Yeahtoast: Metallica albums ranked

americanmusicmachine 03.23.10	band's better than metallica.
jesusjuice1179 03.23.10	i could go for some clams right now...
Yeahtoast 03.23.10	Your mother was better than Metallica :)
DoubtGin 03.23.10	nice ranking.. agreeing with it.
Yeahtoast 03.23.10	Really Gin? I think St. Anger is widely regarded as Metallica's worst work, but I get more out of it than Load.
Yeahtoast 03.23.10	Btw, feel free to completely disagree - I like all albums by Metallica a great deal
thischarmingman 03.24.10	hmmm i would put master of puppets ahead of ride the lightning now to be totaly honest.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	It was a really hard decision that one! I'll probably be swapping those in a month or so :P
BigHans 03.24.10	Load destroys ReLoad. Aside from St Anger and ReLoad Metallica rapes.
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	my ranking kill em all ride the lightning and justice for all master of puppets load black album reload death magnetic st. anger
Baphomet 03.24.10	swap 1 for 2 and we hav oirselves a deal. and I agree, Load is by far the worst metallica album.
Inveigh 03.24.10	what BigHans said. Good list though. I'd go: Master of Puppets Ride the Lightning Death Magnetic Black Album Load ...And Justice For All Kill 'Em All ReLoad St. Anger #'s 2-5 (on my list) are constantly rotating for me though.
BigHans 03.24.10	From one of the biggest Metallica fanboys in history, me: Puppets - slightly edges out Lightning due to greater melodic sensabilities, and not a second of filler Lightning: Has more stone cold classic Metallica tracks than any other album, a few weak tracks Justice: Could use more bass and plods a little but the riffs are enormous and contains two of their best songs ever in Harvester of Sorrow and Blackened Black: Got me into Metal Load: Nostalgic album for me, isn't nearly as bad as people think Death Magnetic: Love half of it, the other half is pretty awful ReLoad: Atrocious album aside from Low Man's Lyric and Prince Charming St. Anger: I try to pretend it never happened.
supertouchox2 03.24.10	and justice. . . kill em all master of puppets. ride the lightning done.
AnotherBrick1 03.24.10	4 would be my favorite
Skybreaker 03.24.10	DM better than Kill 'Em All? Hmm.
BigHans 03.24.10	Fuck, forgot to include Kill Em All. Puppets Lightning Justice Black Kill Load Magnetic ReLoad Anger
AnotherBrick1 03.24.10	uh oh! biggest metallica fanboy forgetting an album!
BigHans 03.24.10	I know, damn bass came around corner and I was in a hurry. If Garage Inc could be counted for the list, it might go right behind Justice and ahead of Black. Album rules.
Sowing 03.24.10	right on. wouldn't change a thing about this list.
Inveigh 03.24.10	BOTH discs of Garage, Inc rule, don't care what anyone says about disc 1. Sabra Cadabra, Die Die My Darling, (especially) Mercyful Fate, Whiskey In the Jar and Astronomy straight-up OWN. So does Loverman. Disc 2 is still slightly better though.
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	for me, i dunno, kill em all is orb my fav album by them. the songwriting is good and catchy and it had its fair share of epics(anesthesia, the four horsemen) and master of puppets had the absolute crappy track known as welcome home(sanitarium). i hate that song
Inveigh 03.24.10	^I love that song. By no means the best on the album, but I still like it quite a bit.
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	sanitarium just sounds like a heavy attempt at boring, by-the-numbers ballad to me
Phrike 03.24.10	2 1 3 9 4 6 5 7 8 But thanks for trying
EnricoPalazzo 03.24.10	Get 6, 1, 2, and 3 The rest all suck majorly.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	OH DEAR! Sanitarium - one of my all time favourite Metallica songs. SO surprised when they pulled it out 4th song on the set list in 2008! No, I have to disagree completely. Load is by far the most boring album by this amazing band. At least Stanger (that's right, I made it into one word) had a bit of fight and aggression to it, it's what I liked about it. Not lazy as the last few releases were. Load in particular. ReLoad had some crackin' songs.
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	master of puppets is good, just not sanitarium. oh and reload and load should have been merged into one album with only the n=best songs taken and put on there
thischarmingman 03.24.10	load sucked worse than st. anger. i agree with yeahtoast! puppets first though. no fillers. full of passion. its a classic album!
