METALLICA: Albums Ranked (From Worst to Best) - Rank 'Em All
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- METALLICA'S ALBUMS RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST.
In todays video I'm going to rank Metallica's full-length albums, the whole discography from Kill 'Em All to Hardwired... To Self-Destruct but also classic albums like Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppers, ...And Justice For All and the Black album. I've decided to call this series Rank 'em all so let me know what you think of this ranking and if you want me to rank other bands and their discographies. But this video is all about Metallica's albums. Enjoy!!
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METALLICA ALBUMS RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST.
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0:53 The Ranking
6:42 The Summary
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And albums like: St. Anger, Hardwired to Self-Destruct, Death Magnetic, Metallica aka The Black Album, Master of Puppets, Kill 'em all, Ride the Lightning and Lulu.
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Have to say I agree: Puppets is usually esteemed as their best, but there's just something about Ride The Lightning. When you think that it was only one year after Kill 'Em All, it's pretty amazing what a leap forward it was. The title track and creeping Death alone just amazing. RTL is Kirk's most epic solo.
I fully agree. Cheers!
i agree in some parts and can very well see your opinion. I just do not like the mixing.
Agreed. mo' Burton songs = mo' betta songs!
Master Of Puppets is Ride The Lightning with better songs, better production and tighter playing 🤷
@@johnp82 thats my take, both great albums though... and Orion though.
Overkill. definitly overkill. This band has a hell of a lot of consistency and quality overall but man is it purely subjective which one falls where.
Are you saying that my rankings arent the absolute truth? How dare you! ;) haha
@@RuthlessMetalYT oh man... I just re-read and I just realized how my comment could come across haha!!
I meant: Rank Overkill (the band) albums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry man haha
Overkill is my favorite thrash band by far. Those first 4 albums fucking rule.
@@jimink3047 Nah, they’re just overkill. 😎
1. And justice for all….blackened is one of the best songs they ever wrote IMO.
2. Master of puppets….Orion helps push this album slightly past ride the lighting
3. Ride the lighting….awesome album and was my first Metallica album I ever bought.
4. Killem all….seek and destroy will never get old.
5. Black album….and nothing else matters after this album imo.
Cheers!
That's exactly how i would have ranked Metallkica's Top 5 ! No need to do it now....
Great ranking dude 👍
I would agree with all of this except I would have puppets and RTL switched, and And Justice For All was an all around good album. I prefer One over blackened, but there’s not a single bad song on that album
The only album after the black album that’s really good is death magnetic
Megadeth or Sepultura next please
Megadeth is in the works. :)
Sepultura. Hands down!
SEPUL-FUCKING-TURA
@@RuthlessMetalYT megadeth is my favourite band 🤘
SEPULTURA FROM BRAZIL 🇧🇷
For me Master of Puppets is the best. To compare, while Raining Blood is pure thrash, MoP has a wide variety of song styles. All of them very well done. Disposable Heroes is their best song, imo.
I’m putting my vote in for a Death discography ranking.
@Raul Ramirez more that their sound evolved so much(having revolving door of members didn't hurt there),that it just comes down to different strokes for different folks
this would be very difficult and I'm sure that a lot of people would disagree with the order since the entire Death discography is absolutely phenomenal
If I am going to say something positive about Lulu, it's an album that's so bad it's funny and entertaining. "I am the table!"
It's also a very good frisbee, it flies through the air real well, it's amazing! ;) Cheers!
After listening to Lulu, St. Anger sounds like a masterpiece. 🤣🤣
@@RuthlessMetalYT The only record I did that with was a W.A.S.P. single ("blood pack"). I hated it.
I understand why Load/ReLoad are hated by so many, but I personally love them. They have more good songs than people give them credit. The production is really good, James' vocals sound amazing, and Metallica got more experimental with different instruments than in any other album they've made. Personally though, Ride the Lightning is their best.
PS. If you think that Lulu is the worst album by a good band, you've never heard Prototype by Celtic Frost.
Prototype was a demo otherwise It would be a strong contender. :D Bulldozer from Italy also put out some terrible techno sounding stuff.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Prototype is only considered a demo because it had a limited release. Otherwise, it was a full album worth of content. 10 songs and over 45 minutes long.
To me personally, it shouldn't be disqualified from a hypothetical "Worst Albums by Good Bands" list just because they only sold 30 of them.
Well to answer your first question : Because those 2 albums are bad, actually terribly bad; the guys were washed out by then; I remember an interview with ulrich at the time and he was basically saying that they had no fun anymore, and their inspiration was gone. It was bad enough actually for me, a fan from day 1 to simply quit on Metallica, now never mind, it's an opinion, that's all .
I think personally that the album St Anger isn't as bad as what most people say, drums sounds terrible sure, but the raw violence of the band is definitely there.
Now , thanks for the tip but I will now google Prototype from CF . I wanna hear that if this is even worst than LULU it's got to be worth it.
