Join host Pete Pardo and special guest co-host Steve Keeler from Rock Fantasy as they rank the studio releases from thrash metal legends Metallica. #metallica
I think Metallica is one of those great bands where there are a lot of variations in opinion on what is their greatest work. Most would say MoP or RtL but there are plenty of fans who say AJFA is the greatest and they’d gladly die on that hill. As a huge Cliff Burton fan I can’t say I agree as to me his presence is sorely missed on that record but I understand those who love And Justice the most.
I will always always always place Puppets at number one. Every song is amazing. Orion takes me to another realm. Disposable Heroes makes me want to punch out GOD himself (not really lol). Battery is the best opening song of any album ever. That said I place Load at 2nd place. Load is a CRIMINALLY underrated masterpiece. Ain't My Bitch; 2x4; the House That Jack Built; King Nothing; Hero of the Day; Wasting My Hate; Ronnie; Mama Said; Outlaw Torn....AMAZING tracks.
@@richboutin4044 You must be a Metallica fanboy. The dislikes clearly just come from those pathetic people, who can't stand that some happen to dislike a bunch of the stuff the band did.
I used to be one of those people who hated load, but years later I grew to really enjoy it for what it was. Songs like bleeding me, and the outlaw torn are just awesome bluesy rock tunes.
I actually really dug Load when it came out and when I hear those tracks today I'm reminded that they were indeed pretty good songs just different from what fans were used to hearing from them. I feel like ReLoad had a lot of what was leftover from the Load sessions so it wasn't quite as good. Most interestingly is that a lot of the material reminded me of some of the more rock n roll NWOBHM bands like Trespass, Witchfynde, Praying Mantis, Diamondhead etc. which I had just gotten into at the time since I had picked up the NWOBHM revisited double disc collection that Lars produced.
Same, Those songs are amazing. Along with Fixxer from Re-Load. If you took all the best songs from Load and Re-Load you could make an 8-10 track album of solid songs.
Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it.
I'd have ranked _Saint Crappy_ last. _Death Magnetic_ was okay, IMO. _Load_ wasn't terrible, nor was the _Black Album,_ but nothing they released after _"Justice"_ is worth collecting, in my opinion.
Pete, great show overall, love it! Havent seen any mention of Ottawa, Canadas Exciter - a studio albums review of these guys would be awesome! Their debut Heavy Metal Maniac preceeded Kill em All by several months, and they have influenced everyone as early leaders in speed-thrash metal in the early 80s.... thanks man!
Thankfully they've improved in the past 2 albums . My order from best to worst 1) Ride The Lightning 2) Master of Puppets 3) Kill em All 4) And Justice for All 5)Hardwired..... 6)Death Magnetic 7)Black Album 8)Garage Inc 9) Load 10) Re-Load 11) St Anger 12) Lulu
I like to think that each of the five 80s members had one of the five golden era albums as their own MVP. Kill Em All - Kirk Hammett Ride The Lightning - Cliff Burton Master Of Puppets - James Hetfield ...And Justice For All - Lars Ulrich The Black Album - Jason Newsted ... ... Hardwired... To Self Destruct - Robert Trujillo
Kinda agree but definitely Kill Em All belongs to Dave Mustaine, and Kirk with Ride The Lightning, his best riffs and solos. Also Black album is the best for James' vocals.
Very refreshing to see some love for Ride the Lightning ahead of Master of Puppets. The former has always been in the latter's shadow with so many people and I think it gets unfairly overlooked for that reason.
Ride the Lightning is my favorite Metallica album. I would put Master of Puppets at 2, I prefer the more rough sound of RTL to the more polished production on MOP.
My ranking (best song on the album): 10. St. Anger (St. Anger) 9. Load (Ain't My Bitch) 8. Reload (Fuel) 7. Hardwired (Spit Out the Bone) 6. Death Magnetic (Unforgiven III) 5. Black Album (Wherever I May Roam) 4. Master of Puppets (Orion) 3. Kill Em All (Seek and Destroy) 2. Ride the Lightning (Fade to Black) 1. And Justice for All (One; my favorite Metallica song)
For me... 1. Puppets (Disposable Heroes) 2. Load (Bleeding Me) 3. Black Album (Unforgiven) 4. Justice (One) 5. Lightning (For Whom the Bell Tolls) 6. Reload (Memory Remains) 7. Death Magnetic (All Nightmare Long) 8. Kill Em All (Whiplash) 9. St. Anger (St. Anger) 10. Hardwired (Spit Out the 🦴)
I was a little late to the party as far as when compact discs were introduced - I finally got a CD player in 1988, and one of my first CD purchases was ...And Justice For All.
10: St. Anger 9: Load 8: Reload 7: Hardwired 6: The Black Album 5: Death Magnetic 4: Kill ‘Em All 3: ...And Justice For All 2: Ride the Lightning 1: Master of Puppets
Thanks for another great video! It's crazy to think that I'm 20 and saw metallica last summer here in Estonia where they preformed in a old soviet union airbase and you guys also went to see them in your 20s. My favorite song by them is motorbreath and favorite album is master of puppets.
1. Kill ‘Em All 2. Master of Puppets 3. Ride The Lightning 4. And Justice For All 5. Black Album 6. Death Magnetic 7. Hardwired... To Self Destruct 8. Reload 9. Load 10. St. Anger 11. (If it counts as a Metallica album) Lulu
st anger..?..the most boring record in the world..all genres..are you kidding.:?..best trolling ever..if you are trolling?..your not serious..are you..?
I rly like how you ranked death magnetic above hardwired. In my opinion dm is more melodic, great riffs, great ideas in general, but with not so great production... all in all great album for me and a great list. For me: 1. Master of Puppets 2. And Justice for all 3. Ride the lightning 4. Kill 'Em All 5. Black Album 6. Death Magnetic 7. Hardwired 8. Load 9. Reload 10. St Anger
gonogazz no clue what you’re talking about trolling, could you be? As far as St Anger is concerned, yes I despise it as much as I despise Lulu, I really think you didn’t read my ranking correctly, maybe you should re-read
@@KevinOrtega1980 For me St Anger mby could be ranked higher if it was for a better production... Some dude made a cover of entire album with much better production, it's very cool. You can find it on yt, it has a green cover with a same st anger cover pic. But I agree with everything you said, its on the bottom of the list for a reason
Hey Pete! What's up? My first comment to your channel. Love your vids. Never thought I'd see you in a Mile shirt, though. Keep bringing those awesome vids. Cheerz
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. I’ve really been enjoying your “ranking the albums” series! Any plans on ranking the albums of Def Leppard and Gamma?? Thanks for the videos and keep up the great work!!
@@4themusicman if you've ever watch some of the earlier Top 10 songs and Album Rankings, he’s always a little scatterbrained in a fun way, but today he was off topic/distracted quite a bit which did make for an awkward flow at points. Think it’s this Corona Lock Down, it’s got us all a bit wonky at this point !
Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it. Many are getting stressed about life these days.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Pete the issue is not you having to do it solo, when you have the right guest for the right band it works well like the guy that joined you for Thin Lizzy and Van Halen shows and many other guests also. They just need to add value to the show you are doing it about
If it is ok, let me share a story. Thank you. When I was younger, I just went a different route musically, more rock, prog rock, folk rock, and psychedelic/underground rock than heavy metal, I have since come around to heavy metal. I was not a Metallica fan as a young man. Eight years ago, I was very involved in my father's leukemia battle, daily medical appointments, nightly hospital trips to stay with my father as he was in the hospital. I had the black album, as many fairweather fans had. But two months before my dad lost his battle with that dreadful disease, I found myself buying all the cliff burton Metallica albums plus Justice and Garage Days, and for those two or three months listened to nothing but Metallica and only Metallica. And oddly enough it gave me such solace and strength and pissed offness to survive that awful time in my life. Cliff Burton was my screen saver at work. So I am forever grateful to those early Metallica albums and how they helped me through that time. So I will rate what I have. 7. METALLICA 6 HARDWIRED ...TO SELF-DESTRUCT 5 MASTER OF PUPPETS 4 GARAGE INC 3 KILL 'EM ALL 2 ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 1 RIDE THE LIGHTNING A side note, a great movie with that era of Metallica as the soundtrack is HESHER. THANKS PETE, I vastly appreciate your work, comments, and channel.
fookin' loved Hesher! Joseph Gordon- Levitt nailed it! People need to see, and hear, this flick! Inspiring story and all blessings to your departed father. I use music as medicine like you do, and with the crap that is currently destroying the planet, my music constantly brings sanity my way! Especially hard rock and metal! Only the best to you, Michael. take care, Treff
I liked it at the time, but even then I could understand a lot of the criticisms of this album. On the one hand, I liked the fact that it sounded like an actual band playing on this album, but on the other hand it was a band that sounded very little like Metallica.
Yeah it had good songs. I guess a lot of the criticsm/hate it received was due to: cutting their hair short and putting on posh clothes, Lars saying how he prefers Oasis over Venom and how he doesn't see Metallica as a Metal band, songs like Hero of the Day etc. It seemed like they were jumping on the alternative bandwagon.
@@LuchaLibertaria Agree with this, it was a lot about the image change. A die-hard Metallica friend of mine even ceremoniously burnt his copy! Re-load on the other hand did suck, I remember they were due on a TV show and I got all my flatmates to watch saying "now this will be some real music on TV for a change!" and they played the dreary snoozefest The Memory Remains. When they wheeled out a geriatric Marianne Faithfull, wearing a catsuit and wailing out of tune I died a little inside.
