Reviews (page 5 of 14)
The thing about Metallica is they're so listenable even if they're not really for me.
headbanging in the library rn
Excellent album
I've never been into Metallica, or metal in general with some exceptions, so here we go. I'm told that this is the proggiest Metallica album, so that probably makes it a good first attempt at this band for me. And yeah, several songs had moments that made me be like "wait, is this Genesis...? (lol no, it is NOT Genesis - commence headbanging) I really loved the music on this record, all the brutal bass lines, drum, and interesting guitar bits. There were great extended instrumental sections on quite a lot of the tracks; I especially liked the slower, heavy sludgey stuff, but the fast stuff of course was marvelous. Unfortunately, I found the vocals to be consistently annoying. But still, looking forward to more Metallica as I get deeper into this project. 4 stars
Classically great
ROCKS!
This is probably the longest album I’ve listened to, but I throughly enjoyed. A very very Metallica album
Not as good as Kill Em All or Master of Puppets....but not as bad as Metallica or Load.
A real classic before they sold out, they were making some great music
Kanske inte deras allra bästa men genomgående bra, och med "One" kan jag inte sätta ett lägre betyg än "4".
I may have previously said that I think Metallica has three great albums. The first three. I am extending it to four now. This is clearly the fourth of four, it’s the least known president on Rushmore (I don’t actually know who all is on Rushmore and don’t care), but it’s on there.
Good workout music tonally broken up by one of the greatest tracks Metallica has released with "One". Shocked that Dyers Eve has some of the lowest streams on this album, I always thought of it as a highlight. Anyways, throw it on when you need a squat PR.
This is relentless. I haven't had a chance to fully engage with this but I like what I heard. Shame there's no bass guitar here BUT that decision does make it a compelling listen. It gives the album its character. Metallica's first 4 albums are as good as any other band's.
niet hun beste, niet hun slechtste... met One als enige echte uitschieter, beste song uit hun oeuvre...
Another mainstay album from my teen years. Definitely not as strong as Ride the Lightning and MoP, and still pretty solid, but ...And Justice for All was always kind of a black sheep Metallica album for me. I never clicked with it as much as the others even though it was part of my rotation. It's a long album and does get a little tedious in the middle. The old Metallica thrash and speed is there, but the album kind of drifts into the background a bit. The lyrics were less poignant on a lot of the tracks than they are on previous albums, but there's some good stuff here. The intensity is there. Lars even tried pretty hard on this album. Standouts are "Blackened" "One" and "Dyers Eve." It's very solid, but not the best of the best. 4/5.
4.2 2x catch up 1/27 fun album
Pretty awesome. Justice for all and to live is to die are amazing.
Most tracks were kinda cookie cutter vehicles for the top tier guitar work at the end
86/100. It’s hard hitting, intense, and surprisingly consistent all the way through. The riffs are sharp, the songs are long but focused. Tracks like One alone put this among their better releases. It’s not the easiest Metallica album to casually throw on, but that’s part of what makes it so strong.
Hits just the same as when I found this album in the basement as a child.
Favorite Track: And Justice For All
While not my favorite of the early (pre-black album) Metallica, there are definitely some absolute bangers on this. It's extremely well put together in my opinion. While it lacks the crunchy chaos of the earlier albums, there's a sophistication brewing here
…And Justice for All is one of Metallica’s most complex and demanding records, and also one of its most divisive. Musically, it’s a relentlessly dynamic album that rarely settles into comfortable patterns. The constant shifts in tempo, harmony, and rhythm keep the listener on edge, giving the record a progressive edge that rewards close attention. Tracks often evolve rather than repeat, which prevents the album from ever feeling stagnant or predictable. That said, this ambition can also work against it. The arrangements are dense and occasionally overlong, and the famously dry, bass-light mix can make the album feel cold and fatiguing over extended listens. While this stark sound reinforces the album’s sense of tension and paranoia, it also strips some tracks of warmth and low-end impact. I listened to the MFSL SuperVinyl master, which does a commendable job of extracting clarity and detail from the original mix. Instrument separation is improved and the overall presentation feels more controlled, though it can’t fully overcome the fundamental production choices. Overall, …And Justice for All is an intellectually engaging album that rewards patience and repeated listens, even if it lacks the emotional immediacy of Metallica’s earlier work. 8/10
A flawed thrash metal classic. The band evolved their sound by bringing in prog elements into the mix. My sole gripe with this record is that the production leaves a lot to be desired. The bass is non-existent and the album has a thin and metallic sound that robs the album of some of its punch. Every song is crafted masterfully, with Hammett's shredding and Ulrich's drumming stealing the show. Despite its 65 minute duration, the album never drags and I was hooked throughout.
I listened to it 4 times. I’m close to breaking it but not yet.
This is my childhood… I would have been six when it came out. But, early teens this was one of my football go to for getting ready for a game. Such a great band, so many great songs on this album. My favourite song off this album would be, ‘one’. This group had stood the test of time in my eyes.
Long rifts, deep sounds, dark, Metallica. Good album, lots to love about this. From that iconic Metallica sounds to the overall tone this album sets. Would listen again
Fast, complex in both musicality and theme, and very angry. 7.5/10
A blistering start with Blackened - which sets out the album's mission - to drive the listener through a new extravagantly crafted dimension of metal; of shifting time signatures, intricate guitar solos and acoustic motifs that make way for heaving riffs and James Hatfield's stacatto roaring and vowel bending. Brilliant! On a side note, it's hard to fully enjoy Metallica, knowing that James Hetfield enjoys murdering animals in the wild and is happy to have the band's music be the soundtrack to US Forces videos of prison torture at the hands of US troops on foreign soil. Kirk Hammett on the other hand seems to give a shit.
...And Justice For All and Master of Puppets have always flip flopped for being my favorite Metallica projects, and after relistening to this album today I think I can confidently say this one is once again my #1 for Metallica. The more political nature of this album always stood out to me as it never really felt like somewhere Metallica would ever go with their sound and yet they absolutely crushed it here. Say what you want about the production but honestly I didn't even mind it this time around and I was honestly just banging my head the whole time without a care in my mind. The lyrics cut like knives and the anger held within the words really helped emphasis the instrumentation. ...And Justice For All is a very jagged and sharp album that I wish more people could give love to even with its' very obvious mixing failure, it still stands the test of time much like many of Metallica's other killer projects. Really happy I have this a second chance because I forgot just how much I adore this album. Nuff said.
I love Metallica but outside of One, this isn't an album I love
Good stuff! 4*
Needs bass but what an album
Listening back over the big four, it's hard not to be supremely envious of the young metalheads crushing themselves to a sweaty half-death in some stanky mosh back when this was the generational sound du jour. There's something fair to be said about thrash really only being variations of the same general song over and over again. Of course, that's true of many genres. It's hard to deny that Metallica are pretty much the best at writing that song, anyway. Not sure how controversial this take is but I think Metallica's at their best when they're in those moments where they let Ulrich's drums take centre stage and pump this up and down bass-thumping heart-beating rhythm, rather than the flashier bright guitar riffs. fav tracks: One, Blackened, Harvester Of Sorrow, The Frayed Ends of Sanity
This was better than Master of Puppets! Apart from obviously the title track 4-5
Would have been 5 stars were it not for the fact that such verdict would place the same value on this album as on master of puppets
Tatsächlich eines der ersten Alben, die ich mir überhaupt gekauft habe. Starkes Ding, aber auch nicht perfekt. 4 Sterne sind aber definitiv verdient!
