Best Metallica Studio Albums
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 if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.
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“Metallica at their peak. If they only could write new songs that were less complex -just straight simple songs that you could enjoy the first time you heard them. It annoys me that you have to listen to an album 10 times just to "understand" it. MOP sounded great the 1st time and it still does. After the black album they have made a few good songs, but not a good abum.”
“I fail to see how anyone could possibly argue that any album other than MAYBE Justice could compete with Master of Puppets. This album is the essence of Metallica. Speed, complexity, dynamics, harmony, anger... it’s metal Utopia. It will always be regarded as their best and one of the best Metal albums of all time.
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“This album set the bar too high and I never enjoyed their later stuff as much
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Metallica (The Black Album)
“Man... All this CD’s songs are great.. Master of puppets has only 3... Kill em all has got 3 and S”
“This is BY FAR simply the best album in my opinion. I LOVE it! <3”
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“One thing you have to remember about AJFA is that this is the first full album after the death of Cliff Burton. There is an intense emotional depth to this album, a backlash against the workings of the universe, a furious scream against the unfairness of life, that things aren’t "just. " Anger is mixed with sadness along with an unmistakable knowledge that all cannot be controlled. Horrible things happen for no reason at all. This album is an intense wringing of Metallica’s soul, and I just don’t see that equaled, to this extent, by the other albums, no matter how great they are.”
“Even though the bass is strangely excised, this album is an artistic, aesthetic, musical masterpiece, equivalent to a symphony, with movements and a specific motif -- the (in)justice of humanity, within and without. This is Metallica’s title shot at dethroning "Dark Side of the Moon" as greatest concept album ever. Nuff said!”
“Ajfa rocks hard. It has lyrics with something to say, matched with great guitar work. It has lars at his rocking best.
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read more comments on ...And Justice for All
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“Best Metallica album by far, how did St. Anger get so many votes!? That album sucks”
“this album rocks”
“5 top metal songs of all time, , , no exp req, , , superb work by metallica”
read more comments on Ride the Lightning
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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”
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Kill ’Em All
“The record that started it all. It is a sin that St. Anger is rated higher than this album.”
“raw thrash”
“all the songs on this album kick butt... its not just a one song thing”
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“death magnetic is a bloody heavy album. it might not be better than MOP but its certainly a damn good album. just listen to Judas Kiss, My Apocalypse, The Day That Never Comes, Cyanide and All Nightmare Long. A jaw-dropping, mind-blowing relentless metal attack.”
“A great sound, nothing like any other work. Judas Kiss is my favorite.”
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