@@acidarrow I remember before Reload came out, Lars was saying that they were returning to their roots, it'd be a Heavy album etc...And then Reload was released. They basicly rickrolled the metal community lol
Bush has the definitive voice for hard rock and metal-he lifts Armored Saint to another level! Anthrax knows this. Imagining Metallica with THAT voice-WOH! I mean, James is awesome and all, but John Bush has a gift! Huge Armored Saint fan, and they came up in my backyard of Los Angeles. Severely underrated! Cheers, Seagull Rock Squawk!
Seagull Rock Squawk , go on TH-cam and type Metallica The Four Horsemen with John Bush. Metallica did a five day celebration back in 2011 for their 30 year anniversary and they had so many amazing special guests those five days. John Bush was certainly asked to join Metallica back in the day but he had very high hopes for Armored Saint. John Bush did a phenomenal job on The Four Horsemen and Lars Ulrich even said at the end of the performance that this is what it could of been if John Bush said yes. John Bush would have definitely fit in with Metallica, but I am glad that it happened the way that it did, because James Hetfield's singing is perfect for Metallica.
@@treffbennett6534 I agree with you that John Bush is the MAN when it comes to being a lead singer. He most definitely would have fit in with Metallica no doubt. I also love Armored Saint and love all their albums, especially Delicious Nomad, Raising Fear, and Symbol Of Salvation. There is a video here on TH-cam that has John Bush singing The Four Horsemen with Metallica back in 2011 for Metallica's 30th anniversary celebration. You most likely have seen and listened to it, but just in case you didn't know about it. Even Lars at the end of the performance said this was what could have been, and John Bush sounded phenomenal as usual.
*My Metallica Album Rankings* FYI: I have not yet heard *Hardwired...To Self-Destruct* and so I cannot include it on here. 9) St. Anger 8) Reload 7) Death Magnetic 6) Load 5) ...And Justice For All 4) Metallica 3) Kill 'Em All 2) Ride The Lightning 1) Master Of Puppets (R.I.P. Cliff Burton)
The three greatest albums ever released from them in my opinion are in this order. #1 - Ride The Lightning. #2 - Master of Puppets. #3 - And justice for All. Verygood video Pete \m/
@@djentyman4002 I have heard all the others, had the first four on lp but only have the ones I mentioned on cd now. When I bought Ride back in the day it sounded like a vast improvement on Kill so lost interest in that one. As for anything they did after The Black album...not really fussed. Thanks for the recomendation though
john barrett no problem. Kill Em All was the first album i heard from them and it changed my life. Became a metal head from there on. But everyone has their opinions on it. Still a top 5 thrash metal on my list. So many great ones out there!
@@djentyman4002 Agree with you there. the mid to late 80's were awesome...i discovered Metallica, Slayer, Annihilator and Megadeth. Looking back now as a 52 year old, great stuff!
I'm glad you did a band with an actual catalog again LOL. Good clip. Edit - I always get the feeling that Pete would actually rather do the videos alone haha...
I can totally understand people being more attached to 80s Metallica,especially if they grey up with the band at that time. No matter what Metallica do, - those 4 albums will resonate above everything to them. I get it. But I will never feel the same way. I got into them like most my age (40), in the early 90s during the Black album. It was right in the midst of my grunge obsession. I still love grunge, and I have loved for the most part all of what Metallica have done since Black album aswell. There is some exceptional music from the Load timeline that was criminally overlooked because the bands image overhaul caught the headlines instead. Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me are titanic songs that hark to Sabbath and Zeppelin's heavy influences. Hetfield was a hard rocker before Lars introduced the NWOBHM to him, so it was inevitable that the heavy 70s influence would shine through as he was gettin older, more introspective after thrashin thru the 80s. Death Magnetic absolutely has sound issues, but the songs are great- My Apocalypse and All nightmare Long are wonderful examples of fast trashy modern Metallica. And Hardwired.. had brilliant songs- Atlas Rise, Moth into Flame, the awesome Dream no More,and Spit out the Bone. Furious fun!! I dont rate or like Lulu either, but I dont even class it as an actual "Metallica" album anyway. St Anger- well, to me I hear potential that sounds unfinished. Its abrasive, meandering songs give it the feel of a demo thats yet to be finalised. But- when played live, Frantic is a beast of a song! Again, I understand the first 4 albums' importance to most people, but I also think anybody that shuts the band off after ...Justice, or Black is seriously missing out on some great songs.
I remember buying new albums from two unknown bands on the very same day: Metallica’s Kill ‘em All and Accept’s Restless and Wild. My friends lost their shit when I played them..!!
I remember getting Accept Restless And Wild back in the mid 80's and was shocked like most fans were when I first heard the intro to Fast As A Shark. Lol Then Udo Dirkschneider's scream comes out and I was amazed at how fast the song was for it's time. Restless And Wild is still to this day one of my favorite Accept albums ever. The whole album is a MASTERPIECE!
@@johnkatsoudas4767 Those were the days Γιάννη , when were just passing by a record store and found ourselfs staring at what later would be called all time classics. _ Hello George. Whats that right next to the new Iron Maiden and the new Dio albums? _Queensryche you mean? _ Yeah that one. Is it any good? _Hell it is! _And the other one? _Next to the new Judas Priest? _Yeap. _Crimson Glory? _Yes , that one! _Killer! Ok , George , give me all five of them! Went home , left my room five days later! Happy days indeed! Ps. Restless and Balls to the walll are mindblowing albums.
I remember the day St-Anger was released... there was a record store near the office me and some music-loving colleagues would go to every Tuesday, the day new albums were released back then. That day I went there with a colleague who had gotten into Metallica through the Black Album, Load and Re-Load. For my part, I had gotten into them with Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets and Kill Em All. Anyway, he bought St-Anger, and once we got back to work, he locked himself up in his office to listen to his new acquisition. An hour or so later, he came out and left the CD on the corner of my desk and told me to have a listen to it that night and that if I liked it and wanted it, it was for sale for me to buy it if I wanted it. So I took it home later and listened to it. I honestly never laughed so much listening to anything up to that point. I was in stitches and told my colleague thanks but no thanks on his offer. The next time I laughed so much listening to anything was some years later when they free-streamed Lulu online before the actual release date. These 2 albums were literally like when people say "this artist could fart on record and people would still buy it". To this day, I don't personally know anybody who bought Lulu.
Wow Opeth and Metallica are my two favorite bands and you covered em both today! As far as Metallica’s discography goes (main studio albums), I’d say: 1. Master of Puppets 2. And Justice For All 3. Ride the Lightning 4. Kill Em All 5. Self-titled 6. Hardwired 7. Death Magnetic 8. Load 9. Reload 10. St. Anger
The first 4 albums from the 80’s are amazing albums! The Black album is different but still amazing. The Load and Reload albums are great underrated albums and people only hate them because they are not thrash albums. St Anger isn’t very good but it has some good songs that are unfortunately ruined by terrible production. Death Magnetic and Hardwired are great thrash albums that I don’t know why get hated so much since they’re thrash albums, you know, the kind of music that everyone wanted them to go back to. LULU is terrible but I don’t consider it a Metallica album.
Great show as always SoT! Mostly agreement, some disagreement, but who cares, right? Opinions are there to be discussed. Your album ranking shows are really geared towards folks who have already listened although I've discovered a lot by listening to you and then checking out what you discuss. In this case, I've listened to all of it because, for me, Metallica was the first third-generation metal band that got me interested and I now seem them equal to Sabbath. I really never get through a week without at least a couple of songs by each. In spite of you not actually playing excerpts on the show, how you do this just works very well. It's always fun when you bring in someone else and discuss as well as you did here. Stay healthy and all the best to you!
I actually got into Metallica with songs like I Disappear and Fuel then my friend got me to listen to Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning and that blew me away, such raw energy! Now I pretty much only listen to the first four albums with the first being my favourite
Yeah i didn’t really get what he was saying about it giving stoner vibes, I really enjoyed load. King nothing& until it sleeps are great songs. Ain’t my bitch is a catchy one as well
10. St. Anger 9. Reload 8. Kill Em' All 7. Death Magnetic 6. Hardwired 5. Load 4. Ride the Lightning 3. Black Album 2. Master of Puppets 1. ...And Justice for All Edit: My top 5 is pretty set in stone but #6 to #8 are kind of interchangeable depending on the day.
Been looking forward to this ranking, thanks for doing it Pete. Here's mine: 1. Ride the Lightning 2. Master of Puppets 3. ... And Justice for All 4. Tie Metallica and Kill Em All 5. Death Magnetic 6. Hardwired to Self-Destruct 7. Load 8. Reload 9. St. Anger
Even though Black Album was way more commercial, it at the very least still sounded like Metallica. I think a lot of fans in the mid 90's before Load came out, were hoping that they were going to get a bit heavier again....maybe not Lightning or Puppets level but just something with some grit. Instead they just went completely for the mainstream radio & MTV play, unfortunately.
From metal heroes to millionaire zeroes. Testament, Anthrax, Metal Church etc, these guys deserve the day-1 fans’ respect. Metallica great youth memories. Best concert of the mid eighties (Metal Church and Anthrax opening!!!).
I'm taking a break from singing and playing guitar. Thank you for your ranking Metallica. My favorites are; Metallica (Black album/CD), Masters of Puppets and Justice for all. 🎤🎸🎵🥁
@@4themusicman Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it.
I'm 54 and still a metalhead....I listen to everything I did growing up and all new metal too. I'm never growing out of it...I'll listen to it forever. It's part of my DNA...I was listening to Accept Blood of the Nations album on my way home from work today.....Loud!