Dieses Album ist gleichzeitig über- und unterbewertet. Überbewertet, weil es seine halbwegs platten Seiten hat und so eine abgrundtief beschissene Produktion ist. Unterbewertet, weil es grade in der zweiten Hälfte erst so richtig Fahrt aufnimmt und seine Vielschichtigkeit zeigt - und das „ohne“ Bass. Schwerer Start für Jason… (Randbemerkung: Death Magnetic gleiches Spiel, kack Produktion aber richtig gute Lieder. Das Album ist allerdings nur unterbewertet.) Doof für …And Justice for all nur, dass es mit Bass dann doch noch viel besser wäre anzuhören. Gut, wenn man davon irgendwas live mitnehmen kann/konnte.
Mag hier jeder 5 geben, aber für mich reicht es dafür nicht. Ohne Zweifel hat das Album geniale Tracks, in der Gesamtheit fällt es dann aber für mich persönlich ab. Da finde ich als Gesamtkunstwert andere Alben von Metallica einfach besser. So bleibt eine starke 4.
Ok lets get this out of the way - "Where is the bass guitar?!? WTF let Lars into the control booth during mixing?!" As much as been made about the bizarre, tinny mix (Lars' dead snare drum sounds like shit and the total burying of Jason Newsted's bass lines, for reasons no one will ever get), this is still a solid Metallica album. Obviously "One" is a classic, but I love "Blackened" as an opener, and also "Eye of the Beholder". First half is way stronger than the second, in my opinion, makes the album drag a little. In general, Metallica is another band that may not be for everybody, but I think their first 5 albums build on - and are on par with - the best of their idols Black Sabbath. Was raised on them because my brother loves them so admitting bias.
Decided to listen to this one in the gym. It really is very good, with highlights including One and the mostly instrumental To Live Is To Die. I have two main quarrels though. 1. Where is the bass? 2. Why is every track so long? Seriously, there were only two songs shorter than 6 minutes. Good thing is most of them justified their runtimes and it's such an exhilarating ride that I didn't mind that a couple overstayed their welcome a little bit.
Favorite tracks: Harvester of Sorrow, ...And Justice for All You can tell they're starting to transition from thrash to progressive metal with this album, which is definitely my preferred Metallica era 🤘🏼
Another great album. Had it for years.
Class! "Blackened" is such an amazing opener. Other highlights were "...And Justice For All, "One" and "They Frayed Ends of Sanity". This one did lose me at points but the vast majority of it was BUSSIN.
I mean…it starts off with Blackened which is a masterpiece. Two thumbs up despite Metallica burn out.
Saved this one for chest day at the gym because that just felt right. But it was actually boring me right up until I heard gunshots, which quickly transported me back to Guitar Hero III, getting my adrenaline up like crazy. And they just kept pumping it out after; The Shortest Straw has some of their goofiest lyrics, but what a gnarly solo. Dyers Eve is a great closer, but man, To Live is to Die might've been the highlight for me. Ride the Lightning is absolutely my favorite from these guys, but I definitely realized that this is a close second, despite the mixing issues.
4/5 + Every Song has like 20 great riffs + I Love the Metallica sound - to quote Kirk Hammett: "the songs were too fucking long" Fav: The Shortest Straw, Eye of the Beholder, One, Harvester of Sorrow Least Fav: ... And Justice For All
Metal will never be a bad listen (except slam) and metallica is obviously not an exception. Favorite song: blackened 7/10
eye of the beholder me ha gustado mucho algunas ya las concía, de todas formas no lo he escuchado entero aún pero me estaba gustando bastante
One of the worst sounding great albums of all time. Out of some misguided sense of loyalty and grief and hazing the new guy, James and Lars just mixed Jason’s bass right out of the mix. So we have power trio (power trip?) Metallica and sadly Lars is just not good enough for that. Fortunately for him, he met a generational talent in James Hetfield, a great songwriter and singer with a jack hammer right hand. This is the world’s greatest metal band at their Prog Metal finest, a stacked hour plus of pummeling but melodic metal. This album has kind of been relegated to the dustbin of history by the band, really only playing One these days. I saw them three times on the Black Album tour (the one after this one) and they played One and a fucking AJFA medley. Sigh. Anyway, they learned their lesson and actually included Jason on the Black Album and even though the songs were half as good, the album sounds amazing and sold ten bazillion copies. Look at that, boys, not being petty assholes is a good thing! Y'all lose a point for the worst ever mix. How has this one not been remixed yet?
I thought this was pretty cool. Compared to other metal albums I’ve heard, it focused well on the instrumentals and had some cool solos and riffs. While it dragged on a little long and was a bit too heavy for my tastes, it was still a good album all the way through. Favorite Track: Eye of the Beholder
NICE
All the yes. One is such a classic. Nothing better than Metallica to start a Monday morning. It's not my favourite, but it's still damn good.
On this album the music does the talking. The lyrics are secondary and lift the frantic smashing to yet another level. The music is overlapped and transitions at exactly the right time to keep it interesting. Its how Metal can make thrashing engaging by getting a trance like property so that you can mould into it. Not a song I dont like and I ended up just headbanging the whole way through. Just a wierd metal elavator and I just went up and down that thing!
Now thats sounds! Megadeath lucky i listened to that first or they mightve been worse off (are they even in the same genre (from the green or from the black)) anyway great stuff
Well, I’ve been waiting for Metallica to revisit my youth and here is the first of four. Far from my fav or most memorable album, but let’s see… I don’t know why I relate to this better than other thrash/heavy metals albums on this list. Maybe the nostalgia, Hetfield’s voice or just being more technical and varied than some others 🤷🏻♂️ It is a bit comical at times and the mix is TERRIBLE. Funny hearing all the ways Lars is vying for attention (level, needless fills and tightness with the guitars). Bass pretty much non existent (poor Jason) but good vox. Guitars could really do with some middle and body. Can go on a bit. Title track nearly 10 mins! But just about holds interest. But can never get enough of ‘One’. Great track and so many memories and meaning for me. It’s not great, but it’s kinda endearing and uniquely Metallica.
DARKNESS! IMPRISONING ME! It's almost a shame One is so memetic and catchy because it makes it stand out over the rest of this album, and the rest of the album was pretty fun. 3.5 and feeling charitable today it is the holiday season of giving or whatever
Très très bon album, Morceaux qui claquent : Blackened, qui ouvre l'album et The Frayed Ends of Sanity.
Every song is too long, but it rips.
Banging
I quite enjoyed listening to this album
I’m surprised by how much I liked this! Maybe it’s my inner young emo self enjoying it. Will listen to more
Head banging craziness
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.
Classic Metallica! Those first four albums hit so hard for me. I know all the criticisms on low tuned bass, and I agree. But this album slaps. Every song rocks. Maybe it just brings me back to days of being a young 13 year old badass unaware that grunge was about to break and my entire life outlook about to change
I already know I love this album. Full of absolutely killer tracks with some brutal and beautiful riffs, even on songs I wasn't expecting.
I’m not a big Heavy Metal fan. So, I have not really listened to any album in that genre in its entirety. This was pretty good. The lyrics were clear and could understand them. It’s just that the album was way too long to the point that James Hetfield’s voice got annoying and the guitar solos began to sound the same. I could listen to this album one song at a time once in a while when I need some energy.
What an album. This is where Metallica's days of pure thrash ended, and what a swan song for that era of the band. The album famously lacks bass, with Lars Ulrich demanding that new bassist Jason Newsted's parts be mixed very low, but honestly the album works perfectly well for me in spite of the resultant dryness of its sound (and in some places, because of).
