Top 10 Metallica Songs

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[quote]EMTERIC wrote:
anything song up to AND JUSTICE FOR ALL I cant stand anything else they have done. I had this dicussion with a guy at work. I wish they would go back to their old sound kind of like what slayer did on their new album. The way I see it most Metallica fans like them no matter how shitty they sound so because of this they will be aloud to keep making shitty music.[/quote]

You are right there. Even though I had songs from 6 of their albums in my top 10, I would love it if they went back to their older style.

That Justice Tour DVD were Metallica in their ‘Glory Days’. The concert had far more intensity than the Load an ReLoad Tours.

I think they are going back to that style of concert now though. IE starting with Blackened last time they toured Australia on the St Anger world tour was good. No load or Reload was played either.

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[quote]Blood is Metal wrote:
simon-hecubus wrote:

As far as songwriting and guitar solos, it is their overall best album. Every song on that album drips with more anger and angst than the punks of today can muster on an entire album.

Unfortunately, vocals and guitar are all you can hear. It is the worst engineered album in their catalog.

There’s no bass, no depth and hardly any drums. If any album in the world deserves re-mastering and re-engineering, it’s AJFA.

Saw this tour with Queensryche doing Operation: Mindcrime. What a night of Heavy Sounds and even Heavier Ideas.

I totally agree with you on the lack of bass… but you honestly think the drums were crappy? Or, for that matter, non existent?? The kick is pretty much the loudest thing on the CD! That drum sound has pretty much been emulated by every heavy band since. Super punchy kicks. Can’t beat it.

All of the albums prior to had virtually NO audible kick drum. If you pay attention, it’s there, but not very present.

I’d say if they could remix AJFA and add bass guitar levels, that’d be awesome. But if they re-mastered Puppets and Lightning with more modern and punchy sounds that’d be THE SHIT. I think Puppets is probably their finest writing (along with AJFA), but the sound is very primitive.

Honestly, I love Garage Days Re-Revisited. Great sound and feel to the entire CD.[/quote]

It’s funny how I keep hearing that there is no depth to AJFA. I blew two Bazooka bass tubes on that cd. I think the mid bass is a bit light, but the lower bass, like the bass drum, kicks. I think the mids in the album need to be broaden.

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[quote]simon-hecubus wrote:
As far as songwriting and guitar solos, it is their overall best album. Every song on that album drips with more anger and angst than the punks of today can muster on an entire album.

Unfortunately, vocals and guitar are all you can hear. It is the worst engineered album in their catalog.

There’s no bass, no depth and hardly any drums. If any album in the world deserves re-mastering and re-engineering, it’s AJFA…

Blood is Metal wrote:
I totally agree with you on the lack of bass… but you honestly think the drums were crappy? Or, for that matter, non existent?? The kick is pretty much the loudest thing on the CD! That drum sound has pretty much been emulated by every heavy band since. Super punchy kicks. Can’t beat it.

All of the albums prior to had virtually NO audible kick drum. If you pay attention, it’s there, but not very present.

I’d say if they could remix AJFA and add bass guitar levels, that’d be awesome. But if they re-mastered Puppets and Lightning with more modern and punchy sounds that’d be THE SHIT. I think Puppets is probably their finest writing (along with AJFA), but the sound is very primitive.

Honestly, I love Garage Days Re-Revisited. Great sound and feel to the entire CD.

BigRagoo wrote:
It’s funny how I keep hearing that there is no depth to AJFA. I blew two Bazooka bass tubes on that cd. I think the mid bass is a bit light, but the lower bass, like the bass drum, kicks. I think the mids in the album need to be broaden.
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BR: I guess the bass is there, it’s just really muddy. I like it nice and crisp like on the Garage Days Revisited (Re-Re too).

BiM: You’re right about the drums, but the only crisp part is the snare drum — the rest is in the mud with the bass parts.

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  1. Master of Puppets
  2. Blackened
  3. Battery
  4. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  5. The Four Horsemen
  6. Seek And Destroy
  7. Fade To Black
  8. Creeping Death
  9. Sanitarium
  10. Enter Sandman

Great topic and it’s interesting to see everyone else’s list. I know it was hard to narrow it down to 10.

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  1. Last Caress
  2. Damage Inc.
  3. Green hell
  4. Master of Puppets
  5. And justice for all
  6. Creeping death
  7. the shortest straw
  8. Harvester Of Sorrow
  9. Trapped Under Ice
  10. Ride The Lightning

Anything after the black album is a waste of time.

La’
Redsol1

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  1. Fade To Black
  2. Enter Sandman
  3. Welcome Home (sanitarium)
  4. Seek And Destory
  5. Nothing Else Matters
  6. Battery
  7. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  8. Ride The Lightning
  9. Fuel
  10. The Four Horsemen

ahhaa this list took me the better part of 10 minutes just to pick my ten favorites

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[quote]Phill wrote:
only a FEW on the Justice albnum are worth a shit. Pre and Justice is the way to go for me.

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Here here!

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[quote]Phill wrote:
only a FEW on the Justice albnum are worth a shit. Pre and Justice is the way to go for me.

Jinx Me wrote:
Here here![/quote]

Well that makes two pinheads’ opinions.

How dare Metallica try and progress! How dare they release an album where only 6 of the 9 songs are absolutely awesome!

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  1. Battery
  2. To Live is to Die is to Live
  3. One
    Everything else…

as long as it’s not from any later than the Black Album. I know a lot of people were really pissed about that album, but it had a few good songs. I’m like most, though. Lightning, Puppets, and Justice were the best. I didn’t care for Kill 'Em All much. They hadn’t really matured into their sound yet.