I know what you mean. How can you grow out of listening to metal? You can broaden your horizons and like other music in addition to metal, but you can't really stop loving metal if it ever truly meant something to you. I can honestly see myself wearing a Dio t-shirt while rolling around in a wheelchair that I have customized with an Iron Maiden back patch.
I'm a huge fan of Lulu, but I think of it as a Lou Reed record. One of my absolutely favorite artists. And I know it's a tough sell for both fan bases. But I'm weird one, and I love it. But I don't blame anyone for not liking it.
I can't really rank their albums, but I'd classify like this : Great albums : - Master of Puppets - Ride the Lightning - Kill'em All - ...And Justice for All Not great albums, but some good stuff in it : - black album - Death Magnetic Albums I'll probably never listen to again : - Load - Re-Load - Hardwire - St Anger Thanks for your videos by the way ! I watched a good bunch of them, very interesting.
Nicolas Lebrun loved your list and how you ranked them that's exactly the way I would rank them more by category your top four is obviously spot on and your middle and bottom categories are spot on as well those metallica albums I would definitely not listen to again although I would say that "hardwired" is the best of the bad bunch but that's not saying much
That would be mine as well - Justice big disappointment for me I hate to say. So much build up and .... hmmm. Just no heart and soul left. Sounded numb and tight.
This has changed for me a few times throughout the years . Master Of Puppets, Ride The Lightning, and And Justice For All all have been my favorite Metallica albums at some time in the past. At the moment my list would have to be. 10. ST. Anger 9. Reload 8. Death Magnetic 7. Load 6. Hardwired To Self Destruct 5. The Black Album 4. Kill Em All 3. Master Of Puppets 2. And Justice For All 1. Ride The Lightning I love the first four albums alot to this day and they change very often on what my favorite album is. Ride The Lightning is the first Metallica album I ever listened to back in the mid 80's as a little kid and I could not believe how heavy it was. It is the first Thrash album I ever listened to and I loved how aggressive it was for that time.
@@prometheustv6558 I don't care about production , I care about great songs. Metallica's Black album actually has better production than Metallica's first four albums, but the songs on the first four albums are much better in my opinion. I do know that Metallica's Black album is their best selling album ever , but it does not mean that it is the best. Every fan has the right to pick what they favorite is.
My top Metallica albums: 1. Ride The Lightning / Master (too hard to decide / probably Lightning at the moment though) 2. ...And Justice for All 3. Kill Em All 4. Black Album The rest are a bit of a blur.
@@djentyman4002 Oh yeah, I definitely agree! But personally I prefer the material to all the albums after that. Although I think every album has a good track at least.
I remember when i heard "Fight Fire With Fire" for the first time back in high school 1985. Ride's my favorite album. then Master, $5.98 EP, Kill and Justice.
Good stuff Pete. I think you guys are right. There are many people who started with the Black Album. I like you guys, go way back, but I like the Black album a bit more. Thanks
In my opinion, the firsfirst 4 albums are so epic I struggle to put one infront of the other, which for me makes them the greatest metal band ever, I was disappointed when they released the black album and apart from a few songs on each other album since then,but the still sit at the top, where do you fellas rank the band
1.Ride the Lightning 2.Master of puppets 3.And justice for all 4.Kill em all 5.Black album 6.Reload 7.Load 8.Hardwired to self destruct 9.Death Magnetic 10.St.Anger
I am impressed that Pete likes Ride the Lightning as his number 1. Ride the Lightning is my all time favorite album of any genre of music. If I ranked my top 5 it would be Ride the Lightning 1, ....And Justice for All 2, Master of Puppets 3, Kill em All 4, and Death Magnetic 5.
10. St Anger (not counting Lulu) 9. Reload 8. Load 7. Hardwired...to selfdestruct 6. Death Magnetic 5. Metallica (Black Album) 4. And Justice for all 3. Kill Em All 2. Master of puppets 1. Ride the lightning
COOL you like Nile. I first found them in the 10th grade back in 1998 a buddy of mine put the song Ramses bringer of war on my discman and I was blown away.
You my friend speak sense, load was the album That got me into metallica and specifically the song ain't my bitch, and I love cure, king nothing, wasting my hate and bleeding me is a masterpiece.
I think both albums get way too much disrespect. Load doesn't really have any crap songs. Reload I really like the first half of it plus Better Than You.
I second that opinion. IMO if they'd left out some of the songs from these albums, and they'd put them all together into one album named LOAD it'd be a great album. I mean a lot of people would hate it anyway, but quality wise it would a really interesting and one of the most (if not the most) versatile 'tallica albums, with songs like Low Man's Lyric, Until it Sleeps, Fuel etc.
10. St anger 09. Death magnetic 08. Hardwired… to self-destruct 07. Kill ‘em all 06. Re-load 05. Metallica (black album) 04. Load 03. Master of puppets 02. …And justice for all 01. Ride the lightning
darkstorm-good to see Hardwired up higher on your list, I really like it and think it's a return to form! Puzzled by how many others aren't into it!?!?
@@treffbennett6534, I've always thought Hardwired was great. I would have put it above Load (which I love, save for a couple) but there's a couple of tracks on side two that don't rate as high for me.
These special guests are a must keep addition once things get back to "normal". A special guest slot should be a prize for comment of the week or something...
Personally, I got into em in 88 and own all of their albums except Lulu and Hardwired. These days I can honestly only listen to the first 4 with Puppets along with Blind by C.O.C. being my fave albums of all time. So my list is short- 1. Master of Puppets 2. ...And Justice for All 3. Ride the Lightening 4. Kill em All
Early albums are classic no doubt but I also love the thin, punky sound of St Anger and enjoy Lulu (which is really a Lou Reed album with Metallica playing as backing band)
It's funny, Load was the first Metallica album I ever heard. Load was my route into Metallica and from there I went back through their entire discography. I still really like both Load and Reload but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I didn't experience 80s Metallica first.
That’s me too man. I was 15 when I got Load. Discovered their first 4 albums not long after but wasn’t till about I was 23 when it really blew my mind. Load isn’t on that level of those first 4, bit it is great for it’s time. Bleeding Me is a masterpiece
Metallica is relatively easy for me to rank, my list: 10. St. Anger (A real messy album, that to me almost sounds like an unfinished album or a demo. Songs are very long and in a very unnecessary way because there's so much verse repetition... Lack of solos nullify Metallica's classic pacing and built-up climaxes... Every now and then you'll hear clunky or scratchy bass and guitar parts... I guess Frantic is almost unanimously considered ok because it sounds more refined, like an actually finished song... Most of the album is unexcusable, though.) 9. Re-Load (I don't despise the Load era, but even in comparison to Load itself there is less finesse and lots of filler here... Some songs like Carpe Diem and The Memory Remains even annoy me a bit... There are still good chunks of it, like Fuel, Devil's Dance, Prince Charming, Bad Seed and Where the Wild Things Are... Other songs like Better Than You and Slither are enjoyable at first but kind of overstay their welcome... Again, unnecessary repetition plays a large role in the albums I dislike.) 8. Death Magnetic (Some people consider this a return to form, but I don't think it's quite there... Some songs like Cyanide, That Was Just Your Life and Judas Kiss are quite spectacular... Instrumentally this album has stellar moments, but overly procrastinated intros and overtretched interludes combined with songwriting that was still down a notch make it tiresome and uncomparable to 80s material). 7. Kill 'em All (Seems like a low ranking for a classic debut, but from here onwards I really enjoy every Metallica album. Truth is, as much as this album has great historical importance, I find myself reaching for a few songs in particular like Jump in the Fire, Metal Militia and No Remorse a lot more than the rest... Kirk shreds on this album, but to me it almost seems like the solos are a bit generic and interchangeable... This album also has a kind of rawness to it, but I personally prefer the Metallica albums that sound a bit classy, almost regal in nature.) 6. Hardwired (This album got me. I wasn't this excited by a "comeback" album of sorts in a long time. A little excessive? Maybe, but I think disc one is damn near perfect, disc two starts off a bit stiff but then quickly regains momentum. So essentially there's a lot of musical content and I don't feel the need to skip much and you get a great listen throughout. Some songs went as far as to give me goosebumps. I also like that this album isn't trying to rip off justice and master, there's a bit of groove and seems like a little bit of everything.) 5. Load (Surprise! I have no animosity towards this album. Certainly not comparable to the thrash powerhouses, but I played this album to death when I was a kid. Compare this to 90s and early 2000s alternative rock and it's still classier and more technical. Compare it to so-called "sell-out" albums by other metal bands and it seems so much more natural, like the band is actually enjoying what they play, and therefore an honest album. Until it Sleeps and Bleeding Me are personal favorites, but I pretty much enjoy it from start to finish. Call me crazy, but I hear a great deal of Metallica's influences like UFO and Thin Lizzy on this album, which reiterates what I mean about it being honest and the band enjoying themselves. A bit of Alice and Chains here and there, which is also no big deal because AiC is another childhood favorite. Overrall, a great album from the 90s.) 4. Metallica 1991 (Four words best describe this album: Overplayed for a reason. It's great from top to bottom, still heavy and with bits of thrash here and there. There's stellar songwriting on multiple tracks- particularly The Unforgiven and Wherever I May Roam.The radio staples are quite good and as far as "gateway" albums go, this is THE gateway album. B-sides are exciting. People get pissed off at it being overrated, but I see no problem in there being an album that appeals to general masses, if it really is still good.) 3. ... And Justice for All (This could easily be my favorite if it weren't for a few nitpicks, which surprisingly isn't the bass, but specific parts of some songs that make it loopy and excessive, like in Eye of the Beholder and Frayed Ends of Sanity. I love the rest, though. Both guitarists' best guitar work is arguably on this album, Lars is impressionable and there really is a sort of progressive edge to it.) 2. Master of Puppets (I don't think this is the best album of all time like many people preach, but being perfectly honest, it's a powerhouse. Sound engineering on this album is legendary. I hear The Thing that Should Not Be and to this very day, even for modern standards it is HEAVY. There are beautiful musical moments that just scream artistry... I also mentioned before about Metallica's pacing, built-up climaxes and regal nature. This album might be the epitome of all of that.) 1. Ride the Lightning (Simply put, one of my all-time favorite albums, and in my opinion the first actual thrash masterpiece. Kill 'em All had the technical prowess, but as I said before, there's a rawness to it. Ride has class, a certain finesse to it. Songwriting is nothing less than dark poetry on top of classical inspired compositions with the solid foundations of fast paced metal... Kill 'em All couldn't necessarily hold its own against Judas Priest or Iron Maiden in the songwriting department, but Ride the Lightning screams evolution... It has a bit of that pacing and regal nature of Master, but I also like that it sounds less ambitious at times and just reverts to pure excitement. Nothing here ever overstays its welcome, and with most classic Metallica albums you have a great experience but feel completely drained. This album makes you want to hear it twice! The title track is my personal favorite Metallica song, Fade to Black is one of the most beloved semi-ballad metal songs and Fight Fire with Fire is arguably one of the best album openers. I could talk about this album for days!)
