Master Of Puppets

Not my taste

It's not really for me. I could see the appeal but definitely long songs on a long album. 4.2/10

Klinkt goed voor degene die ervan houden.

am i becoming a music snob or was this not that enjoyable?

Metallica followed Megadeath for me this week. It could have been the same band and EVERYTHING I hate about 80s early 90s metal. Same riffs, with shitty guitar indulgences. Never seems to change up. It's just really not for me.

Not as good as the other album. This sounded dark.

What would Led Zeppelin or AC/DC sound like if you took the blues element completely out of their music? They would probably sound a lot like this. Just because you sing loud does not mean you are singing with passion. Every song sounds the same.

p548. 1986. 2 stars. Generic heavy metal, saved from 1 star by some decent riffs. There is nothing here that's hasn't been done better before.

Not my cup of tea I’m sure it’s great for people who like this kinda music 4/10 Seek and Destroy and master of puppets were chill I guess

not my cup of tea

Good for metal but it’s metal like a 5/10 if I was generous

Not my thing at all but I did hear some amazing guitar playing.

Yawn

Pre-listening thoughts: I don’t do metal. Post/during listening thoughts: I still don’t do metal, but this was probably the best metal album we’ve had so far. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Master of Puppets, Orion Least fav tracks: Welcome Home, Leper Messiah

Solo on "Orion" is interesting and so is the droning passage that follows – no surprise that when the pace slows and the bludgeoning backbeat fades a bit, that the record gets considerably more interesting. All that would make "Orion" one's favorite Metallica cut, which is very much a tall pygmy award. Strong contender for most overrated band of all time.

Spotify shit the bed on this one, claiming that the album is unavailable in the USA. Probably Spotify bending the knee to 47's bullshit committee for "dismantling anti-christian sentiment". Anyway, I can say this from what I have heard of Metallica: I appreciate that they're an early metal band, and an unfortunate target of the Satanic panic. They have their definite place in history, but Gods they are so boring. There's nothing to their sound that appeals to me.

My knee jerk reaction is yuck--Metallica. I've never been a fan. My husband is, and said that this is not that bad. A ringing endorsement. So--let's give it a go! It's clear that they have skill and know what they are doing. I like some of their slower, prettier guitar parts. Orion is interesting. That said, my knee jerk reaction stands. Yuck. I don't love how the songs are composed. The pacing is very Metallica. James Hetfield's voice is what it is. I'm not the right audience for this. I understand that it is beloved by many, but it remains a hard pass for me. I am not young enough, masculine enough, or filled with enough rage. Thrash just makes my joints ache.

I thought I'd like it more...

Less awful than the other couple of Metallica records that have come up so far. I still dislike the overall cut of their jib but this is nearly tolerable.

I know some Metallica, I’ve enjoyed some Metallica but there was nothing in this album that I really enjoyed. I appreciate the hard guitar but it didn’t keep my attention. Shame.

Couldn’t tell you which song is which. I DO NOT LIKE METAL. Prefer plastic I can’t lie to anyone. Did not like it . I now have a headache

what is that specific style of guitar you hear in 80s metal that’s extremely tight and rhythmic and monotonous? is that the ‘thrash’ in thrash metal? whatever it is, it’s horrific and shrinks the sonic landscape of every single song and makes the whole thing such a drag to listen to. it’s so FUCKING boring. even the more melodic and interesting guitar moments (the interlude/bridge/whatever in the title track, i think) are still so shrill and have this really awful buzzy tone to them that i cannot get over. YUCK!!!

i can't believe the titular song has ONE BILLION streams....who are you?? one seventh of the planet is listening to this song?? SHOW YOURSELVES

didn’t like it. the metal was too soft for my liking

Onhan tämä klassikko omassa genressään. Kyseinen genre ei vaan ole tainnut istua omaan makuuni koskaan. Kokonainen levy tätä sahausta on aina työn ja tuskan takana. Hittibiisit juuri ja juuri jaksan. Niitä nuorenakin vain lähinnä kuuntelin.

Rambles and not killer but ik it’s important to rock music and old people

i liked this album. thought it was kinna one note other than the fourth song (kinna dug that one). lots of guitars. i really like guitars tho. i wanna give this a three star bc i thought it was fine and i’d listen to it as background music but don’t want it to stand too close to any albums i rank 4 or 5 star cuz i’ll REALLY like those. so i give it a two but if this was a 10 star thing i’d give it a five. 🤷‍♀️

