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Best Metallica Studio Albums

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Formed in October of 1981, Metallica has gone on to sell over 90 million albums making them one of the most commercially successful heavy metal acts in history. This list orders their existing studio albums from best to worst and we’ll just have to wait until spring to see where the new unitled Metallica album fits into the mix. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or add a new item for others to vote on.

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Vote for Metallica (The Black Album) 1) Metallica (The Black Album)
“This is BY FAR simply the best album in my opinion. I LOVE it! <3”

Vote for Master of Puppets 2) Master of Puppets
“Their best album without doubt. All songs are extremely good especialy Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Battery and Orion.”

“BEST METALLICA ALBUM OUT THERE”

“MoP is one of the greatest metal songs ever and the album it is on is as great as it.”

Vote for St. Anger 3) St. Anger
“A great album, very underrated, because people just don’t give it a chance.”

“Raw, Unpolished and Crazy all of the things you love about Metallica with a garage feel to It”

Vote for Ride the Lightning 4) Ride the Lightning
“Best Metallica album by far, how did St. Anger get so many votes!? That album sucks”

B_Hammock



“this album rocks”

Aaron



“Oh my god, I was stunned when I heard these songs. theyre all amazing. fade to black, metallica’s best song.. ever.”

Vote for ...And Justice for All 5) ...And Justice for All
“This album has ONE.... the single greatest song of all time. Of course thats not the only great song on that album, but its enough to put it up there!”

Vote for Kill ’Em All 6) Kill ’Em All
“This is their best album, because it’s pure thrash, and every song is great...
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Vote for Load 7) Load

Vote for Reload 8) Reload