nicely said, regarding Metallica's catalog and why you liked some more than others, you have great ability to break down music and I really loved reading your comments on each album! And yes, finally someone who thinks Hardwired' was a return to form. I really like it-chalk full of great riffs, extremely energetic and filled with confident songwriting, and the production is STRONG! I feel that many people who have dismissed it on this page, just haven't given it a fair listen, as it features many of Metallica's strong suits. I play the hell out of it and feel that the song quality blows away the material on Death Magnetic, which sounds like a band trying to recapture what made them great.....but missing the mark! Great stuff, Gabriel! take care.
What's weird is, I had heard Metallica way back when Kill Em All was first released on a New Jersey college radio station that you could hear throughout the NYC metro area (WSOU, Seton Hall University's radio station), which had an exclusively metal format with an emphasis on the heavier stuff (though they played all types of metal). I recorded Four Horsemen and a few other Kill Em All songs off the radio. My initial impression of them was that they had great riffs but I wasn't yet digging the thrash style. I remember thinking that their songs would be great if slowed down and played with a more Sabbathy guitar tone. At the time I thought the guitars sounded like a motorcycle engine revving, which kind of ruined it for me. It wasn't until many years later when I was in college that I was at a party in a large dorm room with a black light and flashing strobe light on, drunk, stoned, and shroomed, and they were playing Kill Em All, and suddenly I got it. I thought it was awesome. They were playing South of Heaven and Reign In Blood by Slayer also, which I also thought were awesome. I remember the next day thinking I must have damaged my brain to suddenly love Metallica and Slayer. Oh well. I had too many brain cells anyway. Some of them just had to go...
Very cool Pete!!! Didnt realize you hadn't ranked Metallica yet!!! Heres mine to share. Oh, for everyone, I'm still checking the playlist!!!! 1. Garage Inc. 2. Ride The Lightning 3. Black Album 4. And Justice For All 5. Garage Days Revisted 6. Master Of Puppets 7. Kill 'Em All 8. Load 9. Reload 10. St Anger I know I threw an ep in there. Forgive me.
@@seaoftranquilityprog oh, yeah i mean its good, but I like hearing your opinion over anything else, thats why i subbed, but keep doing what you enjoy doing is more important.
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Ride the Lightning is also my number 1!!
Spoiler alert!!!!!!!
Also mine.
ima sound basic but black is my favorite and then master and then ride
My #1 as well.
Am I the only one who thinks And Justice For All is the best one? I mean, I love how heavy and kinda progressive it is, despite the no bass thing
I think Metallica is one of those great bands where there are a lot of variations in opinion on what is their greatest work. Most would say MoP or RtL but there are plenty of fans who say AJFA is the greatest and they’d gladly die on that hill. As a huge Cliff Burton fan I can’t say I agree as to me his presence is sorely missed on that record but I understand those who love And Justice the most.
And justice for all is my favorite
It is easily my favorite
No
I loved Justice. Wasn't there a remastered version with the bass put back in..?
For me, the 1 & 2 spots are interchangeable. MOP and RTL. Life changing events for me.
1981&1988, peak of metal for me. And Metallica in the top.
100% agree with you. Depending on the day you ask me, one or the other is my favourite, and the other just a sliver behind.
I will always always always place Puppets at number one. Every song is amazing. Orion takes me to another realm. Disposable Heroes makes me want to punch out GOD himself (not really lol). Battery is the best opening song of any album ever.
That said I place Load at 2nd place. Load is a CRIMINALLY underrated masterpiece. Ain't My Bitch; 2x4; the House That Jack Built; King Nothing; Hero of the Day; Wasting My Hate; Ronnie; Mama Said; Outlaw Torn....AMAZING tracks.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 I see your point for sure. I never have to hear Load again though.
What is the deal with the hate, friends? My god, I love that someone like Pete takes the time and energy to put out cool shows like these. Chill out.
Blaise Barshaw I don’t see any hate here. I do see a lot of constructive criticism. Big difference.
@@richboutin4044 You must be a Metallica fanboy. The dislikes clearly just come from those pathetic people, who can't stand that some happen to dislike a bunch of the stuff the band did.
I used to be one of those people who hated load, but years later I grew to really enjoy it for what it was. Songs like bleeding me, and the outlaw torn are just awesome bluesy rock tunes.
Outlaw is a great deep cut. James had that great affected, baritone voice that was full of emotion.
I actually really dug Load when it came out and when I hear those tracks today I'm reminded that they were indeed pretty good songs just different from what fans were used to hearing from them. I feel like ReLoad had a lot of what was leftover from the Load sessions so it wasn't quite as good.
Most interestingly is that a lot of the material reminded me of some of the more rock n roll NWOBHM bands like Trespass, Witchfynde, Praying Mantis, Diamondhead etc. which I had just gotten into at the time since I had picked up the NWOBHM revisited double disc collection that Lars produced.
Same, Those songs are amazing. Along with Fixxer from Re-Load.
If you took all the best songs from Load and Re-Load you could make an 8-10 track album of solid songs.
Matt Vargo those albums have a lot of sabbath influences as well
@Awesome Austin One of the weaker tracks for me.
This video was all over the place. Please, for the viewers' sake, just do the countdown solo.
Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it.
Amen!! Or do them all with jeff Young. He's my favorite guest that he has on here. He cracks me up
@@seaoftranquilityprog There's always one🙄
Andre Akerele this guys negative comment has 65 likes. And there’s plenty more comments like it. That’s a trend, not just a that guy scenario.
@@richboutin4044 Well then there's always 65, how's that🙄🙄
This was pretty easy to pin down:
10 - Reload
9 - St Anger
8 - Hardwired
7 - Magnetic
6 - Load
5 - Black
4 - Kill Em
3 - Justice
2 - Puppets
1 - Lightning
very good list I would give you a 98% A+?
Load above Magnetic? Have you listened to that crappy album It is a load!!
This is actually a very good list
I'd have ranked _Saint Crappy_ last. _Death Magnetic_ was okay, IMO. _Load_ wasn't terrible, nor was the _Black Album,_ but nothing they released after _"Justice"_ is worth collecting, in my opinion.
Not bad. I may change 1 or 2 of those around, but solid freakn' list my friend!
Pete, great show overall, love it! Havent seen any mention of Ottawa, Canadas Exciter - a studio albums review of these guys would be awesome! Their debut Heavy Metal Maniac preceeded Kill em All by several months, and they have influenced everyone as early leaders in speed-thrash metal
in the early 80s.... thanks man!
By far: And Justice For All.
Hell Yeah! Brutal album, definitely their finest.
Yep,and to think,at the time of that release,people were accusing them of selling out. Definitely their masterpiece imo
Absolute Solid Gold Classic AJFA
Legend has it Jason didn’t even play on that record. His first album was Black album
Boy, your friend Steve Keeler is definitely out on his own special island, isn't he? 😆
Like a metal J Mascis 😁
Definitely seems like a stoner burnout. The raspy voice, and not being quite there mentally.
Great video Pete! Nice to see Steve! I remember in the eighties taking that two hour drive several times to visit his store.
YES!! THANK YOU! Liking and writing this before I even watch the video - I was hoping you would do it one day. Cheers Pete, love your content!
Thankfully they've improved in the past 2 albums . My order from best to worst
1) Ride The Lightning
2) Master of Puppets
3) Kill em All
4) And Justice for All
5)Hardwired.....
6)Death Magnetic
7)Black Album
8)Garage Inc
9) Load
10) Re-Load
11) St Anger
12) Lulu
I agree if you flip magnetic and black album!
Sounds about right.
MOP and AJFA are my 1. 2.
Kinda weird to me to rank Garage Inc since it's only covers. Still better than that LuLu crap and St Anger though.
@@metalthrashingai2238 yeah it's covers but I still find myself spinning that way more than the ones I ranked below it
I like to think that each of the five 80s members had one of the five golden era albums as their own MVP.
Kill Em All - Kirk Hammett
Ride The Lightning - Cliff Burton
Master Of Puppets - James Hetfield
...And Justice For All - Lars Ulrich
The Black Album - Jason Newsted
...
...
Hardwired... To Self Destruct - Robert Trujillo
Kinda agree but definitely Kill Em All belongs to Dave Mustaine, and Kirk with Ride The Lightning, his best riffs and solos. Also Black album is the best for James' vocals.