I love Metallica in bursts, but as one listen this might have overstayed its welcome by about two tracks. Still all hard as hell individually, and it blew my mind how tight the guitars sounded with the drums. Great stuff. Standouts: Eye Of The Beholder • One • The Frayed Ends of Sanity • To Live Is To Die • Dyers Eve
Awesome
Metallica doing what most metal bands are unable to do, find depth and beauty within the darkness.
I’ve learned Metallica rocks through this
I enjoyed this a lot. This list has helped me realize that I like Metallica
Nostalgic listen. One is timeless.
Rocks pretty hard. Solid
Didn't expect to like this, but it rocks.
Classic
Metallica. All that has to be said anytime 👍🏻
Me and my dad used to listen to this one
Metallica's most sophisticated work. My second favorite after ride the lightning.
The album contains "One"! What is more to say? The rest is solid metal - in the best way. 3,5
No one would ever accuse Metallica of being a prog metal band, but this is about as close as they ever got. Some absolutely crushing riffs on this one but enough changes in song structure and tempo to keep it interesting, and the longest songs they ever wrote. Blackened rips as an opener and One is somewhere up there on the list of best metal songs ever IMO. Frayed Ends of Sanity isn't noted as one of their "hits" but is awesome and has about everything you want in a metal song. The mixing/sonics are maybe a knock on it (famously very little bass) but overall this is a very good album, if maybe not quite their best.
So far there's been a distinct lack of "heavy" music on this list, so I was looking forward to this. I was never particularly into Metallica at school, but I was into music and would hang out in the music room at lunch, and I'm not sure I ever sat in that room without hearing a teenage boy play the picking part of One on an acoustic guitar. It's a genuinely fantastic song - I am admittedly a sucker for songs that are all quiet LOUD quiet LOUD, but it's just a great song regardless. Sometimes familiarity means you like singles better than album tracks, but I would say that in the case of this album, One is head and shoulders the best track here. That's not to say the rest of the album is a disappointment, One is just too good. It was really interesting reading about the way this was recorded and poor Jason Newstead's bass getting completed obliterated in the mix. I know very little about the internal politics of Metallica, but it doesn't feel like the most collegiate band to be a part of. I enjoyed this a lot helped enormously by the fact I like James Hetfield's voice a lot. It's the perfect metal voice for me. 4/5
Already listened to this one a million times. Kicks ass, too bad you can't hear the bass. If it was mixed a little better it would be a significantly closer contender for my favorite Metallica album. Not nearly as consistently strong as Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets probably, but the first half of the album especially is top notch.
Energetisch, heavy, starke Songs. Tu mich bei Metallica aber leider immer noch schwer einige Tracks auseinanderzuhalten 😅 Und es muss ja nicht jeder Song Tik-Tok-taugliche 2 Minuten oder weniger haben, aber durchschnittlich 7 Minuten pro Song ist schon ein bisschen viel...
Classic metal album. I'm always impressed with how tight this band is.
Justice for Jason
This was so much fun to listen to. Great for powerwalking in the city. Some crazy riffs although i wish they let them play out a bit longer before altering them or hitting them with fills. Standout Tracks: One and To Live is to Die
In their top 5
Extremely complex and amazing musicianship. Maybe not always an easy listen but very good
3.78
Whe this album first came out, it was the first Metallica album I had bought on CD. I hadn’t noticed the lack of bass at first — and I was 21 at the time and playing bass myself. Now whenever I hear this album I can’t unhear the fact that Lars Ulrich made the mix engineers (the same ones that mixed the first Guns N’ Roses album) turn Jason Newstead’s bass down to a severely inaudible level.
4/5 - fantastic album but not my favourite by Metallica
A classic
Dad metal hell yeah. It slaps One nitpick I have is that all metallica songs in general sound mostly the same to me including this album. That sounds is good, but I don't see why I would add more than 2 metallica songs to any playlist of mine. Not an album I would put on again probably or would specifically recommend, but good music nonetheless. 4
More Metallica. Probably should be decent. Blackened - 7/10. I like this intro. Bit screamy for my usual taste in the verse. Solid musicianship. ...And Justice for All - 8/10. Love the intro. This is classic metal that I can listen to and enjoy. That guitar solo around 5:20 SHREDS. Eye of the Beholder - 7/10. This is pretty solid. Nothing really outstanding here, but no weakness, either. One - 8/10. Nice intro. Metallica doing a power ballad is different. Not bad, just different. It's good. The Shortest Straw - 8/10. Back to the heavy, hard metal of the rest of the album. These gentlemen can SHRED. That chord progression around 4:25 was NOT what I expected. Harvester of Sorrow - 7/10. Solid metal music. The Frayed Ends of Sanity - 8/10. I'm surprised to say, I like it. To Live Is To Die - 8/10. Definitely has a Prog feel to it. Dyers Eve - 7/10. Solid. Overall Rating 3.78/5 (7.56/10). Most of this album felt very Prog Metal. Not like Dream Theatre level, but more musicianship and composition focused than "traditional" metal.
The lyrics are a bit pretentious at certain points, I remember writing poetry like this when I was fifteen. I know they wanted to pay tribute to Cliff, but good Lord the spoken words in "To Live is to Die" are just infantile. I cringe every time I hear them. Musically it's a good-to-great metal album even if they turned the bass down because they wanted to be pricks and "prank" newcomer Jason. No wonder he left eventually. Lars must be a completely insufferable person to be around for that length of time.
It’s Metallica. Come on.
A very enjoyable project by Metallica. I'm not deep enough into there discovery to know wether it's their best or not. I think it is surely one of the more finer albums the genre has to offer. One is a song for the ages.
Great
Now that I’m older it’s actually decent
Great metal album, One is so good
Really enjoyed this one. Long songs, driving, good sound, and “One”
good album but i wish bass existed
Helped me recover from Run/DMC
I came into this album a rap fan I’ve never really listened to metal music before it I was pleasantly surprised of how much I have enjoyed this album.
4.5 stars
Liked it better than the black album
Metallica truly put the 'h' in thrash metal. My 18-year-old self gave this a 5/5 and played it on repeat. My 51-year-old self loves 'One' but can't keep up with thrash anymore and gives it a 3/5. I'll split the difference and give it a solid 4.
Was expecting to hate it because Metallica, but honestly was quite enjoyable to listen to while working...
Ok prefer the black album
Riffalicous Bass is lost in the mix And justice for jason
"One" of their best.
Hard to find fault with any of the first four Metallica albums, though this one is maybe a little uneven?
I hadn't gotten laid in years, in part because my husband spends all his time in the garage pretending to work on his truck, but actually drinking Bud Lights and (judging by the crumbs in his beard, eating pork rinds). However, after hearing this album on repeat coming from the garage one day he came in sporting a freshly trimmed goatee like he had when we got together and (to use his words) laid down some sweet axe on me like it was the 90s. Thank you, Metallica. 4/5 - I took a star off because I could really have done without his "sexy talk" about how I have more bass than the production on this album.
Still good, production sounds a lot harsher than I remember.
The last great Metallica album imo.
8/10 metallica always slaps
Metallica's last good album.