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  1. Master of Puppets
  2. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  3. And Justice For All
  4. Enter Sandman
  5. Sad But True
  6. One
  7. Unforgiven
  8. Disposable Heroes
  9. Leper Messiah
  10. The Thing that Should not Be
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Anything up to the Black album is True Metallica (to me). The Black album is good, but a definite turn to a poppier sound that now reminds me too much of Choad and Re-Choad.

1-Blackened
2-Orion
3-Whiplash
4-Battery
5-Frayed ends of sanity
6-The thing that should not be
7-Leper messiah
8-Disposable heroes
9-Damage inc
10-Shortest straw

\m/

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Fade to Black
Ride the Lightning
Battery
God That Failed
Four Horsemen
Phantom Lord
Sanitarium
The Frayed Ends of Sanity
Master of Puppets
Eye of the Beholder

These are the ones that came to mind, but really, you can’t just choose ten. Metallica fucking rules.

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[quote]

EDIT Wow, I’m surprised I’m the first guy to have Ride the Lightning - I’ve got a liking for heavy mid-paced tracks. Not really knocking anyone else’s choices though.[/quote]

That song is on my list too. I remember the first time I heard the solo, and it blew my mind. It still gives me goosebumps to this day when I hear it.

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I can not believe NO ONE put Hero Of The Day on there list. its almost shocking to me.

Mama they try and break me

The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they’ve gone

They’re off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone’s wicked way

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do ya feel your name?
Can’t you hear your babies crying?

Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me

'Scuze me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real

Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair

Don’t want your aid
But the first I’ve make
For years can’t hold or feel
No, I’m not all me
So please excuse me
While I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall, behind the crawl
And hide until it’s light
So can you hear your babies cryin’ now?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do ya feel your name?
Can’t you hear your babies crying?

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[quote]MurderousSpartan wrote:
I can not believe NO ONE put Hero Of The Day on there list. its almost shocking to me.

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My name is Go heavy fool, not NO ONE. I put it as the only song I liked after The Black Album. I agree, i like the song. I don’t even think alot of people listen to the lyrics anymore man…

Think about it. How many people know the lyrics to “Lola” by the Kinks? Probably alot. How many people realize that Lola is a man? Hmmm…

From my experience, alot of people don’t listen to lyrics, they just listen to the music and if it sounds like heavy metal, they say … “yeah man, I like that fuckin’ song”. Ask them what its about. And they tell you… “I dunno man, but it sounds really fuckin’ awesome dude”. “Fuck yeah man, rock on”.

“The Unforgiven”… How many Metallica fans know what that songs about? Probably not all of them, or even most of them.

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[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
MurderousSpartan wrote:
I can not believe NO ONE put Hero Of The Day on there list. its almost shocking to me.

My name is Go heavy fool, not NO ONE. I put it as the only song I liked after The Black Album. I agree, i like the song. I don’t even think alot of people listen to the lyrics anymore man…

Think about it. How many people know the lyrics to “Lola” by the Kinks? Probably alot. How many people realize that Lola is a man? Hmmm…

From my experience, alot of people don’t listen to lyrics, they just listen to the music and if it sounds like heavy metal, they say … “yeah man, I like that fuckin’ song”. Ask them what its about. And they tell you… “I dunno man, but it sounds really fuckin’ awesome dude”. “Fuck yeah man, rock on”.

“The Unforgiven”… How many Metallica fans know what that songs about? Probably not all of them, or even most of them.

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i knew lola was no good from the begining. i knew she had a unit!

my friend was telling how much he liked the last lyric to pink floyds mother. when he said “mother did it have to be so high”

he thought he said… “mother didnt have to be so high”

and i had to explain to him that he was refering to the wall…not to pot.

and this is a fan of rock. u had to see the look on his face…it was priceless.

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  1. Master of Puppets
  2. Blackened
  3. Battery
  4. Four Horsemen
  5. Fade to Black
  6. Creeping Death
  7. Battery
  8. One
  9. God That Failed
  10. Enter Sandman

Honorable mention: Of the newer stuff, I dig the long, mid-tempo songs (Fixxer, Bleeding Me, Unnamed Feeling)

Best Guitar Solo: Ride the Lightning

Single Coolest Moment: Mellow section of Orion

Nick

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Since every other Metallica-head has lengthened this thread, I’ll throw down too (in no particular order):
No Remorse
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Creeping Death
Battery
Master of Puppets
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Blackened
Harvester of Sorrow
Sad But True
King Nothing

As most of you have already noted, you really can’t just limit this to 10 songs. Enlightening thread nonetheless. Interesting side comments.

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Really hard to pick just 10 but here goes…

  1. Ride the Lightning
  2. Disposable heroes
  3. Sad but true
  4. Mercyful fate medley cover
  5. Jump in the Fire
  6. Escape (from the RTL album, not a popular song but I always really liked it)
  7. Creeping Death- this song is incredible live. The “die” chant really gets everyone into it.
  8. To the frayed ends of sanity
  9. The thing that should not be
  10. Metal Militia
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  1. Ride the Lightning
  2. Fight Fire With Fire
  3. Master of Puppets
  4. Call of Ktulu
  5. Orion
  6. One
  7. Sanitarium
  8. Nothing Else Matters
  9. The Thing That Should Not Be
  10. Wherever I May Roam
  11. Every other song

That was hella hard to do.