I was 16 when Load was unloaded to the masses. I personaly liked it a lot and still do. I like the more "introspective" take Hetfield took with lyrics on Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn and later on Reload, "Fixxxer". My mates were really into Pantera and Sepultura and Machine Head at that stage. Some enjoyed Load, others not so much! I just like the more again, deeper darker grooves in there and its got a nice mix of 70s inspired rock aswell.
When listened to alongside more of its influences- anything from Sabbath, 70s Aerosmith, Danzig, Thin Lizzy- and The Black Album, it makes sense. If people hear it and instantly compare it to anything from the 80s, I dont think the album gets the chance it deserves.
@@martinberthiaume4971 "Well to answer your first question." I... didn't ask a question but ok. You didn't even answer this non-existent question either. You just said "It's bad!" and then talked about how Metallica felt. None of that is relevant to the actual quality of Load/ReLoad. James Hetfield despises his vocals from the first 4 albums, and the whole band apparently hates Escape, so by your logic they must suck as well.
Load/ReLoad both sound amazing, from the tones of the instruments, to James's vocals, and the recording quality itself. They experiment with a ton of different song structures and instruments that don't appear on any other of their albums. They also feature some of their best-written songs from a lyrical perspective, including Until It Sleeps, The Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, The Unforgiven II, Mama Said, Low Man's Lyric, and Fixxxer.
I couldn't rank Justice lower than 3rd.
As for St. Anger I'll be generous and say that there are moments on that album that I like. Moments, not songs. And the standard should be higher than that - especially for a band like Metallica.
As for what else to do, start with the big 4 - lets face it, big 4 = views. Then, of course, rank OVERKILL! And Maiden, Priest, Motorhead, Sabbath, Purple, Saxon, Nevermore, Crowbar, etc.
I don't know, St. Anger gets my blood boiling that a band could even fall that far from grace. Yeah a lot of those I will probably rank sooner or later. Cheers!
I’d agree that Ride the Lightning is probably their best LP, and MOP might even rank second, BUT I think people just forget what an incredible impact Kill Em All had when it came out.
Maybe many of the people commenting here just were not alive, but Kill Em All had a little buzz coming out and WOW we just hadn’t heard anything like it.
Kill em All establishes the genre and you gotta admire Metallica for that despite where their fame has taken them
🤟🤟
@@RuthlessMetalYT this is the emoji for "I love you"😂 this is metal head🤘
@@NileR
Ruthless Metal did indeed post the wrong emoji, although it means “hang loose” which is another way of saying “relax”
Kill Em All is my personal favorite Metallica album...it never slows down
@@vietnamd0820 no, I know for a fact that it's "I love you" in sign language, because I saw it in a quiz show.
Ride the Lightning will be my #1 forever! I was a new metal fan that year, and it was Ride the Lightning that made me into a metal fanatic!
Cheers!
Iron Maiden next, please.
Unless you're primarily focusing on thrash metal, in which case I would request Exodus.
As for this video, I agree wholeheartedly with your three best (including the order in which you ranked them), as well as your assessment of their 90s to 2003 material. My only caveat there is that ranking Load, Reload, and St. Anger is like trying to decide which stinky horse turd is the worst. I mean, I bought the cassette single for "Until It Sleeps" before the Load album. One listen and I knew better than to waste my money on the whole album. When the cover song on the B-side was the only redeeming element on the cassette single, that was a sign that my beloved Metallica had lost their minds.
Honestly, though, I actually liked both Death Magnetic and Hardwired.
I'll probably dare to outside of thrash now and then even if it's kinda my thing. I need to catch up on some of the more modern maiden releases first.
@@RuthlessMetalYT OH NO PLEASE DON'T DO THAT
10. Reload
9. Load
8. St Anger
7. Hardwired to Self Destruct
6. Death Magnetic
5. Kill Em All
4. Black Album
3. Ride the Lighting
2. Master of Puppets
1. And Justice For All
I think most people can agree that after The Black Album they went downhill.
Cheers!
Went downhill? More like fell off a cliff.
agree with justice no. 1 you are a true metallica fan!!!
Black over KEA ?? Not possible bro.
10. St. Anger
09. Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
08. Re-Load
07. Death Magnetic
06. Load
05. Black
04. ...And Justice For All
03. Kill 'em All
02. Master of Puppets
01. Ride The Lightning
Cheers!
#1 Ride the Lightning
#2 Kill ‘Em All
#3 Master of Puppets
#4 …And Justice For All
#5 Death Magnetic
#6 Load
#7 Black Album
#8 Reload
#9 Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
#10 St. Anger
#11 Lulu
Pretty solid. ;)
LOL lulu has a rank??🤣🤣
i would totally agree to this rank because death is a good album. I like it a lot more than hardwired
Good but Black is slightly too low in my opinion
@@JCStorm76 I think the black album is brilliant but I like Load even more so
I actually like and justice for all more than ride the lightning, though I can't deny both are masterpieces.
yes!
