Master Of Puppets

A perfect metal album.

Really not very good at all

Not Metallica's best album by far, but some good tracks.

Title track is the obvious stand—out. Guitar solos RIP. Solid.

My least favourite of the good Metallica albums. I can't put my finger on what's wrong here. It's almost as though it has all the right ingredients to be really good, but there's no spark to bring it all together and make it great. I mean, there's nothing actually 'wrong', but it lacks some kind of build quality in comparison to some of their better albums.

Love it so much.

Not super into heavy metal, but I appreciate the artform. Solid album for its genre

Not for me.

Day270 - i guess i just like the hits you can have the rest of their songs

Back when Metallica was thrash-ier! Interesting song construction throughout too, with multilayering and dynamics being experimented with here. It's quality over quantity here, as there are a few marathon tracks that fill the album's nearly hour long runtime. Metallica is probably one of the few groups that can get away with these longer metal tracks, as the technical dexterity of each of the guitarists are second to few. I'll admit that I was pretty casual when it came to Metallica and metal in general before taking on this challenge, but as a result I've become a little more tolerant and appreciative of the genre and its subgroups a bit more. It was interesting to hear Metallica's first commercial breakthrough before they eventually transitioned from this thrash metal sound in the 90's. I think I prefer this to the latter to be honest.

Classic and great headbanging fun. Arguably the most musically impactful album from a great band

Apparently this is the Metallica album worth a shit. Orion was okay. I shall be merciful.

This is my favorite Metallica album and has been for over 30 years. The only complaint I have is with The Thing That Should Not Be. I have always felt that it should be placed somewhere else on the album or maybe on a different album. After the one-two punch of Battery and Master of Puppets, The Thing That Should Not Be feels like too much of a slowdown to me. If I’m complaining about sequencing then that means I have no real complaints.

Every track on this is a joy. Sanitarium and Disposable Heroes are my favorites, but I like them all.

I’ve never been the biggest Metallica fan. There is only so much you can hear big James shout “YEAH” before it feels a bit silly. That said, this is probably the first time I’ve listened to Master of Puppets in full, so I tried to go in with as open a mind as possible. I did enjoy this for a few songs, but then it all quickly started to feel a bit to samey with the latter half of the album not really giving anything that hadn’t already been given by the former. I wouldn’t say I disliked this album. It was perfectly fine. Just not amazing.

A++

verry good

Metallica is pretty good at what they do, am a fan of a few of their songs only! I like how it is hard rock but they’re not screaming into the mic the whole time. Like how it feels like a basement special. <<master of puppets

5 Stars

Oh Man, I already love Metallica and Im not sure I know this album, we going hard today! This album is quintessential 80's loud metal, but after listening to Beach Boy, The Who, Pink Floyd, in that order you can kinda hear the lineage. I don't remember Metallica being so anti-war, but it definitely has a message. Orion is dope, but I love Rodrigo y Gabriela's version Album is decent but not my fav, maybe 2.5 - 3 stars

Not my favorite Metallica album but it's still bloody good. It's status is definitely earned. 4/5

Not my taste in music. However, beautifully constructed - a true classic

Nah. Just not my thing. Didn't enjoy it at all.

Odio quando ho già un’opinione e l’album mi fa cambiare idea. Bello bello

stavo per dare tre stelle ma oggettivamente parlando sarebbe stato un errore. bravi davvero.

Bello!

Really didn’t expect this to be a 4.5 star (that I’ll round up) album, I can’t really fault it! Despite seeing Metallica for the legendary double headline set at Download 2023, and listening to hours of podcasts about the band’s career, I really hadn’t listened to much of their stuff before, and definitely hadn’t listened to an entire album of theirs from start to finish. Much more enjoyable than I was expecting!

I don't like their style of metal enough to give this fully 5 stars but it's a strong 4.5. Even though this is a lot less familiar to me than the big radio hits in the 90s, I prefer this sound, I prefer Hetfield's voice on this one, and it has an instrumental track which I always appreciate.

5 star no skips. the foundation for the vast majority of riff-led metal being made to this day. on a less positive note it is also, along with ride the lightning, the source of even more lead guitarists covering up how much they suck with a wah wah pedal.

Metallica's songs are always so well-arranged and performed. I don't love thrash metal, but I appreciate the skill and complexity behind the songs on this album.

i don't wanna say that metal is not my genre, because i like the metal my friends make, but i simply don't have this much energy or care that much about what men have to say; I fell asleep and woke up halfway through orion, then had to relisten.

Fun! Wish I understood any words.

Never been a huge Metallica listener. I figured this might be their biggest album, especially since Master of Puppets was brought to the global plane recently with Stranger Things using it. I had never heard any of the other songs on here. They are great muscians all around and definitely deserve all the credit they get. There were some points where I lost track of the song and couldn’t tell if a new song had started or if I was still listening to the same one, I guess this comes with the style of their music/singing. Overall still a great album. 7/10

Arguably Metallica's greatest album. It is certainly full of great tracks.

Good ol

Great classics

I'm not a metal girly. Like I said when reviewing Judas Priest, I find it to be very tedious and I get bored with it very easily. That being said I can appreciate this for what it is. It's definitely fun and there are moments that I'm like ok... I like this, but then the biddly guitars start and I just drift off a bit. I get why people love it but yeah not my thing.

Great, But Something Is Missing.

not really metal. not bad, but not really for me.

2.5

I think what sets Metallica apart from other heavy metal bands is that musically they are beautiful. The instrumentation is exquisite. With that said, I still don’t love their music. The title track is fantastic, but the rest is just alright. Not bad, just okay. They have moments of brilliance here, but not enough for me to love it.

kings of melody for sure

Really not for me but not terrible to listen to. Light 3.

Too much thrash. The gutteral sounding vocals don't make it any more appealing. There are some great guitar parts hidden behind those things. I think the best song is the instrumental -- Orion. This is a high 2, maybe 2.75, but I'll round up since others think think is one of the greatest albums of the last 50 years.

There are some really excellent guitar solos in here, but it’s not enough to make me love this album. I thought the other Metallica album we heard was much stronger and more musically diverse.

Battery sounds like punk. The thing that should not be sounds like a heavy Rush.

Master of puppets and Orion are great!

Great album. Would have been cool to hear it for the first time like when it was released. Don’t have time to write. Standouts: Master Of Puppets, The Thing That Should Not Be, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes, and Leper Messiah.

