Metallica Ride The Lightning
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PunkerBlast
November 15th 2025


1296 Comments


Saw someone with a hoodie with it at a Target and I thought it was worth it and the wear in November. I'd compliment that.

So how's the Metallica scene lately. Fight Fire with Fire really doesn't stop as an entry point.

TheSonomaDude
November 18th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Metallica was officially declared the worst band of all time in 1996

Wildcardbitchesss
November 18th 2025


19592 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

brother I can think of 10 worse albums from 1996 off the dome lmao



I’m of the opinion that load and reload both suck but also get too much hate. And people that like them are also weird… what a strange time for this band

budgie
November 18th 2025


42292 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it boggles the mind that the same people who wrote load wrote RTL

DominionMM1
November 18th 2025


21543 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i’ll put bleeding me up there with anything else in their discog. load is definitely uneven and definitely way too long (just like every other post burton album) but when it hits it fucking hits

Wildcardbitchesss
November 18th 2025


19592 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I know man. Well, minus Cliff. I’m conflicted because Justice is my favorite tallica record but i really can’t help but wonder where they would’ve gone had he not died.



Firing from the hip but I’d say that’s honestly the most consequential death in the history of metal. So many what ifs and could’ve beens

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
November 18th 2025


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

cliff was into metal even less than the other guys when he passed. he was more into pop and country and talked about that at the time. i bet they still go in a pretty similar direction, especially load and reload. they definitely wouldn't stay thrash for longer than this timeline which i think is a misconception.

teamster
November 20th 2025


6458 Comments


Just stopped by to remind you all the production on this album is absolute shit.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
November 20th 2025


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

sorry to hear about your brain damage bro

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
November 20th 2025


115411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

[2]

Zac124
November 20th 2025


4005 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

probably the most baffling take i've ever heard

AlkemestRedux
November 20th 2025


579 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

[3]



Album sounds great to me. Master of Puppets used to be my #1 Metallica album but as I've gotten older it's turned into this lil fella. Both are classics though and sound good in my book.

Kusangii
November 20th 2025


8432 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

lol what. This has their best production by far, and dare I say one of their only good ones. Guitar tone is insane.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
November 20th 2025


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

maybe my fav guitar tone of all time lol

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
November 20th 2025


115411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Same lol.

Kusangii
November 20th 2025


8432 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gonna counter that statement by saying that MOPs production is quite underwhelming. Some moments sounds really big but most of it just sounds flat imo.

Zac124
November 20th 2025


4005 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Agree. I wished MoP had a similar production to this. Would probably be a perfect album if that were the case.

NaturalLaw
November 25th 2025


347 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i must be really missing something here. maybe it was from all the praise and hype i have heard for all the years leading up to me FINALLY listening to it front to back. I was not impressed. no bad songs, just did not wow me. PERSONAL Standout tracks on 1st listen:



Ride the Lightning

The Call of Ktulu

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
November 25th 2025


17205 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

noooooooooooooooooooo. listen to fade to black again lol

NaturalLaw
November 25th 2025


347 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Dio's Holy Diver album is still my favorite Metal album from the classic bands so far



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