I just wished to god they hadn't done such a shitty thing to Jason. Lars you cock! At least one engineer quit during the mixdown - "I love you guys but I refuse to become known as the guy who responsible for this mix"
"...even if Metallica has more or less sucked for the last 30 years" lol
If you took all the songs that are even remotely worth listening to from The Black Album through St. Anger, had the band spiff them up a bit, then re-record them with a good producer, you might get one halfway decent album out of it. And it would still be Metallica's worst album overall. I heard how epic "Enter Sandman" could have been when the hardcore punk band Vice Squad covered it for a punk tribute album for Metallica.
The intensity just wasn't there after Puppets for me, and Justice was too much of a rehash of Puppets at lower speed
@@fzr1000981
Justice had some great songs, but some of the tracks were overly long and unwieldy; Metallica tried too hard to be prog and some songs suffered as a result.
The bad mixing/production, with Jason Newsted's bass barely audible, also held this album back from being in the same category as Lightning or Puppets.
Still, songs like "Blackened," "One," and "Shortest Straw" are absolute gems.
@@deantodd8103 for me and justice for all is one of their best albums i put it after master of puppets in the second place. It is great. The album has everething fast thrash songs like blackened shortest straw, really heavy songs like and justice and one and progressive songs. For me ajfa is a masterpiece and one of the best heavy metal albums of all time.
Follows the same formula as Puppets and too much of a rehash. I thought that since the time I bought it
1. And Justice for All...
2. Ride The Lightning
3. Master of Puppets
4. Kill em all
5. Black Album
6. Hardwired to Self Destruct
7. Death Magnetic
8. Load
9. Reload
10. St. Anger
That's the exact same list, but you just took AJFA and put it on the top.
Well it's practically an undisputed list among metalheads. Only difference is the top 4/ where ajfa goes. It's number 1 for me and also possibly my favorite thrash metal album of all time
Cheers!
I pretty much agree idk it’s always hard for me to choose between kill em all and MOP but either way would be correct imo I usually put kill em all ahead tho
Here's my most favorite METALLICA albums of all times. #1 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING.
#2 - MASTER OF PUPPETS.
#3 - And JUSTICE FOR ALL.
#4 - KILL'EM ALL.
the only 4 METALLICA albums that ever really mattered to me. And they have never come close to topping these 4 albums.
Verygood rankings video.\m/
In terms of ranking albums Judas Priest and Iron Maiden come to mind, the giants of trad metal. It's always interesting to see how differently people rank their albums. One's ranking could be completely different to another's. This is the thing about music, taste in it is completely subjective.
Yeah I'll probably rank their albums some day. I must probably listen a bit to there more recent albums first.
@@RuthlessMetalYT it doesn’t matter bud! Nothing beat or will beat, Somewhere in Time!
Just in case you give a damn:
my Iron Maiden Top5 are:
1. 7th Son of a 7th Son
2. Somewhere in Time
3. A matter of life and death
4. Powerslave
5. Number of the Beast
(Yea IK, only Bruce stuff lol)
Now, Priest is a bit more difficult, as, Painkiller is their only album that I like lol
@@rejiix Priest was better in the 70s. Stained Class and Sad wings of destiny are amazing
@@RuthlessMetalYT Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith are also great albums. Some songs on those records can sound a bit glam/hair metal at times, but it's only because that whole 80s vibe is present. Turbo and arguably Ram It Down are their only glam metal efforts really. Priest's 70s output is flawless and extremely influencial to metal as we know it.
My ranking best to worst is:
1. Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Stained Class
3. Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather
4. Sin After Sin
5. Painkiller
6. Defenders of the Faith
7. Screaming For Vengeance
8. Firepower
9. Angel of Retribution
10. British Steel
11. Rocka Rolla
12. Redeemer of Souls
13. Point of Entry
14. Ram It Down
15. Turbo
16. Nostradamus
17. Jugulator
18. Demolition
More rankings and longer commentaries.
Also: AJFA > MOP > RTL > KEA > BA > HTSD > rest.
Agreed.
Alright I'll try to to it a little longer from now on. :)
Knowing this guy and his odd tastes, he probably put Kill 'Em All over Master Of Puppets.
You'll be surprised.
I would.
I would as well
@@glenkepic3208
Why?
@@thrashgod1189 Short story is KEA knocked me out. We blasted Master at work nearly every day. Bought it and was wondering why i did. Like in said earlier, i saw them for Ride. Gave everything to my son.
"And you know, when Fade To Black is the worst song on the album, it's a remarkable album" ffs, Ruthless... :D
Haha, Sad but true. ;) Cheers!
It's by far the best song on the album, the man is just too much of a thrasher and pleb to realise this.
If anything the only filler song is Escape but even it is good.
@@warrengauthier4699 yeah - I like the chorus, and the solo is KILLER, but the rest is meh at best.
Not a fan of Bells either, but I’m alone in that case - and instrumentals (even Metallica’s best, imo) is always a bit of a let down, to me.