Es ist allgemein nicht meine Art von Musik. Aber der Song wie "Master of Puppets" ist schön künstlerisch aufgebaut, sowie die Instrumental Nummer "Orion". Das gefällt mir durchaus.

Nah.

Can't go wrong. 4/5

Some baller stuff.

At last! Something totally in my spectrum! Perfect doesn't begin to describe it! Amazing, superb, delightful, gorgeous, just a few adjectives for a record that was so influential for generations of metal heads to come. Battery opens like a raging bull heading straight for your gut and just goes through it without even a "how do you do" Master is just a damn jewel nothing wrong with it it's just perfection incarnate The thing that should not be it's dark, sluggish, heavy and it feels like you're drowning in a black sea while 2 giant red eyes just stare at you as you go down Welcome home hs an amazing solo that just speaks to your soul, it's strong and overwhelming Disposable heroes was the prelude for what One would become, an anti war anthem depicting the hopelessness of empty conflicts. Some would say it's too long, I say it's the correct length for the message to be spread. Lepper messiah is just amazing climbs up like a bitch and you don't even realize what's happening Orion, is just as beautiful today as it was the first time I heard it, Cliff's essence is just quintessential in this track, his solo resounds in your bones and takes you to places you've long forgotten, when life was simpler Damage Inc., it just closes with a bang, leaving you speechless and wondering what just hit you... Yeah I'm a metallica fanboy, I've been that for 30 years now and I will be un till the day I exhale my last breath

Stop it. ✋

What a great record. I love it!

I am not into heavy metal or thrash metal in any way at all. I was surprised that I enjoyed Master of Puppets and Battery as I went into the album with a negative mind frame. The guitar riffs were good and catchy, only downside is the songs are a little long. I grew to like the album. It has some good melodies and acoustic moments. its a 3/5. Favourite song: Master of puppets Least favourite: Disposable heros is not for me. there is a lot of screaming involved there. Album artwork: Cool cover, I won’t hang it up at home though

I'd be hard pressed to find an album I've listened to more in my life. Orion is probable the high point for Metallica songs for me. The live shot of the stadium from behind Lars on the back cover was the 1st time I saw them in concert. Day on the Green 1985 in Oakland. One of the best days of my youth. I also got to see them open for Ozzy on this tour in SF. It's fucking wild that a lot of the best concerts I've been to happened before I was driving age. Of the 400+ albums I've listened to from this project, this might be the best one so far. It's a masterpiece. Easily in the top 10 of all albums on the list. Fuck it all and fucking no regrets.

nice

A classic metal album. Pretty amazing liked Orion,battery,master of puppets,disposable heroes

An amazing album! The song “Master of Puppets” is a real masterpiece. Can’t listen to the song without listening to it with full volume.

Really more 3.5, but on the higher end.

iCONIC

Like it 3/5

Good album. I’ve always liked “Battery” and the whole album works well. Just like some of their other albums more. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

Classic, although I never "loved" it. Feels a little thin and/or treble-heavy. Maybe that's just the recording equipment of the time. Still a fun listen.

One of the best albums of all time

I enjoy some Metallica songs, and I was fairly excited to listen to this album, as I realized if I have listened to it in it's entirety, it was more than 25 years ago. That being said, I didn't love it. I felt it was too long. I don't mind a long album, I listen to a lot of Doom and Stoner metal, but I just didn't jive with the fast guitars playing the same riff for multiple minutes. I'll graciously give is 3/5 stars, because I did find myself enjoying it at times, and even though I was ready to turn it off before it ended, I didn't. There's songs on it I'd listen to again.

As much as I love Metal and Hardcore music, I was never really a fan of Metallica... They have some really iconic songs, even ones that I enjoy, but to listen to a whole Metallica album filled with B-Sides and all, ehhhhhhhhh. The first two songs were great, but by the time I got to the third song (The Things That Should Not Be), I wanted to skip it very badly. I wasn't vibing with it at all. There are moments in this album that definitely got me headbanging. But I feel like for every highlight in this album, there's usually a lowlight that follows it. Despire Master of Puppets being one of their most well known and renowned songs, I really enjoyed Orion, not because James Hetfield wasn't singing, but because the song made sense from start to end with no jarring changes. Which is weird for me to say since I'm into time signature changes and key changes and Progressive Rock/Metal where stuff like that happens all the time. Just the way that Metallica does it, it feels very... raw? forced? It doesn't flow well in my opinion. Overall, the experience of this album is a lot of energy and a lot of angst. Definitely skippable songs, but also some memorable parts to the album. 2/5 for me (which makes me wish I can change my R.E.M. - Murmur rating to a 1/5, because man that album was a snooze-fest)