And bob rock can have st anger.
Always enjoy you and Steve doing your videos! I like the difference in opinions you have! Another great ranking video!
Very refreshing to see some love for Ride the Lightning ahead of Master of Puppets. The former has always been in the latter's shadow with so many people and I think it gets unfairly overlooked for that reason.
Ride the Lightning is my favorite Metallica album. I would put Master of Puppets at 2, I prefer the more rough sound of RTL to the more polished production on MOP.
My ranking (best song on the album):
10. St. Anger (St. Anger)
9. Load (Ain't My Bitch)
8. Reload (Fuel)
7. Hardwired (Spit Out the Bone)
6. Death Magnetic (Unforgiven III)
5. Black Album (Wherever I May Roam)
4. Master of Puppets (Orion)
3. Kill Em All (Seek and Destroy)
2. Ride the Lightning (Fade to Black)
1. And Justice for All (One; my favorite Metallica song)
For me...
1. Puppets (Disposable Heroes)
2. Load (Bleeding Me)
3. Black Album (Unforgiven)
4. Justice (One)
5. Lightning (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
6. Reload (Memory Remains)
7. Death Magnetic (All Nightmare Long)
8. Kill Em All (Whiplash)
9. St. Anger (St. Anger)
10. Hardwired (Spit Out the 🦴)
... And Justice For All is my favourite of them. I had Listened it to death, it barely stayed out of my walkman back in the day:)
So true.
I was a little late to the party as far as when compact discs were introduced - I finally got a CD player in 1988, and one of my first CD purchases was ...And Justice For All.
Wow
Same here. Justice is an incredible album. Metallica's most technical and epic work imo.
@@SuperStrik9 no its not in my opinion
New channel watcher keep the uploads coming and thankyou as rock and metal fan 👍
So glad I found your channel.....love these reviews \m/ \m/
I actually love Load and the black album. Actually it was the black album that got me into Metallica.
10: St. Anger
9: Load
8: Reload
7: Hardwired
6: The Black Album
5: Death Magnetic
4: Kill ‘Em All
3: ...And Justice For All
2: Ride the Lightning
1: Master of Puppets
Thrash machine I would give you a 94% good list?
Good list!
I agree 100% on your list.
Your list is interesting. You are a blues man. God bless. From Sweden.
Thanks for another great video! It's crazy to think that I'm 20 and saw metallica last summer here in Estonia where they preformed in a old soviet union airbase and you guys also went to see them in your 20s. My favorite song by them is motorbreath and favorite album is master of puppets.
Great video. I loved the guest too.
Your buddy is mixing up the tracks on Puppet with Lightning! Lol
1. Kill ‘Em All
2. Master of Puppets
3. Ride The Lightning
4. And Justice For All
5. Black Album
6. Death Magnetic
7. Hardwired... To Self Destruct
8. Reload
9. Load
10. St. Anger
11. (If it counts as a Metallica album) Lulu
st anger..?..the most boring record in the world..all genres..are you kidding.:?..best trolling ever..if you are trolling?..your not serious..are you..?
I rly like how you ranked death magnetic above hardwired. In my opinion dm is more melodic, great riffs, great ideas in general, but with not so great production... all in all great album for me and a great list. For me:
1. Master of Puppets
2. And Justice for all
3. Ride the lightning
4. Kill 'Em All
5. Black Album
6. Death Magnetic
7. Hardwired
8. Load
9. Reload
10. St Anger
gonogazz no clue what you’re talking about trolling, could you be? As far as St Anger is concerned, yes I despise it as much as I despise Lulu, I really think you didn’t read my ranking correctly, maybe you should re-read
@@KevinOrtega1980 For me St Anger mby could be ranked higher if it was for a better production... Some dude made a cover of entire album with much better production, it's very cool. You can find it on yt, it has a green cover with a same st anger cover pic. But I agree with everything you said, its on the bottom of the list for a reason
Lake Of Tears thanks Lake, I saw that, just not sure what the other guy was talking about
Hey Pete! What's up? My first comment to your channel. Love your vids. Never thought I'd see you in a Mile shirt, though. Keep bringing those awesome vids. Cheerz
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. I’ve really been enjoying your “ranking the albums” series! Any plans on ranking the albums of Def Leppard and Gamma?? Thanks for the videos and keep up the great work!!
I’m sure that Steve is a great guy, but this was a bit disjointed Pete. Far better when you do lone reviews IMO
Exactly. There was zero flow.
@@4themusicman if you've ever watch some of the earlier Top 10 songs and Album Rankings, he’s always a little scatterbrained in a fun way, but today he was off topic/distracted quite a bit which did make for an awkward flow at points. Think it’s this Corona Lock Down, it’s got us all a bit wonky at this point !
Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it. Many are getting stressed about life these days.
Agreed. You did the Megadeth albums on your own an was really expecting just the same with Metallica.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Pete the issue is not you having to do it solo, when you have the right guest for the right band it works well like the guy that joined you for Thin Lizzy and Van Halen shows and many other guests also. They just need to add value to the show you are doing it about
If it is ok, let me share a story. Thank you. When I was younger, I just went a different route musically, more rock, prog rock, folk rock, and psychedelic/underground rock than heavy metal, I have since come around to heavy metal. I was not a Metallica fan as a young man. Eight years ago, I was very involved in my father's leukemia battle, daily medical appointments, nightly hospital trips to stay with my father as he was in the hospital. I had the black album, as many fairweather fans had. But two months before my dad lost his battle with that dreadful disease, I found myself buying all the cliff burton Metallica albums plus Justice and Garage Days, and for those two or three months listened to nothing but Metallica and only Metallica. And oddly enough it gave me such solace and strength and pissed offness to survive that awful time in my life. Cliff Burton was my screen saver at work. So I am forever grateful to those early Metallica albums and how they helped me through that time. So I will rate what I have.
7. METALLICA
6 HARDWIRED ...TO SELF-DESTRUCT
5 MASTER OF PUPPETS
4 GARAGE INC
3 KILL 'EM ALL
2 ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
1 RIDE THE LIGHTNING
A side note, a great movie with that era of Metallica as the soundtrack is HESHER.
THANKS PETE, I vastly appreciate your work, comments, and channel.
fookin' loved Hesher! Joseph Gordon- Levitt nailed it! People need to see, and hear, this flick! Inspiring story and all blessings to your departed father. I use music as medicine like you do, and with the crap that is currently destroying the planet, my music constantly brings sanity my way! Especially hard rock and metal! Only the best to you, Michael. take care, Treff
Thanks Pete, always think it would be great to do a channel like this, but having to listen to Lulu again almost makes me reconsider!
YAY I WAS HOPING THIS VIDEO WAS COMING 🔥 💪
I actually liked Load, some good grooves and songs, I even wore the T-Shirt at college without realising it was spunk and blood.
I liked it at the time, but even then I could understand a lot of the criticisms of this album. On the one hand, I liked the fact that it sounded like an actual band playing on this album, but on the other hand it was a band that sounded very little like Metallica.
Yeah it had good songs. I guess a lot of the criticsm/hate it received was due to: cutting their hair short and putting on posh clothes, Lars saying how he prefers Oasis over Venom and how he doesn't see Metallica as a Metal band, songs like Hero of the Day etc. It seemed like they were jumping on the alternative bandwagon.
If you keep in mind that Metallica isn't just a metal band, and they always liked experimenting, Load is a great album. One of my favorites.
@@LuchaLibertaria Agree with this, it was a lot about the image change. A die-hard Metallica friend of mine even ceremoniously burnt his copy! Re-load on the other hand did suck, I remember they were due on a TV show and I got all my flatmates to watch saying "now this will be some real music on TV for a change!" and they played the dreary snoozefest The Memory Remains. When they wheeled out a geriatric Marianne Faithfull, wearing a catsuit and wailing out of tune I died a little inside.
@@acidarrow I remember before Reload came out, Lars was saying that they were returning to their roots, it'd be a Heavy album etc...And then Reload was released. They basicly rickrolled the metal community lol
I heard John Bush was asked by James - to be their singer.
He turned it down, figuring his band, Armored Saint, was going to be huge !
Bush has the definitive voice for hard rock and metal-he lifts Armored Saint to another level! Anthrax knows this. Imagining Metallica with THAT voice-WOH! I mean, James is awesome and all, but John Bush has a gift! Huge Armored Saint fan, and they came up in my backyard of Los Angeles. Severely underrated! Cheers, Seagull Rock Squawk!
Treff Bennett, I agree 100%
Seagull Rock Squawk , go on TH-cam and type Metallica The Four Horsemen with John Bush. Metallica did a five day celebration back in 2011 for their 30 year anniversary and they had so many amazing special guests those five days. John Bush was certainly asked to join Metallica back in the day but he had very high hopes for Armored Saint. John Bush did a phenomenal job on The Four Horsemen and Lars Ulrich even said at the end of the performance that this is what it could of been if John Bush said yes. John Bush would have definitely fit in with Metallica, but I am glad that it happened the way that it did, because James Hetfield's singing is perfect for Metallica.
@@treffbennett6534 I agree with you that John Bush is the MAN when it comes to being a lead singer. He most definitely would have fit in with Metallica no doubt. I also love Armored Saint and love all their albums, especially Delicious Nomad, Raising Fear, and Symbol Of Salvation. There is a video here on TH-cam that has John Bush singing The Four Horsemen with Metallica back in 2011 for Metallica's 30th anniversary celebration. You most likely have seen and listened to it, but just in case you didn't know about it. Even Lars at the end of the performance said this was what could have been, and John Bush sounded phenomenal as usual.