Fight fire with fire and ride the lightning are the best songs IMO. Call of the Ktulu is a killer instrumental.
Their first 4 are the meaning of what perfection is like.
"Let me choose my words carefully...uhm...I think my ranking is fockin' stock!!! Uhm...I don't know how to put it any more clearly! It's fockin' stock, o-kay!"
1. And Justice for All
2. Master of Puppets
3. Ride The Lightning
4. Metallica
5. Hard Wired to Self-Destruct
6. Kill 'Em All
7. Load
8. Death Magnetic
9. Garage, Inc.
10. ReLoad
11. St. Anger
12. Lulu
mmkay, Cheers! ;)
Nice ranking. I like that you have AJFA at #1. That album is an absolute masterpiece, along with Puppets! Ride and Kill are great too, but not quite as progressive and bad ass.
Justice is always people’s number 3 or 4 but it’s my 1 or 2 (can’t decide between that and lightning)
Here’s my ranking:
(Not putting Lulu on here because it’s hardly music honestly)
10. St. Anger
9. Reload
8. Load
7. Garage, Inc.
6. Death Magnetic
5. Metallica
4. Kill ‘Em All
3. Ride The Lightning
2. …And Justice for All
1. Master of Puppets
I really like cliffs tone on ride the lightning and is really hard to recreate coming from a fellow bass player. His tone is crispy, greasy, juicy and sharp!
yes, perfect!
Please more rankings. I'd like to see rankings of Megadeth, Destruction, Slayer, Kreator, Anthrax, Tankard, Testament, Sodom, Voivod and Sepultura.
I probably will rank some of 'em. 🤟
Kill Em' All will always be my number 1. Those riffs and solo's are just so disgusting
Same. Kill Em All is my fav Metallica album.
Phantom lord’s solos and riffs are nasty
Thank you Dave mustaine
Always underrated. Even in this list in the video. Glad I'm not the only one who ranks this high. Though probably not my #1, but certainly in my top 3. I rate it above Ride the Lightning which I feel is always rated too high. I didn't quite enjoy the sound quality of Ride the Lightning, and felt like the song writing wasn't as good as the following two albums, and wasn't as intense as Kill em' All.
1. Master of puppets (orien is their best song, and my personal favourite metallica song is disposable heroes)
2. Ride the lightning (it helped me in a hard time and really brought me into thrash metal
3. Kill em all (so fucking wild)
4. ...and justice for all (i just don't feel it as luch as the other records, i don't know why)
5. Every bad metallica album
Cheers!
@@jayembrown5395 there are lots of really horrible metallica albums
Black album is pretty ok..
how can u rate ajfa number 4???
@@randomraisins7954 i feel like they didn't have that much passion and fun during writing and recording
Your list is pretty much spot on... Though personally I'd switch Justice and Kill em all's places
Agree with the number one, but i have an soft spot for Load! I really like it a lot!
I just go reverse order of when they were produced. I never listened to anything past the Black Album. So guess I have a shorter list.
short but sweet, that's generally how I rank stuff, the oldest is the best and from that place it goes slowly down the drain. :D
Orion is my fave Metallica song
The thing that should not be is amazing on puppets too
@@eon14873 and Leper Messiah, and Disposable Heroes ;)
Wrong, it's Creeping Death. 😜
@@blackholerainbow3029 I have a vinyl picture disc of creeping death / am i evil though.
@@jdg6336 Right on!
1. Master of Puppets (9.5/10)
2. Ride the Lightning (9.5/10)
3. And Justice for All (9.5/10)
4. Kill ‘em All (8.5/10)
5. Reload (underrated, I like almost every song; 8/10)
6. The Black Album (has some filler and songs I never want to hear again; 7.5/10)
7. Death Magnetic (7.5/10)
8. Load (the first half is solid, but the second half is full of filler; 6.5/10)
9. Hardwired (didn't care for this, very forgettable, more filler than Load, 5.5/10)
10. St. Anger (0/10)
good stuff
I think you got reload and load mixed up
@@tracemasters620 I honestly prefer Reload. The first half of Load is solid, the second half however, not so much. I’m not a fan of tracks like Poor Twisted Me, Wasting my Hate, and Ronnie, but I don’t really hate anything on Reload.
@@TheRealJoeNathan i can respect your opinion because the second half of load is just meh, ( except outlaw torn ) personally i think reload is more like attitude-y and load is just ballads lol but i like both of them equal they’re both great imo
@@TheRealJoeNathan which songs on black album that you dont wanna hear again?
The first four Metallica albums are definitely the best, but the Black album has some kickass songs. Wherever I may roam! DONT TREAD ON ME! The Unforgiven!
It's alright but the first four are superior.
@@RuthlessMetalYT agreed
Here I am
quick as hell!
