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Futures
Contributing Reviewer
February 2nd 2026


17505 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

all nightmare long is their best song since the black album

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
February 2nd 2026


118550 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Wish I agreed with you guys.

Titan
February 3rd 2026


26686 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is without question my favorite post black album Metallica record

Wildcardbitchesss
February 3rd 2026


20134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Easily.

Wildcardbitchesss
February 3rd 2026


20134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think it could’ve been trimmed a little bit (like literally almost every fucking Metallica album) and has ass production but I don’t really see the “oh they’re just trying to get old fans back” criticism, like idk fuck it maybe, but the songwriting here is the best it’s been since at least the black album, personally I’d say since Justice.

Wildcardbitchesss
February 3rd 2026


20134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Broken Beat and Scarred sucks, don’t really care for Unforgiven 3 either, and there’s absolutely no reason for Judas Kiss to be 8 fucking minutes. Also I think James reaches a little further than he’s capable of but they’re fucking trying. These last two are straight up them on autopilot aside from a couple of choice cuts



Suicide and Redemption + My Apocalypse is a killer finish too. Beyond Magnetic is pretty tight too, Hate Train and Hell and Back are better than most anything here. I’d swap some tracks in and out for those.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
February 3rd 2026


17505 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i like unforgiven 3 but unforgiven 2 is my fav tbh. i would love for them to play the trilogy someday.

RogueNine
February 3rd 2026


6120 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

kalk knows.



U3 is a close second for me, U2 being first of course.

TheSonomaDude
February 3rd 2026


10148 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"Broken Beat and Scarred sucks, don’t really care for Unforgiven 3"

literally the two most ambitious songs on the album *crying emoji*

arthropod
February 3rd 2026


2431 Comments


U1 the best, my great gateway to all metal
The other two aren't far behind though.

NudeTayne
February 3rd 2026


2597 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Unforgiven trilogy is some of my favorite work from this band.

DoofDoof
February 3rd 2026


17503 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

'Broken Beat and Scarred sucks, don’t really care for Unforgiven 3 either, and there’s absolutely no reason for Judas Kiss to be 8 fucking minutes.'



I've made an 'all Metallica albums since and including the Black Album reduced to the classic 8 song format' playlist and so far I've tried Load and Reload, but they're much improved already.



For 'Death Magnetic' I trimmed the two songs you named, might give that a go today. 'Hardwired' I never massively got into so that might be the biggest beneficiary for the snip.

Mongi123
February 3rd 2026


22581 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

How do some of you people criticize this for having long song lengths and yet I comment how bad St Anger is and I get boy that’s harsh man lol I’ve seen more complaints about this album in this thread than St Anger like WHAT

RogueNine
February 3rd 2026


6120 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah I truly don't care how long some of these songs are, they bang.



Now 72S, that's a different story.

razeen
February 3rd 2026


73 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah... their best since Black Album. But it's too much of a chore to get through.

DoofDoof
February 4th 2026


17503 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I’m bumping to a 3.5 again, the last couple of minutes of ‘Day That Never’ into all of ‘Nightmare Long’ is the best 10 minutes they’ve released since the Black Album.



Definitely improved cutting it to 8 songs and esp having a Side A of Life/Line/Day/Nightmare is impressive.



Side B of Cyanide/Unforgiven/Suicide/Apocalypse goes down a bit easier without Judas too.

butt.
February 4th 2026


11453 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

All Nightmare Long is top tier metallica

Eakflanderyof
February 4th 2026


6704 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

All nightmare long is probably the only song they've made after justice that I think can hang with the classics

Wildcardbitchesss
February 4th 2026


20134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Spit Out the Bone tho bby

RogueNine
February 4th 2026


6120 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Love me some Judas.



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