Long progressive structures in a thrash Metal album can be exhausting.I love Metallica but being the bass mixed low here can result to dryness and always feeling that there's something missing,in contrast to the ambitious,very well played overpowered drums that takes your attention more than it should.The guitars are out of this world but the vocals average (...and anger for all). Funny thing is that i'm hearing the remastered version and still the bass is not enough,at least to me. Favourites: ...And Justice For All, Eye Of The Beholder,genius fade in,interesting drumming with changes of tempos,the guitars again saves the song, One,the best song of this album starts off magically,my favourite,drumming at some point of progression probably immitates shooting-genius-, To Live Is To Die,the guitars shine here from start to finish,my top favourite,i love this even more than One,it's ironic how slower tempos works perfectly with this band,in higher tempos they get lost in monotony at times and in this album in particular. 4/5 because you can't just overlap the insanigly good guitars and drumming(although bit louder mixed than it should).
I was very late jumping on the Metallica bandwagon. When And Justice For All dropped in the late 80’s, I was elbow deep in Classic Rock and the emerging Rap music that was sweeping the country. In short, I never saw this Heavy Metal band coming. It was the early 90’s when I finally listened to this album and I was blown away by the sound. James Hetfield was built for this band and has the perfect voice for this type of music. The guitar riffs on several tracks (specifically on the opening of Blackened) are mesmerizing and at times I think even the drum kit didn’t realize it could be played like that. (I’m looking at you One!). While most of the songs aggressively demand your attention, a few of them are less grabby and simply fill up the album. Overall this was a great listen and I look forward to giving it another go here soon.
My first job was at foodmart, this was one of my go to cassettes when collecting shopping carts in the parking lot. And I'll tell you what, been a bit since I've listened to this one, but holds up nicely. Title track is even more relevant today. I know, where's the bass? Yes, it sucks that they buried it, and it sucks even more how dirty they did Jason Newstead. But thats a different conversation. Justice gives us peak Metallica, they mastered the genre. Plenty of great thrash metal bands, but Metallica had soul and melody, I know...eyes are rolling, but when you look back at the genre it was all very riff heavy, 4:4, fast tempo , band your head throw up the devil horns stuff. Metallica gave all that but they gave us so much more to consider in their music. They weren't guys playing really fast, they were great musicians playing great music fast and heavy Justice will get nothing but love from me. Many great memories and truly a killer album. Some, myself included, consider this their swan song. Metallica evolved after this album, reached amazing heights, and good on them, but this is the last true Metallica album.
No bass
Good but not as fun
Expected this one to wear on me by virtue of being an hour long and famously bass-less, but it's probably my favorite Metallica album on first listen? Nothing really intelligent to say about it, just I like the way the guitar chugs along on it better than on their previous albums.
A classic.
4 stars This is my 2nd Metallica album and I was impressed. I wasn’t sure that I’d like it much but it was legitimately good. A solid record. I don’t remember the whole thing and some parts dragged but all in all it was good. I knew “One” before but the rest was all new. I’ll listen again.
This is actually not my first time listening to metalica, as i listened to 2 other albums being Hardwired and master of puppets the both of them contained songs now in my playlists. My hopes are high dont let me down Not really taking notes since im studying for a math test but so far none of the songs have been bad or boring
Metal rock is not usually my cup of tea but you can’t deny the brilliance behind Metallica. Plus those guitar solos rip
Favorite Track: One
15 years old, It used to be one of my favourite albums. Nowadays I cant stand Metallica.
Liker dette albumet svært godt jevnt over. Noen steder blir det litt synsing (To Live is to Die for eksempel - bra sang men ikke så mye som skjer) og etter en stund begynner det å høres litt likt ut. Men på det beste er dette blandt de aller beste Metallica-albumene. Vil si topp 3 bak MoP og RtL. Tok meg friheten å høre på en versjon hvor bassen var nyinnspillt av fans i ettertid. Basert på det 4. Ellers er dette et så dårlig miksa album at jeg må trekke et poeng bare for det. Edit: Ok, da. Det blir 4.
Great album
Sounds like it's being played through a phone speaker, even when it isn't. It's one of my favourite thrash albums, but definitely not my preferred genre
Great Rock album, with one of the classics One. Just a bit to raw for my favour.
Тот самый альбом, критический, со звуком словно дрелью голову сверлят и с потерянным басом.
The last good Metallica album. After this, they would give production duties to Pop guru, Bob Rock, and shift from being "Metal" to "Arena Rock." This album is tight. A great deal has been made of the fact that Jason Newstead's bass was mixed out of the final product. I think that this make the album sound more aggressive and sharpens its edge. Without the comfort of warm bass tones, the music becomes more urgent and comelling. I've heard the "...And Justice for Jason" mix with the bass restored, and I don't think it's nearly as good as the original. No slight on Newstead...he was great in Flotsam and Jetsam, but his contribution is best left on the cutting room floor here. Hell, even Lars' drums sound really good.
Fuck yeah dude bro, no bass for you. Sick album though. Dildos on drummer something.
Bändi muutti tälle levylle soundia aika reippaasti ja itse en niin paljon tuosta tunkkaisemmasta soundista välitä. Biisit on aiempaa synkempiä ja niissä on enemmän proge-elementtejä, joka on aina plussaa. Biisit on hyvin rakennettu ja löytyy joitain mukaan tempaavia kertsejäkin. Basson kun olisivat vielä laittaneet kuulumaan niin ois ollut kiva, mutta toimii tämä näinkin erittäin hyvin.
Vaikka ei ole Metallic maistunutkaan nyt viimeaikoina, niin onhan tässä nyt pirusti hyviä kappaleita ja nostalgista settiä. Kokonaisuus ei ehkä täydellisessä tasapainossa, mutta yksittäisinä osumina, kappaleet kyllä kovia.
Some incredible riffs. The precision timing and complex song structures are genuinely impressive, but they do get a bit too long at times. The production/mixing is the big story with this album, and it is just a travesty what they did to Jason Newstead with this album. If his bass parts were audible, this could probably be bumped up a whole star.
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It is a very thin mix but it still sounds great. I am a bass player, I've heard "...And Justice for Jason", but this album is still early days of thrash metal and it is a time capsule of ripsaw guitars and snappy drums. That's fine! The opening is a great build-up to what you know is coming: Metallica. Their riff style and solos are so distinctive. Honestly this has some of the better "live" drum sounds I've heard from 80's metal (but I am no expert - just an off the cuff observation). Toms move around in space and there are some great double-kick moments and breakdowns. "Blackened" and "One" are definitely the highlights of the album. "To Live Is To Die" is kind of a hidden gem. The lead sound really comes out of the mix because the rhythm guitar is so high-gain and compressed it almost sounds like a sound effect. Hetfield will always be the riff master, it's crazy. All in all, I definitely enjoyed it and had never listened to the whole record before.
Endelig noe bra musikk hæ. Litt biased her siden Metallica er en av de store fra min ungdomstid, og digger jo det albumet her. Låter som One og Dyers Eve er jo fortsatt absolute bangers. Velger å holde litt igjen og legge meg på en 4/5 siden det er minst tre Metallica album jeg holder høyere enn dette
Klassiker, gledelig gjenhør Overraskende få store hits herfra Elsker One Usikker på om det ville falt i smak om jeg hørte det for første gang nå, er kanskje litt ensformig
Excellent
classic metallica.
7/10
My favorite Metallica album but is to commercial for mo Metallica fans.
Modern fuckery makes for a better appreciation for the lyrics of albums like this.
Classic Metallica album with the classic Metallica sound. While I had heard several of the songs, independently, I hadn't ever listened to the album, as a whole. Overall, this was enjoyable and will get more listens in the future.