This is my top
10) St Anger
9) Load
8) Reload
7) Death Magnetic
6) Hardwired To Self Destruct
5) Black Album
4) And Justice For All
3) Kill'em All
2) Master Of Puppets
1) Ride The Lightning
Cheers
Not including "covers" or collaborations, here's mine:
1. Ride the Lightning
2. Master of Puppets
3. Kill 'em All
4. ...And Justice for All
5. Death Magnetic
6. "Black Album"
7. Load
8. Hardwired... to Self Destruct
9. Reload
10. St. Anger
Note: Death Magnetic (except for "Unforgiven 3") is the only post '80's Metallica album, along with the "Mercyful Fate" medley that can be shuffled with the first four albums seamlessly.
Death Magnetic is extremely underrated and I agree with what you said. The closest they came to the early stuff and some of James’s riffs on that album are incredible.
@@metaldams78 Yes, another Death Magnetic fan here, I would definitely rank it over Hardwired.
Cheers!
Yes continue rank em all I’m split between Testament and Megadeth
Megadeth: 1 Rust, 2 Peace Sells, 3: the rest :^)
Testament: 1 The Legacy, 2 The New Order, 3 Dark Roots of Earth, 4: the rest :^)
@@bcbitchkkv Titans of Creation from 2020 is very good
@@ryanlogan35 a few good songs (WW3, Curse of Osiris, Symptoms & City of Angels), but a LOT of fillers and ‘more of the same since 2008’.
I was disappointed, tbh. Especially with the solos (even Brotherhood had some AMAZING solos) 🤷♂️
I’m also interested in album rankings especially by Pete Pardo and Bryce talks Metal
Yeah I've seen some of their ranking videos, some I agree with some I wonder if they even listened to the albums. haha :) but I guess people would think the same about my rankings. :)
@@RuthlessMetalYT you never know…. There is so much music and so much day to day life going on that it can be hard. Be like me just list listen to music at work via headphones all day 😎
You almost went in reverse chronological order which is.. pretty much how you should approach Metallica
That is pretty much how you should approach metal in general. :) Bands tend to get worse and worse for every release. :D haha
@@RuthlessMetalYT So true! People tent to just focus on Metallica when they all did it.
I still think Metallica's first 4 albums are the best thrash albums released consecutively by any thrash band.
100% agree, which is why they are still held in such high regard despite some of their other efforts. I don't personally care what they did after 1990 as long as I can always listen to the first 4 albums.
pretty much, Overkill had like 6 great albums in a row.
Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT You should make a video on that! Best thrash albums released consecutively by a band. Overkill is a good choice. There are some contenders. But those first 4 Metallica albums are just so good! Cheers!
Would love to hear your rankings for some old school bands whose large discographies have changed so much over their careers like Maiden, Priest or Accept / U.D.O. for starters. Also would like accompanying rankings of the rest of the big four, and of course Motörhead.
I probably will!
I have a challenge for you. Rate Iron maiden albums from worst to best.
Cant wait to see that.
I need to catch up to the more recent albums before I do that. :) Cheers!
That's the band that keeps on giving
Tough call but the top three in any order are all I like of Metallica. I can handle the Black Album now I mean at least its not Bon Jovi.
Yeah it had some decent songs but some track are just over played if that is a word. :D
@@RuthlessMetalYT but hey would much rather have that on at a bar than some motley crue or bon jovi. but when i first heard it i felt sick. that was the end of metallica for me. i still remember the first time i heard it and just being speechless.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Garage days the 5.98 EP was the last Metallica I spent money on.
I remember getting together with two of my best friends to buy the Black Album on the day it came out. (I believe it was August 12th, 1991).
Each of us bought our own copy, then we cruised in our friend's car listening to his tape. We had already heard "Enter Sandman" on the radio. While it was OK, it wasn't quite the electrifying sound we had come to expect from Metallica.
Imagine our shock when it turned out to be one of the better songs on the album.
Of course, in hindsight, the Black Album sounds like a Beethoven symphony compared to the dog droppings that Hetfield and company crapped out later in that decade.
@@deantodd8103 yeah its all downhill from there. at least they cashed out. i can still remember hearing it and just being wtf? but now its ok. could have been worse.
Finally somebody has made my exact ranking. Nice job man
Cheers!
Wow my order is the EXACT same to the tee!! Before video began, I ranked all of them in my head, and then started the video. As you mentioned the rank of each album, I said out loud "Yep!" Lol.
You should do more of these videos, and if so, should do Megadeth or Exodus!
Yeah Megadeth and Exodus are definitely coming up! Cheers!
Totally agree with you up to the top 3, but my top 3 is 1. Kill ‘em All, 2. Ride the Lightning 3. Master of Puppets. That being said the top 3 are all killer.
Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT and cheers to you! Keep up the great work!
Great ranking vid, good job keeping it concise. I would flip Master and Ride but we are splitting hairs at that point. After Cliff passed Metallica was no more. And Justice was a great album too but I think the Cliff vibes still helped shape that album or at least kept it from becoming Load.
Cheers!
