...And Justice For All

It's the best Metallica album. Yes, the bass isn't in the mix but it's a snapshot in time of a band at their peak, before it went downhill.

Later Metallica is pretty good. This is unlistenable for me.

Oh man I thought this was an auto 1, but actually enjoyed parts of it. I’m going with 2 because I probably won’t come back to this but I was impressed. Just not my vibe.

A classic album by Metallica. Impressive instrumental work throughout the album. One is a standout masterpiece. I think the songwriting and lyricism here isn’t as impressive as some of the other albums in their discography

Lotta albums I like but don't fully love in this stretch. I almost feel bad for giving out so many 4's but that's firmly where all of these belong. Very good with moments of greatness.

Always amazing to me that metallica albums always sound so bad. I also realize I'm more of a casual metallica fan these days and I've generally had my fill about 3/4 the way through an album. This one is one of their best for sure tho.

Definitely a solid album. One is an amazing song.

I liked this, but it’s also a lot. I mean A LOT. I felt exhausted when this ended after an hour and 5 minutes. This felt at times like overindulgence on Metallica’s part

metallica do not know how to make prog (or at least forgot on this record), which fortunately for them has never rly been a barrier to Making Prog. One sticks out like a sore thumb for having the musical Coherency of the band's previous epics, elsewhere these tracks are not rly beating the riff salad allegations but the riffs are at least usually fun. kirk ofc also has great showings thruout. idk i love prog and prog metal and kinda sloppy prog and this is fine but even grading on the curve that is my general lack of fandom for this band, its hard to find this very exciting, or aesthetically coherent, or even much of a Career Culmination when it feels mostly like the same tracklisting formula as lightning and puppets but left out in the sun a bit too long. also is metallica the most famous/acclaimed band to have multiple albums known for Bad Production? much less production that is bad in Different Ways from the other albums with Bad Production?

I should probably give this one another listen, I wasn't really giving it that much attention for parts of it. It was generally fine, definitely some talented instrument playing happening. The music itself was not really my thing but I didn't dislike it either.

One Metallica song is nice to listen to. Three songs are my max. An hour is too much for my liking. It was Metallica, as expected.

Dramatic and heavy, but still fun to listen to. I enjoyed this album.

...And Metallica For All Whether you want it or not

this is like gangsta spongebob with a guitar

Please let this be the last Metallica album. I really hate to say this because I hate when people oversimplify art and especially music. There is always nuance if you just look hard enough, always subtlety you’re patient enough to find it. To say that all a band’s songs sound the same is usually the oversimplification I disdain when I hear it and try to avoid thinking myself. But come on, Metallica. I can’t even begin to try and discern the content of one album to the next. You could take any track from any of their albums and rearrange them into a new album and I honestly couldn’t tell you it was wrong. I’m sure there’s more nuance than that here, but I just cannot find it. I do not care. I’ve tried with each of these albums but each time they prove to be the same old story - high stakes that never lower, creepy or uncanny names for song titles and for lyrics, songs that go on for too long, lots of double bass drum, and just the hardest fucking guitar sounds you’ve ever heard. That’s the formula. Count on it. Even when a song starts softer, like “One” for example, it inevitably turns into another stereotypical Metallica song. Same thing with “To Live is to Die.” They can’t do anything else but stick to a formula and it’s boring. I know that a lot of metal is this way, and I also know that Metallica is not representative of every metal band. But come on. Maybe stop trying to be a one trick pony and explore a little more. Two stars. I’m bored. Standout Track: One

Maybe I was too harsh on Metallica, it's simply built differently than Slayer. More creative musically, but less fierce. Makes sense, you can't expect a brute to fight aesthetically pleasing, they will swing their club and try to hit as hard as they can. Today I was able to appreciate this album more, To Live Is to Die is something Slayer could never make.

more bearable than 90% of the stuff the latest weeks but I cba I only liked the slow part in To Live Is To Die

The album that introduced me to Metallica. Biting social commentary, combined with aggressive riffs really helped shape my understanding of the world as a teen.

Tres estrellas porque aunque es el disco que trae One, el resto me pareció increíblemente repetitivo y hasta algo aburrido. Y que algo tan intenso y ruidoso aburra, no es muy buena señal.

Good album ruined by its production, obviously no bass at all but the drums don't sound great either, which is frustrating considering this is Lars Ulrich's best work. Some of the songs are the bands best

Not my usual style but good all around

Bit samey. Not really for me.

Not for me...

Ha! One of my first "free" CD's from Columbia House. Absolutely love this album (first 3 are still better). I just wish they didn't clean out the bass lines. "One" is one of the coolest metal songs ever.

Sounds like Ben Folds.

Lars is a piece of shit and he always will be, but it's still tough for me to give this anything but a 5

Technical but repetitive. Talented but hallow.

Don't like metal all that much

I didn't really like metal growing up. A bit like jazz in a way, the *real* fans seemingly do their bit to put people off by not liking the music in the correct way. It's fast, it's loud, it's frantic and I love it.

One of the bands that I've never understood / got into. Everyone else rates them but they don't do anything for me.

never been my genre but i did enjoy it

Uninspiring, very fizzy

come on

Perfect album from start to finish.

STANDOUTS: Maybe...One? OVERALL: 1.5/5; hard metal—infamously not my thing.

Wow crazy how some relatively small changes can change my enjoyment of a band. I did not like this, especially compared to Master of Puppets. Too much drums. Guitar riffs are good as always, but overall too thrash-y for my tastes.

It’s just metallic it’s good

Slightly better than the last Metallica album I got, but they’re really not for me. Endlessly long songs with just soulless metal. Their songs are joyless. Technically fine but uninteresting. This album is especially bad because they’re trying to be “political” but they’re dummies.

Still feels authentic at least as far as Metallica goes

They should’ve just called this …And Justice for All, But Jason. This was actually one of the first two CDs I ever purchased with my own money (Ozzy was the same day). Metallica’s One was the first video I really remember sitting down and being in anwe after watching. It made me a Metallica fan at the time, though, admittedly, my love of Metallica has weaned over the years as they’ve gone more commercial. There are a lot of songs on here that still hold up even today. Blackened, One and Harvester Of Sorrow are still favorite tracks. To Live Is to Let Die was the last instrumental track they put on an album. If some one is looking to learn about Metallica, this albums is a great starting point yo begin working your way through. I just wish Hatfield and Ul-Dick would’ve actually allowed Jason Newsted’s bass to be heard on the final mix (they hazed him by turning his tracks virtually off).

You know I'm not a huge metal fan, but this album does contain my favorite Metallica song, "One". The combination of the song and video are definitely hit me hard and continues to do so to this day. That alone puts this up there for me.

Thought this might be a Metallica album too far for me but ended up enjoying it. I do think the more melodic sections improve their offering greatly - see One and To Live is to Die. The very concept of One, incidentally, used to fill me with existential terror. Imagine being alive but with no sensory connection to the outside world… *shudders* Anyway, some good melodic bits + good meaty riffs, and even a couple of choruses = 3.5 stars. Seems I’ve rounded down a couple of other Metallica albums so I’ll round up this time.