Battery: I’m not sure what he’s going on about batteries (3/10). I hate guitar solos. Master of Puppets: I know this one, it’s okay, but I hate guitar solos (5/10). Actually nvm, I thought it ended. There’s still 5 minutes left. I like it less after more guitar solo (4/10). The Thing That Should Not Be: “Crawling chaos, underground. Cult has summoned, twisted sound”. Cringe and too long (2/10). Welcome Home: “They keep me locked up in this cage. Can't they see it's why my brain says rage?” This one’s deep (3/10). Disposable Heroes: I love a good anti war song, but I can’t help but feel disturbingly annoyed by Metallica. I can’t do these long ass songs and back to back guitar solos. I just don’t give a fuck how fast a guitar can be played (5/10). Leper Messiah: I like an anti church song too. I don’t get the leper metaphor tho. Feels like a child wrote it, but I like the “lie, lie, lie…” ending (4/10). Orion: No more lyrics here thankfully. Sadly, it’s just more guitar work. There’s a gong at the halfway point though; I wonder if they have one on stage. I prefer the song post gong (4/10). Damage, Inc: I like the name of this song. Otherwise, I’m bored by the end of all of this (3/10). Overall thoughts: Cool album art Only the coolest people are big fans Stranger things guy Target shirts Walmart shirts Pinball Monster trucks Long hair No sleeves Black The 80’s Lyrics deep af Long songs Guitar solos My rating is an average of each individual song + 0.5 for the album art, monster trucks, and gong. 4/10 I feel like Metallica totally functions as a time piece, but the way they have managed their “brand” has completely diluted anything that may have been there for me to find. I suppose this is why people say you shouldn’t sell out. This is not the worst thing I’ve ever heard, nor do I think it is objectively bad, but any itch I have surrounding music is left unscratched by their sound. I’m certain their influence stretches into music that I enjoy regularly, but I can’t help but find the Master of Puppets very annoying. The fact that this album is held as such a gem makes me feel dumb. DISCLAIMER: if a song was obviously going nowhere else, I skipped the last 20 seconds or so. I get enough from the 7 and a half minutes leading up to the last few slaps at their instruments.

ARGH ARGH ARGH BLAGH BLAGH BLAGH!!!!!! This album was asshole!!!!! Some songs got stuck in my head like, MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER OF PUPPETS!!! And SANITARIUM!!!! Other than that, it was a waste of my freaking time! I couldn’t make the music myself so I’ll give them 2 stars, but these guys should really think about the music they’re putting out and the length of their songs.

Songs are really long. I think this is probably a great album for someone just not for me. Maybe one day I’ll like metal 3/10

Some interesting Avalon-style instrumental passages that are constantly interrupted by a chugging boogie

custom_rating: 5

Not the greatest album for a Tuesday morning in the office lol - I'm really just not into this genre- though it isn't a criticism on the album. I know Metallica is wildly successful and talented.

I dont think this is bad but I think I am not a metal enjoyer. just not the sound for me. it's kind of grating on my ears, almost like it's at the wrong frequency for me. in many places just sounds like hitting 1 drum really fast with the guitar playing 2 notes. however the guitars were awesome in places. I get why this stuff is popular and I can understand moshing to this stuff. the lyrics and vocals suit the instrumental sound. but it is not something I would ever listen to unless I could get an edit of just the midtempo guitar parts.

In 5th gear from start to finish with the motor whining all the way.

Not for me

I listened to the whole album but it definitely started to grate. Just not my thing. I can respect the musicianship, especially on Orion, but the lyrics just leave me cold and it was a struggle to listen to the end.

First tried listening to this over 30 years ago and my opinion has not changed since. The sound is too clinical. The guitar, bass and drums offer no melodic nuances, just a relentless thudding and angular guitar patterns. I am not knocking them as musicians I just wish don't get it. Too shouty as well. 2 stars.

I am surprised I didn’t dislike this as much I thought I would. But I listened to this twice, and still don’t have any other strong feelings about this. I will give it an extra star for exceeding my expectations.

I've tried

Over the top heavy metal, too much

I never could really get into Metallica - largely because of the grating vocals - but also because the music is boring and repetitive. A listen through to this album confirms my views... A weak 2 because there are some cool riffs here and there...

Sorry, Lenny… not my jams

So boring. So repetitive. I hated listening to this.

This was fine. I don’t really love Metallica, but I don’t dislike them either. I don’t really have anything else to say about them.

It was alright. Not a big metallica fan in general. The riffs become monotonous after a while. Master of Puppets is still a classic song though

не особо зашел 4/10(и то потому что металлика лега)

seminal album for heavy metal rock, but I just don't get it... the nuances are lost on me A lot of similar songs which are maybe just quicken or slowed down ... "Welcome Home" breaks the mold. "Orion" tried, but then the band remembered what they were there for and reverted back to slash and burn!

I do not care about you metallica

A lot to listen to in a row. Had to take a break . Didn't finish it. But Leif loved it

Metallica: Adjective | mə-ˈta-lik-ə | Derived from the Greek words 'métallo' and 'lickos' (loosely translating to 'Metal Licker'). A word coined as a heavy metal adaptation of the phrase 'window-licker'. This was a result of the high number of instances whereby listeners of this thrash metal music would wildly bang their heads back and forth, to the point their brain stem would start to detach. The result of this meant they were left in a vegetative state, endlessly listening to a guitar and microphone get violently mutilated, until someone either found them and put them out of their misery.. or they eventually died.. having been slumped there for days, slavering until the point they dehydrated/drowned. Luckily I managed to get through this album unscathed, despite feeling the compulsion to smash my head against a wall whilst I listened to it.