Death Magnetic and Hardwired are legendary IMO, they deserve more credit; a refreshing return to thrash with the best elements of Load, Reload and St Anger fused in. Also while the whole of St Anger is quite a tedious album to listen to, it has some good tracks, where the "garbage can" snare strangely compliments the angry and desperate atmospheres (the overall production doesn't sound as sharp as it could have been though). However I don't have anything particularly nice to say about Lulu!
sure, they were better than load, reload and st anger, but they aren't good metal albums, they are both highly average.
They're overall garbage if you ask me. Sub par songwriting and weak guitar tone coupled with the fact that James' voice is gone. To me they sound like exactly what they are: lukewarm attempts at going back to the old days after a decade and a half of country blues rock and St. Anger. I think Load and Reload are actually better albums even though they weren't metal and were disappointing as hell.
@@johnp82 I agree, since black Album they learned to aim for the sing along chorus as a purpose. Not saying they didn't have them before, but riffs came first, chorus sat there naturally. Death magnetic and Hardwired are mainstream among popular metal bands and genres which mix pop and metal riffs, but Metallica to do that is just cheesy, feels like betrayal. What bothers me most are the horrible melodies like in Day that never comes
You had those Metallica albums ranked just right. Please rank Slayer or Anthrax or Mercyful fate next.
I probably will
I like this and would say the rest of the big 4 and Cannibal Corpse , Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Celtic Frost.
I've hardly even listened to Cannibal Corpse so I couldnt do them but the rest of those bands I will probably rank some day if I keep this up forever. hehe
Agreed, Judas Priest was ahead of their time!
I don’t care what anyone says, every Metallica album has something special to it. (Except Lulu, I don’t count that as Metallica, I consider it as a Lou Reed album)
Even St. Anger, I enjoy every song in it, plus a few have helped me through hard times.
I disagree, buy a random metal album from the eighties and it will be at least twice as good as St. Anger. They sell albums due to their legendary status these days, not by the quality of their outputs.
@@RuthlessMetalYT if you don't like st anger your not a metal head. That album exposed the posers.
@@Umbra_Nazgul that's bs
@@havok6703 how? Tell me how please. St anger is heavy as fuck, and has some of metallicas best riffs. Hardwired in my opinion is a great album but I rather listen to death magnetic. Do you listen to gojira? Or anything else besides metallica? Hence why I say posers. If you don't like raw aggressive underground sounding metal than your a poser.
@@Umbra_Nazgul I actually like the album but I think that it's kinda dumb and primitive to place being a metalhead over listening to a random album from 2003
Would love to see an updated version of this video given that 72 is seasons out though I don’t think anything will change
it's such a boring album so. :) Cheers!
My rankings were exactly the same, keep up the good work mate
Cheers!
My list, from worst to first (I'm going to omit Lulu since it DID include Lou Reed...)
11. St. Anger
-Do I even have to explain it? I kind of can listen to Frantic and the title track as a guilty pleasure, but anything else? No way...
10. Load
-King Nothing, Until It Sleeps, and Ain't My B*tch were good, but overall, this was a bigger culture shock than AJFA was to the Black Album for sure. Meh.
9. Reload
-Dig the first four tracks, but I call that an EP and move on.
8. Garage INC
-Everyone loved the Whisky in the Jar cover, and it was great, but I was hooked On the Road cover, and the Diamond Head cover as well. Blitzkrieg, too, was good.
7. Death Magnetic
-The album that reversed the curse since 1991. It was good, but still had a flaw here or there, not withstanding some title track names, but it was progress leading into the next album.
6. Hardwired...To Self Destruct!
-Pretty good album overall, for the title track, Spit Out the Bone, and some other deep cuts, and the best balls out album in 25 years.
5. Kill 'Em All
-I know it's an all-time classic, but it's not my cup of tea, per say. The Four Horseman and Seek And Destroy are my favorites for sure, and I appreciate the rawness and what would become of the group.
4. The Black Album
-Best selling album doesn't mean best album in the disco, but it still had great moments among the BIG hits. For every Nothing Else Matters, there was a Of Wolf and Man, for every Enter Sandman, there was The God That Failed, and for The Unforgiven, there was The Struggle Within.
3. ...And Justice For All
-Despite the poor production and 1/10 bass quality (poor Jason), it's still an awesome album. From Blackened the whole way to Dyer's Eve, you'd be remiss if there was a miss on the album, plus the nod and ode to Cliff Burton will move you as well.
2. Ride The Lightning
-This becomes a matter of preference, but this is close. I love both this and Master of Puppets, but the SLIGHT difference is I prefer the sound of MOP to this one, but pretty much every cut on RTL is awesome.
1. Master of Puppets
-My personal favorite Metallica album. I'll play Battery as much as I'll play Leper Messiah, Orion as much as I'll play The Thing That Should Not Be. No filler on this album, and this cut is the one that meshes the sound of RTL and AJFA to a tee. Also, it's heartbreaking for being Cliff's last album.