...And Justice For Jason

I listened to the remastered version, but the production is still lacking (the drums sound especially odd). Songs are kinda samey and overlong. Highlights: "Blackened" (interesting how it fades up and then blasts off), "One", "Harvester of Sorrow" (cool beginning riff) Notable: "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" (the "oreo" chant at the beginning makes me LOL), "To Live Is to Die" (started out as a quiet, mellow instrumental--a breather from all the heaviness--but then it quickly got heavy again)

It’s definitely been over 25 years since I’ve listened to this album from beginning to end. If I had to choose, this would probably be my favorite Metallica album of them all.

whatever ok

Apparently I'm a Metallica fan And just never knew it before this project. They are so good and making music that feels so heavy and I like it's complexity and speed

Metallica’s darkest album by far and maybe their deepest pre Black album. The middle of To Live is to Die might be my favourite Metallica. One is obviously a masterpiece. Overall it’s too long and can drag. 8.7/10

#320. Some say Metallica sold out when they made a video for One, and some argue that they didn't, but it became very much clear that they did when the next album came out. Oh well, we can't have everything, I guess. At least we did have 4 great albums from them, each new one that came out better than the last, culminating with this masterpiece of thrash. 5/5: perfect. *this is the thirty third album I purchased from this list. Song added to playlist: One 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

Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal

I hated this less than the other Metallica album I got. But I still don’t like Metallica or metal in general

Ok, but aside from “One,” not as good as I was hoping for. My best takeaway was the reminder that we can rightly call Metallica an 80s band. Not sure why that amuses me, but it does.

Well done, but I didn’t want to listen to it again when it was over. Maybe that will change with time.

I definitely did not listen to this when it came out. Now that I'm a middle aged adult I want to play it so loud my ears hurt.

Probably my favorite Metallica album. It's just got that extra level of thrash.

Not a fan of metal like this.

Progressive, riffs, bassless

That's One of the Best metal Records in the world

2,5

Great album, I listened to it a bunch as a kid. Really rocks, the guitar work is great and easy to get into. Really brings back memories, thinking that I was super cool listening to it when I was young. I'm sure I will listen to this a bunch more times and probably never get tired of it.

Chug chug chug. Ultimately, I think the band has better albums, but there are definitely some great standout tracks on this record.

Does Metallica know you’re allowed to make an album under 60 minutes? Repetitive and not for me.

Listening to one or two songs is ok, but a whole album of this is just too much for me. Ultimately, it began to sound like one harsh power chord playing over and over.

Not my preferred style but the guitar parts on here absolutely rocked. Kirk Hammet is a legend.

all the songs kinda sound the same.

2.5

Notable for losing the Grammy to one of the more mediocre Jethro Tull albums. Which was an unfair situation for Metallica, but also extremely funny.

I’ve probably seen the video for One a hundred times. I have heard other songs on this album though the years on occasion, but definitely not a thrash metal guy. Fine to listen to this as part of the 1001 albums project, but for sure not putting it into my rotation. As many other reviewers have pointed out, this is all guitars and drums. Where is the bass in the mix? I understand that this is a quintessential album for the genre and Metallica is a group of technically gifted musicians, so I am going to rate it higher than my “do I like it” score: 3.5⭐️ (rounding up to 4 for overall rating; my personal “like” score is 2.5)

Finally, I thought, when I saw Metallica show up... This is the band that I've seen live more than any other mayor act, and always had a great time! Albums... that is not where their strength lies... I adore the song "One" as it is just raw as shit, and bangs you from left to right to up to down. Rest of the album I could have easily skipped... but that is my opinion. 3*** just because of One

Слишком бьет по ушам, вообще не мое

I’m sure a lot of people who take their music very seriously would disagree, but I don’t think we need this on the list. Master of Puppies, Black Album and that classical thing give us enough representation of these lads. It feels bad giving this a 2, as they are very good at what they do but it brings me absolutely no fun or joy I’m afraid. I think I might have list lethargy.

Alternative title: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL no BASS VOL. 4! A worthy follow up to Master of Puppets - hit upon hit upon hit, but sometimes it's great to just take the time to listen to 'To Live Is to Die' in its' entirety.

Metallica’s first albums relied heavily on Burton’s impressive bass playing - it’s a big part of what makes them so good! After his tragic death the band chose to somehow honor his legacy by producing an album with almost no discernible bass … And it turned out to be one of their greatest accomplishments.

Great sounds from the greatest metal band ever. Classic.

One is for the record books. Enjoyed this album like I like the most of their work, just fine and had a good time.

Just a wall of noise. Whatever fancy music theory they're trying to do is overridden by how disjointed it makes the tracks sound

I don't know why, but I've been craving so much thrash metal recently. And while this album doesn't scratch that ich quite as well as others of this era, it's hard to go wrong with 80s thrash metal. Still a really damn solid album.

Metallica just rocks. The syncopation throughout their music has always been so crisp and I just really like hearing it in songs like Eye of the Beholder. One is definitely the best overall song here, but it was actually the only one I knew from this album. Still, it was a great album. Metallica makes metal music that is accessible, but the execution is just so good that it still stands above its peers.

If Lars hadn't been so weird about the bass, this would be one of the greatest metal albums of all time. Thanks lars. The drums sound absolutely awful too, I HATE that tinny snare sound. What is it with Lars and shitty snare sounds??!!?? Also how many time signature changes do you want? YES!

And Justice for All is the first album that Metallica made since Cliff Burton passed away in 1986, and is the first album that Jason Newstead plays on. So in this time Metallica was going through a big change, and they went all in on that fact, this album is very different from the first 3 albums, and in my opinion, it isn’t as good as the first 3 albums. This albums mix is very dry and flat sounding, and doesn’t have any bass because they turned it down for some odd reason and I really like bass, my ears are happy when bass. But without this album The Black Album wouldn’t exist. Metallica tried out a different sound, with a different Bassist, and this sound and vibe would be upgraded in The Black Album (which is my second favorite Metallica album, at least atm.)

4.9

Classic. Excellent album!

Of all the Metallica albums included on this list, I was most excited to hear this one in particular. This is really the first proper album from them that I listened to, but I hadn’t heard it through to the end until today. This band had an incredible run in the 80s. That can’t really be argued. But the death of Cliff was rough. To replace him, the band got Jason Newsted. Who actually stayed with the band for nearly 4 times as long as Cliff did. And I think the work he did in his 15 years was strong. But, and I’m aware that I am beating a long dead horse here, I have to mention “the thing”. It’s one of the longest running jokes for fans of the band, and it’s almost as overplayed as Lars’ shitty snare on St. Anger. But I think the discussion around Jason’s bass on this record is justified. Or should I say, lack thereof. If you told someone who had no knowledge on this album that they were a three piece group with no bassist, they would probably believe you. Because it isn’t there. Like it’s remarkable how far they managed to bury his bass into the mix. I’ve tried really hard to hear it, and I have never been able to make it out. But I’m sure what he was playing was great. Thankfully the rest of the band is firing on all cylinders the entire time. Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning might be better written, but I still firmly believe this record contains the three main members performing at their highest level. Easily the heaviest and darkest they ever sounded, and it contains some of Hetfield’s best riffs. Lars is also on fire the whole time. Compare this to the black album, or anything that followed, and it’s like night and day. Blackened is still my favorite Metallica song to this day. It just gets started so quickly, and doesn’t let up. And, although this isn’t a new opinion, I think One is objectively the best song they ever released. Perfect blend of progressive and thrash metal, with Kirk’s best solo ever. I’ll admit that this album is a little repetitive. It features the lowest number of unique concepts of their 80s records. And you can tell they were starting to run out of ideas, and were in need of a switch up. Personally I don’t think the direction they went was any better in the slightest though. And they haven’t managed to release anything of the same quality since. Unfortunate that this is the last Metallica I’ll get the chance to talk about. But what is here is solid. This still holds up, and is just as good as their most acclaimed releases. Rating: 8/10