3.5/5

Na

Je vais être honnête avec vous : Metallica et moi, on n'a pas grandi ensemble. Dans les années 80, pendant que les métalleux se laissaient pousser les cheveux et cousaient des patchs sur leurs vestes en jean, j'étais occupé à scander que le futur n'existait pas. Pour moi, le Metal, c'était le grand Satan avec des solos de guitare interminables, des mecs en spandex qui chantaient comme s'ils avaient les couilles coincées dans un étau... Bref, tout ce que je détestais. J'ai découvert le groupe sur le tard, au milieu des années 90, quand mes goûts se sont durcis et que j'ai commencé à explorer des contrées sonores plus... extrêmes. Et puis, il a bien fallu que je me penche sur "Master of Puppets", parce que ce disque, on ne peut pas passer à côté. Il est considéré par les fans du groupe comme étant un monument, un monstre, un chef d’oeuvre… Les Beatles ont leur "Sgt. Pepper's", Pink Floyd leur "Dark Side of the Moon", Michael Jackson son "Thriller", Metallica a "Master of Puppets", c’est-à-dire une pièce unique et qui restera à jamais comme un tournant dans l’histoire de la musique. C'est l'album qui a mis tout le monde d'accord et qui a fait passer le thrash metal des caves crasseuses aux stades du monde entier. C'est une pièce maîtresse de l'histoire de la musique, un point de non-retour. Même la très sérieuse Bibliothèque du Congrès américain l'a classé comme "culturellement, historiquement ou esthétiquement important". Rien que ça. Dès la première note, on comprend pourquoi. Cette intro acoustique sur "Battery", presque une ballade folk espagnole, qui débouche sur un déferlement de violence sonique... C'est du génie pur. Le groupe a trouvé son son, celui qu'il avait commencé à esquisser sur "Ride the Lightning", c'est un mur de guitares saturées, ultra-compressées, des riffs d'une lourdeur pachydermique, mais d'une précision chirurgicale. Et au milieu de ce chaos maîtrisé, ces breaks, ces accalmies acoustiques qui viennent aérer le tout et donner aux morceaux une dimension épique, presque cinématographique. Chaque titre est un classique, de "Master of Puppets", le morceau-titre tentaculaire qui parle de l'addiction avec une intelligence redoutable, à l'instrumental "Orion", véritable symphonie thrash où le regretté Cliff Burton prouve qu'il était bien plus qu'un simple bassiste, en passant par le final apocalyptique de "Damage, Inc.", tout est parfait. L'inspiration est à son comble, les solos de Kirk Hammett sont fulgurants, la section rythmique de Lars Ulrich et Cliff Burton est un rouleau compresseur, et la voix de James Hetfield, hargneuse et puissante, est le cri de ralliement de toute une génération. C'est un disque qui s'écoute fort, très fort. Il faut sentir les basses vous frapper le plexus, les guitares vous scier les tympans. C'est une expérience physique, c'est un album qui vous prend par le col et vous secoue jusqu'à ce que vous n'ayez plus rien à donner. C'est l'oeuvre maîtresse d'un groupe au sommet de son art, juste avant que le succès planétaire et les millions de dollars ne viennent un peu (beaucoup) changer la donne avec le "Black Album". Alors, pourquoi seulement un 4/5 ? Pourquoi ne pas lui coller la note maximale, comme tout bon critique qui se respecte ? J'ai longuement hésité. Vraiment. Mais voilà, même si je reconnais son statut de chef-d'oeuvre absolu, même si je suis en admiration devant sa construction, sa puissance, son intelligence, ce n'est pas un disque que je ressors si souvent. C'est un peu comme un grand film de trois heures, on sait que c'est un chef-d'œuvre, mais on ne le regarde pas tous les quatre matins. Pour le quotidien, pour la petite dose de rock qui fait du bien, je me tournerai plus facilement vers un bon vieil AC/DC et pour la transe sonique, pour le voyage dans les abysses du son, je préfère encore me perdre dans les drones infinis de Sunn O))). "Master of Puppets", c'est un monument et les monuments, on les visite, on les admire, on les respecte. C'est un disque essentiel, que tout amateur de musique se doit d'écouter au moins une fois dans sa vie. Mais pour moi, il lui manque ce petit quelque chose d'intime, de familier, qui fait que je le considère comme "mien". C'est le disque de Metallica, c'est le disque des métalleux et même si je l'aime profondément, je ne serai jamais l'un des leurs. Et c'est très bien comme ça. Un gros, très gros 4/5 et tout mon respect.

Goes without saying that this is one of the classic metal albums of all time. Metallica isn't my cup of tea but they and Megadeth brought this flavor of metal to the mainstream

Yes yes yes yes yes, I have listened to this, I can play some of it too!

9/10

Fast, energetic and loud. Some interesting songs but I just don't love Metallica. This is probably close to a 4 but a 3.5 for me.

great stuff, one of the 3 good metallica albums

Head banging blast!

could i write poetry to this? n (but middle school jimi sure thought he could)

A fine Thrash album. I always preferred Anthrax, though.

4.5, but feeling generous.

Don't love metal so I got about 40 mins in before needing a break. Good to listen to something different - it just is a bit too intense for me after a while.

I have a hard time giving this album less than 5 stars. Excellent album front to back. Orion has been my favorite Metallica song for a long time. Almost gave 4/5 stars because of Lars’ lack of creativity but I just couldn’t do it.

Not really a fan. I don't know this genre except via Rammstein (who I much prefer on this evidence) though I was open to liking Metallica on the strength of the wonderful Nothing Else Matters. However, and this is just a personal thing, I find a lot of the high energy drumming and staccato guitar/high speed licks here just a bit monotonous, so I think heavy metal, which was barely a thing in my formative years, is just not for me.

Great sound, great vibes, tons of classics. But, FUCK METALLICA AND FUCK THE RIAA one star

Classic metal. Would recommend and listen again.

These gents really knew what they were doing for this album didn't they. Welcome Home is my highlight

4.5

I don't listen to much metal, but some days Metallica just hits the spot. Really solid album. I might like Ride The Lightning more, but it's been a while so I'd have to listen again to compare.

Hell yeah, it's a 10 for me. From here I can see its influence on today's music, and I can confirm that there are few albums that have influenced so many genres. You can see how it influences much of today's rock, not to mention metal, but it can also influence hip hop (like JPEGMAFIA's latest album). This project has everything you need and lacks nothing you want. The guitar riffs are simply perfect, every single song is perfectly structured, every second this album has is valuable, it knows when to have its quiet moments and it knows when to explode in energy, it is perfectly written to be devastating and it has some of the best vocal performances ever seen. If we talk about Metal albums I think this is a must listen. It is the perfect example of a Metal album. I say it again, it has everything you need. I'm not a big fan of the genre, but this is really one of those albums that I can't complain about in any aspect.

I wouldn't even download this for free on Napster.

I liked it better as Iron Maiden. Guitar solos just came out of nowhere.

Not really my genre of Metallica, but it was still very good. Most of these tracks are on my normal playlist, so I know them pretty well. Four stars.

Packed with powerful riffs. Impactful and iconic. There is however a limit to how much joyless masculinity-cult metal I can take in one sitting. But hey, probably their best album.

Interesting lyrics but not my everyday taste

Black album was better but justice for all be the best

Classic

I still feel this is one of Metallica's best albums.

4.5

Excellent metal album. Having coincidentally listened to ride the lighting very recently I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to decide which is my favourite but I don’t think I have to. They’re both monster records and both deserving of 5 whole stars. My favourite tracks are battery, title track, disposable heroes and lepper messiah. I have just listed half the album but I suppose that just shows how good they are.

Probably one of the best albums. Every song is great

The greatest metal album of all time.. Period.