This is gonna be another H F’ing Yeah! I think this is my fav Metallica album to be honest, SO GOOD!!
This album was my soundtrack to my walk home from summer school after failing English junior year of high school. The whole year itself was not great, and I finally just let the album in. It was heavy and angry and I needed that at that point. After that summer school phase though, I never really went through a deep dive again of Metallica until my 30s. I went on instead to find other groups and other bands that I followed for 30 years religiously. Listening today I don't feel that angst at all, but listening to the album again I understand the lyrics better and appreciate how tight the instrumentation is, in spite of the bass being kind of hiding in the background of the album. Still, overall a great album from start to finish
Old school Metallica fans may kill me for this, but those guys are militant weirdos so I'll say it: This album is better than Master of Puppets. One is a classic. Metallica fans really do get weirdly aggressive about which are the best Metallica albums, don't they? Anyway, good album. Four stars!
Virtuoso rock, full of energy.
Awesome, loved it.
Like that we used to have 6 or 7 or 9 minute songs. Favorite track: One other picks: blackened, harvester of sorrow
Good all round metal album
Damn....this one brought me back. I haven't listened to it in a long time, but I remember being 13 or 14 and wearing this one out. Listening to all the guitar work over and over. At times it makes me think of classical music.This is one of the albums that really put metal on the map for me.
Great metal album, a little flat sounding with the drums and no bass. But if you are looking to get hyped slap this one on, it will do the trick
Hell yeah, let's go Metallica. I did make the mistake of saying "I'll stay in my car until this songs over" and then had to wait 4 minutes until the song was over 💀.
Metallica pushing themselves to the absolute limit, stretching the boundaries of their playing. Great album, warts and all(the burying of Jason Newstead's bass tracks) and the length of songs which by the bands own admission was maybe too long in some parts. But you got classics on here like Blackened, One, Harvester of Sorrow, the beautiful instrumental To Live is to Die
Favorites: Blackened, One, To Live Is to Die Not as good as Master of Puppets, but still a really great project from Metallica. My main gripe with it however is that some of the songs have nearly a complete lack of bass, which makes them feel sort of empty. Nonetheless, this absolutely rips, and One is a serious contender for the best metal song of all time. 8.5/10
Love metallica, love a lot of songs on this album. But it really is dry sounding without the bass or much low end. Still solid album.
Good album
My middle school boyfriend was a drummer and obsessed with Metallica and I always thought it was heinous that he was a Metallica fan. Maybe I should have just ya know listened to them? (I wouldn’t have been into it the ) This album rocks. Metallica is sick.
Klassikko. Ei kyllä lähellekään Metallican paras levy. 4/5.
This is a lot of fun, a few stand out tracks, but maybe not the consistent level of master. I wasn't that keen on james' vocal in justice the track, but overall I liked it. I read afterwards about how this is the album they turned the bass right down. I can't say I noticed especially but I did notice there was some booming in the drums which might have been because there was a lot of space in those frequencies. It certainly didn't ruin the album for me, but I wonder if this would be marked higher if the bass was also as in your face as the guitars.
Classic metal album, great listen.
love love just kinda gets a lil boring in some parts imo
Iconic. Some songs are a bit to long for me but overall tho album is a banger. Takes me back to my childhood.
The post-Cliff Burton death album. Is it lacking in bass? Yes. I don't blame Newstead for that, though, he got the short end of the stick there. It's metal, it's thrash, but it's very… consistent with not a whole lot of variety (it looped on me and I didn't even realize the album ended). For the era, it was awesome, and it's still worth a listen if you like metal.
Lulls a bit in the middle, but overall it's just a fun metal album and most of the runtime is a thrill
One is one of the best songs of all time but the rest of this is a little one note for me. 3.5 but i'll but it as a 4
If it weren’t for the pointless instrumental I’d give this a 5. One of my favourite Metallica records
Definitely one of their best. “One” is a great song.
Tässä oli vähän vähemmän tutun kuuloista Metallicaa, ja on kyllä tällä artistilta parempiakin levyjä.
Joku tykkää näistä tän levyn miksauksista mu mulle varsinkin rummut jotenki liian pinnassa, sähköset. Rosoa lisää Hyviä riffejä kuten aina...
4/5. This freakin' rocks. It's like they took the concept of Master of Reality by Sabbath with multiple riffs, and doubled the length of each song. They bring it all the way up and the guitar and drums are doing the heavy lifting here. The bass is severely missing from the mix and although that does make the listening experience less enjoyable, the album as a whole is banger after banger. This definitely felt more technically impressive than lyrically, but it was still a good time. I wouldn't say it's perfect, as some tracks do sound the same, but it was still great. Best Song: One, Eye Of The Beholder, To Live Is To Die, Harvester Of Sorrow
Yay for metal
good shit
Not as good as master of puppets
Everyone knows One and maybe ...Nnd justice for all but this album as much more than those 2.
Favorites: harvester of sorrow, frayed edges of sanity. Overall, goes hard. Pretty solid sound, though I was a little surprised how similar it sounded to Death Magnetic given that the albums released like twenty years apart. Still good. 8/10, 4 stars.
Ongeveer de blauwdruk van Metallica's sound. Het is niet mijn genre, maar dit zit natuurlijk uitstekend in elkaar. Dat geluid van die gitaren dondert echt over je heen en de vocalen voelen als windkracht 12. En "One" was echt ronduit beangstigend voor me toen ik de videoclip ervan zag op 6-jarige leeftijd. Qua "ballads" een veel beter alternatief voor "Nothing Else Matters" wat mij betreft.
Box standard thrashy metal.
I finally understand Beavis and Butthead now... This RULES. A metal symphony! Half a point off because it really is long. But I enjoyed this! 3.5
was good actually sick cover art too
One of the things I remember about this album was looking up the remastered version on youtube where someone had really kicked up the bass in the mix so it sounded way better than on the original. It's a common complaint that you can't really hear Cliff's bass on the album despite him being universally recognised as an amazing player. Spent a fair amount of time playing along to this one too learning the riffs from Blackened I think the first song I heard off this album was when I was watching Kerrang TV in the 2000s and the video for One was playing on there fairly regularly. Telling the story of a soldier who's left blind mute and paralysed. The video was cut with clips from a movie that, and it was pretty scary at the end, really haunting when the soldier is asking to be killed in Morse code.
Go with 3 or 4 out of 5
Absolute banger of an album though it is probably too long and a little too much of the same dynamic. Still, that dynamic consistently works and produces some combustible playing and great songs. "One" is an all time great song and others like "Eye of the Beholder" and "Blackened" are fantastic as well. I like the classical guitar interludes of "To Live is to Die" as well. Docked a star because it is too much of a good thing.
Badass 8/10 great rock
Just a good metal album I probably should have gave master of puppets a 5 by the way but it’s too late now
While metal is a genre I typically don’t enjoy, this is the second album in a couple of weeks that has me reassessing that thought. I truly did not expect to like this album, aside from the song “One” which I know and figured was an outlier. Reading about this album, with words like “brutal” used to describe it, made me very apprehensive. But I liked it. I don’t care for Lars’ drumming overall, but the rest is quite good. A four star record.
It is a shame about the mixing, because I feel that this is just one special sauce from being truly bone-shattering
Very good album held back by weird production choices. The drum tone is very dull. Usually want some pummeling drums in thrash metal and these are not hitting except for some of the double bass drum parts. Also wish you could hear the bass at all. And at 65 minutes, I feel like they could've tightened it up a bit. Still a very enjoyable listen
The first CD I ever owned. One, still love it.