This album is like straight out of a hospital's surgery operating room. It's chillingly cold, dry, and delicately intricate. But amidst the alcohol smelling vibe is a dark and visceral core which dominates the entire room. The cover art alone tells it, I just love how Metallica's cover art looks exactly what it sounds like. Been avoiding this album for a while but man this kicks as hard as their other early stuff.

I’ve listened to this album countless times and knew that this would be an easy 5/5 for me. \m/

In my imagination Metallica has this giant sound that fills all crevices of a room. This whole album is thin, tinny. The drums sound like they were constructed out of tin. The shredding on the guitar sounds distant and tenuous. I'm not a fan of Metallica on the best of days, but I can appreciate their musicianship. Everyone correctly observes that "One" is a timeless classic of the genre, but the rest of the album is certainly not helped by the engineering here. Millions of edgy teens cut their teeth on the disaffected shredding of Metallica over the years. I wasn't one of them. This album is kind of boring to me. Solos that don't contribute musically to the piece but exist for the sake of demonstrating your chops aren't my thing. There's a *lot* of that here. I can't shake the feeling that Hetfield and crew feel their work is Really Important™.

Would be 5 but can’t hear Jason

That album

Peak Metallica and while I know I'm in a large minority here by saying, this is an easy top-two album from the group and represents the last quality recording they'd make. One would be their first and only popular song from the album, but it's also not their best. Regardless of the jumping the shark / sell out comments that come after this album, AJFA is highly representative of where Thrash was in the late 80s at it's peak with other bands like Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. 4.5/5

Not a genre of music I normally listen to anymore, but I can tolerate it more than some other types.

A 70-minute workout for your neck muscles. Solos shred, riffs roar, and even the missing bass can't dampen this thrashterpiece!

“One” wails. The rest is serviceable.

Happy Birthday James! Thrash metal’s answer to Floyd…A nod to the Wicked Witch’s storm troopers…this is a good listen. A band with probably one of the best Junior tennis playing drummers out there.

2/10- wow metallica proves that lyrics aren't all that matter but also musical composition. Sorry but quite frankly this sound just ain't my cup of tea and i fear my ears may never recover. appreciate the political message and all but one is the only one that i can bear ironically enough.

Spennende, one er en banger men resten var ganske ait 3.5

Credit where credit is due: this is a great metal album. It's not exactly my cup of tea and I'm not sure I'll ever love Metallica, but there are some fucking dynamic achievements on this thing. "One" is particularly astounding. I remember the original mix as tinny and undercooked. The remaster is better, I guess, but you still can't hear the bass. Maybe on purpose given the passing of Cliff Burton. Still not really feeling the lyricism. Highlights: One, Harvester of Sorrow

Not for me

Truly foundation, amazing piece of art. You can really see their classical music influences in this album.

Frayed Ends of Sanity is dumb. The rest is good music to listen to while running.

The start of the steep downturn for Metallica imo. They ran into the trap of taking their current formula and extending each song out. When it works it works well, but some of the poor songs drag on and on and on - eye of the beholder totally ruins the great groove the album got into after the first two, and even those especially ajfa could have been a few minutes shorter. Some great riffs nonetheless, but the bloatedness and the mixing (whyyy would you remove the base) leave this album very far from 5* territory.

Was leaning towards a 3 because I can appreciate Metallica, especially early-ish Metallica. But felt like a long hour so I'll bump it to 2.5

I really don't like Metallica. I kinda wish I did given the reviews of people whose tastes I respect. Sadly, after And Justice for All finished, Spotify played Would? by Alice In Chains and I thought to myself "Finally."

Babe wake up, we're listening to the Metallica album that has no bass. I also hate to admit it (as Lars Ulrich comes across as one of the most obnoxious crayon eaters in the metal music scene) but this album is pretty fantastic. Ulrich and Hetfield have fantastic synergy, the guitar solo's are some of my favorite's on this album, especially on 'One' and ...'And Justice For all'. These songs can go on for quite some time too, but I never find myself getting bored in the slightest. The Riffs are so strong, that they could honestly go on forever for all I care. However, the obvious flaw is all in the mix. The bass being sapped, on top of the garage mix of the whole album is one thing. This album feels like a huge album to played on big stereo systems and played to crowds of millions, but it sounds so flat at times. For example, a song like One, probably the best song they've ever written, shouldn't sound like it was mixed by the drummer. Without a doubt, this is my favorite metallica record in terms of songwriting, but the mix just isn't it sometimes.

Klassischer Metallica Sound. Gehört auf jeden Fall dazu!

Definitely more palatable in small sips. I just don't have the stamina for a full album of Metallica. And now that I'm hearing a studio album, the live album actually felt more suitable as it was a much bigger and fuller sound. Even though I gave the live album one star, haha. This just sounds so chincy. Like a ringtone version of a song. 1.5 stars

hass de hetfield und de ulrich lieb de kirk hammett. nai has echt nöd soo geil gfunde git e zwei. scho zum tiel cooli moment aber s isch zu hässig und abrupt für mich. de snare sound isch e tortur. kirk solos meistens zimli cool

ähnliche ahfang wie battery, schöne ahfang und nachane wird so voll ahzoge iwie findi d produktion um einiges schlechter? v.a. d drums sind easy wack s lied selber findi lackt chli ide melodie, d riffs sind sehrsehr geil TAKTWECHSEL SOLO E STUND sehr spannende ahfang vo justice for all finds mit master of puppets vergliche ener schwach bis jz, s het iwie weniger punch OUHHHHHHHH SHIT ES WIRD LANGSAMER MMMMMMM es muss wieder meh groove geh im moderne metal ich bin eifach immer horny uf die taktwechsel sorry boaaaah (maultascheeeeeen???) de ahfang vo one findi uhuere schön ja aber wieder fallts chli flat für mich, es tönt rifach chli z troche, au de breakdown, eo sehr sick isch, het nöd de glich impact hanis gfühl DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HORROR ich liebs und passed sehr jz zum sehr heavy part the shortest straw isch für mich jz sochli \"ah voll metallica\" SHOOOOTEST STRÅÅÅOOOOOWW HÖRED UF MIT CREEPY GRÜSCH ICH BIN IM WERD AH die letschte 3 hend mi jz chli abghenkt. so chli cooli riffs aber alles andere isch vhli langwilig im gegesatz dezue hani ebe gfunde het master of puppets au vill anderi sache z büte gha, wie zB refrains wo catchy sind (oder wie catchy halt thrash metal chan sii) to live is to die findi sehr en geile ahfang hahahahahaha rifach die 4/4 durrezieh nach dem akustik intro RIESE RIFF ich ghör so ähnlichi riffs jz na in hardcore bands ohh und jz wieder gmüetlich hans sehr cools instrumental gfunde dyers eve DOUBLE BASS ja ich han vill kritisiert aber es isch trz es album mit vill sicke riffs und hie und daa paar highlights. wie gseit, de mix und drums helfed nöd dem ganze aber schwanke zwuscheme guete 3 undeme knappe 4

Very nice.

