it. They're really good with imagery, symbolism, honesty—all that good stuff. But god, the rhyme schemes are just a tad bit too Seussian for my liking. Very little use of any sort of complex rhyming. They're always hitting that end vowel like it's another guitar chug. Please, dear lord, use some good old slant rhymes. I'm begging you. But as much as I like to make fun of them, Metallica is quite good, and this album is pretty awesome. The songs are infectious and—as the kids these days say—straight bangers. I wouldn't say it's as good as Master of Puppets, but it's up there. I also like that they stepped away from being so complex in the guitar parts. As much as I love some good leads, they can get boring. Like wow! Another technically insane solo! And two minutes longer than the last one???? It allows the song to have more of an identity. Sure, Metallica has some indisputably great solos, but they're often solos more aligned to genre than to song. For example, imagine swapping the solos on Blackened and Dyer's Eve (adjusting for key, tempo, etc—whatever) versus, say, swapping the solos on, Paranoid Android and Electioneering. And I'm not saying every band that plays solos has gotta be as experimental as Radiohead—especially given genre conventions—but if you aren't, I don't want to hear ten minutes worth of solos per album. Sure, it's a staple of Metallica and most metal, but that doesn't make it enjoyable. I don't care how precisely you have to hit the harmonic of the "Master of Puppets" solo, that doesn't mean I wanna hear it repeatedly rather than. Y'know. An actual song. Also, simplicity on the part of the rhythm guitar means makes the songs on this so infectious. The groove is dug in there like a gouge through a linoleum print. I give Metallica a lot of hate, but I mean most of it pretty light-heartedly. They're good songwriters and have multiple solid albums under their belt, and I would say this definitely qualifies as a solid album.
A soundtrack to my teenage years. Thank you for making me listen to this from start to finish. It has been a while and sound like just where I left it off 10/10
The Chili Peppers of Metal
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.
No es mi estilo personal pero las que son un poco más tranquiláis me han gustado mucho, como nothing else matters o enter sandman
I've always loved Metallica, but somehow never listened to this album in full. And WOW- every song from Enter Sandman to The Struggle Within (the whole album) is an absolute banger! I can understand where some people come from that Metallica was appealing to the mainstream, but why would a true fan of the band dislike it if their music that they make a living on suddenly becomes popular? 5/5
I was somewhat divorced from heavy music in the 1980s so I missed all the thrash bands and this was probably the first Metallica album I ever heard. Even then, with the exception of "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters", I didn't properly listen to this until the turn of the century. It is good. The production is excellent and it is commercial without sacrificing power. There are a lot of excellent songs on here with only a slight dip in quality around the middle. I'm never going to be a Metallica fan, and when I listen to them it will probably be Master of Puppets, but this stands up.
yes yes me like metallica me want more like this very soon
This album does not disappoint. Metallica is to metal what e-bikes are to cycling: accessible, a little controversial among the faithful, and honestly kind of perfect for what they are. A muted gateway into the darkness if you will. The purists can have their opinions. Everyone just wants to feel the wind.
Not as good as the two prior albums and better than anything that followed. I personally preferred the frenetic/prog feel of Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All quite a bit more than this. Three stars as this doesn't excite me when I hear any of these songs the way I do with their earlier work. Here is the catch, this is a solid 3.7 but in no way is it a 4.
such a classic in a literal sense. It is so clear how much inspiration this album drew for so many young musicians, myself included however little i contributed to the band. crashing highs, and satisfactory lows blend amazingly with the harmonies in every track. truly something special, yet the only word that comes to mind to define this album in two words is "chudlife" or even "step dad". epitome of epic solos and riffs. 3.5, rounding up for nostalgia factor.
I remember the first time seeing the Enter Sandman video on MTV the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Then it seemed like for the next few months Metallica was releasing hit after hit... and I found myself in the music store buying my first metal album. For me the first two thirds of this album are superb... and the last third gets mired in meh... Wherever I May Roam is probably my favorite on the album -- one of the few pop songs I am aware of that uses the phrygian mode, which gives it a dark exotic sound (Sad But True, another album highpoint uses this scale too) Unforgiven is epic in scope, featuring some of the best guitar work on the album. Nothing Else Matters seems out of place on this album -- I remember not liking it when it was released, but it grew on me in time. It was fun re-listening to this... I don't think I've heard it in its entirety since high school.