@@johnkatsoudas4767 I had no idea that Bush sang Four Horsemen with Metallica-I am going to check that out right quick! thanks for that.
*My Metallica Album Rankings*
FYI: I have not yet heard *Hardwired...To Self-Destruct* and so I cannot include it on here.
9) St. Anger
8) Reload
7) Death Magnetic
6) Load
5) ...And Justice For All
4) Metallica
3) Kill 'Em All
2) Ride The Lightning
1) Master Of Puppets
(R.I.P. Cliff Burton)
The three greatest albums ever released from them in my opinion are in this order.
#1 - Ride The Lightning.
#2 - Master of Puppets.
#3 - And justice for All.
Verygood video Pete \m/
The only three I own are Ride, Master and Justice. Last saw them in Glasgow May 1990 and I'm cool with that.
Cool
Buy Kill Em All.. trust me. Do it right now
@@djentyman4002 I have heard all the others, had the first four on lp but only have the ones I mentioned on cd now. When I bought Ride back in the day it sounded like a vast improvement on Kill so lost interest in that one. As for anything they did after The Black album...not really fussed. Thanks for the recomendation though
john barrett no problem. Kill Em All was the first album i heard from them and it changed my life. Became a metal head from there on. But everyone has their opinions on it. Still a top 5 thrash metal on my list. So many great ones out there!
@@djentyman4002 Agree with you there. the mid to late 80's were awesome...i discovered Metallica, Slayer, Annihilator and Megadeth. Looking back now as a 52 year old, great stuff!
1. And Justice For All
2. Master of Puppets
3. Kill 'Em All
4. Ride The Lightning
Justice and Puppets are my Top 2 favorites
Ride the Lightning number 4..? More like number 1.
@@Buckeye_4_Life_ Ride for me is also at #4. It can flip flop with my #3 any day, which is also Kill Em' All.
I'm glad you did a band with an actual catalog again LOL. Good clip. Edit - I always get the feeling that Pete would actually rather do the videos alone haha...
I can totally understand people being more attached to 80s Metallica,especially if they grey up with the band at that time. No matter what Metallica do, - those 4 albums will resonate above everything to them. I get it. But I will never feel the same way. I got into them like most my age (40), in the early 90s during the Black album. It was right in the midst of my grunge obsession. I still love grunge, and I have loved for the most part all of what Metallica have done since Black album aswell. There is some exceptional music from the Load timeline that was criminally overlooked because the bands image overhaul caught the headlines instead. Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me are titanic songs that hark to Sabbath and Zeppelin's heavy influences. Hetfield was a hard rocker before Lars introduced the NWOBHM to him, so it was inevitable that the heavy 70s influence would shine through as he was gettin older, more introspective after thrashin thru the 80s. Death Magnetic absolutely has sound issues, but the songs are great- My Apocalypse and All nightmare Long are wonderful examples of fast trashy modern Metallica. And Hardwired.. had brilliant songs- Atlas Rise, Moth into Flame, the awesome Dream no More,and Spit out the Bone. Furious fun!! I dont rate or like Lulu either, but I dont even class it as an actual "Metallica" album anyway. St Anger- well, to me I hear potential that sounds unfinished. Its abrasive, meandering songs give it the feel of a demo thats yet to be finalised. But- when played live, Frantic is a beast of a song! Again, I understand the first 4 albums' importance to most people, but I also think anybody that shuts the band off after ...Justice, or Black is seriously missing out on some great songs.
I totally agree with you, pete. that _death magnetic_ album sounds really forced, not spontaneous.
Kinda bland, bad production, and bloated songs.
I always felt the same about that album, same with the last one: Contrived. They don't seem to really want to do that kind of music anymore.
Finally, people who think the same that I do about Death Magnetic and Hardwired. I just never cared for them. The magic is just gone.
@@mck7646 I agree with you. Both those albums felt like half baked attempts to recapture a past that was long gone.
It’s the fans who demanded they go back to the old sound who are to blame for that. They obviously haven’t wanted to make thrash in a long time
I remember buying new albums from two unknown bands on the very same day: Metallica’s Kill ‘em All and Accept’s Restless and Wild. My friends lost their shit when I played them..!!
I remember getting Accept Restless And Wild back in the mid 80's and was shocked like most fans were when I first heard the intro to Fast As A Shark. Lol Then Udo Dirkschneider's scream comes out and I was amazed at how fast the song was for it's time. Restless And Wild is still to this day one of my favorite Accept albums ever. The whole album is a MASTERPIECE!
John Katsoudas - I also remember hearing Fast as a Shark for the first time - killer stuff..!!!
@@johnkatsoudas4767
Those were the days Γιάννη , when were just passing by a record store and found ourselfs staring at what later would be called all time classics.
_ Hello George. Whats that right next to the new Iron Maiden and the new Dio albums?
_Queensryche you mean?
_ Yeah that one. Is it any good?
_Hell it is!
_And the other one?
_Next to the new Judas Priest?
_Yeap.
_Crimson Glory?
_Yes , that one!
_Killer!
Ok , George , give me all five of them!
Went home , left my room five days later!
Happy days indeed!
Ps. Restless and Balls to the walll are mindblowing albums.
I remember the day St-Anger was released... there was a record store near the office me and some music-loving colleagues would go to every Tuesday, the day new albums were released back then. That day I went there with a colleague who had gotten into Metallica through the Black Album, Load and Re-Load. For my part, I had gotten into them with Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets and Kill Em All. Anyway, he bought St-Anger, and once we got back to work, he locked himself up in his office to listen to his new acquisition. An hour or so later, he came out and left the CD on the corner of my desk and told me to have a listen to it that night and that if I liked it and wanted it, it was for sale for me to buy it if I wanted it. So I took it home later and listened to it. I honestly never laughed so much listening to anything up to that point. I was in stitches and told my colleague thanks but no thanks on his offer. The next time I laughed so much listening to anything was some years later when they free-streamed Lulu online before the actual release date. These 2 albums were literally like when people say "this artist could fart on record and people would still buy it". To this day, I don't personally know anybody who bought Lulu.
Wow Opeth and Metallica are my two favorite bands and you covered em both today! As far as Metallica’s discography goes (main studio albums), I’d say:
1. Master of Puppets
2. And Justice For All
3. Ride the Lightning
4. Kill Em All
5. Self-titled
6. Hardwired
7. Death Magnetic
8. Load
9. Reload
10. St. Anger
Michael nice list I would give you a 95% A+?
The first 4 albums from the 80’s are amazing albums! The Black album is different but still amazing. The Load and Reload albums are great underrated albums and people only hate them because they are not thrash albums. St Anger isn’t very good but it has some good songs that are unfortunately ruined by terrible production. Death Magnetic and Hardwired are great thrash albums that I don’t know why get hated so much since they’re thrash albums, you know, the kind of music that everyone wanted them to go back to. LULU is terrible but I don’t consider it a Metallica album.
Johan pic based
Load and Reload are pure shit and everything after that is still garbage
Yup, lulu is a horrifically bad album, I don't consider that Metallica at all
10) St Anger, 9) Load, 8) Reload, 7) Death Magnetic, 6) Hardwired, 5) Black, 4) Justice, 3) Kill, 2) Ride, 1) Master
Great show as always SoT! Mostly agreement, some disagreement, but who cares, right? Opinions are there to be discussed. Your album ranking shows are really geared towards folks who have already listened although I've discovered a lot by listening to you and then checking out what you discuss. In this case, I've listened to all of it because, for me, Metallica was the first third-generation metal band that got me interested and I now seem them equal to Sabbath. I really never get through a week without at least a couple of songs by each. In spite of you not actually playing excerpts on the show, how you do this just works very well. It's always fun when you bring in someone else and discuss as well as you did here. Stay healthy and all the best to you!
I actually got into Metallica with songs like I Disappear and Fuel then my friend got me to listen to Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning and that blew me away, such raw energy! Now I pretty much only listen to the first four albums with the first being my favourite
I like a lot of the Load album.
Great album. My favorite, actually.
Yes,i like it a lot.One of my favorite.
Outlaw Torn and Bleeding Me are two of the most underrated songs from that album. A lot of people disregard anything from that album altogether.
Yeah i didn’t really get what he was saying about it giving stoner vibes, I really enjoyed load. King nothing& until it sleeps are great songs. Ain’t my bitch is a catchy one as well
10. St. Anger
9. Reload
8. Kill Em' All
7. Death Magnetic
6. Hardwired
5. Load
4. Ride the Lightning
3. Black Album
2. Master of Puppets
1. ...And Justice for All
Edit: My top 5 is pretty set in stone but #6 to #8 are kind of interchangeable depending on the day.
St. Awful
Good list Leafs fan!! I like it
My Top 5 is the same, I'd put Kill em All to number 6 tho.
Leafs fan You root for the wrong team but you made a good list so I will give you a 98% A+?
Been looking forward to this ranking, thanks for doing it Pete. Here's mine:
1. Ride the Lightning
2. Master of Puppets
3. ... And Justice for All
4. Tie Metallica and Kill Em All
5. Death Magnetic
6. Hardwired to Self-Destruct
7. Load
8. Reload
9. St. Anger
Richard good list you get an A+ 98%?
My list (of the ones I’ve listened to)
5. Black album
4. Kill em all
3. And justice for all
2. Master of puppets
1. Ride the lightning
@Josh Tyler wow!! My list exactly.
Bleeding me from load is actually really good
@@scottmcgregor562 - me too bro!!