I really need to give them more of a chance.

There was a good guitar solo somewhere I'm confident was a guest player because it was too good

Pretty good

This Metallica album was a decent one, it was great to head bang to these songs Top tracks: One

Not really for me. I find it very tedious and repetitive with few highlights or stand out moments. I liked the beginning of One but then they lost me. It's probably not sloppy for what it is but it does not work for me at all. 2

The only Metallica to get more than 3 from me. If it weren't for the drumming, drumsound and drummer, I'd consider an even four, so it is a 3.5 upgraded.

The mix on this album was crap - it was very bass-heavy and I don’t like not being able to make out James Hetfield’s voice and lyrics. However, the drums were phenomenal and while this version of Metallica is less melodic and more thrashy than the Metallica that I prefer, there is definitely a place for this album in my heart. I loved the last track, “Dyers Eve.” What a way to end.

Not a big Metallica fan, but this is my favorite of theirs.

For this genre a good album…7/10

Shut up please. It's so artless, there's no nuance, no light and shade, no nothing. It also, weirdly, doesn't even feel very heavy. I've seen some complaints about the lack of bass in the mix, and maybe that's it. It sounds like hearing it from quite far away (but not far away enough) at a festival. It's better than their self-titled album, but way worse than Master of Puppets.

surprised by how much i liked this but then again not really

Rad album, I love thrash metal that still makes room for some overblown melodic segments.

Not my jam

One of my favorite Metallica albums. Long, long songs. I don't remember being angry enough or energetic enough to love this album as much as I did in the past. Songs about war. Songs about murder. It's a trip.

eu acho que Metallica nunca vai ser pra mim

Fine. Does this list need all of these Metallica albums? Seems like this album doesn’t need to be here.

According to my son, this and Master of Puppets are battling for the top spot in his Metallica rankings. I might put this one a bit higher myself. I’ve been pleased with early Metallica, though not much of a metal fan I do like the guitar interplay on these, and the production isn’t as glossy as the later songs I’ve heard. Probably not going to revisit anytime soon but I wouldn’t be hesitant to play it again.

I was very not excited for this and it turned out to be my favorite Metallica so far.

Metallica is never really my thing

Underrated and overproduced…

Metallica what happened? One was great but the rest not so much. Full of their trademark sound but with none of the hook to make you come back. Its also very repetetive. And 9 songs still pushes over an hour.

This one didn’t do it for me at all. I like their story songs so “One” was a great miserable romp! Other than that it was a lot of well played noise.

This one is a bit too heavy metal for me. Not as emotionally connected but I love the drum

Not in my top 3 Metallica. But ok

This is one of the greatest metal albums of all time. My only complaints are: 1. The mixing in the remaster is awful. I know they (Lars) cut the bass out of the original mix but the remaster is all kick drum as a direct result. 2. Half of these songs don’t need to be 7 minutes long 3. Kirk Hammet’s largely unorchestrated guitar solos. It sounds like he’s just winging it through most of his solos

METAL (as Peterson would say). It’s not my bag but I can appreciate the ferocity of the guitars and unrelenting intensity of the drums. It feels like it represents engineering as a sound. All those precise lines of data compiled into a harsh, precise sound.

This album tends to overshadowed by its production. I used to think of it as harsh - the sound not the assessment - but I have come to understand it through a different lense. There are some great rides on here that really cut. It's at times closer to Ministry than metal. Some songs go on too long for my taste. But it's definitely a statement.

Not their best album but a lot of fun.

Fucking Awesome

It's a bit boring tbh. The songs don't merit going on on for so long. Also where is the bass?

3/5 This album is very loud and repetitive, and long. Way too long. It's an enjoyable listen at times, but it could be a lot, lot shorter and hence sweeter without losing any of its quality. I would definitely return to a 25-30 minute version of this album. When the instrumental does change up, it's fantastic. The guitar solos are often very middling, neither interesting or annoying, and the vocals and lyrics generally are good. Blackened 3/5 ...And Justice For All 4/5 Eye Of The Beholder 2.5/5 One 2.5/5 The Shortest Straw 1.5/5 (LEAST FAV) Harvester Of Sorrow 4/5 The Frayed Ends Of Sanity 2.5/5 To Live Is To Die 4.5/5 (FAV) Dyers Eve 4/5

This album is the most technical out of all Metallica records. The problem with it, in my opinion, is not the production like everyone says. I actually think that the charm of it is in the fact that it sounds like it was produced in a garage. The problem is that, compared to Master of Puppets (which I personally think it doesn't have a single bad song), this album has some songs that feel like fillers, and those became popular (for example, Harvester Of Sorrow: nothing special about it, but fans love the shit out of that song). Songs like One, And Justice For All, Blackened and Dyers Eve are the ones that elevate this record. Anyway, this is Metallica at its best time in their career, and this album is great.

Didn't like, won't listen to again. Sounds very repetitive.

Excellent album, too bad the bass is lost in the mix

No words.

Some killer, some filler: The Metallica Story.

Alltså, klarar inte av att lyssna på det här helt ärligt. Not enjoyable

Inte såld, blir stressad av trummorna och låtarna va alldeles för långa…

metallica's best album, starts and ends very strong

I remember the music video for One with all the war footage. great album and different from the other hard rock out at the time.

Can’t help but head band a bit to most of these. Especially One ‘tis a banger of the head variety

Mothafuckin Lars Ulrich. Mid Metal Album. Doesn’t have something really that stands out. Not super fast. Not super heavy. Kinda shitty production. One is the only thing saving it from a 2

There's no reason for THIS Metallica album to be on this list. Just like there's no reason for the S & M album to be on this list. This isn't the worst Metallica album (that honor goes to any album that came after this one). I still listen to new Metallica albums, hoping they'll go back to the well. They came very close with Death Magnetic, but James ruined it with those lyrics and his melodies. Also, this album would be better if the bass was audible.

Classic Thrash from the giants of the genre. This Album is great but not without fault, some of the songs feel too long and Jason Newsteads bass is barely suitable most of the time. It does have killer tracks on it Harvester Of Sorrow, Blackened and the title track are excellent but it's One that stands out it was Metallicas first big hit and it is a banger.

Metal.

Loved it and rocked it, didn't quite break through to 4

Every song is a dark epic. Brutally powerful and quite overwhelming, as is its intention. Lars Ulrich's drum sound was unique and genre-defining, Hetfield's vocals (though for me, somewhat monotonous) reflect the disturbed, unending torment, anguish, and anger that embody the victims in these songs: damned, despised, dismissed. Much od the al;bum could be described as over-complicated, but I get the sense the band is feeling its way through uncharted musical territory, and when they hit the sweet spot between excessive indulgence and grand artistic statement, it's pretty sweet. At the time, really experimental, and WAY more serious than a lot of Metal that had come before and in that, paving the way for more extreme genres.