Also, I'd love to see an Iron Maiden list! ;)
Yeah I need to listen to more of the recent Maiden stuff before I do that, I kinda lost them in the 2000s.
My personal list ONLY BASED ON HOW MUCH IVE LISTENED TO EACH ALBUM
10. Hardwired
9. Death Magnetic
8. St. Anger
7. Kill em All
6. Reload
5. Black album
4. Ride the Lightning
3. Master
2. Load
1. And justice for all
If I had to make a list on the order of albums from least favorite to favorite, I couldn’t. I love each album for different moods. If I want to break shit I will listen to st. anger, justice, and kill em all, if I want to vibe I’ll listen to the black album, load, and reload, or if I want pure Cliff I will listen to ride or master.
What is the song being played in the intro ???
probably arachnid 1992 demo
Great list, I rank AJFA higher since the justice for Jason version came out. Anthrax, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest would be cool. Also would like slightly longer maybe more time on fav songs/cool parts or deep cut(s). Thanks for the great content keep up the good work!
yeah but justice for jason was just a bootleg, some private person that fiddled with it. yeah I'll probably make these a bit longer in the future. Cheers!
Not being a huge Metallica fan, I can't really argue with this ranking. First 4 are great albums. Would like to see a Slayer ranking, and Mercyful.
I probably will some day! :) Cheers!
Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All will always be number one and two for me. This was the pinnacle time period for progressive material, incredible song arrangements and just plain bad ass metal. I will never get tired of these two masterpieces.
I agree in part. My rank is as follows:
1. Master of Puppets (9.5/10)
2. Ride the Lightning (9.5/10)
3. And Justice for All (9.5/10)
4. Kill ‘em All (8.5/10)
5. Reload (8/10)
6. The Black Album (7.5/10)
7. Death Magnetic (7.5/10)
8. Hardwired (7/10)
9. Load (6.5/10)
10. St. Anger (0/10)
Very cool and very baised
1. Master of Puppies
2. Ride The Lightning
3. Kill 'Em All
I only care about the Cliff albums.
That said, I don't hate St. Anger.
For any flaws, I'd take it over anything they did in the Nineties.
I appreciated it more after I saw Some Kind of Monster. It's the sound of a band falling apart and fighting like hell to survive. They got a little too wimpy for a while and this found them going out to the edge again.
I understand loving the Cliff albums more, but AJFA was fantastic
#1 Master of Puppets
#1 Ride the Lightning
#3 …And Justice For All
#4 Black Album
#5 Kill ‘Em All
#6 Death Magnetic
#7 Load
#7 Reload
#9 Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
#10 St. Anger
#11 Lulu
MOP and RTL are equal! Load&Reload are in my opinion one double-album!
Cheers!
This is my exact list if you flip justice and mop
Very good list
Ride The Lightning?! I love that album too! 😍🤘🤘
Really like the idea of rank'em all videos, you definitely have to make more of them ! Maybe you should rank some classic bands like Judas priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden
I probably will.
I couldn't believe it, but as I kept watching, you kept reading my list! Lol. We agree 100%
yeah, I guess most people do agree to some extent. the quality difference between their albums are just huge. :)
...and the #1 song from Lightning? Has to be the opening track. The intensity is still there years later. I remember buying the album almost immediately after Fade to Black hit late night radio.
Creeping Death is of course amazing, Ride the Lightning is crazy too, I mean Fight Fire with Fire, such a brutal song, Ktulu is one of the greatest instrumentals of all time and Cliff on For whom the bell tolls, it's just pure magic.
This gonna be a new series???
I'll probably rank a few discographies that I know well.
Lulu was not Metallica's album. Lou Reed just collabed with them for making his album.
yes, but metallica played on it, so it's metallica and lou reed. cheers!
Very nice format, please keep on doing it!
Thank you, Cheers!
I wanna see your worst to best King Diamond albums.
That would be from great to insanely great. ;)
@@RuthlessMetalYT Not a biased thing or anything but king diamonds probably my favorite band next to Dio
Can you do one on kreator and overkill?
That would make sense. :)
A long time ago, at night school, our french exams were on cassette tapes. When i was done, i replaced the cassette with Ride the Lightning while i was checking my exams grammar.
Cheers!
I feel like Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets compete for number 1, and I think the favorite to a person is solely based on which tone one prefers.
Yes to more Rank 'Em All! The rest of the big four is an obvious choice and the big three German thrashers woud be cool too.
Cheers!
Your Ranking is, one by one, exactly like mine, And St Anger is the worst Metal album that I heard in my whole life, pure shit!!!
Hehe, nice, you've got a good taste when it comes to Metallica then. ;)
For once a ranked video that I actually agree with. As others have mentioned, MOP is often cited as their greatest work, and it is a masterpiece but Lightning deserves the top spot in my mind. It just epitomizes 80's thrash.
yes, it's thrashier than MOP.