Expected to love this and I did. Excels on just about all fronts, even if some songs towards the end don’t quite match up with the rest, everything is still strong. Pushing 5 stars. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Sad But True, Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven
Expectation: -> My #1 album of all time. First CD I ever owned. I bought a boom box and my friend's Black CD was in there. He said I could have it. The rest is history. After listening: -> All twelve of these songs are in my top-10. All jokes aside, this listen created more separation as my #1. This is a metal, no, a musical masterpiece Track ranking: Nothing Unforgiven Never Sandman Roam Struggle Holier Sad Tread Misery Wolf God
Love Metallica, love this album, perfect 6 stars. I always get albums mixed up because i almost never just listen to an album, but i didn't realize how many of their big songs was on this one. I also thought Enter Sandman was more recent (like mid to late 90s).
It's a classic. Not as thrashy and much more commercial than their earlier stuff, but it still rips.
This was my high school lifting album after I quit wrestling
Listening to heavy metal from a long time ago is funny. It’s so mild now.
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Not really my style, but understand the significance behind it.
Not bad, but metal still isn't my thing.
Whether you are a fan or not (I'm not) you can't deny the impact this album had in 1991 and its legacy in rock. The listener counts are off the charts from top to bottom. "Enter Sandman" (2B) is the cornerstone track. I even remember the day I first heard that track and where I was, it was a "holy shit moment" and I realized they graduated from one trick pony. Throw in now-classics like "Sad But True" (520M), "The Unforgiven" (715M, never repeated the greatness of this song), "Wherever I May Roam" (320M) & "Nothing Else Matters (1.6B) and you have a really solid album. I'm a fan of this album, but not of anything before or after. This was their pinnacle and their opus of goodness. Even my non-rocker wife appreciates a few of these tracks. Deserves a spot in the Top 1001 for sure. 4.5 stars. I'll round up out of respect for the tracks mentioned above.
An album that pushed heavy metal into the mainstream. Not for the first time. Not for the last time. It it made it appealing to a whole new audience and it still stands up. Not their heaviest or fastest but damn good.
A perfect heavy metal classic.
Old classic
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Trying to stay positive here. This album brought metal to the masses, but for the band, it feels like they were stuck between the fiery stuff from their youth and the somber grindingly melodic songs that would appear on Load/Reload. So in a way, this album feels a little lost. In being more appealing to most, they lost some of what made them special to a few.
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.
I really enjoyed this, so glad to have listened to more Metallica songs than just the big ones.
I really wanted to give this 5 stars because there are several greats songs like Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, but there is about 20 minutes too much filler here. It’s Sad But True
It's cool, I liked it. Stand-outs - The Unforgiven - Nothing Else Matters
This is a new sound for me but still it’s easy to see why this is such a popular album. I enjoyed it, but I still won't call myself a rock guy.
A ver, hi ha un des majors temazos de s'història dins aquest àlbum: nothing else matters. Pero no escoltaria metallica de normal jo pero bueno, es mític.
I tried to listen to the songs I hadn’t heard 1000 times before - not because I’m not a fan of sandman or nothing else but there’s literally nothing else new I can get out of these tracks. So it was nice hearing this as a whole album and not obscured by the singles. This was a fine effort and hangs together nicely as a collection that rather captures their time and coming to the mainstream. Can’t say the heights were ever really reached again, but for the diehard fans of which there are many, they have a place in rock god history! Well done boys.
First time listening in 20 years. Definitely still rocks hard. I know the metal purists hate that they slowed down their riffs and streamlined the songwriting for this album, and they’re right to a point (it hits a lot less than hard than Master of Puppets for instance). And it definitely was the start of a downward trend for the band that led to some real garbage down the line. However, on its own, it has some undeniably great riffs and killer melodies, and was a huge success for a reason.
Great album!
3/5 i forgot all the songs once it ended
A pretty solid album. I'm not a huge Metallica fan, but this album is great, beginning to end.
Buen álbum mucho ruido bueno
While the Metallica purists consider this an abomination, it's hard to take them seriously when they were equally as vocal about Load because the band members cut their hair. All bands evolve. The passing of Cliff took from Metallica their best musician - and thus a lot of the more interesting bits of music. The Black album is much simpler and accessible. That doesn't make it bad, though, it's just an evolution. If this had been a different band's first album, the reception from metal fans likely would have been different. The songs do get a little old after a while so I'm giving it a 4.