One is awesome but rest is meh

I wish we knew exactly what Jason played. Otherwise, it's great! Drags on longer than it needs to, but then it wouldn't be a Metallica album, would it?

Quelle déception ... Le début de la fin pour Metallica ! Fan absolu du groupe depuis le premier album (découverte du trash metal, grande évolution dans ma vie musicale qui m'a amené aux metals dits 'extrêmes'), je me souviens avoir acheté l'album dès sa sortie, et ... avoir été vraiment très déçu à la première écoute : - mauvais mixage, basse inaudible, son de batterie mauvais - morceaux terriblement longs et peu intéressants - album globalement mou, malgré les quelques accélérations ici et là (trop peu à mon gout) : où est passée l'énergie des précédents disques ? Même après d'autres écoutes, je n'ai pas changé d'avis et ai fini par abandonner l'album, puis abandonner Metallica avec l'album suivant ... A l'époque beaucoup d'autres groupes de trash faisait bien mieux ! Cette nouvelle écoute ne m'a pas fait non plus changer d'avis. => 2/5

One of my first introductions to Metallica when I was at school. The album was passed around a group of friends. Absolutely hooked me in and have been listening to them ever since, nearly 40 years. One of their best albums in my opinion, love it.

-this album is fucking amazing -one of my favorites from Metallica -I know, the production is weird, because "bass is nonexistent" -the cover fits the themes of the album -it's progressive -it's aggressive -it rocks! -some of the best Metallica songs are on this album -each member did an amazing job on this album -favorite songs: Blackened (<3), the title track, One (<3) [this is also my most favorite Metallica song], The Shortest Straw, Harvester Of Sorrow, To Live Is To Die, Dyers Eve -least favorite song: The Frayed Ends Of Sanity

Would I ever buy this record, nope. Will I ever listen to this record again, nope. Would I give this record even one star, nope. So let me sum it up, nope, nope, nope!

This was my entry album to Metallica, and to thrash metal. I rented it on cassette and remember being shocked but captivated by what I heard. By this point this LP is ingrained in my blood. I listened again because who needs an excuse to listen to Justice?

I like some of their other stuff better. Maybe I’ll give it another try.

It has some faults, we all know about the production issues but it's still a great album and is the last great album from Metallica. What a great 4 album run.

5⭐️ always. Great performers, great music, lots of substance.

A great Metallica album marred by a terrible mix. As a bass player, I loved Cliff Burton era Metallica. That guy was the creative spark and joy of the band. A truly gifted player who tragically passed away too soon. And along comes Jason Newsted who filled in admirably and got burned by the mix of this record. One of the greatest middle fingers of one band member to another. The biggest losers are the fans though who were secondarily robbed of a great sounding record. The mix is awful in a few ways but having heard some Justice for Jason type remixes and "reclamations" it certainly would've been better with some audible bass rather than some muddy-sounding "barely felt" bass. I expect my review so far to be fairly standard and repeated here. I don't mind being a basic Metallica fan in that regard.

Fat prefer their later stuff but some nice guitar

The best of the best.

Metallica is one of my favorite bands, but I’ve always felt like this is their most overrated album. Generally speaking, this album doesn’t do anything new and different. Everything on here feels like a rinse and repeat from their previous two albums, but with a harsher sound and worse production. Even One, which is an all time great Metallica song, feels like what would come out if Fade to Black and Sanitarium were put together in a blender. Say what you will about the Black album, but at least they did something different and stepped up their game on production. Sure, pure thrash Metallica is awesome, but had they made another album like Justice, it would have started to feel stale. Now that I’ve gotten the criticisms out of the way, this is still a great full throttle Metallica thrash album. Also, tons of credit to them for being to pull this album off after a period of enormous loss.

Banger, has my favorite Metallica song.

Metallica is the sleepiest metal. One is the best song on this album but there's so much better out there. The best of Metallica is when they do slightly classical-direction riffs but they aren't a tenth as good as their popularity claims.

Starts off a bit off putting. This is tricky. They sound so silly at this point. No one needs to listen to this before they die, but they could. One is alright and a couple of songs have some good bits I could maybe see listening to this when you need to do a bunch of digging.

Meh. Very...Metallica

I don’t like metal. The instrumentalists are very good and talented. There was one song that I really liked the beat of until the singing started.

First time listening to a whole Metallica album. Really fun, got my adrenaline going at points. I like the points where the dip between playing intense and then pulling back the curtains to something more beautiful, and vice versa. Songs like One and To Live Is To Die do this very well. Glad I got to listen to it. Standouts: Blackened, One, The Shortest Straw, Harvester Of Sorrow, and To Live Is To Die.

Songs unfortunately are too long and too similar to one another. Vocals are pretty much the same throughout the album as well. It's what you'd expect: metal yelling with heavy drums and guitar. Best songs are "One" and "To Live Is to Die". Would rather listen to Led Zeppelin.

It's good metal, it isn't great metal. While the songs aren't as iconic as some of the tracks off Master of Puppets, I think the flow here does a lot for the overall experience. It's 20 minutes too long, could have cut 2-3 tracks and have a much better album. Favorites were the title track, and Dyers Eye.

This is a good metal album. Overall I think it’s just a little bit too long. I think I prefer Master of Puppets and Ride The Lightning to this. Favorite songs were the title track, One, and To Live Is To Die

I’m torn because on one hand I love the guitars and the drums but on the other hand I can’t stand them screaming in my fucking ear. I know you can’t have one without the other so what a conundrum!

Nifty riffs, I can appreciate that as a guitarist, even though I'm not the biggest Metallica fan. All-time tone on songs like One, despite the relatively thin percussion sound. Songs could be, um, shorter. By more than half in some cases. As a result, by "The Shortest Straw", I begin getting what doctors might label "Metallica fatigue". Also, not sure why they decided not to fix the mixing on the remaster, perhaps sentiment? Lyrically a touch angsty for my tastes (also, "doth" on "The Shortest Straw"?? Maybe that's a bit of a nitpick) -- had I found this album years ago, perhaps I'd appreciate it a bit better. Regardless, I find at least one thing to like about most every piece on this album.

Definitely interesting… my first Metallica album so I’m not used to it but I’m definitely trying to lean into it. I think I like “…And Justice For All.” I also like the opening to “One.” However, I did fall asleep listening to this one.

I don't hear this one talked about as much as their other 80s releases, aside from people mentioning that the bass is "barely" present. Compared to other Metallica albums, I find it a bit too samey without enough variance on the instrumental side; hammering home that skeletal thrash metal formula for a majority of this album. I do enjoy the opening to the song 'One', which was a much-needed switch-up at that point in the album - though at times it does just feel like a reworked version of 'Fade to Black'. Lyrically, the political undertones stick out more than on their other albums - which I appreciate. Overall wasn't crazy about this one - but I can't say I hated it either - still some kickass riffs to admire here.