Even though Black Album was way more commercial, it at the very least still sounded like Metallica. I think a lot of fans in the mid 90's before Load came out, were hoping that they were going to get a bit heavier again....maybe not Lightning or Puppets level but just something with some grit. Instead they just went completely for the mainstream radio & MTV play, unfortunately.
They have no released more albums. There's now another band using their name, but sure they can't be the same people.
I know one thing and the thing is that number 1 is Kill em All. I hardly imagine metal scene without this album.
From metal heroes to millionaire zeroes. Testament, Anthrax, Metal Church etc, these guys deserve the day-1 fans’ respect. Metallica great youth memories. Best concert of the mid eighties (Metal Church and Anthrax opening!!!).
I'm taking a break from singing and playing guitar. Thank you for your ranking Metallica. My favorites are; Metallica (Black album/CD), Masters of Puppets and Justice for all. 🎤🎸🎵🥁
Great video!
I feel like smoking joint with Steve and chill in that room😂😂😂
Pretty sure he was already a little smashed when they were recording this. 🤣
It would be a cool place to quarantine with all those pinball machines!
Mike N, no doubt! Looks like a fun place to chill.
@@julianortiz4151 Yes. The whole thing was beyond disjointed.
@@4themusicman Listen, we are all in lockdown and forced in our homes with all of our families and pets around 24/7, and these video are going to be a little more 'personal' while we all go through this. Have a little compassion and just have fun with it.
I'm 54 and still a metalhead....I listen to everything I did growing up and all new metal too. I'm never growing out of it...I'll listen to it forever. It's part of my DNA...I was listening to Accept Blood of the Nations album on my way home from work today.....Loud!
I know what you mean. How can you grow out of listening to metal? You can broaden your horizons and like other music in addition to metal, but you can't really stop loving metal if it ever truly meant something to you. I can honestly see myself wearing a Dio t-shirt while rolling around in a wheelchair that I have customized with an Iron Maiden back patch.
th-cam.com/video/9l3Bl-A9dIo/w-d-xo.html - then you’ll love this video 😛🍺🇺🇸
I've been told that Crestor can prevent a heavy metal heart attack.
Excellent Nile shirt. Appreciate your diverse taste in music Pete
I'm a huge fan of Lulu, but I think of it as a Lou Reed record. One of my absolutely favorite artists. And I know it's a tough sell for both fan bases. But I'm weird one, and I love it. But I don't blame anyone for not liking it.
Well it is a lou Reid album he invited Metallica on it but the ideas behind the teeming and lyrics of the album are all lou reid
Bro, I wanted to hear him talk about hardwired to self destruct, don’t cut him off and then go to your number 6 without letting him finish his thought
1 master of puppets
2 ride the lightning
3 kill em all
4 and justice for all
5 garage days
6 black
7 load
8 hardwired
Don’t care about the others
Junior dad & cheat on me, from "Lulu", are epic songs. Give it a chance, you'll see.
I love your video's, thanks man ! I'ts a good distractions in our current crisis. Stay healthy !
This right here has been your most impossible ranking by far....very well done and thank you very much!!
I can't really rank their albums, but I'd classify like this :
Great albums :
- Master of Puppets
- Ride the Lightning
- Kill'em All
- ...And Justice for All
Not great albums, but some good stuff in it :
- black album
- Death Magnetic
Albums I'll probably never listen to again :
- Load
- Re-Load
- Hardwire
- St Anger
Thanks for your videos by the way ! I watched a good bunch of them, very interesting.
King nothing is a good song
Nicolas Lebrun :
I found Death Magnetic AND Hardwired in my public library. Checked them out and ripped them to my music library. Didn't pay shit.
Big Deal Meanwhile, Lars gets a shiver down his back and he doesn't know why.
Nicolas Lebrun loved your list and how you ranked them that's exactly the way I would rank them more by category your top four is obviously spot on and your middle and bottom categories are spot on as well those metallica albums I would definitely not listen to again although I would say that "hardwired" is the best of the bad bunch but that's not saying much
1. Kill Em all
2. Master of puppets
3. Ride the lightning
4. and justice for all
I don't bother with any if their output after _"Justice."_
That would be mine as well - Justice big disappointment for me I hate to say. So much build up and .... hmmm. Just no heart and soul left. Sounded numb and tight.
Boiler Room Drums no bass killed the record
You’re right,the Metallica album list is just a top 4 👍🇸🇪
Very close...
Thank you boys......fantastic review.....rick.
This has changed for me a few times throughout the years . Master Of Puppets, Ride The Lightning, and And Justice For All all have been my favorite Metallica albums at some time in the past. At the moment my list would have to be.
10. ST. Anger
9. Reload
8. Death Magnetic
7. Load
6. Hardwired To Self Destruct
5. The Black Album
4. Kill Em All
3. Master Of Puppets
2. And Justice For All
1. Ride The Lightning
I love the first four albums alot to this day and they change very often on what my favorite album is. Ride The Lightning is the first Metallica album I ever listened to back in the mid 80's as a little kid and I could not believe how heavy it was. It is the first Thrash album I ever listened to and I loved how aggressive it was for that time.
very nice list I would also give you a 98% A+?
The Black Album has better production than Kill Em All.
@@prometheustv6558 I don't care about production , I care about great songs. Metallica's Black album actually has better production than Metallica's first four albums, but the songs on the first four albums are much better in my opinion. I do know that Metallica's Black album is their best selling album ever , but it does not mean that it is the best. Every fan has the right to pick what they favorite is.
@@marksantucci4230 thank you. I will take that A+. I hope that you and your family are all doing well during this crazy times.
@@johnkatsoudas4767 I'm out of work remainder of this week next week but I go back I think the 20th .
My top Metallica albums:
1. Ride The Lightning / Master (too hard to decide / probably Lightning at the moment though)
2. ...And Justice for All
3. Kill Em All
4. Black Album
The rest are a bit of a blur.
gasmaskboi19371945 :
Right on bro..... Their first 5 are the shit
Big Deal black album was a radio friendly album. It’s not thrash but hard rock
@@djentyman4002 doesn't mean it's not good though does it?
gasmaskboi19371945 it definitely has a few good songs but doesn’t live up to the first 4 albums
@@djentyman4002 Oh yeah, I definitely agree! But personally I prefer the material to all the albums after that. Although I think every album has a good track at least.
Death Magnetic is so underrated. I always hear people say that Hardwired is their return to form, but Death Magnetic was heavier and much better imo.
I remember when i heard "Fight Fire With Fire" for the first time back in high school 1985. Ride's my favorite album. then Master, $5.98 EP, Kill and Justice.
Good stuff Pete. I think you guys are right. There are many people who started with the Black Album. I like you guys, go way back, but I like the Black album a bit more. Thanks
In my opinion, the firsfirst 4 albums are so epic I struggle to put one infront of the other, which for me makes them the greatest metal band ever, I was disappointed when they released the black album and apart from a few songs on each other album since then,but the still sit at the top, where do you fellas rank the band
1.Ride the Lightning
2.Master of puppets
3.And justice for all
4.Kill em all
5.Black album
6.Reload
7.Load
8.Hardwired to self destruct
9.Death Magnetic
10.St.Anger
Good review, I agree with Pete, Ride The Lightning is also my number 1!!!!
I am impressed that Pete likes Ride the Lightning as his number 1. Ride the Lightning is my all time favorite album of any genre of music. If I ranked my top 5 it would be Ride the Lightning 1, ....And Justice for All 2, Master of Puppets 3, Kill em All 4, and Death Magnetic 5.
10. St Anger (not counting Lulu)
9. Reload
8. Load
7. Hardwired...to selfdestruct
6. Death Magnetic
5. Metallica (Black Album)
4. And Justice for all
3. Kill Em All
2. Master of puppets
1. Ride the lightning
Kristoffer great list I would give you a 99% A+?
@@marksantucci4230 stfu
Explaining why Ride The Lightning as No.1 by Pete didn't get a fair treatment ... reign it in, Steve!
Awesome rank discussion! You should do a rank video for the Queensryche discography!
It's coming very soon!
COOL you like Nile. I first found them in the 10th grade back in 1998 a buddy of mine put the song Ramses bringer of war on my discman and I was blown away.
Load has some really well written songs on it. I love the earlier albums but I would rank Load alot higher on my list.
You my friend speak sense, load was the album That got me into metallica and specifically the song ain't my bitch, and I love cure, king nothing, wasting my hate and bleeding me is a masterpiece.
I think both albums get way too much disrespect. Load doesn't really have any crap songs. Reload I really like the first half of it plus Better Than You.
Imho Load was a pretty decent album, Reload was crap tho, that was mostly left over songs from Load Sessions.
I second that opinion.
IMO if they'd left out some of the songs from these albums, and they'd put them all together into one album named LOAD it'd be a great album. I mean a lot of people would hate it anyway, but quality wise it would a really interesting and one of the most (if not the most) versatile 'tallica albums, with songs like Low Man's Lyric, Until it Sleeps, Fuel etc.
yeah Load has some solid hard rock on it. If you like 70s Aerosmith, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to get into some of it.
10. St anger
09. Death magnetic
08. Hardwired… to self-destruct
07. Kill ‘em all
06. Re-load
05. Metallica (black album)
04. Load
03. Master of puppets
02. …And justice for all
01. Ride the lightning
10. St Anger
9. Reload
8. Death Magnetic
7. And Justice
6. Hardwired
5. Kill Em All
4. Load
3. Black
2. Master
1. Ride
darkstorm-good to see Hardwired up higher on your list, I really like it and think it's a return to form! Puzzled by how many others aren't into it!?!?
@@treffbennett6534, I've always thought Hardwired was great. I would have put it above Load (which I love, save for a couple) but there's a couple of tracks on side two that don't rate as high for me.