It’s ok

🎧Didn’t love this but it’s probably the best metal album I’ve gotten so far. Title track is cool, didn’t need to be over 7 mins long though. Some cool solos throughout and impressive musicianship, especially on Orion.

awesome, better than the self-titled. Liked some prog rock influences, maybe? especially in Orion favorite tracks: Master Of Puppets, Damage, Inc., Welcome Home

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Heavy, lyrics straightforward

Defined thrash metal for years to come. It rocks and it’s my favorite Metallica record because it is so driving and unpredictable. Them in top form, and their unrelenting stature throughout the record keeps me engaged throughout. Too important of a musical experience to not give a 5 lol

Excellent

It's decent. As far as heavy metal goes, it doesn't get any more legendary that Master of Puppets. The instrumentals are superb, however the lead singer's voice got pretty annoying at the album went on. I could probably take the songs in doses, but not for a whole hour.

Somehow, best guitar riffs don't impress me much. This kind of rock starts to bore me pretty fast. Metallica definitely pioneered the sound, but it's not one I particularly like.

Typical Metallica album before they went mega. Average tunes average playing nothing to get exited about.

Goeie rock

I need a Tylenol, head banging in your 30s hurts

Have a preference for Ride the lightning personally. it's does drag on a little on songs. It is however still a classic album, the vast majority of metal bands could only dream of creating this. 4.5*

I don't tend to listen to metal but this was great. It could probably go up to a 5 on repeated listens Favorites: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Disposable Heroes", "Orion", "Damage, Inc"

iconic

5 classic

very solid album. even now sounds intriguing and exciting. pure definition of thrash metal. highly recommend to listen this album first if you wanted to start listening this type of music favourites: Battery, Sanitarium, Disposable Heroes, Master of Puppets 4/5

LP

4-

Metallica tends to be hit or miss for me; it’s the sort of thing I liked a lot as a teenager, but it feels harder to take seriously as an adult. That said, when I got over myself, I really enjoyed this album. I love the energy and unrelenting driving pace. Aside from the title track, the other standout here was “Orion.” Even when the band’s at its best, Metallica’s lyrics can be a little silly, and I was able to appreciate the musicianship more in the instrumental track.

Great album

A quintessential metal album. Just focusing on the band for a second, it’s amazing their huge influence on the creation of heavy metal and the fact that they still are so popular within it, adapting to the world of music around them and remaining both a classic band and one for all modern listeners to enjoy. Every member is insanely talented and helped build the genre we know today. Now it’s time for some specifics on this record: it’s easily one of the most recognizable albums in the world of not only metal, but music as a whole. It may not be their debut or magnum opus, but it sure opened the door for many rock listeners to venture into the harsher sound of heavy metal. In addition, Metallica doesn’t just play loud sounds and repeat edgy lyrics. They have method to their madness. Every song sounds like a cohesive piece and more than noises; there’s a story being told. The lyrics can actually be incredibly sentimental and powerfully poignant in a way you wouldn’t expect from such a band. They are everything a metal band should be and remain a constant example for aspiring metal bands even today.

oh god I leapt for joy when I saw Metallica. Pretty sure I own most of their physical albums but oh boy, it's been a short while since i've listened to master of puppets.

Oh fuck yeah I love this album

Trenchent and thematically Sophmoric in its doom infused drama, hearing this right after Back In Black makes it sound like an emotionless brick. Not impressed.

Essential metal album with powerful themes and truly heavy instrumentation.

not for me

A lot of madness explored and rage expressed on this thrash metal album wrapped up in melodies smooth as butter. You bang your head too much and take too many drugs, you're going to come face to face with whatever crawls out of the depths, and when you do, the only place for you is the looney bin. This classic album, considered by many in the horde to be one of the best thrash albums of all time, also criticizes the low-hanging fruits of war and religion, calling for its listeners to question authority and rebel against the government and the hypocrite. These four headbangers stomp their way through the graveyard, trampling all we vainly held sacred. The riffs, the melody, the shredding, the lyrics, the message, the accessibility of the whole package: this album is a solar system of metal, each track so powerful it has its own orbit.

I don't like metal

Albumi #11, 07.08.2024 Metallica ei ole koskaan kuulunut lempiartisteihini. Yhtyeen kolmas albumi lienee silti diskografian parhaasta päästä. 80-luvun hieman tunkkaiset trash-soundit yhdistettynä sinänsä jykevään metallimeininkiin on ihan hyvä yhdistelmä. Tuskin silti tämäkään Metallica-teos koskaan löytää tiensä omaan levyhyllyyni.

Ride The Lightning, which was my introduction to Metallica will always be my favourite album. But this one's immense.

Perhaps one of the best metal albums of all time. Banger after banger after banger. The easiest 5 I've given yet.

These guys seem very angry not a great way to make music I personally think that you should always be in a positive mental space before you try to make music otherwise that anger is going to come out in the music which we would never want.

This is an album I listened to a lot when I was younger but I wouldn't say I really love it. There are some absolute screamers in here like the title track, Battery, and Orion and the rest of the tracks, while not as good, certainly hold up. The only track I don't like is Leper Messiah, which despite having a great title, goes on too long and has some not so great musical parts (descending chromatic order and then the odd vocal key shift in the chorus drives me insane) and key changes. I wish James and Lars weren't such absolute tools in real life. It really sours my attitude toward the band in general. For me this is the last truly great Metallica thrash album. The Black Album is a huge departure from the style and it's good in it's own way but then they went and changed everything and their latter stuff is mostly disposable commercial rock. I could go on but treating this album in a vacuum, it's great. It's a lot to listen to in one sitting and it does feel a tad dated away from the three tracks I mentioned earlier, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better and more perfectly executed example of the genre at the time. This is a defining album in metal in general.

Today's album is Metal - Yay! The artist is Metallica - Booo! It's only 8 tracks long - Yay! Each track is over 5 minutes long - Booo! It was produced by Flemming Rasmussen - Can I go now? I have never liked Metallica but I cannot refute the point that every band I might not be around if not for them. This is a seminal album that helped craft the 80's and 90's metalscape.

Ehh, I guess if you’re into head-banding stuff, you can knock yourself out in this one. Not for me thanks

One of Metallica's good albums. Battery is a banger of an opener.

Not as “pop metal” as the ubiquitous Black Album, which made me enjoy this more than I thought I would.

They know what they’re doing, and they do it well. “Orion” was enjoyable.