One is a HOF track, these guys go hard

While undoubtedly technically impressive, the frequent tempo changes and constant jumps from riff to riff make it difficult to latch on to anything. The lack of melodic variety only heightens this quality. Listened to: driving to Cape Cod. Favorite tracks: One

1. Blackened - 4 Didn't love the beginning of it, honestly. Pretty standard thrash, like the previous album. The song switches up to mainly instrumentals and bumps itself back up to a 4. Maybe just under. Close enough. 2. ... And Justice For All - 4 Similar to Blackened. Don't love the vocals, but the instrumentals are good. Especially the part starting around 4:45. 3. Eye of the Beholder - 3.75 4. One - 5 Fantastic and tragic song. Always has been. 5. Shortest Straw - 3.75 6. Harvester of Sorrow - 4.5 7. The Frayed Ends of Sanity - 3.75 8. To Live Is To Die - 4 9. Dyers Eve - 4

06/24/24 S Tier—————————5 A Tier—————————4 One To Live Is To Die Dyers Eve B Tier—————————3 The Shortest Straw And Justice For All Eye of the Beholder Blackened The Frayed Ends of Sanity Harvester of Sorrow C Tier—————————2 D Tier—————————1

…And Justice For All by Metallica Thursday 6/20/24 2:14 S Tier————————— One …And Justice for All A Tier————————— Blackened Harvester of Sorrow B Tier————————— The Frayed Ends of Sanity To Live Is To Die Dyers Eve Shortest Straw C Tier————————— Eye of The Beholder

I love some good protest music, and even though this doesn't fit the historical mold for political protest music, it does still absolutely scratch that itch for me. Unfortunately the sound of Metallica gets pretty worn out for me as the album goes on. They really only have the one setting, and that's fast, loud, and rockin'. Which is fun for a while, but I need something varied, even just a little bit, to keep me engaged.

3/5 decent i just dont like metallica all that much

It was better than I expected. 3/5

Not my favourite by them but 'One' is undeniably a metal classic.

My 17 years old male friends 15 years ago were so obsessed with this, quoting it, doing random solos on random objects, headbangs, taking it very seriously as the highest form of art. For me it was just silly.

Classic Metallica, songs can bleed together a little but with Classic like One and And Justice for All it's still incredible.

Not my style but I can see how someone who likes this kind of music would enjoy the album.

Fun music. Favourite track: One.

As a folk duo, these guys are terrible! Great promise as a metal band though

Fun throwback

I've been WAITING for Metallica to show up- can't wait to listen to this in its entirety. I like Metallica as much as the next girl, but I'm not sure that this is their best work. I enjoyed listening, but I don't think that this album left a lasting impression one way or the other.

Great music. Enjoyed it way more than Master of Puppets

not my kind of music

No soy precisamente un fan del metal, pero este disco de Metallica es uno de los que mejor reputación tiene (más de 8 millones de copias vendidas) al margen de haber perdido el Grammy frente Jetrho Tull. Sin embargo es un disco que no me gusta especialmente. Su producción ha sido muy criticada y creo que con acierto porque suena todo muy plano, nada orgánico, lejos de lo que debe tener un buen disco de Rock. Las canciones más conocidas son: One (gran canción) , Eye of the Beholder y Dyers Eve. Me esperaba otra cosa. Este disco me dice bastante poco. Hubo bastantes mejores discos ese 1988: Public Enemy con It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ,Pixies con Surfer Rosa, Daydream Nation de Sonic Youth, Lovesexy de Prince, Green de R.E.M. ,Talking Heads con Naked, el debut de Tracy Chapman, Eric B. & Rakim con Follow the Leader, Tender Prey de Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Morrissey debut con Viva Hate , I'm Your Man de Leonard Cohen, The Pogues con If I Should Fall From Grace With God, el debut de The Sugarcubes con Life's Too Good, Bug de Dinosaur Jr, Pet Shop Boys con Introspective, Vivid de Living Colour; Prefab Sprout con From Langley Park to Memphis, 69 de A.R. Kane, Run-D.M.C. con Tougher Than Leather, The House of Love de The House of Love, The Serpent's Egg de Dead Can Dance, Barbed Wire Kisses de The Jesus and Mary Chain, 101 de Depeche Mode, Bummed de los Happy Mondays, Bummed de Happy Mondays, Songhai de Ketama, Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ de Christian Death, Birth, School, Work, Death de The Godfathers, el debut de L7, Stronger than pride de Sade, G N'R Lies de Guns and Roses, Only life de The Felies, Today de Galaxie 500, Fisherman's blues de Waterboys, 16 lovers lane de The Go-Betweens, Spirit of eden de Talk Talk, Watermark de Enya, Cocteau Twins de Blue Bell Knoll, Peepshow de Siouxsie & the Banshees, Idlewild de Everything but the Girl , Conscious Party de Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, The First of a Million Kisses de Fairground Attraction, People de Hothouse Flowers, Straight Outta Compton de N.W.A, It Takes Two de Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Nothing's Shocking de Jane's Addiction, Ancient Heart de Tanita Tikaram, La pistola y el corazón de Los Lobos, Talk Is Cheap de Keith Richards, Everything de The Bangles, el Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Look Sharp! de Roxette, El Ritmo Mundial de Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Shaday de Ofra Haza, Straight out the Jungle de The Jungle Brothers, California de American Music Club, The Trinity Session de Cowboy Junkies, Isn't Anything de My Bloody Valentine, Pata Negra y su Blues de la frontera No digo ya cosas como Robert Palmer, Eight Wonder, Boby McFerrin, Tiffany, New Kids on the Block, Jean Michel Jarre, U2, Martika, Milli Vanilli o Womack and Womack, que tuvieron su gracia.

Just not music I'd ever listen to, really. Nothing wrong, I just can't connect for some reason.

no

Not the best Metallica. Oh well. I’ll move on.

Didn’t have many of my favourite Metallica songs and it’s a little too long to get a 5

Ok this was awesome. Could be the album that gets me into Metallica finally. Guitar is great on every track. Album maybe a little long but not gonna mark it down for that.

Some interesting stuff in To Live is to Die but the rest was kind of mid

Incluye la mejor canción de Metallica. Vinilo.

🤘🤘🤘

me no likey :( metallica aint got it like that 2.3/5

I generally like metallica but this I didn’t enjoy that much.

The multi-sectional feel of the title track pushes this album just the tiniest bit into prog metal. It’s still thrash, of course, but there’s a lot more going on creatively and expressively than just thrash. Also, the themes, like the music, are complex, with a lot of pessimism, political and war commentary, and explorations of death. This all weaves through the album and holds it together as a masterpiece, but “One” is the track that exemplifies the message of this studio document.

I mean… this was never my scene. My best friend in high school discovered them when kill em all came out. I listened, and this band developed and seems to be the curriculum of metal. Obviously they are gifted as musicians and have the ability to stay relevant no matter what other music fans believe. This is a band and an album that should be respected- all emotions aside.

This was good. But in context, it was only ever just good. Maybe even very good. But it’s surrounded by greatness.

Intense Riffs! All kind of blends together for me, but pretty dang epic.