Un peu répétitif à la fin. Le début de l'album reste légendaire.
nah not my style
A perfect encapsulation of this album is that this is the Metallica album my dad likes. That's not bad per sei, but it is indicative of direction Metallica took on this. There's plenty of good songs, but there's not the same raw energy that basically every album they made before this had. I do kind of hate that this a huge part of why terrible bands like disturbed could ultimately exist down the line. But that isn't really the bands fault. It's a fine listen. probably a little overrated by being the one Metallica album a lot of people will actually listen to. Also, the guy who said this is the Flavortown soundtrack is dead wrong. Flavortown would clearly be soundtracked by Reel Big Fish. Look up a picture of them, you'll know I'm right.
Any album with a handful of instantly recognizable tracks is a noteworthy accomplishment, and after 30+ years, this album sounds impeccable. It’s just so one-dimensionally “angry” or growl-filled or whatever. It gets boring fast.
Sinceramente achava que o álbum seria melhor, de 12 músicas 5 são relevantes e boas de escutar, o resto não fede nem cheira, parece a mesma música de visões diferentes.
Oh wow I didn't know they kept going after ride the lighting, too bad cause I love that one. The drums suck bad. Like bad bad....does Lars drum with kitchen whisks or something? Why does it sound like a bunch of mice are breaking tiny glasses in unison? And did ayn rand write these lyrics? Man I hated this how did it win a grammy
Brings back memories of my childhood, this album was a staple in the family.
This kicks so much ass, makes me want to get an airbrushed van with wizards on the side, shag carpet on the inside, and sell drugs to teenagers at the mall while playing the wildest VTM larps possible. Enter the Sandman alone would make it a classic, but everything together, the guitar, the drums, the vocals, an absolutely iconic album which deserves its history. Even though this listen wasn't the most involved, it was amazing.
Ultimate dad rock
Pretty good, gets a little bit samey personally but some classics on here for sure.
Enter Sandman so automatic 2.5 but keep at 2. Jist not much of a metal fam
Metallica’s influence on music I don’t think can be overstated, they brought metal to a wider audience and those who were curious found other sub genres of metal to get into. Listening to this album again now, it’s still pretty fucking awesome
Second day in a row for bands and albums I don’t seem to rate as highly as many people do, and that I want to like more than I actually do. This was the first Metallica album that I actually liked - up until this point, I appreciated a few of their songs but they just never clicked for me. This one unlocked them for me and made me go back and appreciate their earlier albums more, but as I gave this a full listen yesterday, I genuinely cannot think of the last time I actively chose this to listen to. The songs themselves are great but they’re still a band that I just don’t tend to reach for.
this album has sort of grown on me. i miss thrash metal metallica :( Favorite Songs: Sad But True, Holier Than Thou, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam, The God That Failed, My Friend of Misery
Just so cool
not a metal person, but still a good album
a few decent songs, boring otherwise
Never listened to Metallica song really, except that on song that got on Stranger things back in 2021 or something. Ok starting off strong with Enter Sandman, very intense lyrics, contrasting fear and childhood references. Tune's pretty cool though. I feel like I would hear this at one of those edgy stores at the mall thats all black and with really bad lighting, but good superhero merch and jewlery. WHOA MAMA THE GUITAR RIFFS THEY ARE INSANE WHAT my average acoustic guitar playing could not :') Holier than Thou is giving Thalia Grace vibes. I feel like i've Through the never before. It was so funny listening to the intense Metallica songs and then getting inturrupted by a calm turf installment ad. Is nothing else matters the calmest song on this album? Maybe. Good sound. Of Wolf and Man is pretty cool, especially the guitar solos. I was feeling pretty happy today, so Metallica didn't really fit the vibe for my day, even if i do like a good metal rock song. But the guitar was CRAZZYYYY. it was awesome.
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Masterpiece.
As a metal fan, I should like Metallica more than I do. But it's more of a respect for their influence than an enjoyment of the music. I will say, the singles from this album were very inspiring to me as a teenager and got me more into the genre. Production is very dry. Drumming is unique, though not necessarily in a good way. I don't know, it doesn't fire me up the same way other metal albums do.
Love the music, love the album. Listened to AC/DC afterwards
The album that launched Metallica into the stratosphere while leaving a large portion of its fan base in the dust. Side A is still a fun listen, but the back half is not as strong. I'm in the camp that they went for money on this album and never looked back. Hopefully Master pops up on this list.
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.
This album definitely hit different when I was 12 and it felt powerful and dangerous. There are still a lot of great songs on it though.