One of the best metal albums ever.

the songs are too long and similar to each other

Didn't much like the Black Album and HATED S&M but this was actually alright.

Metallica-Sound ohne große Highlights 2/5

Okay for yesterday's weights workout music.

Hard to believe that this masterpiece was released in 1986. Loved it then, and still love it now. 🤘🏻

Title song is a banger. 3.7.

Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

I don’t know. It’s OK. I was hoping this would be Ride The Lightning II. There’s some thrashing going on but some songs go hard into the head banging chugga-chugga stuff too. Orion veers into Eric Johnson guitar harmony territory. Master of Puppets is a mixed bag.

Masters of their genre, just not my genre.

Yeah it's a metal classic, what else can you say. Performances are flawless, better songwriting than 99% of metal you'll ever hear. I don't listen to metal like I did when i was a teenager anymore, I rarely listen to it at all really, but this album still stands out as something special even after all that time.

Exhausting!

Head banging at a premium. Hello, Library of Congress.

I like this, but, honestly, every song sounded the same.

I liked this!! I had to put this in because the people next to me were spoiling a BRAND NEW MOVIE and this was great.

Possibly the only metal album that matters. I believe this to also be the most important record of the 1980s.

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

Master of Speed Metal. Evolved into a more accessible sound but stayed close to their roots. Excellent.

Already listened to it, so why not re-listen? Metallica's breakthrough album. This is THE Metal album! This album is incredible. Arguably their best, and my second favorite (my first being Ride The Lightning) Most of this album is a banger (I also like Leper Messiah, but its not one I revisit a lot) Definitely an album that helped expand my musical horizons. Last album with Cliff Burton (Rest In Peace) Where do I even start? Should I start with how energetic and amazing "Battery" is? With how iconic and amazingly written the title track is? (Fuck you to the elitists who hate on those who discovered the song through Stranger Things, if there are still any today) With how much I overlooked "The Thing That Should Not Be" more than I should have? With how incredible and beautiful is "Welcome Home (Sanatarium)"? With how epic and still relevant "Disposable Heroes" is? With how much of an masterpiece "Orion" is? Cliff is killing it on that bass! This track is HIS! With how haaaard does "Damage, Inc." go? With how iconic, genius and instantly recognized the album cover is? With how relevant some of the themes this album talks about (control and the abuse of power)? I dont know! (sorry for this glaze) but yeah, FUCK YEAH IT IS A MUST HEAR! I encourage you to listen to it, if you havent! Love it -favorite songs: all of them (except Leper Messiah) -least favorite song: Leper Messiah

If I could give 6 stars I would.

1. battery - 2 2. puppetz - 5 3. not be - 1.5 4. home - 2 5. heroez - 1.5 6. mezziah - 1 7. orion - 2 8. damage - 1.5

Favorite Track: Damage Inc.

Understand the significance of, but I listened all the way through and still don’t get it.

As much as I dislike almost everything Metallica did after this, I can't deny that this album is a masterpiece.

Precursor to screamo music?

A fun excuse to listen to this album again. 5 stars 🤘🏼

There’s probably a lot to laugh at about Metallica, but I can’t help my love for their early albums. Metal for people who don’t love metal. But it rips.

nonie dureglost paar mol es paar lieder glost aber kenns eig nöd. battery isch sehr so wienis erwarte. de breakdown isch etz no geil. aso instrumentale bridge teil. master of puppets findi etz nöd de song wo so legendär söll sii. er isch scho epic awesomesauce aber de hetfield nervt mi wenner singt. the thing that should no be machtstand jetz sit 5 minute die gliche zwei moves und s wird langsam chli langwilig. in deeefinitiv kein metallica guy. welcome home macht de clean metallica gitarre mit ere tonne chorus und de checki aber usch nöd so geil wie sie meined.

mustard of puppets vill vo dene lieder kenn ich sicher passiv, eifach will min papi früehner scho vill metallica glist het battery findi en riese banger, vom langsamere intro zude schnelle drums, thrashmetal wie es im buche steht (tön wie en boomer) master of puppets isch würkli ih mis hirn ihbrennt MUSTARD MUSTARD oaaah ich han das langsame gitarresolo vergesse bis jz glingts ihne hslt scho sehr guet, 6 minütigi lieder immer spannend z gstalte fuck han ich ih mine jahr vill z fest uf metallica ghated, will die alte metallica actually huere guet sind? ok die art vo soli hani no nie würkli gern gha SANITAAAARIUUUUM DÜTÜÜDÜDÜÜÜ diese banger ich bin eifach en sucker für "ohh ok melodie, ohh chli schneller, ohhhhhhhh zweity layeeer AAAA DOUBLE BASS" ja isch glaub echt mis lieblingslied vo ihne leper messiah iscb voll ok, aber s riff findi sehrsehr geil OAAHH DIE BRIDGE ich wird wiedermal mite wahrheit konfrontiert, dass wenn e tüf gstimmti gitarre funny stuff macht und sie denn e lead drüber mached ich das in 9/10 fäll geil findt orion isch schochli lang gsi aber cool als instrumental JA SCHNELLER SCHNELLER SCHNELLER HIHAT ich bin mite erwartig innegange, dem album es 3 oder maximal 4i z geh ich bin en neue mensch en mensch wo chan zuegeh "hey alts metallica imfall gar nöd so ass"

This is a pretty good album!

Metallica you finally came through

It was okay. Not my style of music really but I could enjoy them on a nice long roadtrip. Maybe if I was bored and wanting some nice concentrating music for studying or something like that. Would probably listen again? Not really, but it was enjoyable. 6/10.

Wow, i was really looking forward to this album when it popped up on the screen. Master of puppets is a classic tune. Really good stuff. However, i found the rest of the album pretty meh. Not a patch on the black album. A talented band for sure, but the songs were just OK.

I probably won’t ever give a metal album more than three stars. I usually suffer through them and give them a two unless they truly hurt my ears in a special way(looking at you Sepultra). So the fact that I didn’t mind this album either means it’s really great metal or it’s really lame metal! I’m not the one to judge.

fuckin fuck yeah

There are only a couple of Metallica Albums I can listen to, start to finish, over and over again. This is one of them. I love this album. Especially its opening two tracks. It's also great to hear one of Metallica's very few instrumentals, Orion. Lars Ulrich is a bit of a dick, I just had to say that. :-)

Amazing album! I'd listened to the title track heaps of times before, but I don't think I've ever sat down to listen through the full album. What a treat Orion is!