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Yeah that would've been a much better idea. But Sanitarium rules for me
Ire 03.24.10	MoP 4 RtL 3.5 Kill 3.5 Death Magnetic 3.0 the rest can be forgotten imo
EnricoPalazzo 03.24.10	Welcome Home is their best song imo.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	I would have to say it's one of mine as well Enrico. Top 3 definitely
EnricoPalazzo 03.24.10	Three best: Welcome Home The Four Horsemen Orion
Inveigh 03.24.10	Fade To Black Battery Bleeding Me but it's so hard to choose. Dyer's Eve, Fixxxer, My Friend of Misery, Creeping Death, Disposable Heroes, Hit the Lights, Broken Beat & Scarred and Blackened could all make a case to be in my top three as well.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Hmmm mine would be: Welcome Home Master Of Puppets For Whom The Bell Tolls probably!
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Broken Beat & Scarred was definitely the best off the new un
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	my 3 fav metallicsa songs the four horsemen for whom the bell tolls orion/metal militia tie
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Orion is unreal. Bass solos ftw!
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	primus bass solos are better. claypool auditioned for mtallica around 86 but they told him he was too good
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Well, I'd expect a band who have lead bass to have pretty good bass solos
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	just imagine if les claypool were in metallica do you think their sound would have been better?
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	No? Primus are not thrash metal. Their sound would've been different. He might've fit in with the not so good 90s albums but neh
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	primus are funk metal with thrash, blues,jazz and psychedelia influences. frizzle fry had the most thrash influence
DoubtGin 03.24.10	^--- huh? noones talkin about Primus, its Les Claypool I guess the album he'd be in would be pretty dope, but he'd quit soon after I think.. ego!
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	How did we get onto Primus?
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	you mentioned bass solos, i brought up how les claypool has better bass solos AND how claypool of PRIMUS auditioned for metallica
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Oh yeah. As I said I'd expect a band who play lead bass to have good solos. He really doesn't fit with Metallica though
LepreCon 03.24.10	2, 1, 3, 6, 5, 4, 8, 9, 7 ^ That would how my list would go, best to worst
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	^ Yeeeah, not a bad order at all!
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	how i would change metallica james hetfield-vocals, rhythm guitar alex skolnick(testament)-lead guitar robert trujilo-bass gene hoglan(death angel,death)-drums death angel is a thrash band in case you didnt know
Brylawski 03.24.10	i used to own every metallica album but sold em all except for 1, 2 and 3
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	If it ain't broke don't fix it :)
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Those are definitely the three I'd keep too!
Urinetrouble 03.24.10	lars ulrich cant drum. period. kirk hammett, whilst a pretty good guitarist, hits the damn wah pedal too much and plays too many pentatonic scales. alex skolnick is better and cleaner
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Lars might be a dick but he's the shit on drums
jesusjuice1179 03.24.10	Being a drummer myself, beginner mind you, Lars knows his way around a kit, but I could play most of the beats in Metallica songs, I think he gets more credit than due simply because he's a douche
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	I disagree thinking completely the opposite. Why would people who think he's a douche say he's a good drummer JUST cause he's a douche....doesn't make much sense lol. I think you mean he gets more publicity? Definitely. I for one think he is a MAJOR douche! Don't like the man, never have, never will. Still - he IS a great drummer. He's sold over a hundred million albums he must be doing something right.
jesusjuice1179 03.24.10	the BAND has sold over a hundred million albums, not just Lars, and yes I do mean he gets more publicity cuz he's a douche, which in turn leads to people saying he's a good drummer
ShadowRemains 03.24.10	Sanitarium kicks The Thing That Should Not Be's ass all over the ballpark. I'd change up 4, 5, 6 in some way like this...Kill, Death Magnetic, Black Album. I cant decide between 1 and 2. There both masterpieces.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Lars is in the band and deserves credit for his contributions. He's always put in a solid performance even through their dodgy 90s phase. And dude, to me that makes no sense! If I were to call you a dousche right now, I would not under any circumstances consider calling you a good drummer unless i KNEW this for a fact. Which I don't. I'm not taking a stab or anything just making an example k :)
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Yeah 1 and 2, there's nothing between them for me. I just went with the one I listen to more often!