Anyone see them during the monsters of Rock tour? RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. 1988?
Fuels actually on Reload lol
12 - Lulu
11 - Re - Load
10 - Load
9 - St. Anger
8 - Death Magnetic
7 - Garage Days Re - Revisited
6 - Hardwired...To Self - Destruct
5 - Metallica S/T (1991)
4 - ....And Justice For All
3 - Kill 'Em All
2 - Ride The 🌩 Lightning
1 - Master Of Puppets
These special guests are a must keep addition once things get back to "normal". A special guest slot should be a prize for comment of the week or something...
Personally, I got into em in 88 and own all of their albums except Lulu and Hardwired. These days I can honestly only listen to the first 4 with Puppets along with Blind by C.O.C. being my fave albums of all time. So my list is short-
1. Master of Puppets
2. ...And Justice for All
3. Ride the Lightening
4. Kill em All
Nice Nile shirt. you should rank their albums.
yes!
Seems like I’m in the minority with LuLu and St. Anger.
I like both of them as well.
I like the first 4 songs in st anger a lot
Early albums are classic no doubt but I also love the thin, punky sound of St Anger and enjoy Lulu (which is really a Lou Reed album with Metallica playing as backing band)
Please rank the Motley Crue & W.A.S.P. albums if possible!! Really enjoy your rankings, keep it up.
It's funny, Load was the first Metallica album I ever heard. Load was my route into Metallica and from there I went back through their entire discography. I still really like both Load and Reload but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I didn't experience 80s Metallica first.
Same here.
That’s me too man. I was 15 when I got Load. Discovered their first 4 albums not long after but wasn’t till about I was 23 when it really blew my mind. Load isn’t on that level of those first 4, bit it is great for it’s time. Bleeding Me is a masterpiece
Metallica is relatively easy for me to rank, my list:
10. St. Anger (A real messy album, that to me almost sounds like an unfinished album or a demo. Songs are very long and in a very unnecessary way because there's so much verse repetition... Lack of solos nullify Metallica's classic pacing and built-up climaxes... Every now and then you'll hear clunky or scratchy bass and guitar parts... I guess Frantic is almost unanimously considered ok because it sounds more refined, like an actually finished song... Most of the album is unexcusable, though.)
9. Re-Load (I don't despise the Load era, but even in comparison to Load itself there is less finesse and lots of filler here... Some songs like Carpe Diem and The Memory Remains even annoy me a bit... There are still good chunks of it, like Fuel, Devil's Dance, Prince Charming, Bad Seed and Where the Wild Things Are... Other songs like Better Than You and Slither are enjoyable at first but kind of overstay their welcome... Again, unnecessary repetition plays a large role in the albums I dislike.)
8. Death Magnetic (Some people consider this a return to form, but I don't think it's quite there... Some songs like Cyanide, That Was Just Your Life and Judas Kiss are quite spectacular... Instrumentally this album has stellar moments, but overly procrastinated intros and overtretched interludes combined with songwriting that was still down a notch make it tiresome and uncomparable to 80s material).
7. Kill 'em All (Seems like a low ranking for a classic debut, but from here onwards I really enjoy every Metallica album. Truth is, as much as this album has great historical importance, I find myself reaching for a few songs in particular like Jump in the Fire, Metal Militia and No Remorse a lot more than the rest... Kirk shreds on this album, but to me it almost seems like the solos are a bit generic and interchangeable... This album also has a kind of rawness to it, but I personally prefer the Metallica albums that sound a bit classy, almost regal in nature.)
6. Hardwired (This album got me. I wasn't this excited by a "comeback" album of sorts in a long time. A little excessive? Maybe, but I think disc one is damn near perfect, disc two starts off a bit stiff but then quickly regains momentum. So essentially there's a lot of musical content and I don't feel the need to skip much and you get a great listen throughout. Some songs went as far as to give me goosebumps. I also like that this album isn't trying to rip off justice and master, there's a bit of groove and seems like a little bit of everything.)
5. Load (Surprise! I have no animosity towards this album. Certainly not comparable to the thrash powerhouses, but I played this album to death when I was a kid. Compare this to 90s and early 2000s alternative rock and it's still classier and more technical. Compare it to so-called "sell-out" albums by other metal bands and it seems so much more natural, like the band is actually enjoying what they play, and therefore an honest album. Until it Sleeps and Bleeding Me are personal favorites, but I pretty much enjoy it from start to finish. Call me crazy, but I hear a great deal of Metallica's influences like UFO and Thin Lizzy on this album, which reiterates what I mean about it being honest and the band enjoying themselves. A bit of Alice and Chains here and there, which is also no big deal because AiC is another childhood favorite. Overrall, a great album from the 90s.)
4. Metallica 1991 (Four words best describe this album: Overplayed for a reason. It's great from top to bottom, still heavy and with bits of thrash here and there. There's stellar songwriting on multiple tracks- particularly The Unforgiven and Wherever I May Roam.The radio staples are quite good and as far as "gateway" albums go, this is THE gateway album. B-sides are exciting. People get pissed off at it being overrated, but I see no problem in there being an album that appeals to general masses, if it really is still good.)
3. ... And Justice for All (This could easily be my favorite if it weren't for a few nitpicks, which surprisingly isn't the bass, but specific parts of some songs that make it loopy and excessive, like in Eye of the Beholder and Frayed Ends of Sanity. I love the rest, though. Both guitarists' best guitar work is arguably on this album, Lars is impressionable and there really is a sort of progressive edge to it.)
2. Master of Puppets (I don't think this is the best album of all time like many people preach, but being perfectly honest, it's a powerhouse. Sound engineering on this album is legendary. I hear The Thing that Should Not Be and to this very day, even for modern standards it is HEAVY. There are beautiful musical moments that just scream artistry... I also mentioned before about Metallica's pacing, built-up climaxes and regal nature. This album might be the epitome of all of that.)
1. Ride the Lightning (Simply put, one of my all-time favorite albums, and in my opinion the first actual thrash masterpiece. Kill 'em All had the technical prowess, but as I said before, there's a rawness to it. Ride has class, a certain finesse to it. Songwriting is nothing less than dark poetry on top of classical inspired compositions with the solid foundations of fast paced metal... Kill 'em All couldn't necessarily hold its own against Judas Priest or Iron Maiden in the songwriting department, but Ride the Lightning screams evolution... It has a bit of that pacing and regal nature of Master, but I also like that it sounds less ambitious at times and just reverts to pure excitement. Nothing here ever overstays its welcome, and with most classic Metallica albums you have a great experience but feel completely drained. This album makes you want to hear it twice! The title track is my personal favorite Metallica song, Fade to Black is one of the most beloved semi-ballad metal songs and Fight Fire with Fire is arguably one of the best album openers. I could talk about this album for days!)
nicely said, regarding Metallica's catalog and why you liked some more than others, you have great ability to break down music and I really loved reading your comments on each album! And yes, finally someone who thinks Hardwired' was a return to form. I really like it-chalk full of great riffs, extremely energetic and filled with confident songwriting, and the production is STRONG! I feel that many people who have dismissed it on this page, just haven't given it a fair listen, as it features many of Metallica's strong suits. I play the hell out of it and feel that the song quality blows away the material on Death Magnetic, which sounds like a band trying to recapture what made them great.....but missing the mark! Great stuff, Gabriel! take care.
Thanks! \m/
What's weird is, I had heard Metallica way back when Kill Em All was first released on a New Jersey college radio station that you could hear throughout the NYC metro area (WSOU, Seton Hall University's radio station), which had an exclusively metal format with an emphasis on the heavier stuff (though they played all types of metal).
I recorded Four Horsemen and a few other Kill Em All songs off the radio. My initial impression of them was that they had great riffs but I wasn't yet digging the thrash style.
I remember thinking that their songs would be great if slowed down and played with a more Sabbathy guitar tone. At the time I thought the guitars sounded like a motorcycle engine revving, which kind of ruined it for me.
It wasn't until many years later when I was in college that I was at a party in a large dorm room with a black light and flashing strobe light on, drunk, stoned, and shroomed, and they were playing Kill Em All, and suddenly I got it.
I thought it was awesome. They were playing South of Heaven and Reign In Blood by Slayer also, which I also thought were awesome.
I remember the next day thinking I must have damaged my brain to suddenly love Metallica and Slayer.
Oh well.
I had too many brain cells anyway. Some of them just had to go...
Very cool Pete!!! Didnt realize you hadn't ranked Metallica yet!!! Heres mine to share. Oh, for everyone, I'm still checking the playlist!!!!
1. Garage Inc.
2. Ride The Lightning
3. Black Album
4. And Justice For All
5. Garage Days Revisted
6. Master Of Puppets
7. Kill 'Em All
8. Load
9. Reload
10. St Anger
I know I threw an ep in there. Forgive me.
Kill Me All is now my favorite. Yes its more adolescent-y of the Cliff albums but the riffs and crunchiness of them is awesome.
I never heard Kill Me All, but Kill Em All is awesome.
@@b.g.5869 my phone thinks it knows better than me what I want to write
I prefer your videos without special guests
I don't know what to tell you...I like having guests on every so often.
@@seaoftranquilityprog oh, yeah i mean its good, but I like hearing your opinion over anything else, thats why i subbed, but keep doing what you enjoy doing is more important.
Pls rank the motley crew or Ozzy osbourne albums next. Also thanks for doing another AWESOME and great quality video 🤘🏻🇦🇺
Maybe i misheard, but Pete ypu said you were gonna include Garage Days but then i didnt hear it? Maybe i missed it?