This is talent, you can feel the synergy between instruments and the songs flow nicely
Phenomenal album, perfect example of talent, creativity and execution. One is a brilliant song, it only missed out on a 5 because as good as the album was, it didn't speak to me personally.
The last round of the prog style Metallica. Cliff's influence is sorely missed. It's no surprise that there's so little audible bass on this record. Cliff was a hard act to follow! Still, Blackened and One are among the best of the pack of Metallica songs.
The One music video is still in my head after all these years. The rest sort of sounded like generic Metallica. 4* Highlights: one
Nice
Surprisingly good. For a metal band
One of the best Metallica albums there is tbh
I hadn't heard most of this album before but it features a lot of the Metallica you know and love. Heavy chugging riffs, tight composition, great dynamic range. One is an all-timer of course
the best songs: -one -to live is to die overall rate 2.5
--Blackened...pretty awesome --...And Justice for All...not impressed with the first few minutes. but it ultimately rocks --Eye of the Beholder...it's fine. James Hetfield starts to drift into parody of himself --One...nice change of pace but the lack of bass is really evident here. Great guitar solo at the end --The Shortest Straw...\m/\m/\m/ --Harvester of Sorrow...weaker than earlier tracks but still a headbanger --The Frayed Ends of Sanity...didn't care for the first half. Second half fux --To Live is to Die...the longest track and the least interesting --Dyers Eve...technically impressive. Just okay as a song. Confusing ending
Rocks.
Strong 4.5 stars
A classic. Technical but kinda raw. Metal but still melodic in a way.
Bueno. Siempre defenderé que es el tercer mejor álbum de Metallica.
This album is amazing. Clif dies in a bus accident, so they hire Jason to play bass. It goes on to get them radioplay with One, win all kinds of awards, well except that grammy. They were robbed that year and I'm a Jethro Tull fan. Then they tour the world on it, and after they make the Black album. Completely changing their sound. So this album is the end of phase one and the beginning of phase two for Metallica. The lyrical side is great, musically it's just so dense with riffs it's wild. Every song has huge sections that make you want to learn guitar. The solos are tight. The only issue there is they decided to mess with the new guy Jason and turned down the bass in damn near all the tracks. The album suffers from this. When I want to listen to this I always have to adjust the eq far more than other Metallica albums, well except Death Magnetic. It's a great album that I wish they would remix. Great album, historic as far as music goes, one of the the best trash metal albums around.
pretty cliched and his vocals-AH are really annoying-AH but things that become cliche were usually good till everyone got fed up of them. some great music and technique but mostly sounds really thin and overproduced. felt quite jarring when 'one' popped up, which stands head and shoulders above the other tracks
Banger! Ikke alle låter som er like fete og 9 minutter låter er litt slitsomt når de ikke alltid treffer. Meeeeen, all in all very good very nice.
I'm not sure I realized how bright the recording/engineering on this album was. The slappy attack on the bass drum kick that is almost snare like. I'd like to hear this on vinyl to hear how much of this is digital artifacts vs how they intended their sound. Anyway, honestly not feeling this aged as well as I'd have expected. I was expecting a solid 5, finding only a middling 3 as it drones on. "One" stands out with such an unbelievable intro and build, with "Shortest Straw" kicking hard right after. OK, the second half has been better than the first and it's creeping up to 4 with 3 tracks remaining. But alas it has ended as it began with "To Live Is To Die" being a bit of musical masturbation that lost my interest. At least it left on a high note with Dyers Eve.
Classic
Not my fav BUT I can recognize genre greatness when I hear it
Killer album but the production really brings this album down. Probably one of my least favorite Metallica albums because of how it was recorded. (Second to you know what.)
Very good
pretty damn good
Excellent Album, but just not the same after Cliff died. He was the heart and sole of the band.
I have to say, I've never been a big Metallica fan, that's for sure. On the other hand, this album has always been my favorite Metallica album. It's the most progressive album of theirs, it's really really pleasant with some classic songs and my favorites from the band. The only issue is of course the lack of bass, obviously - it's diabolical. But well, to be honest, I can't deny how influential Metallica always was and how much impact on metal music that I love they had. Add that to the fact that this list doesn't have that huge of a competition of my actually favorite albums besides a few, I might aswell rate this one like that...
Long time Metallica fan and just recently discovered that since this was Jason Newstead's first record and the first record since the Cliff Burton's passing, the rest of the band mixed the bass way down so it's barely audible. This used to be my favorite Metallica record but I have to dock it a star for that.
Shortest Straw, Challenge Liberty 1001 Albums Generator 62 (06/27/2025) Metallica at their most progressive and technical. At least 3 absolute all time classics on here in Blackened, ...And Justice For All, and One. Harvester of Sorrow has always been a favorite of mine as well. Favs: Blackened ...And Justice For All Harvester Of Sorrow Least Fav: To Live Is To Die
Lars hates bass
I'm not a huge fan of metal but I did enjoy To Live Is To Die.
Kind of ok. Hardcore
One was my mom’s favorite Metallica song. The album holds up very well.
listened to before
Classic! One is 👌
I love this album cause listen to it as a kid on loop. Being a bit more objective the melodies are very similar in a lot of the songs and too many instrumental pieces that makes it seem less hardcore than it was when I was a kid. Not a perfect album like I remembered.
This is definitely not as great of a Metallica album as their other ones that we've had on here - the songs sound great, and I wish we could give half ratings, so I would give this 3.5 stars but I've been rounding things down. Their solos are great, so despite the meh overall vibes, I would say that this would maybe get a 4, even though I think I rated the other albums 4s because they were not absolutely perfect.
To paraphrase The Onion: Humanity still producing new arts as though Metallica’s ‘...And Just for All’ doesn’t already exist
The last Metallica album worth listening to. Maybe there was still some Cliff Burton magic left for this one. Somehow the weird bassless mix works as kind of a tribute to Cliff.
Blackened One And Justice for all Frayed ends of sanity Dyers Eve
Ik heb hier al drie Mutallikuhhhh albums gehad en bij deze vierde begin ik te denken dat ze misschien iets te vaak in deze lijst staan. Zou het voor deze lijst niet beter zijn om één van de Metallica albums te vervangen door iets van Dying Fetus of Cannibal Corpse ofzo? Even de rafelige randjes van het genre aftasten i.p.v. nog meer James Hetfield speelt James Hetfield? Aan de andere kant heb ik het eigenlijk elke keer verrassend naar m'n zin gehad met hun albums en ook deze keer is dat weer het geval. Meer dan ik zou hebben met die teringherriebands die ik hierboven noem, dus we kunnen het oom Robert niet volledig kwalijk nemen dat hij hiervoor kiest. Soms is de boel wat overdreven langgerekt, maar ondanks dat vind ik dit geen vervelende huiswerkopdracht. Ik mis wel wat herkenbare nummers, op het fantatische 'One' na natuurlijk. One is het overduidelijke hoogtepunt dus daarna wordt het bij zo'n album automatisch een beetje uitzitten geblazen. Toch houden ze de boel tot aan het einde keurig bij elkaar. Ik geef 4 sterren, al heb ik na dit uur m'n portie Metallica wel weer gehad voor de komende paar weken.
i'm still a bit new to metal as a whole and still finding my footing in an appreciation for the genre. i am finding i like metallica (hot take, i know) but i think between this album and my previous listens, this one ends up more in the middle. the musicianship is great and i like the vocals well enough, but the songs here did not grip me as much as others. i still enjoyed it to a certain extent, but it didn't wow me as much as 'master of puppets' did, for example. not bad! just not my favorite either.