This one comes with A LOT of baggage. Puppets is one of the greatest metal albums of all time and the Black Album is one of the most commercially successful albums of all time. Justice is right there in between them in many ways. It is the first full length album after the passing of Cliff Burton, after their first real surge in popularity, after a monster amount of touring, first with Jason Newsted, first with a new label, first with a huge amount of money. It occurred during such a maelstrom of variables that they had never dealt with. Even with their treatment of Newsted and the near disappearance of the bass on the record, it is heavy sounding record(if a bit tinny). There are a lot of stories told as to why Lars and James effectively erased the bass from the album, but it had to have been difficult to make this album without Cliff. Sure they made the $5.98 EP, but that was a couple of covers one a one off. On the tracks themselves, they kept to many of the same themes that they had covered in previous albums but expanded in length and scope. Packing more riffs and changes while still keeping each song relatively tight. "One" became their breakout hit and this mix seemed to solidify a structure to their albums. It had enough "quiet" to make it onto the radio(the video did a LOT of heavy lifting in this respect as well) but still had the brash, thrash and anger. Something 'toned down' just enough to hook people in that might not have ever given them a second listen. ....And Justice is that middle child that desperately wants attention but is going to do it their own way. It is a stepping stone between stages in Metallica's career. Without it, metal does not come to the forefront in popular culture for several more years...if ever. A classic album. Give me the low end mix so I can hear the bass and I would give it an instant 5 stars.

I like One. I used to really love Metallica, but I only ever listened to Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets. I think this album is safe and boring and the start of Metallica's career as a bunch of goons typecast for the way they look and cursed to play sub-par music for eternity. Also fuck 'em for the DMCA. I love how dark One is, but the lack of bass on the whole album makes it extremely difficult to listen to and kinda exposes how formulaic the Bois have gotten since Metal Up Your Ass. The album is FINE. I've seen this album cover on a shirt more than any other album ever.

Man, this was so close to being a masterpiece.

put 3 stars but idrk what i'm comparing it to yet. i liked it but the songs were just a little too long for me and it was more metal than what i'm used to(duh)

To quote Todd in the Shadows: "I'M A LONELY LITTLE BOY AND I WANT TO BE LOVED. I'M A LONELY LITTLE GUY AND I NEED A HUG AGGHHHUGHAHWWW" One is great though.

Most progressive Metallica Album. I love it! Cool!

★★½

Aggressive, fast paced thrash. But it’s more than that, mega complex musically with insane guitar work. Lyrically more challenging as well, covering environmental and political topics. Only slight gripe is it is quite long and maybe doesn’t have as many “massive” songs as some other Metallica albums of that era.

Just awful!

have long loved

I wasnt a Metallica fan back in the day. It's because Chris Owens and his bratty friends all wore Metallica & Slayer shirts everyday to high school. Metallica also looked extremely sweaty and sloppy in their Hit Parader and Circus photos. 😂🤘🏻 So needless to say I never listened to this when it came out. The video for One was all over MTV and you couldn't ignore hearing it. It was a breakthrough. Pounding drums and awesome sound, but for the casual listener not much of that is contained in the rest of the songs here. But I truly appreciate the talent these guys have, Lars makes some incredible beats on this album. I will also say my neck is kind of sore today from head banging yesterday. Looking forward to the rest of the Metallica albums in the countdown.

The production value of Justice is garbage and the blame falls squarely on Lars Ulrich and his ego. One became an iconic song and I’ve always had a fondness for Harvester of Sorrow. Jason Newstead was the best decision Metallica ever made, it’s a shame he is almost non existent on this album.

'One' is obviously a masterpiece, and this album does have a smattering of other quality singles. But I don't think it's Metallica's best effort by far, and controversially I think Death Magnetic is more interesting

МОЙ РЭП - КУЛЬТУРИСТ И ОТЗЫВАЕТСЯ НА "ВИН ДИЗЕЛЬ"

Easy 5 stars

heavy, progressive, jammy metal. always been my favorite metallica album, probably because it lays off the thrash just a tad to let in the prog. don't think i ever noticed how californian james sounds but it makes his vocal delivery iconic. one has some of the coolest progressive metal transitions ever in it. the one 2/3 through where lars introduces his drum beat and then the guitars layer in is so fucking cool. i think overall it's the little acoustic moments (often on intros) that make me really love this album. the lyrics are heavy, the music is often heavy, but the little moments when the songs contrast weight with softness are entrancing.

Didnt like it then, still don't like it

Mediocre Progressive Metal.

Bass?

no tengo mucho q decir tengo sueño sin embargo lo escuche regresando de Colon a la capital y me despertó, increíbles riffs y solos energizantes. Es un 10/10.

I really can't get enough of Metallica's first 4 albums. For whatever reason, I tend to listen to this one less often than the previous 3 when I need an old school Metallica fix so I figured I'd listen to Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets before I listened to this one (it was a good day). All I can say is, they are all metal masterpieces. I love them all. So sad that Cliff died but I didn't feel like it made this album any less enjoyable. The real bummer is how, after producing such amazing work, nothing Metallica has done since holds a candle to this.

eq’ed really poorly, but when its cooking it sizzles.

It is a shame it is mixed the way it is-- but I still love it.

Was just okay. Fun to listen to, though. 3/5

How can something that is theoretically exciting and hard be so fucking boring in actuality. I hate the drums, I hate James’s voice, I think I hate Metallica

Like many, my introduction to Metallica was the black album. And Justice For All is like playing the black album at 78 rpm. The song structures are great; and the music keeps you guessing for a solid hour. I just wish you could hear Jason Newsted. There's a big hole in the mix where the bass guitar should be.

do you want 9 minute complex thrash metal? Um yes please! Ride the Lightning and Kill em All are slightly better imho.

Seemingly 8 hours long, and recorded at 64kbps. Fucking dreadful repetitive nonsense. Singer (singer-ah), awful. Drums, basic. Bass, seemingly turned down as he was new. Guitar, good at what it was, but fuck an album needs more than that.

This is a great album. I don't have the privilege of having heard or seen them especially in their prime, but I do love these early albums that are a little more "metal" than their later ones. Great songs on here, and the whole album flows really well.

Metallica. Banda que despierta pasiones para ir al frente, para hacer ejercicio o para cualquier actividad que implique poner el cuerpo. Si pensamos que la vida es una lucha diaria, Metallica y gran parte del thrash tendrían que ser su soundtrack. Tremendo disco, muy arriba todo el tiempo ¿Cómo puede ser un mal trabajo si empieza con Blackened, sigue con canciones como One, The Frayed Ends of Sanity y cierra con Dyers Eve?

Not my cup of tea at all. This is the second Metallica album I've had to listen to and I could just copy\paste from my earlier review as they were identical listening experiences. No doubt, to metal heads, this is the business - bit to me it's painful and monotonous.

3.5

Not really a fan of Metallica

Most days, Puppets is my favorite Metallica album; Justice second. Still five stars, no notes.

Stunning thrash, redefining the whole genre.

One // 1.5/5

This album has a very formulated sound which makes it hard to distinguish between some of the songs. That said the fast pace of them is enjoyable. The first one to break the formula is 'One'. It's the song I liked the most on this album and it's definitely has more dimensions to it than the bulk of them. Overall this is ok but not really my cup of tea. 2+ Stars.