Little known fact, James Hetfield wrote this album about his hero Jim Henson. Battery is about the portable power pack they used to power Animal. As you’ll know, Animal’s frame was gangly and didn’t allow for conventional puppeteering methods. The Thing That Should Not Be is about the first idea they had for Kermit and Miss Piggy’s offspring. We’re all used to their litter made up of some pigs and some frogs, but before this, there was the ‘Frig’. A crossbred organism whose grotesque appearance made one Disney executive puncture his own eyeballs with a fish fork on the set of Muppets Take Manhattan. The Frig had a snout that would inflate and deflate like that of a frog’s vocal sac. The Frig also had intestines on top of its head in a cornrow motif for reasons only known to Jim. After the Frig incident Jim’s family sent him on a golfing weekend and had a team of medical specialists convert his home into a rehab centre. On his return he was discreetly monitored for the next 3 years, hence Welcome Home (Sanitarium). Disposable Heroes was about the fickle and harsh reality of Muppet turnover, specifically the large numbers of puppet carcasses that were sent to the Henson furnaces each day. Leper Messiah is actually about televangelists. Guitarist Kirk Hammett’s attempts to steer focus back to traditionally heavy metal themes were largely in vain, but Hetfield conceded and allowed this one on hoping he could pass it off as being about Sweetums. Orion was the name of a Muppet who was an Ivory hunter, he ultimately never made an appearance. Early sketches depicted him as having a tusk like pointy moustache, blood red eyes and a musket. He was ditched after not testing well with 3-6 year olds. Damage, Inc. was of course Teeth’s first band before he formed The Electric Mayhem.

Third Metallica album thus far and I’m loosing my patience - what a load of self-indulgent nonsense.

260 albums in, Kid Rock has yet to make his appearance and so far Metallica owns the crown of most annoying artist. It's like an ear allergy or whatever. Did not finish listening to this masterpiece of testosterone-dripping testicles. Favourite track is the one where they are unhappy with their hotdogs. ("Mustard! Mustard!")

SCREAMING

Not even my favourite Metallica album. Master of Puppets to me just meanders and tries to live up to ride the lightning but just falls short of the mark and replaces the beating heart rhythm and thrilling solos with noice after noice with few stand out tracks. Not Metallicas worst album of course, I don't think theres much debate on what that is, but also far from there best. To me this is just a very whatever album that I can listen to in the background when doing something unimportant.

Yeah, pretty spot on Metallica. Good for inducing a speed-like energy for getting shit done or lifting heavy weights.

Teilweise schöne Melodien, wenn es etwas ruhiger wird. Leider sind die Lieder auch einfach zu lang

off to a bad start.... Eh it got a little better but this is too much

Intense. Not a huge fan. A few songs that got me amped up

Peaks are high, i.e the song Master of Puppets, but everything else falls short.

Poser metal.

It was ok

I know I dislike an album when I keep checking to see if it's almost over. Ultimate respect for Metallica but not at all my thing. For sure would not listen again.

Although the title song is ok, the rest of it is annoyingly boring

I understand the adolescent male fear and insecurities that led to this kind of "music". I also know it has a ton of fans. But to me, this sounds more like affectation than innovation. No desire to hear this again.

Enjoyed it more than I thought but still can't enjoy music with inane meaningless lyrics. Would be better with no singing at all.

Relentless, but also monotonous.

all sounded the same

All the technical ability in the world can't produce music that has any heart, soul, or emotional or intellectual depth. It's just a bunch of forgettable notes.

Not a massive fan, didn’t finish 2/10

Well you can here how the black album came out of this. The seeds are here, unfortunately this one doesn't have tracks like enter sandman and nothing else matters to drag it out of the mire. I first saw them in 1984, and this album demonstrates exactly why I thought they were crap. Even though, retrospectively, you can hear the seeds of greater things, this is not great, not by any stretch of the imagination. A very low 2.

I just find it too cliche. Metal by numbers. Best track is the instrumental. I prefer the black album as it has a bit more variety, leaning away from the thrash and into something more listenable in places.

My problem with heavy metal as a genre is exemplified here, with the same old riffs, silly growly vocals, trying to sound aggressive and not to forget, the melodic introspective, which lead into the heavy guitar. Standard formulaic stuff.

No.

Metallica Grosse name, bis ez han ichs immer gschafft elegant dra verbiz schliche. Aber Schwirig wenn s vum app vorgschlage wird. Also gömmer - so unihgnah - wie möglich i das getöse ine. Mhm ohre dünd weh, mood isch nöd am stiege. Also: Abbruch abbruch (na i 2-3 witeri tracks churz ineschnuppere), und den rückwärtsgang usm album use. Cenre und artist wechsel isch nötig. Also wells sicher gueti musiker sind und das nöd mis genre isch, gob ich ihne dich 2 hoseknöpf, aber meh gids bim beste wille nöd. Adios und auf nimmer wiedersehen metallica - Master of noise

Yllättävää, miten vähän pidin tästä.

Música para demoler edificios

xao

I don't like thrash metal.

Marginally more interesting than their other works, but one jsut doesn't get the appeal of the endlessly repeating and bludgeoning riffs. And one doesn't hear near the level of melody and certainly no "delicacy" at all. The singing is nearly as repetitive/samey as all the guitars. Every cut is entirely too long, too. (These lads really should've listened to more Ramones and taken some lessons on brevity.) One simply can't get into music that directly correlates to migraines.

Teilweise schöne Melodien, wenn es etwas ruhiger wird. Leider sind die Lieder auch einfach zu lang

not as good as the others on first listen.

Thrasher metal was not really my scene back in the day and listening to this album did not convert me. Much of the thrashing just ran together and was not great for background music either.

I'm not really into Metallica. Not my thing. There are moments when I'm like "ohh.. I like that riff and that drum beat is cool". But overall it's kind of boring.

This sounds like the same song on repeat. And why are the songs so long. Tough one to get through.

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.

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

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

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

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)

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.

not for me

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.

the songs are too long and similar to each other

Metallica-Sound ohne große Highlights 2/5

Exhausting!

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Hurts my ears, not for me

Not my bag

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

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.