Even though I’ve known “Master of Puppets” for almost 30 years, I’m going to start this off by saying RIP Eddie, you were the best Stranger Things character (Metallica fans, please don’t kill me). Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll confess that I’ve never listened to a full Metallica album and only know the singles. I’ve always enjoyed the songs I did hear, so I’m not sure why I never delved into them any deeper, especially since I do listen to other metal. This is a classic metal album for a reason. It sounds epic. It’s both aggressive and intensely melodic at the same time, and James Hetfield is a great vocalist. I feel like Metallica falls somewhere between symphonic metal and thrash — they’re not quite as operatic or intricate as Symphony X or even Iron Maiden, but they understand hooks and melody (fuck you, Slayer). The opening track, Battery is a good example of this — the Spanish-style guitar intro is beautiful and pulled me in right away, then the momentum of the song carried me through. I will say that the heaviness plus the length of each song do get a little tiresome after a while. I couldn’t help but feel like some of the songs blended together just because of the formula of heavy power chords plus heavy drums plus relentless bass regardless of the melody of each individual song. It’s not necessarily bad, but I don’t know how often I could listen to the album because of it. And there’s not a single song on this album under 5 minutes, so it’s a lot. The comparative slow pace and mellowness of Welcome Home was a … ahem, welcome reprieve after almost 20 straight minutes of full-throttle metal (though it gets heavier in the chorus and bridge). And that’s a damn cool guitar solo. The real standout track on here is Orion — an eight and a half minute instrumental piece. Once it really gets going beyond the typical thrash start (about 3 minutes in), it really is a fantastic showcase of the band’s abilities. I love that it has several different movements. The guitar work is fantastic, and the bass line around the five-minute mark is such a cool groove. It is kind of lame that it just fades out at the end, though. Overall this is a great album, and I’d definitely listen to it again. I just don’t know if I’d revisit it that often (maybe a few songs) because of the length. I don’t know why so many metal bands feel like every song has to be this long, drawn out epic. It’s okay to get to the point sometimes. 4/5

Nice

Orion FTW

Production wise sounds a little dated. Songwriting is still strong.

One of the \"big four\" thrash metal bands alongside alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. So, I learned that much. Not my genre. On the recording they are very tight and energetic, but still not my thing...

A lot of good guitar doesn't constitute a great album. It wasn't awful by any means necessary, but I kind of expected more.

Trash Metal gone melodic a classic rock record by Metallica. we'll put together songs that Amp you up.

Nostalgia 5 for sure. This and ride are definitely their best albums. Will I listen to again: 100%

I’m so glad I found this album again during my mature years, as it flew way over my head when it came out. I now get the hype. It’s an album of two halves, the first being the most well-known, containing the monster tracks I’ve been most exposed to. The title track was played night after night by my favourite Filipino covers band at 17 Saloon in Saigon, back when that was my second home. They performed it authentically every single time, and it never got boring. As a younger metal fan, I got into Metallica through one of the Garage Days Revisited albums, which somehow led me to Sanitarium, so I also have a soft spot for that track. Today was the first time I listened to Master of Puppets in its entirety, so Side 2 is brand new to me. Whilst those tracks don’t jump off the platter in the way Side 1 does, they offer an effective mechanism for comprehending the power of Hetfield’s storytelling, creative riffing and musical arrangements. To me, it has become clear that JH is Metallica - the guy is a bona fide artist, with the other three simply play metal’s other three necessary instruments well enough to pass muster. Good album, this!

Kind of exhausting to listen to although I do appreciate how rad the guitars are.

I may have groaned when I saw this come up. Metallica are the U2 of metal. There's so much projection of being the best without a ton to back it up in this. I do think there is some talent in the band but I dislike what they do with it. The instrumental song gets this away from a 1. I was thinking during it that it's hard to tell what makes Metallica suck more, the lyrics or singing.

I would assume this is the peak of the trash metal sound. I'd say it feels like a more cohesive album from them. It started to make me nauseous by track 5. The instrumental is kind of refreshing in a way.

8/10

Pretty darn good. Metallica is another one of those bands that seemed to generally be around in pop culture background but that I never dug into on my own. This album reminds me of playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater (although I have no idea if Metallica was in any of those video games).

Well this is definitely better than that 2 hour live Metallica album. I’m not really much of a metal guy, but I am a tad biased because this is one of my son’s favorite albums of all time. And I can’t lie: for what it is, it’s pretty good. Just not necessarily for me.

Listen, I’m by no means a metal guy. And I can’t dispute that this should be on this list. Buuuuuut….. This was pretty meh for me, and at times, I found myself rolling my eyes at it. I’ve heard metal that I like much more.

It's not like amazing but it is fun and there's enough going on to keep it interesting. I'll say it's satisfying to listen to, even if I don't think it's amazing.

very cool :)

awesome gutar sounds....

Master of Puppets is a great song but I was dissapointed in the rest of the album. It all felt a bit flat.

the band from fortnite This was a turning point for Metallica, where just greatness seen on Ride the Lightning (should have made the list) is turned to legendary status. Killer riffs, bass, drumming, changes. And James actually sounds comfortable on vocals here

OK in small doses, but I don’t like screaming vocals. The instrumentation is good.

want to like this but i really just cant stand thrash

fantastic!

My firs Metallica album. I enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for anything played this fast, with that much enthusiasm. Some times listening to a bunch of dudes absolutely wailing on their instruments is exactly what you need. But I don't think it could ever be an everyday listen.

Makes me want to run through a brick wall. The guitar and drumming...insane. I have to be in the right mood to listen to this, but put me in the right frame of mind and I'll listen the hell out of it.

Admittedly, I am not a huge thrash metal fan. Can listen to it in small doses in the right context. Didn’t find this album to stand out from other similar albums.

Not my type of music but I appreciate the popularity of the band.

I think I'm slowly becoming a fan of heavy metal, and I never saw that coming. This was a really good album, from the false beginning of 'Battery' to the final notes of 'Damage, Inc'. When you realise how young the members of Metallica were when they made this album it just makes it more impressive.

Meh

A classic. Enough has been said about the self-titled track, but I just want to call to attention how brilliant of a piece Orion is. One of only a few Metallica instrumentals, and simply stunning.

