Album Rating: 2.5

Fine I’ll do it goddamnit

Album Rating: 3.5

72 3.5

Shadows 3.0

Suicide 3.1

Sleepwalk 2.9

Burn 2.8

Lux 3.4

Crown 3.7

Chasing 3.3

Darkness 3.6

Too far 3.2

Mirrors 3.0

Inamorata 3.5

Album Rating: 3.5

Pretty close to my rankings, tho i def like “shadows follow” and “too far gone?” a bit more

Album Rating: 2.0

1. Lightning

2. Puppets

3. Justice

4. Kill



5. Black

6. Magnetic with proper production



who cares

Album Rating: 3.0

freezing cold take but this would be so good if almost every song was shorter

Album Rating: 4.5

Chasing Light is their best song since 1988.

Album Rating: 3.3

^ I definitely wouldn't go that far, but it's certainly one of the highlights on here. Idk why, but that main riff reminds me of the old Armored Core soundtracks (not genre-wise, but just the notation and overall vibe)

"freezing cold take but this would be so good if almost every song was shorter"

Could say that about any metallica album for the last 25 years.

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Yea, but this is worse in that regard

Album Rating: 2.5

“Could say that about any metallica album for the last 25 years.”

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It really is such a shame because there’s a lot of good ideas for 3-4 minute songs buried in 6-8 minute ones.



“Chasing Light is their best song since 1988.”

eh, it’s probably the best song here, and James actually sounds like he has some fire lit up under his ass but I’d take Spit Out the Bone and more than a few tracks off Death Magnetic, and Beyond Magnetic for that matter.

Album Rating: 3.0

Chasing Light is the one from this I return to a lot yeah



Even then it could lose a minute of tape

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Room of mirrors is the best song here and honestly the only one I really return to

Album Rating: 3.4 | Sound Off

I still enjoy this album a lot. From the title track to the closer is probably one of the best runs of songs they've had on an album since the black album. The back-to-back of Crown of Barbed Wire, Chasing Light, and If Darkness Had a Song is great.

Album Rating: 3.0

The latter part of this album's really enjoyable. Opener's decent, then quite a slog, then a strong end run.

Album Rating: 3.5

I still dig this, worthy album imo

Album Rating: 3.3

It's my least favorite of the post-St. Anger albums (not counting Lulu of course), but still pretty good. If they just trimmed it down a bit and removed a few of the less interesting songs, it could've been around the 3.5-3.8 range for me. The highlights are some of my favorite songs of Metallica's later work though, especially Chasing Light and Room of Mirrors



I must've been all over this album when it came out though, because my 2023 Spotify Wrapped was filled to the brim with these songs. lol

The album art is extremely bad.

Album Rating: 2.5

I totally forgot this existed...

Album Rating: 1.5

Understandable tbf.



The album art isn't unappealing. I'd go as far as to say none of their LP's has a bad artwork.