Metallica's Black Album received a lot of flak when it was released because it featured a more "watered-down" Metallica sound that went away from the thrash roots they once had. I can see that argument. The Black Album was also a gateway drug for others to get into Metallica's back catalog and that holds true for me. Without the Black Album, I probably would not be as familiar with ...And Justice for All and Master of Puppets. I call this Jam Thrash Metal because it often feels like they are just jamming at times and the song lengths reflect that. One and Eye of the Beholder are two of my favorite songs on here and One may be my favorite Metallica song overall. ...And Justice for All does get a bit lengthy towards the end which is why I probably can't give it five stars but it's been on my personal playlist for a while now and will continue to be there.
‘TALLICA RULZ!!!!!
Metallica’s final thrash album. The songs are great, the production is okay. It’s a still a good workout album that I revisit often.
One is an epic tune
Great riffs, syncopation. Good era for metal.
Good.
I think a 3.5 would be pretty bassed.
From the surface, I thought of Metallica as a talented band that played music that I wasn't so interested in. Thrash metal always sacrificed depth for intensity in my opinion, but I think I've come to be fairly surprised. This album has plenty of depth in its composition which was great to hear. I hear slices of other works that I've heard in the past. King Crimson, Rush, early Phish and Slint to name a few. The real highlights of this album had me deeply engaged into what they offered. For one thing, hearing different time signatures and complex moments during songs had me interested from the get go. I'm a sucker for that showing of band chemistry. There's a mixture of impressive and beautiful moments (the tribute to Cliff Burton near the end). And then there's the lack of bass and some "ok" songs down the line, but I think the good overshadows the bad here. I don't know if I will return to this project in a full listen again but now I know that Metallica isn't all speed and fingers. There's something here to appreciate, but I haven't heard it all yet (Master, Ride). (Blackened, And Justice For All, One, The Frayed End, To Live Is To Die, Dyers Eve, 7/10, 4/5 on this scale)
The last time Metallica actually made something that was worth listening to. I like the technicality here and the album feels pretty consistent in general. I do think "One" is a bit overrated. Lyrically it's great but musically it's lacking 8/10 Favourite: Blackened Least Favourite: The Frayed Ends of Sanity
The final album of Metallica's golden era succeeds in spite of itself. The band moves away from the verse-chorus-verse song structure of previous albums in favor of longer songs with less singing and more intricate time signatures and playing styles. It's not my favorite Metallica, but it's a solid release, and I'd be lying if I didn't catch myself humming "...And Justice For All" at work, but the lack of Cliff Burton (and any audible bass in general) leads to a diminished sound. Edit: I've been listening to this more and I don't know why I didn't just give it a 4. 80's Metallica rules
This album is the sound of Metallica pushing themselves to the brink structurally complex, brutally cold, and unapologetically heavy. It’s also the last time they really earned the “metal” in their name before things got, well, lets just say radio-friendly. There’s an urgency and anger running through these tracks, from the relentless gallop of Blackened to the towering, doom-laden sprawl of One, all held together by relentless riffing, labyrinthine arrangements, and the kind of songwriting that dares you to keep up. The production is shocking though the infamous near-absence of Jason Newsted’s bass still raises eyebrows (or blood pressure), and Lars Ulrich’s drums sound like someone hitting a wet cardboard box. But somehow, that dry, abrasive sound suits the atmosphere: there’s no warmth here, just machinery grinding through themes of corruption, control, and the breakdown of justice itself. The title track and Dyers Eve in particular stand out as brutal showcases of technical thrash, loaded with vitriol and precision. It may not be their most accessible album, but it’s arguably their most ambitious. You can feel the band teetering on the edge of collapse under the weight of their own intensity and that’s what makes it so captivating. After this, the sharp edges start to smooth out, and Metallica shifts into stadium-rock territory. But here, they’re still snarling, still complex, still uncompromising. The last truly great Metallica metal album before they start to suck and their “rock band” era begins.
Never known much about Metallica but know they are very popular. A sound ahead of it's time. I get the hype. Listening to them as I continued cleaning my shed on a cold, rainy winters night.
I think what this list is doing to me is mostly showing me a bunch of stuff that I rate 3 and that ends up pushing me to want to rate the few albums that do stand out 5 just because they are a breath of air. This is one of them... I don't think this is a 5/5 album, but I still had the impulse to give it a 5 anyway Standouts One The Shortest Straw Harvester Of Sorrow 4/5
4.7
Enjoyed it more than I thought. Sounded kind of flat though.
Everytime I listen to Metallica, I like them more. This album did not disappoint.
Seeing that it was a metallica album I was expecting to like it more than the two I've heard so far, and I was right. This is the first one I felt so far of actually wanting to listen to the whole thing, which i did. I felt that the songs were more interesting than the ones of the other albums but on this album the songs are a little too long and drawn out for me to want to add them to my playlist. I'm being serious when I say that it is very pleasant. 7/10
Metallica has taken soul taken my hearing taken my heart taken my penis left me in a world of pain
YEYEYEEAHAHHHHOHHHHHHHWWOOOAOIIIIHHHHHHH WOMMAAANNNNN Where's the bass??? Has anyone seen the bass??? Where's the confounded bass??
Good gym music but songs r too long
Justice for Metallica v napster
Was teetering towards a 3/5 in the middle, but the last 2 tracks really fuck. Ez 4/5
I mean come on... it's Metallica! Not their best album, but still. 4/5
Nice, high 4
Wonderful commentary on the state of the US and still unfortunately quite relevant almost 40 years later. If I ever want to just be angry about the injustice in the US I often go to this album.
4 stars because "To Live is To Die".
One has got to be one of the best songs OAT. Wasn’t familiar with the rest of the album but it’s awesome metallica rocks
Crappy mix, but a solid metal album.
would have been a 5 but the instrumental breaks were a bit long for my taste
I think Master of Puppets is a better album, but then again that album doesn't have "One"
Just great!
A good One 7/10
Pleasant surprise, really enjoyable
classic
This album jumps out to a hot start with a great speedy shredder of a track in Blackened and does not look back for the next hour. James' vocals blend the perfect balance of yelling, singing, and riding the rhythm. With a new bassist having to fill some very big shoes, Jason Nested did a great job in hold his own in his first of many Metallica albums. The long tracks might be the one downside of this album, but also a reason it is so amazing. James and Lars wanted to take their catalog to the next level and create a album with so much range and complexity. In one song you can have 3-4 small songs happening with different tempos and and several different guitar riffs. It makes for an epic run of thrashing. This is not Metallica's best album and neither is it perfect, but it is a great progression of the bands music as they go on to create great music for the next 30+ years after this album. 9.0/10 #27/1001
This would be an easy five if the mix wasn't total butts and maybe 10 minutes were cut from some of the crushingly long songs.
As a huge Metallica fan in my youth, it’s fun to see them on this list. They are one of the most influential bands for young musicians because their music sounds cool, and it’s easy to learn to play, no matter the instrument. That’s not to say their music is simple, it’s just easier for those learning an instrument to try and learn. Listening to this album now, I realize that Metallica is the Weezer of metal. Easily approachable and fun to listen to.