Everyone thinks hell is cool, that being a scary skeleton type guy that can play a guitar cool. Well guess what, not me.

If I was 15, it would get a 5. But I’m decades beyond that and the music feels very unnatural.

Probably a 2, doesn't really speak to me

If I was a metal fan I would probably listen to this.

Actually just sounds dorky. Hilarious that this defined/s any kind of “cool” for anyone.

I only listened to half and I am still not a big Metallica or heavy metal fan. I understand why people like them and the proficiency with their instruments is next level, but just not for me.

Outsde of Orion and Master of Puppets, not much to see, or hear here. Time to move along

It's all the same song. And not one that I like particularly much.

Alright

Heavy/Thrash Metal is another genre of which I never really felt the appeal. I have heard Metallica and other metal songs, but now is as good a time as any to dive in with a more open mind. While its still not really for me (outside of playing a one-off hit when apropos), there's some deeper cuts on the album I enjoyed more than the more popular songs (e.g. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and "Orion"). At any rate, the riffs/solos are pretty sick, and the album is pretty tight and technical, which makes for an interesting listen. The lyricism is not so strong in my opinion. While I was surprised that I enjoyed parts more than I expected, I probably will not spend a ton of time re-listening or diving deeper into Metallica. Perhaps there are other metal acts that I'll find more interesting. **

Hilarious because there is one good song and it’s by the guy who died right after this album came out

D+ Battery 2 Master Of Puppets 2 The Thing That Should Not Be 2 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 2 Disposable Heroes 2 Leper Messiah 2 Orion 1 Damage, Inc. 1 Borderline 1, but it barely squeaks into 2 range. Shiv will be proud, right?

Well, that was something. How people can claim this to be an enjoyable 55 minutes is well beyond me, but then, that’s what’s great about music I suppose! Not for me at all.

Definitely heavy, but more melodic than I expected

Ugh metallica

Dit is echt mijn muziek niet. Argressief geschreeuw, imponeergedrum, gillende gitaren. Er loopt kennelijk een dunne lijn tussen toffe vette muziek en grafherrie. Ik hoor heus wel dat het in z'n soort goed gemaakt is, toffe gitaarsolo's, en d'r staat ook nog een hit op. Maar doet u mij er maar een orkest bij. Een 2,5 voor het vakmanschap, maar omdat ik dit echt niet vaker ga opzetten, rond ik hem naar beneden af.

I prefer the Black album. Wasn’t as much personality on this offering I felt.

There is some terrific guitar talent squandered here and a few spots with some musical layering and nuance, but mostly it's the fast loud drone I was expecting. I bet the live show is pretty spectacular - for a bit.

Enjoy the hits. MoP and Sanitarium are great. The rest all runs together. Appreciate what they were doing in the mid 1980s was very different. But speed guitar just isn’t my jam. 2.5

Master of Puppets Aside from Enter Sandman and Master of Puppets (the song) I’ve never really understood Metallica. Obviously they are in a genre I don’t particularly care for, so I’m not who they make music for, but of all the heavy metal/thrash metal I have ever heard they’ve always seemed the most boring. And Lars Ulrich always seems like a massive dildo. There’s not a great deal here to change my opinion. I do really enjoy the pomposity and unintended daftness of the title song, and there are moments where some of the guitars are good in a stupid way, but the relentless pounding of it all gets pretty tiresome. Two listens through really is enough. The lyrics are also really very bad. Thematically I get it but it’s such bad teenage drivel. I find rating these types of album really tricky and I’m pretty inconsistent with my scores as a result. On the one hand I don’t like the idea of dismissing a type of music just because I’m not into it - there are plenty of people who hate the types of music I’m into - so I try and look for the positives or merits within it’s genre and music in general. And on the other I then do wonder what that appeal and merits actually are, if you didn’t get into this music when you were 14. I get it’s a significant landmark in heavy metal and that its very popular so whether I like it or not isn’t really the point, but despite listening in good faith it’s a pretty tiring listen, particularly the 2nd time around. So within the albums we’ve had in this style, I preferred it to Pantera, but probably found Iron Maiden more fun. So it’s somewhere between a 2 and a 3 - I’ll plump for a 2 ⭐⭐️

urgh metallica is just like if you took all the swagger out of its punk precedents. like, "no jazz or reggae or latin and mediterranean beats, please. i want to see nothing but an infinite unchanging grid in my mind's eye." grooveless. and way too late in the game to claim much inventorship of hard rock sounds.. perhaps my view will change with time still, i liked the final two tracks, orion and damage, inc. pretty well, good songs to zone out to. and i admit that i agree about that episode of stranger things putting master of puppets in its right context. it is what it is!

Super disappointed with what I thought would be a really solid album. There is so little invention going on would these tracks. The likes of Master of Puppets starts well but the energy fades after 8 mins. There's just nothing that's grabbing me, even the solos feel fairly uninspired. There's a track or two here and there that manage some interest but it's hard to keep with all the tracks being so long. Mid.

Headbanger Rock mit Hang zum Überlauten.

I didn't enjoy this album as much I had expected to. Not their best.

so noisy

Obvious guitar talent and passionate singing (screaming) but not a fan of the…anything, really. Lyrics are a downer, no perceptible melody, had trouble telling when one song ended and another started. There is clearly a market for this, but I’m not it.