Can’t stand this band

I crashed my car and ran home on pure adrenalin after putting this on. Fuck you, mom and dad!

5/5

A good album but not quite as good as Metallica 1 for me so 3 stars or C+ rating.

Simply a classic, one of if not the best thrash metal album of all time. There is not a second on this album that you can't headbang to. This thing is just going hard for the entire runtime but never feels annoying or repetitive.

Metallica are the kind of band who I wouldn't seek out personally, but if I friend put it on for me, I'd genuinely have a great time listening. Similarly, it's been a fun listening experience in this challenge. The music is as massive and heavy as a mountain. The energy carries you from the start to the end effortlessly. I really don't have anything negative to say about 'Master of Puppets'. Having said that, by the time I get to the end of the album, I'm satisfied and feel like I've had my fill of Metallica until the next one comes up in this challenge. But that's just me. I can see why other people might be more obsessed with it.

Love this album!

Dreadful

Battery 4 Master of Puppets 4.5 The Thing That Should Not Be 4 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 4.3 Disposable Heroes 3.8 Leper Messiah 3.9 Orion 4 Damage, Inc 4 Score: 4.0625

I put on track one immediately after leaving a screening of Furiosa and I was like, this is the best album ever. Then I listened to the rest of it the next day while running errands and stuff. You need the appropriate context for this kind of thing!

Endelig nåke bra

\m/

Enjoyable riffs. When they were still prime.

No question

#266. Metallica really came out swinging with four of the best metal albums out there in a row. All killer, no filler. They didn't really put a foot wrong in the 80s. It's a shame what happened after that, but hey, we can't have it all, right? 5/5: excellent. *this is the twenty sixth album I purchased from this list. Song added to playlist: Disposable Heroes I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

I haven't heard a lot of metallica. I enjoyed this album and liked Master Of Puppets and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) the most.

One of their best albums!

First heard in ‘87, still listen to now. Love this album.

Appreciate the skilled musicianship on show here, they really know how to play. I enjoyed the instrumental track in particular, and the title track is of course a classic. I find nearly an hour of Metallica a bit intense tbh, prefer them in small doses, but I can see why this is considered a classic.

I’m not a metal fan. However, Metallica definitely set the bar for all things metal. My favorite track was Orion. While I personally probably not listen to the album, I certainly will add Orion to my listing in queue.

Well it was Metallica so it should score high. I wish I hadn’t been so distracted as I listened 4*

Yeah I mean its the best metal album of all time.

Things I have learnt from this list, yes I do love rock, but there is a reason I never really got into thrash.

I like metal, but this is just a little to thrash for me. I like the black album, which i know would make true Metallica fans call me a poser and I am ok with that.

Yet another band that - in spite of its international success and renown - has never really resonated with me at all.

.吉他牛逼听的心脏抽抽

One of the most defining metal albums ever made. It’s one of the few metal albums I would recommend to any music lover. It's so relevant, influential, and essential that it's in the Library of Congress!

Some great old school banger music.

Brought metal into the main stream. Metallica at its best

Didn't really care for the first listen. I've only ever dabbled once a decade in metal and while there were things here and there that I liked, it was never enough of a package for me to care. Kinda same thing here, I don't really care for the technical guitar work at all, the overall sound is also not for me. But then I immediately replayed it and liked it a bit more. It's still not for me, but there was more that I picked up on and dug. I like the vocals (but it also makes me laugh listening to James Hetfield growl this shit out, knowing he sued Napster like a little bitch). I still don't care for technical guitar work and I'm fine letting Ramones be my hardest, fastest guitar strumming band, but this is another step along the way of me saying "Nah, there's something to metal that I really wish I dug more. In a different life, I'm a metal boy."

Loud, raucous, rattling, inspiring (if you’re seeking being energetic and angry. It’s a cool sound for 1986 and a good base layer for what Metallica would become. Master of Puppets is an epic one. I found myself loving the Orion instrumental, which gave them the freedom to be more sensitive without giving away their tough persona.

Really interesting and melodic! A great time

One of their best

Stunning, what an album!!!

this was great fun

one of the best thrash albums ever and one that got me into metal in general

a classic but not for me.

This is a perfect metal record! Not a single bad song on this album! Also the most cohesive album to date by this band. Everybody knows about Master Of Puppets and how great of a song it is, but all of the songs are incredible. Battery is my personal favourite, Orion is one of the most beautiful instrumentals ever, and Damage inc. is just a moshing track. Overall, this is THE metal album!

llega un punto en que se vuelve repetitivo, aun así un par de canciones destacan. no es lo peor que he escuchado.

Not for me

Don’t get me wrong this shit bangs at certain periods. But sir, why are you screaming in my ear?? 2.5/5

Clever but too blasting

Hades inspiration.

My fav

Classic. Another No Skips Wednesday.

Good album

Hurts my ears, not for me

I was never into trash metal, it is too heavy and intensive music for me. I'm aware how big this album was in the mid 1980s, and I was a bit surprised that I enjoyed this album a bit more than I tought I would, it's very tight and precise music. The more intense and faster songs were more difficult to listen to, but overall it's an OK album.

Very heavy, really like the instrumentation. Makes sense as an album, just a little too heavy for my sensibilities

I’ve always been a Black Album person, but I am admittedly not a metal fan, much less Metallica. That said, I thought this was very good. Beyond the title track, Orion was a highlight.

This is one of the most iconic and influential metal albums of all time for a reason. Following a solid debut and sophomore effort with "Kill 'Em All" and "Ride The Lightning" respectively, Metallica delivers this album which some consider to be their magnum opus, in particular the titular track "Master Of Puppets". While the heights of this album are astronomical, the secondary tracks are middling in my opinion and knock it out of my top 2 Metallica albums (#1 being "...And Justice For All", and #2 being "Ride The Lightning"). That being said, it does not get better than classic Metallica in the metal genre, and this album is a prime example. Notable Tracks: Battery - perfect opener for a Metallica album Master Of Puppets - iconic simply put Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Orion - their best instrumental song in my opinion 8/10

Not my favourite Metallica album but I think this is their most important, and probably the best of the big thrash albums that came out in 1986. The first side in particular has some of the best songs the genre has to offer.

This had (and still has) a huge impact in music. An essential, of course, but not really my favorite band from the genre.