jesusjuice1179 03.24.10	but to people who don't listen to music of any technical skill, such as Duran Duran(just to give you an example of the time), the fact that they heard of him because he was a douche would cause them to listen to the band, and they, him being miles ahead of the drivel that they listen to, would assume that he's one of the greatest drummers in the world, even though nowadays there are far better drummers out there I guess for his time he was a great drummer, but now he's above average at best, plus he's getting up there so he can't really keep up with the fast paced stuff anymore
EnricoPalazzo 03.24.10	"Being a drummer myself, beginner mind you, Lars knows his way around a kit" "I guess for his time he was a great drummer" For just his contemporaries for that time period: Dave Lombardo (my gf's dad sold him a car once, pretty cool) Ted Kirkpatrick Insert any of the other big four drummers here, including Testament's The guy is completely average.
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Thay're ALL getting up there. They're all amazing musicians in their own right. Dave Lombardo is not a great drummer. Not anymore
ShadowRemains 03.24.10	Dave Lombardo is a master behind the kit, no doubt about it
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	And songs such as One, Disposable Heroes are great displays of Lars' talent
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Disagree D:
jesusjuice1179 03.24.10	well Enrico you ignored the rest of comment, i agree with you, but you have to look at it like this most people weren't listening to the big four back then, they really got popular when Metallica released the Black Album, most people listened to hair metal(Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, etc.) and pop like Duran Duran, so when they heard the black album, they thought it was immensely skilled, far more so than any other drummer they had ever heard. I think he is an above average drummer at best, but he's no Moe Carlson(he's the drummer for Protest The Hero)
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	Moe Carlson..he's no Max Duhamel
Ire 03.24.10	how would i change metallica? Lars - Vocals and guitar Lars - Lead Guitar Lars - Bass Lars - Trashcanz
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	^ LOL! We have a Lars fan in the hizzy!
Ire 03.24.10	lol My friends at school are huge metallica fans and jizz over how awesome Lars is. "dude, lars vs neil peart" somehow lars wins every time
Yeahtoast 03.24.10	LOL! Can't we make a band with both of them? I don't wanna pick just one XD
NeutralThunder12 03.25.10	Lars himself is not a great drummer. Hammet isn;t a GREAT guitar player. But you know what? Metallica influenced too many bands to be forgotten, whilst Megadeth had the more technical approach and better guitar work, Metallica's song structures and diversity make them the best band of the 80's. And even though Hammet isn't particularly fantastic, he's still one of my personal favorite guitar players, EVER, because of his energy, his original style, and the way he pieced riffs together. They are not as TALENTED technically, as bands like Megadeth or Dream Theater, but they are fantastically diverse, their song structures/lyrics were brilliant, and they still are influencing people today. they are my favorite band, despite how bad they are now (besides Death Magnetic). Bottom line. They are not overrated in any way.
NeutralThunder12 03.25.10	Oh and on the Neil Peart thing... Peart is WAY better. But again, Lars WROTE fantastic drum lines, like the ones in the title track from "...And justice for All" and he was one of the first drummers to use the double pedal as he did. None are fantastic musicians technically, but in terms of songwriting, originality and influence? They are one of the best EVER.
Yeahtoast 03.25.10	^ good summary :) And yus, let's hope the next one is as good as Death Magnetic, better even!
EnricoPalazzo 03.25.10	Ahem: LARS SUCKS Even comparatively in his own time and in his own genre he was average. Ted Kirkpatrick = best metal drummer ever
Baphomet 03.25.10	hey, enrico! Brann Dailor and Blake Richardson would like to gave a word with you.
supertouchox2 03.25.10	any argument over lars's drumming got stale years ago.
EnricoPalazzo 03.25.10	have* ;)
supertouchox2 03.25.10	dan foord is a damn near perfect metal drummer. js
Baphomet 03.25.10	damm typos!
jesusjuice1179 03.25.10	Keith moon trumps all!!
EnricoPalazzo 03.25.10	Except that he wasn't terribly amazing nor in the genre of metal.
Yeahtoast 03.25.10	Ugh, Mastodon...no
Yeahtoast 03.25.10	Awful live as well Mastodon