Not my favorite

I can totally believe this is the best heavy metal album on here. The playing is fast and tight, it's repetitive, and the lyrics were apparently written by a 13 year old. 2.5 🌟

i feel like this is the 4th metallica album we’ve been given. it’s most likely an album to hear before you die but not my fav genre

just not my vibe at all

As entered college this music never caught my interest. Still has little resonance to me.

Only is small doses

Not really my thing. Gave it a go and yeah in some moods there’s a good groove and some fine guitar work but I just can’t see myself ever choosing to listen to it.

Too grating loud messy! Not a fan

This is definitely an album for people who like metal, but not for me.

Not my style but I wouldn't skip a track if it came on a random playlist.

Didn’t finish it. A lot of the same sound. I like their earnestness but tire of the voice that renders melody meaningless.

Nothing special here.

Metallica halt! Master of Puppets ein frühes Album. Die großen Hits kamen später.

Listened to the title track and realized I was still listening like 10 minutes later. Definitely not my style and hate the lack of lyrics but I think it could be really fun to see this type of music live.

too bad these guys became such tools

Mäster, mäster - sit alamäkee

Little heavy to listen to at the office

I didn’t like Metallica going into this and it didn’t change my mind. Just not a heavy rock/metal guy.

Yoink

Battery - 4 Master of puppets - 2 The thing that should not be - 2 Welcome come - 2 Disposable heroes - 3 Leper messiah - 2 Orion - 4 Damage Inc.- 2 2.62 Amazing technical ability, decent vocals (although not much range in this album) but way too repetitive for a continuous listening session. Each song individually would perform much better than the album as a whole.

Thrash trash?

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

Just not a vibe. Better than justice for all...even if we've somehow ended up rating that one higher.

I could do without Metallica

Just not my scene.

Just too much for me. Apparently I can’t handle that level of rock and roll.

I don't know. I tried... 2

metal gonna metal

I get the sense of why this was important and is on the list, but this one just isn't my cup of tea.

I can see why it's an ultimate Metallica album. And i admire the driving guitar. What they do, they do very well. And i just don't care for it at all.

Liked 3.Welcome Home(Sanitarian) and 4.The Thing that should not be. Honestly thought heavy thrash? matal sounds like shit. Not all though. I'm actually not sure about Orion after a second listen and seeing a comment praising it.

oli vähä raju

Just what we all need. Angry white boys being loud. No notes. No benefits. No mercy. All that being said, they sort of teased me with "Battery", the opening track. It starts with a Zeppelin feel right before they realize they can't get out of their own way.

Very samey and too raw for me. The best song on this album is instrumental which is saying something. Stand-out: Orion

Mast of Puppets as a song was pretty rad but damn did the rest of the album not change a thing. Classics are classics and they got to start somewhere but man did this put me to sleep...

Man... so my dad played a lot of metallica while i was growing up. I knew I wasn't going to like this album but this was kind of painful for me to listen to. I like the influence Metallica brought to modern metal music. The guitar and drums in this album are amazing, but damn i hate the vocals so much D: Orion was my fave, no vocals.

My initial impressions of this album were not great. I was really struggling with this album til I got to Welcome Home. I felt most songs take way too long for any of the lyrics to be said and the music isn't interesting enough to carry the songs but maybe that's just my impression of metal as a genre in general. I enjoyed Welcome Home and Disposable Heroes has grown on me quite a bit. It is a great commentary on war and has the best lyrics of the album with a great guitar solo.

Ni oubli ni pardon (napster)

mettez un terme a nos souffrances

A few moments of interest but on the whole just not my style.

Good enough, not my favorite but good enough. 2.5/5

mostly okay to listen to. i probably wouldnt listen again by search but would be fine if it was playing. the guitars were beautiful but im not a fan of the chunky sound that seems to span multiple of their songs. i think that noise takes away from the music for me. i downloaded orion and welcome home

Don’t quite have it in me.

two nice tracks, rest forgettable and not for me

Eugh it just all sounds the same and I genuinely have no idea if I can give it the credit of good song writing. I know it isn't my genre of choice so therefore maybe it is unfair, that said it did nothing for me so maybe I just rate on that

Meh, same old Metallica stuff really

Meh

Thrash, men litt gøy også.

Amazing

It’s very loud for a very long time Which is fine but a bit draining after a while

Was surprisingly disappointing. All the songs sounded the same and none of them sounded good all the way through. Some great guitar broke through a bunch but that was the only part I liked and it was not enough for me to enjoy the album. 2.5 stars

Man ja feelar Metallica e så ass speciellt James Hetfield e så consistently usel på allt från ord till övertygande vocals... master of puppets sången e nog nice tho de e nice riff. Största orsaken att de hä int får en etta är att det är så mycket lättare att stå ut med än S&M.

Säkert en klassiker men jag gillar ju inte den här typen av musik. Låten Master of puppets är ganska bra.

Eh

I don't like Metallica. The more driving parts of the songs were enjoyable, however I now think it should be illegal to have more than two guitar solos in an album.

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

2/5

It’s got energy. The vocals and instrumentals both get tiring to me pretty quickly. Prefer more variety.

I just don't enjoy this at all. It's like being beaten over the head with a hammer for an hour. Whatever happened to subtlety? To nuance? Understatement? Blech. 2 stars.

That was a slog. I found it really boring.