Easily one of my top 5 albums by The Metal Lickers. Aside from the famously bad production and poor treatment of Jason Newsted (from Battle Creek) this album fucking RIPS. Just aggressive thrash front to back. Very nostalgic for me because I remember listening to this with Dan Caroll while fishing in my backyard. Anyway if this had proper bass on it I think this would be their best album. 4
I was thinking for a second that since I don't love thrash and I haven't heard Metallica in forever, I would not be into this album anymore, even if 15 y/o me had this as my favorite (warts and all). I'm happy that it turned out to be as enjoyable as I remember if not more, which is always a pleasant feeling, not just the validation that your kid self was onto something but also appreciating the parts of this album that work so well that they genuinely make up for the extremely uneven mix with extremely loud drums and guitar and almost non existent bass (which is a meme by now), these problems are apparent and it does hinder some tracks (Blackened ESPECIALLY sounds hollow without a louder bass), the thin sound can be a disappointing when you wanna hear some good and muscular metal; yet, I think they managed to pull so many creative riffs and construct long songs that don't feel like a chore to listen to, like seriously the title track is so catchy with that descending guitar riff in the bridge and the way James sings the chorus just gets stuck in my head. An absolutely messy album but feels like it manages to still be worth all the while (if a little long)
gostei mais do que achei que gostaria!
My first Metallica exposure was “One”.
Blackened and ...And Justice for All have some pretty good riffs. One is an awesome classic. The Shortest Straw is stupid. The Frayed Ends of Sanity has some nice guitar work. To Live is To Die as well, with a kind of cool classic guitar section fade out and fade back in at the end. Dyers Eve is a good upbeat closer. Could use some better production for a 1988 album, it was a bit tinny sounding with little dynamic, Iron Maiden has albums 5 years prior that sound better. Overall pretty good, most songs were enjoyable but most of the album sounded about the same.
8/10 I can't apologize for liking metallica. I want to. I want to think its repetitive and stupid noise. but I can't. I like it. damn you nostalgia. 4-14-2025
This has obvious quality. The musicianship is sky high, there is real light and shade which can be rare for this music and there is actual tunes and hooks to keep me engaged. It really merits its place on this list and the the high water mark for heavy rock. Its not my thing, but i appreciate it.
Sorry guys, I love this shit 🤷🏻♀️
good metalica era for sure
I am a “First Four” purist and love this album. Metallica was my first real concert at 14, with friends and without parents, thus sealing a special place in my heart. Thanks mom and dad for somehow letting that happen. They were touring the Black Album at that time and I knew every riff and line of every album up to that point. The set list was amazing, including their Justice Medley and One as a standalone encore track. Too many years later, I can still imagine the feeling of the pyro hitting my body. Pure magic. Fun fact: One of the dudes behind me pissed himself, and it was early in the show. Mixed with that love of AJFA though is also a healthy helping of disgust. The production, while still not the worst in their catalogue (St. Anger is the king of the trash pile), is still an absolute and objective embarrassment. They have gone on record with some pretty weak explanations around the stripping of the bass from the album (we were tired, our ears were wrecked from tour, the guitar was super scooped so they had to turn it up, the bass tracks are similar to the guitar tracks so turn them down), all the while stating the intention wasn’t to fuck over Newsted. All of this comes across as disingenuous and unprofessional given the ability to successfully compose and participate in the production of RTL and MOP. These accounts are also contradicted by engineers and producers working on the project who note the omission was very much purposeful, to the point where one of the engineers wanted his name removed from the project because he knew he was going to suffer for it. Also of note is that Newsted basically recorded his parts in isolation. No feedback on structure or sound from the band. Just him and his engineer trying to make it work. It is hard to believe that grief and hazing might make it to the final mix of a record of this calibre, but here we are. The composition is tight, the execution is great, the final mix is lacking, and it is gross. If you are so inclined, you can listen to a version of “And Justice for Jason” on youtube or Sound Cloud. I also would not categorize that as a perfect mix as it is slightly too bass forward at times and the tone could use a tweak, but man, what a difference. Much more full and powerful. Give it a go. All that said, the bass shenanigans aside, monumental as they are, are still not enough to tank a masterpiece of an album that will deservedly go down as one of the best of the genre. 10/10 would complain again.
Cold, oppressive, intelligent and tight as all fuk - this is when Metallica were old enough to be world weary but still young enough to be furious. It's a great album, seeing Metallica at their most expansive and proggiest with the overly clean production (debated to death!) underlining the deliberately technical music - a definite contrast to the wilder and more organic edge to the previous albums (which are also terribly mixed for bass!) and that distinct vibe means it ends up as a lot of people's favourite Metallica album. For me, I miss the wildness and variety of the Cliff records (always loved Jason though!) as this one has too many songs which sound similar and it drags on a bit too long. Favourite tracks: Blackened, One, Eye of the Beholder, To Live is to Die, Dyers Eve
# Album Name: And just for all # Artist: Metallica # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: A very solid 4. The quality of the band and tracks on this album is good. One being the stand out track. Theres something missing from the album. Its not on the same level as the black album but a good listen. Biggest downside if the length of some tracks. # Top Tunes: One # Would I listen to it again? Yes
I have always loved this album, and it is always my favourite Metallica album... it's missing some bass, but it's just a great album.
Classic. Fantastic. Not the best but pretty dang good
Very good. It could be great if the bass had been mixed properly. The guitar tones are great, and Kirk Hammet did very good solos.
Maybe an odd compliment but I love how abruptly the first track breaks to nothing. I like the "soft" moments, like the initial riff of ...And Justice for All. And One - I always liked that track. I can really see how you might love this album. But it falls into that sort of not for me category. Too heavy mostly. Fave Tracks: One, To Live is to Die 3.6/5
People think the mix is crap. I think it’s kind of fitting. Not much bass at all, but it gives the riffs a specific 80’s metal feel.
meh
De momento lo mejor que he oído de Metallica en general, muy agradable pese a su duración. La verdad que no me importaría en un futuro volver a escucharlo porque puede que mejore la nota. Canción destacada: Blackened
Favourites: Blackened, Eye of the Beholder, One, To Live is to Die
Geez. Metallica is mesmerizing! I just wouldn’t turn it. But when it was on I was not mad
4/5
I don’t listen to Metallica as much as I used to, but to be honest I don’t think I’ve ever heard this album all the way through. Solid Metallica album, heavy great, riffs, but also there was a lot of weird things going on with added instrumental sections and what not? I’ll need to revisit Metallica more. Probably a 3.6/5.
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Another great album by the band, the culmination of the "thrash era" and rightfully so. Setting aside the obvious drawback of the bad mix, which features no bass, this is a solid album throughout. Highlights of the album are, as usual for the band, the riff galore, great lyrical themes, technical precision and advanced song structures. The band lean more towards the thrash side on this album, there are still prog elements, but they are not as prominent as on Master of Puppets. It would be a shame not to mention One, which is one of the best metal songs of all time, gives me the chills every time. To anyone who loved the song I recommend the movie Johnny Got His Gun from 1971, which talks about the soldier who was the inspiration for the song One, that is some dark and disturbing stuff. It's a real shame the internal quarrels got in the way of the music and Jason's bass was removed as a result, because of primadona Lars. There are versions online which add the bass back and the album, of course, feels more alive and natural, and less hollow and artificial. Although, I have to admit, the lack of bass gives the album this robot-like feel and precision. Considered to drop this to a 3 star because of the bass/mastering issues, but leaving it at a 4.
Man, this is a tough one. I love Metallica and had this album on repeat. But I’m stuck between a 4 and a 5 (probably another example of a 10 point scale helping with some of the nuance). Let’s go with 4.5 and round down. Great album but just doesn’t tip the scale for me.