This record was pretty good. It felt like there weren't many standout tracks here. Favourite Track(s): Enter Sandman, The God That Failed Least Favourite Track(s): My Friend of Misery
technically dnf idk wasn’t good
I expected to have a stronger reaction to this but it was just super boring
Brutal
Enough hits and bangers to get a 5 but the last half of the album is not quite up to the same level as the first
Si bien Metallica es una banda que no estoy acostumbrada a escuchar, siempre estuvo en mi radar porque mis primos eran muy fans de ellos. Este álbum me parece uno de los mejores. Las canciones más escuchadas son clásicos: Enter Sandman y Nothing Else Matters. Las conocía (más que nada la última que quizás se parece un poco más a lo que suelo escuchar, una balada con fuerza). Disfrute mucho la escucha del álbum en general, me parece coherente y funciona en su totalidad. El sonido siempre es muy parejo. The Unforgiven es probablemente mi favorita junto con Nothing Else Matters (casi me hace llorar). My Friend of Misery también me gustó mucho.
2 bangers, the rest is ok.
nothing else matters is their best song. this album slapped. really good stuff. enter sandman is a killer opener. 7/10
Reluctant 3. Fantastic songs, and a great album forever tainted by the whining from lars.
Спросили бы у меня, что я думаю про этот альбом полгода назад, я бы сказал что он неслушабельный. Однако переслушав его сейчас я понял, что впринципе он неплохой, особенно есди пропускать самые известные песни, по типу enter sandman или nothing else matters (хотя так остаются только половина альбома, но она очень хорошая). Возможно такое отношение к альбому у меня из-за того, что все эти песни я с детства слушаю и чаще всего, их слушаю всякие наглые люди, которые портят впечатление о песнях.
Really enjoyable album. Some classics on here, from Enter Sandman to The Unforgiven. I think there's a couple of misses, but overall I liked this move of Metallica away from thrash/prog into this sound, which is a bit more mainstream.
This is not my style, but I did enjoy some of the melodies. There are classic songs like Enter Sandman which I quite enjoyed. I might go back to this. 3.5/5 Some of the songwriting was quite corny imo. Still figuring out how review an album.
heard them all of my childhood. i sometimes find the songs a bit boring due to their length. 4.4
ok
A lot of the lower energy hits stocked in the black album (apart from "Enter Sandman"). I gotta rate this one a five. It's no "Kill 'em All," but too many amazing tracks for me to ignore.
I love Metallica, and Enter Sandman may be one of the best songs they've ever made. This album does not disappoint.
Not as good as my nostalgia would suggest. Some decent tracks. Generally good head banging energy but guitar riffs are self indulgent.
This was the last Metallica album I bought. I bought it because I hadn't heard it. Before today, I hadn't listened to it for decades.
Can't deny the hits. Of which there are many on this one. But it's just not really to my taste.
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.
The "Metal" album of all time. Metal isn't really my genre, but yeah I obviously like the hits here which are amazing, but for an album as a whole for my non-metal ears it gets a bit repititive. Still great tho. 1. Enter Sandman 2. Nothing Else Matters 3. Sad But True
solid
Metallica makes me want to open a beer with my seatbelt buckle, hell ya brother
288/1001 Metallica - s/t Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ Maybe not their best album, but the one that introduced me to the band. Always going to have a soft spot for this.
Este álbum es la definición de poder y control. Tras una revalorización personal, es imposible no ver cada una de sus pistas como una genialidad de composición. El cambio en la voz de James Hetfield es clave: al dejar de lado el grito visceral para cantar con más autoridad, le otorga un peso y una seriedad a las letras que antes no eran tan evidentes. Ahora, al conectar más con el significado de sus versos, el disco deja de ser solo ruido para convertirse en una declaración de principios. Momentos como el inicio de "The God That Failed" demuestran esa maestría técnica que atrapa desde el primer segundo. Sin embargo, el alma del disco para el viajero es "Wherever I May Roam". Con su intro mística y su paso pesado, es la canción definitiva para imaginarse en una chopper por la carretera, personificando la libertad absoluta del nómada. Un álbum impecable que no solo ha envejecido bien, sino que ha ganado peso emocional con los años.
I got to see Metallica the first year they performed Orion festival in AC. VIP tickets from a friend. I went for Arctic Monkeys and Cage the Elephant, so when we realized we had the top tier VIP and were 1/50 people in the front row sectioned off area I did not know what I was in for. WOW. Fire we could feel. The crowds were raging, but we didnt have to be in the mosh. Made me respect Metallica much more. I acknowledge their importance in metal, just not my choice genre. I really enjoyed Unforgiven. The musicianship is incredible. Its a 4 whether I ever listen to it again or not.