Onpahan eteenpäinjyystöä, melkein kolme tähteä mutta puudutti snadisti liikaa

Eihän tätä jaksa kuunnella, mutta nimibiisille annan "objektiivista" tunnustusta melodisesta iskevyydestä ja meemimateriaalista.

too much Metallica, Welcome Home is good though

the more i hear of metallica the more i think they are what would happen if you asked AI to write some metal music. either that's a compliment that they are genre defining or its an insult saying they are generic, either way i don't get it.

No thanks. Don't like the guitar sound.- distortion on the riffs. Most songs follow the same format: an intricate, melodic and delicate intro, then just when you begin to think it might be interesting and different, bang! In comes the distorted riff. Boring.

Compared to The "... And Justice For All" (1 star) I found this better (so 2 stars), some subtle parts I started to like but then, well: same silly music starting again. Just not into metal. This one 2 stars

If it's too loud, you're too old. I'm too old.

I never claimed to be a true metalhead and I think that me liking Metallica's more melodic records proves that.

Loud, obnoxious, and honestly kinda boring

Not an enjoyable listen. Most of the songs sounded the same. It was very monotone and boring. Most of the lyrics sounded clunky and the vocals too shouty to work. Massively overhyped and i’m very disappointed as I was expecting more.

Metallica doing their metallica thing. I'm not a fan.

The guitar work is cool, but I just do not love metal music. Maybe it's because I listened to it at 8am on a work day, but who knows.

Such fake emotions. Sanatorium!

Meh

Blarg. Thrash metal is not my jam. That said, I understand why this is on the list and there's a political edge to this album that I can respect. The title track was my "favorite" of these songs that I generally didn't enjoy. 2/5

Kinda mid besides master of puppets

I guess this is technically impressive but the style leaves me cold, and it all sounds a bit silly and pretty fucking irritating. The band seem like dickheads, to make it even less attractive

ugh

I don't enjoy this style of music.

I'm sure Metallica have done some better stuff than this. Just too much chugga-chugga-grr

Never have liked Metallica all that much. I guess I understand the appeal, but this didn't change my mind.

Dobro. Ovo ću poslušati baš, iako mi se ne da slušat uopće glazba slična Metallici i sama ona. // Razumijem, ali ne razumijem. Ne sviđa mi se uopće album i možeš ga slikat.

Arvostava 2. Hyvä albumi. Jos katsoo taajuuskuvaajalla metallia tajuaa miksi älyttömien laji. Brownin kohina... 1/f^0 unainen.. ruskea.. jumalauta! Paskon housuun! Uskomatonta!

Meh. Sabbath did it better.

Bill Bailey – comedian, muso and winner of the 2020 Strictly Come Dancing trophy loves Metallica. He actually did a Tango to some Metallica song - Enter Sandman. Bill Bailey is a lovely lovely man and very knowledgeable about music so because of him I listened to this as impartially as I could, even though I hate metal. So either it was a day that hell had frozen over or I was a victim of the invasion of the body snatchers but I Didn’t Hate This. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t particularly like it and I don’t think I’d ever listen to it again voluntarily. But it wasn’t the worst album I’ve listened to for this project. I actually think I might have given it a bigger score if Enter Sandman was on this album. But I could discern music rather than just NOISE. I think I must have gone through a portal into the multiverse.

Battery et Master of Puppets ont quelque chose qui nous accroche. Il y a aussi quelques autres moment où j’ai trouvé ça franchment bon. Par contre, j’ai eu de la difficulté à écouter jusqu’à la fin. Les 2 instrumentales sont insupportables. On se tanne à un moment donné du « chug chug-a-chug ». Bref, ce n’est pas pour moi.

I had an idiot roommate in the dorms play this at 2am every night. I might be biased. Metallica, take your 2 stars and let's move on with our lives.

Not bad, but very predictable.

Boring as hell

Really underwhelming. I mean, it's not my type of music anyway, but this is held in such high esteem by metal people and I don't really know why? We've had a few metal albums over the course of our 250 albums so far, and the Judas Priest one was streets ahead of this. Don't particularly like the guy's voice (yeah, I know metal is supposed to have an edge to it, but it's always better when they actually sing as well), it's long, repetitive, and convoluted. 2/5.

Driving rhythms, but just not my thing

Hvis man endelig skal lytte til metal, så det vel okay

not my jam. the technical aspects are all excellent, but i just can’t get into these long songs, i felt bored after 2 minutes.

I'm sure plenty of people could tell me why I'm wrong, but this is just too repetitive (minus a couple fun ones).

I love the instrumentation but I can't stand James Hetfield's voice. He's completely tuneless, just barking and yelling at me over the good music.

maybe a cool album, but not in my world and not in my mind, the timing is too long, often the tracks get boring

like some songs, but too metal for me

In my rebellious teenager phase, I tried and failed to get into Metallica. No I’m in my rebellious adult phase, nothing much has changed. I just don’t find the majority of Metallica’s work sonically interesting enough - though I’m sure this album must have hit like a ton of bricks back in 1986. While there are some good moments when the thrash hits its groove, there are too many bloated tracks (the title track just doesn’t need to be over 8 minutes long), and the production on Hetfield’s vocals has always grated on me. It’s a solid 2 for me, elevated by the singular outstanding track Orion. Although I still prefer the Rodrigo y Gabriela cover.

From the services available, I could only get one song and not the whole album. Metallica seems like a band I should like, but they have never connected with me. I feel like listening to the one song available I have basically heard every Metallica song. In summary, meh.