I remembered this album to be better than it is. Granted, One is sublime, and one of the best songs Metallica have ever made. But the rest is really uninspired; Thrash riffs chugging along with hardly any real original idea. Except for One, only To Live Is To Die offers something for the more melodically inclined. Yes, Thrash is not my favourite sub-genre, but Metallica can do (and have done) better even before this album. It doesn't help that massive disrespect was shown to bass player Jason Newstead, who was the new guy at the time, by making the bass tracks almost inaudible, and ruining the whole album's sound along the way. Compared to all the other albums on this list, this is slightly above average, which makes it a 3.5/5.

Metallica is 80s thrash metal. 4 straight bangers ftom 1983 to 1988, each one getting more and more polished. This one features "One", their legendary metal ballad, allowing 'bangers to embrace their soft side.

A metal masterpiece. Their last good album.

This was not interesting at all to me. Every song started to sound the same, and I’m not gonna remember what any of it sounded like in a day or two.

why us so mad bro?

As a bassist, I feel for Metallicas bass player on this album... Would be nice to actually hear him... Love master of puppets, but not this one...

I liked it. Not quite a five.

Absolutely dreadful. No love whatsoever for these guys. Saying that, I think I once had lunch in a Harvester of Sorrow🫠

It is very impressive that this record came out in 1988. I know Metallica, but I didn’t know this specific record. The music thrashes and slays with gritty vocals and hard-hitting instrumentation. The drums are so tough and the guitars represent the genesis of metal music. This is a great album.

I like Metallica. Reload was the album that got me into drumming aged 13 or something. I then moved onto The Black Album / Load, but never really went that far back, except for the hits. This is the first time I've heard this record before, but after a few listens, I wouldn't rate it as one of my favourites. There's loads of energy, and Lars is on top form here, but maybe I'm a little Metallica-fatigued at this point; I don't know. Favourite tracks: One, Harvester of Sorrow, To Live Is To Die.

Despite the thin sound, the musicality is quite good. It does sound strangely manufactured and inauthentic, but the riffs are good. I do wish the bass sound came through. Metallica is a “safe” metal band overall and it shows on this record.

Great album!

Classic heavy album full of bangers

I’ve never really listened to Metallica, so I let this one play while doing some work, and I came to the conclusion that they are overrated. The guitar work, which is what makes metal music, is so bland. The vocals were also very bland. For metal, this was hugely boring to me. Not a fan.

This album absolutely shreds. It did the best thing an album can do, it left me thinking I need to listen to more Metallica.

4.5 It's a good un

While this was not my introduction to Metallica, this album opened the door to what they were like before they released the Black album. I'm not even sure I liked it the first time I heard it - this happens often with me most times with albums that are seen as a masterpiece. It's brilliant, brutal, extremely dark - you can practically feel the pain that this band was going through after the accidental death of their bassist Cliff Burton. While not my favorite of theirs, it's in the Top 3.

This is one of those albums that defined my early high school years. I practically wore out the cassette on trips to and from school on the bus. Though I never liked the clicky kick sound and lack of any bass guitar in the mix, this still holds up well for me. I can't give this 4.5 stars so it gets its 5.

Coming to most of Metallica's early catalog as a more mature listener definitely highlights the raw appeal of the early thrash entries, but without all the expectation and disappointment to get over when Black came later - been enjoying everything they've thrown at me (despite years of hearing how bad a drummer Lars is). "Epic" as a descriptor has long fallen into overuse, but some of the riffs and songs here actually beg the term. "One" and "...And Justice For All" are a pretty neat pair of melodic treats.

Good fun thrash metal record - not their best but the one with One - so can’t be too bad. A bit longish but not terribly long.

First album without OG bassist Cliff, missing those bass lines!

Absolutely Nuts gotta be the best metal album of all time wtf

Good but after a while they sound too much alike

So happy to listen to this lying on the sofa doing nothing

G o d damn do I love this album but I would love it even more if Jason Newsted's bass work wasn't taken from us. That's my only gripe. Everything else in the album is fucking legendary.

ekki slæmt. full langt og einhæft, en við því er svo sem að búast af þungarokki. 3,5.

Absolute banger

i dont like this very much but lulu is my favorite metallica album so maybe my opinion is invalid. 6/10

I really doubted I would be able to get all the way through this one. It's a tough listen. I don't mind some of the riffage and the drumming but the vocals are truly terrible and the guitar solos made me want to laugh out loud. Those are the high points. I felt physically ill while listening to this.

Iconic. Some of Metallica’s best songwriting. Would be an all time great album if it were mixed slightly better.

Great album. Needs more bass guitar though

I definitely was not allowed to listen to this one when I was growing up as a fundamentalist Southern Baptist in the eighties, but even I was aware of this force of nature, and, of course I had to learn those two licks from One (the pretty part and the rockin' part) years later. I've never considered myself a metal guy, but I have to love this early Metallica stuff, even through the Black Album. And Justice for All has a lot of crossover appeal for broader music fans. It's metal flavored metal. It's all the good stuff about thrash, delivered in a perfect package. We have the classical influenced guitars played at blistering speed, the growling vocals, double bass hits, apocalyptic lyrics. It's all here, and it was never better before or since. Four stars.

Hollow sounding

🤘😝 5

Hold my breath as I wish for death. Oh please God, wake me..

Best Song: One. The concept is decent and the guitar work is good, but it also really exemplifies that James Hetfield can't sing to save his goddamn life. Worst Song: To Live Is To Die. Holy shit that transition from the acoustic guitar at the beginning is so ugly and discordant. Why was there not even an attempt to align the tempo or timing of the incoming and outgoing tracks? It's just a wholly different, incompatible song. Overall: Metallica proving once again that they're the kings of bloat. The album is too full of songs that are always at least 50% longer than they need to be. Combined with that classically plodding Metallica rhythm, listening to this album is an exercise in wishing they'd hurry up and get on with it.

Decent, but, not their most rocking

Quite subdued for a Metallica album it seemed.

Not even close to the best Metallica album, but it's still pretty shreddy and bombastic, like good thrash should be. The lyrical themes stay topical to this day. It's a weaker thrash album, but it was signaling metal's eventual move to mainstream music. On a list of other thrash albums, I would put this one lower. But since it's on this list, 4.5/5.

Exactly what I expected from Metallica's album

Listen to the better bass mix on YouTube!

Great Album, but not their best

A masterpiece of thrash metal. One of my favorite albums of all time.

Eins meiner ersten Alben: Viel gehört und liebgewonnen. Vielleicht nicht das beste Album aber kontinuierlich immer oben mit dabei. All die Jahre ...

The music Is great even it this album doesn't have Metallicas biggest known hits. Only challenge is the track lengths which average roughly 7 minutes each.

Liked the lyrics, eternally relevant, rock riffs were tight but not quite my style

I really love the guitar sound, but Hetfield's voice doesn't really do it for me - it's kind of one note the whole time.

2/10 An intersection of my least favourite things: hard metal and self-serious music One of the rare times I didn’t bother finishing, first half was enough Really, really not for me. Hated this