It's the kind of album that draws teenagers to a love of music, that makes them want to pick up a guitar and learn. I don't listen to it much anymore, but this kind of work is crucial and important in a young individual's musical development. A true classic.

Feels like this has been with me my whole life, nearly has. Every song on this is great and each song has, at one time, been my favourite song on the album. Currently, I’d say Orion is the best track. Easy 5/5 for so many reasons, nostalgia, lyrics, impact, musicianship, masterpiece

Not my bag

4.2/5

Yo no soy fan del Metal, pero bueno... Es un clásico.

Like, yeah man, alright. Some of these songs I've heard so many times throughout my entire life, I don't know if I like them or I'm just used to them. The generator gave me this one right after "Metallica" and I gotta say I enjoyed the other one slightly more.

banger! fully prepared to have MASTER! MASTER! stuck in my head for a week. Tbh probably a 4.5 because I’m too much of a coward to give it a 5.

It was too much for me. Not a fan. It’s too metal, too loud and didn’t pique my interest. Was just waiting for it to end.

Really excellent stuff… would love to familiarize myself with Metallica’s oeuvre more but I love this tempo of metal and it is rightfully iconic through and through! Kind of weird that they named it after Jeff Dunham though…

So genuinely epic. Feel a bit strange giving this a 5 because it’s probably my third favourite metallica album but man does it go hard. So fun throughout with no dull moments and good variances of sounds and energy levels.

The more Metallica I listen to the more i may just have to admit to myself that they are my favourite band. No music energizes me more than trash metal and I think Metallica is the best at it. This is likely my second favourite album by them but it is always a treat to listen to and I love the classical guitar influences on the album.

amzing start, but i think is very repetitive in the rest of the album. i loved orion, cause i love song which are just instrumental, a masterpiece, deserve more fame. fav: battery, master of puppets, orion.

kinda fell off since I stopped being in 9th grade. I'll defend metallica their get made fun of a little much. not the members themselves though keep making fun of them.

It felt a bit repetitive but it picked up again, not my usual listening choice but for sure a great album

Complete banger of an album. I listened to it multiple times yesterday. A true classic. 🤘🏼🤘🏼

No thanks. The second half of the album salvaged half a point 1.0

I mentioned in my review for …And Justice for All that I liked this album. That’s not entirely true: when I first listened in 2014, I really did not enjoy this. My rating on besteveralbums was 45/100, which is the second-lowest rating I gave to anything in BEA’s top 100 (at the time), and the bottom 5% of ratings I gave to albums in AcclaimedMusic’s top 500. That said, I had the pleasure of seeing Metallica in 2014; they were at a festival and I was more interested in pretty much everyone else who was playing, but I got a kick out of how much the crowd loved Metallica even more than any other big name artist like Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, or Rihanna. Years later I listened to Ride the Lightning and loved it, and reasonably enjoyed Kill ‘Em All also. After “Master of Puppets” appeared in Stranger Things, I encountered a lot of people who weren’t previously into metal music who were now giving it a chance, and I relished in the opportunity to recommend albums which had been my gateway into metal (mainly Iron Maiden). But I also relooked at Master of Puppets and realized I now really enjoyed it, so I guess consider me one of these Stranger Things bandwagoners. On today’s listen, I think I enjoyed the album even more than before, to the point where I’m now considering a 4/5 re-rating, well above the 2/5 I gave it a decade ago. As a whole, Master of Puppets is a criticism of war (“Disposable Heroes”) and senseless violence (“Damage, Inc.”) organized by people with power who pull strings to get others to do their dirty work (“Master of Puppets”). There’s also criticisms of religion (“Leper Messiah”) and familial abuse (“Battery”), and it’s all topped off by some amazing guitar, drums, and bass. I’m still not big on Hetfield’s vocals, but in general the lyrics on this album are better and the vocals have a lesser role than on later albums. I’m glad I’m going through the 1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die list and reevaluating albums which I previously didn’t like, because I’m realizing how great shit like this is.

i want to giv it more but there is too much guff on this album. 4 or 5 very good ones though

I already know this one. A teir.

...loved it. strangely

This sure recharged my Battery

Day 6 of listening to these albums everyday. Master of Puppets is a genuine perfect metal album. With the politically charged lyrics to the 8 minute long track without a single lyric. The album delivers with some of the greatest Metallica has to offer and knocks out with every song. There is not one song you can point at on this album and really say it doesn’t bring that amazing energy.

Metal still isn't really my thing and the every single track could have been cut by 50% but Welcome Home and Orion are pretty cool.

I made it through 3 tracks - which all sounded the same. This feels like a band that is trying to sound like Black Sabbath or Zeppelin and just fails miserably. Metallica is the Wonder Bread of Metal.

Classic.

Great album, but I don’t think it’s near metallicas best. Sounds a bit over commercialized to me

This is the second Metallica record, I liked the first better than this one. The couple of songs that I know on this one are okay, but I lack the critical gene that allows me to discern much difference between their other less well known songs.

love this record. I think this was the absolute peak for metallica.

Listened to this on the way to the Billy Strings show at fka Rosemont Horizon. Perfect lead in.

not really my thing, not as annoying as most thrash metal though

5 stars. No doubt.

I like loud music so I loved this, but I’m not sure I could listen to it in full that often. I saw them live at a music festival about 10 years ago and it was awesome. Gotta love Metallica.

One of my all time favorite albums. The sound is truly unique. It’s a beautiful symphony of heavy metal

Naja, einige Abschnitte waren ja nicht so übel, aber insgesamt halt doch nicht mein Geschmack

Tight like a Tiger. Solid Album

I know some Metallica but wasn't very familiar with this album, except for the title track and Sanitarium. I like the mix of acoustic guitar and hard hock. The sound is tight but the songs are ok. I think their other albums are better.

Enjoyable for a metal album, but I think there is a limit to how much metal I want to listen to these days... and that amount is less than a full length album.

Of the metal albums I've been exposed to, this is the Goldlilocks so far. Not too screamy (Pantera), or with juvenile lyrics (Slayer), or comically falsetto vocals (Iron Maiden.) Ultimately not my genre, but can understand someone being a fan of metal based on this.

Takes me back to being a teenager. Fantastic album that finds a good balance between cutting chuggs and melodic, technical riffs. Perhaps not for everyone, but a clear winner for the genre.