I am not a metal head. I can appreciate that many folks enjoy this fast, loud, head banging cacophony. Listening to Master of Puppets (the song) there are some elements I like---the drums, some of the guitar riffs, but when you put it all together I physically get knots in my stomach and my ears ring. The volume for today's album was the same as yesterday's and I had to turn this down to 4 rather than the previous day's 11. I appreciate the political statements throughout the album, particularly on Disposable Heroes. The cover art is great and I always thought the Metallica logo did a good job at capturing the essence of the band/music genre. Bottom line: metal makes me angry.

Not really my thing - not enough melody, not even Orion.

I never listened to this band much when they were putting stuff out, and - honestly - I probably would have hated it at the time. But now, it’s hitting me at the right time. I can’t even explain what I like about it - the music is cool, there is some fun wordplay, but nothing objectively special. Still - I really like it.

A couple songs were OK but basically if you like Metallica you will like this. Not my jam though.

metallica is very heavy metal which i am not super hard core fan of. it was very chaotic all around, some of it was okay but overall it was a lot.

Man, was I ready to hate this. I really cannot stand the Metallica you hear on the radio - every song some diversion in E minor with James Hetfield's awful stupid growly roar after every phrase. I really really don't like them, and only had been peripherally aware of their early material ("...And Justice For All" and back) - I recall appreciating a few cuts so I'm ready... And...i still don't *really* like this - thrash is not my bag in any fashion. But there's a lot to appreciate musically here - twin guitar parts (as a big Maiden fan I do like these parts), acoustic-to-electric dynamics, time signature changes. From a musician p.o.v. I can listen for these. Favourite parts: middle section in "Master of Puppets" - sounds like a full Iron Maiden tribute - and "Orion" (no vocals, mostly medium tempo). Least favourite parts: anything double-timed (alas, most of the album) and any part where Hetfield is singing (again...). It's a personal taste thing - mostly the frenetic pace is nothing I can identify with or enjoy; those double-kick drums assaulting my ears don't help either - I absolutely do get why some people like this, I'm just not one of them. 2 stars is my personal rating but it's also unquestionably a creative album and showing off some impressive musical chops; stuck out in the 80s in a time where melodic poppy hard rock was dominating. 6/10 for impact - 2 stars for me

2/5 not into this kind of music

Ja leuk gedaan hoor jongens maar niet m'n ding

Got better but still not my thing. Speed metal annoys me. Glad I heard Sabbath and Zeppelin as a kid. Didn't add.

Oh god, do I have to...?

Yeah yeah yeah, you can play really fast and stuff. I remember hearing this in middle school and being kind of scared of it. 20 years later, it just sounds silly and annoying and I want it to stop.

Aparte de la canción que da nombre al disco y de la intro de la primera no me ha llamado la atención. Cada vez creo más que esta es una banda sobrevalorada, alguna canción buena en cada disco que he oído y poco más, o es que yo no coincido con su estilo.

Bland. Samey. No bangers. Warm up for the good stuff methinks

Reminds me of my alcoholic uncle

Monotonne i brzmiące tak samo 1h albumu. Intensywniejsze gitarowe czy perkusyjne fragmenty nie są moim zdaniem niczym wybitnym, a większość albumu brzmi tak samo i moim zdaniem nudno, przez co we wielu miejscach miałem ochotę na zmianę utworu, po czym kolejny brzmiał tak samo i tak w kółko.

Trashy thing

Apesar de gostar da banda foi menos do que esperava

Too heavy for me - even the famous tracks. I can only work with Black Album Metallica, everything else just feels a bit too aggressive

I'm not a metal fan. It is difficult for me to listen to this album, not saying that it is bad, but I like punk rock.

eh,

I didn't dislike it

Not my favorite album, even for Metallica/the genre.

Kind of got old after 56 mins of hard rock. To be fair, it’s not my favorite genre so I don’t have a huge interest in it, it’s not the work. Definitely could see the influences to bands I used to listen to like Avenged Sevenfold. 4/10

Metal...what else to say...

Allora l'album già lo conoscevo solo al livello di immagine per la copertina super iconica e molto bella l'ascolto però è stato faticoso, nonostante siano poche tracce sono davvero lunghe e ripetitive ma probabilmente sono io che son di parte perché il rock/metal non è per niente il mio genere, devo ammettere che però entrato nel mood ho iniziato a muovere la testa, direi che siccome è il primo album da recensire devo ancora settare gli standard per la valutazione, gli do 2 stelle perché sono sicuro che questo sito me ne proporrà alcuni molto molto migliori

Boop

More than fine with the knowledge I'll never be a Metallica fan. Liked this more than expected but it really does just become an incessant drone after Welcome Home. Saved: The Thing That Should Not Be, Welcome Home (Sanitarium)*

Come on

nothing specil. nice bit of fret wanking but thats about it

Ik vind die docu waarbij de bandleden elkaar verrot schelden in het bijzijn van een therapeut wel erg vermakelijk. Stukken vermakelijker dan dit soort vroegere Metallica albums. Die metal-drums: kut. Die niet geloofwaardige 'stoere' vocals: kut. Kale 80's productie: kut. cliché metal riffjes: kut. De titel van het derde nummer vat het eigenlijk wel goed samen: The Thing That Should Not Be.

I’ve never listened to a Metallica album before. Certainly aware of this album, but looking at the track listing don’t recognize a single song. ”Battery” surprised me from the git-go. I had not expected soft guitar. Nice of them to ease me into the water a bit. Once in I’m finding the water a tad too hot for me. Excellent playing, although The Poseidon Adventure comes to mind: “I can’t take this. Give me a Strauss waltz.” “Master of Puppets”… maybe going down a little easier. Like the previous song, there’s a break in the middle for the unexpectedly calm and pretty guitar solo. Is this a thing in their music? Give you a little palette cleanser before the second half of the song? I’m enjoying this middle section. I see why these guys are legendary musicians. That middle part almost had me liking the song. “The Thing That Should Not Be” is plenty dark. There’s that grinding guitar. How long is this song? “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” thankfully is taking things down a notch. Still not connecting. Halfway through. Must…press… on… “Disposable Heros” - the music is well-suited to the topic of war. Neither is pleasant. Maybe all war songs should sound like this. And like war, really anxious for this to be over. “Leper Messiah” is my favorite song so far. These songs are long though aren’t they? I wasn’t expecting an instrumental, but here’s “Orion”. It’s better than I expected. The soft interlude is quite nice. This is my favorite song on this album. I’d like to hear a symphonic arrangement of this. “Damage, Inc.” has lyrics that fit the music very well. I made it through a listen from beginning to end… not unhappy for the experience. I appreciate the skill of the performers, but struggled to find any connection to this music. I’m afraid I’m just not dressed for this party.

There’s only one Metallica album that’s more than just a collection of songs, and it isn’t this one. Also, I don’t get the shrill sound

Not my type of music and no tunes I recognized... maybe I wasn't in the mood for it

Hearing some early Metallica with Cliff Burton was interesting, but I don't see listening to this music by my own choice. The title track verged on being okay. There is enough "meedly-meedly-mee" from Kirk Hammett to keep Strong Bad happy. The "chug-chug-chug" that drives extended sections of most (¿all?) tracks wears out my patience. Metallica is not for me.

For what it is, it is quite enjoyable. Areas seem very dated now, especially the vocals and guitar solos. Wasn't into this when I was younger, and I wouldn't pick it out to listen to again, but I can see the appeal.

It's to much hard rock

Did not enjoy

INTRO These songs are too long Favorites: Battery

Dette albumet har fått meg til å innse hvor lite Metallica egentlig gjør for meg. Kule riff og instrumentaler, men vokalen blir litt vel heftig og ensidig i lengden. Hetfield har liksom den samme farlige, tøffe stemmen hele tida, og det mangler litt sjel. Klarer ikke helt å se i hvilken sammenheng jeg ville klart å nyte dette albumet. Fortsatt bra instrumentaler da.

apruebo, esta bueno :) igual no le preste mucha atención así q desp lo voy a volver a escuchar con mas detenimiento.

Already starting with some strong guitar. Hmm, just some strong guitar, which I can tell takes skill to play, but isn't that appealing, followed by a guy repeating the same words angrily.

Voces y ruidos. Molesto. Sin ritmo.

Meh not my thing

meh

Blackened is a fine spirit, but this is not my style and the songs sound the same.

Can’t upset the Manta-Ray! Classic dum-dum-dum-dum electric guitar, maybe started here? All i know is half of the songs sound like a douchebag’s motorcycle trying to start.

I don't like metal

I mean, epic for powerlifting, gang fights and satanic rituals but not great anywhere with mixed company.

Just not a metal fan. There were a few interesting moments, but not enough to want to listen again.

No, not great music. One star…

This album does nothing for me. Listening to it felt empty and repetitive from the start. I honestly see Metallica as one of the biggest letdowns in metal, and this record only confirms that feeling. There is no real spark in the instrumentals, the vocals do nothing special, and the rhythms just grind along without any interesting ideas. The lyrics never stand out either. It all starts to sound the same after a while. Song after song follows the same pattern without any real variation or personality. What some people call tight playing just feels stiff and lifeless to me. There is no atmosphere, no excitement, and nothing that makes me want to come back to it. The production is clean and loud for its time, but that only makes the lack of creativity more obvious. Everything is well recorded and properly mixed, yet the result still feels flat and uninspired. Master of Puppets is a complete miss for me. Repeatable, empty, and nowhere near as good as its reputation suggests.

I've said it before. I just don't like heavy metal. It's just painful noise to me.

I Metallica-n't listen to this kind of stuff.

Ponderous.

Emmää jaksa näitä. Omaan korvaan vaan ihan paskaa, vaikka nämä arvostettuja levyjä onkin. Nimibiisi on kahden tähden veisu, kaikki muut yhden tähden kamaa. Keskiarvoksi tulee yksi tähti.

Awful. Was really hard to get through this. Why do people like this band? Orion is the only song that doesn’t drive me insane

Too many guitar solos, lame lyrics - Dan

I hate Metallica, though some people love them, hahaha

Need to listen fully

perdon a los amantes de la banda y este tipo de música pero definitivamente no es mi tipo, intente y no lo pude terminar de escuchar, canciones muy largas con mucho ruido auditivo para mi principiante oído en este genero. Lo que si, increible lo que suenan las guitarras acá, lo que daria por saber tocar asi

ta gritando por que?

nah. Probably great but I'm not a fan.

Definitely not my cup of tea but 1-2 were slightly pleasantly surprising. Overall would not try again

Slow pedantic stuff. Doesnt so much rock as creaks. I think i have a tin ear for heavy metal as the vast majority of it is just nonsense