Really easy on this one:
-Ride the lightning
-Kill 'em all
-Master of puppets
If AJFA had loud bass on it, it would probsbly hit my top 3.
I agree with you
I actually really enjoy Load/Reload and st anger after years off shitting on them because they weren’t metal but I gave them a good listen a few years ago dont really see the big deal I understand what they were going for still not listening to Lulu tho not really a Lou Reed fan
I don't hate those albums, they are alright rock albums but I don't think anyone should expect them to sound like their first 4-5 albums.
@@RuthlessMetalYT In my opinion getting into those albums immediately after listening to their 80s stuff will give you a negative view on them Metallica during load etc was a different monster than the one in 89 not to mention what their intentions for what these albums were meant to sound like people shouldn’t expect metal from them because that’s not what they were meant to portray
THRASH METAL WAS UNDER ASSAULT FROM PEARL JAM AND NIRVANA WHAT TO DO IN THAT SITUATION? ESPECIALLY WHEN THE RECORD COMPANIES WHERE A LOT LESS SUPPORTIVE OF ANY TYPE OF METAL EVEN THE GLAM BANDS GOT THROWN OVERBOARD AND THEY WERE THE HARMLESS ONES JUST OUT TO GET THE FEMALES WITH THEIR VERSION WHICH GOT SHAFTED ANYWAY TOO!! BUT THE THRASHERS DID SURVIVE THE ALMOST 20 YEARS OF OBSCURITY AND ARE BACK AND STRONGER THAN EVER.
Just a suggestion, start with the big four then branch out to other bands. The big four are popular so starting with them will get clicks on the videos in the series. And I think it's clear everyone here wants to see this be a new series
I probably will do the big thrash bands and some big heavy metal bands. :) we'll see. Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT I have complete faith in your ability to do a good job, and cheers to you as well.
I like your ranking, here’s mine
1. Lighting
2. Puppets
3 justice
4. Black
5 kill
6 garage
7. Load
8 hardwire
9. Reload
10. Death
11. St anger
12 lulu
Cheers!
Ride the Lightning is also my number one favorite. Wow! I totally agree with your rankings. I've would have ranked all the albums the same.
solid! Cheers!
I'm still really like the Black Album despite the band going to the mainstream and not so thrashy direction. "My Friend of Misery" and "The Struggle Within" being my favorite songs on the album.
I've always loved The Struggle Within ... Easily a bridge to AJFA.
the chorus is kinda bad though.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Fair enough. Besides the riff after the solo, the chorus is my favorite part of the song.
10. "St. Anger" 9. "Death Magnetic" 8. "Reload" 7. "Hardwired to Self-Destruct" 6. "Load" 5. "Kill 'Em All" 4. "Ride the Lightning" 3. "And Justice for All". 2. "Master of Puppets" 1. "Black Album". "St. Anger" is really the only bad album by Metallica imo, the rest are at least good.
Yep, 100% agree. Other fun rankings would be Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Testament, Annihilator, Kreator, Death, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death...
Slayer, it's already known from the top thrash metal albums videos: 1. Show no mercy 2. Seasons in the abyss 3. Raining Blood 4. Hell Awaits 5. South of Heaven 6. Divine Intervention 7. Undisputed attitude (possibly) 8. All the rest.
I will definitely rank some of those. Cheers! That is not my Slayer ranking though, I might need to get back to you on that one. :) Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT cool! I'll wait for the real ranking
Great video. My list is a bit different I loved hearing yours.
Cheers!
In my opinion kill them all is my favorite thrash album of all time
Cheers!
I like death magnetic
I never got into it. :)Cheers!
1.Ride the lightning
2.And justice for all
3.Master of puppets
4.Kill ‘em all
5.The black album
6.Death magnetic
7.Reload
8.Hardwired to self destruct
9.Load
10.Garage inc.
11.St. Anger
12.Lulu(obviously)
Just my personal list.
King Diamond , next please , he is my favorite musician ever and curious of how you would rank his catalogue.
Slayer!
Crazy, my ranking of their albums would have been the same except I would have swapped Master with Kill 'em All. But, Fade to Black is the best ballad of all time.
yeah, puppets and kill were interchangeable depending on what I feel like at the moment. but the rest is pretty much set in stone, at least the top picks. :) Cheers!
Great list and a great idea for a new series. I would say that MEGADETH should be the next logical suggestion.
Yes, they are coming up.
my ranking:
13. Lulu
12. St. Anger
11. Load
10. ReLoad
9. Kill ‘Em All
8. Garage, Inc
7. Beyond Magnetic
6. The Black Album
5. Hardwired To Self Destruct
4. Ride The Lightning
3. Death Magnetic
2. Master of Puppets
1. …And Justice For All
My top 3 favourite songs from each album (#1,2,3):
Whiplash, The Four Horsemen, Anaesthasia (Pulling Teeth)
Fade To Black, Creeping Death, The Call of Ktulu
Master of Puppets, Orion, Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Blackened, One, To Live Is To Die
Holier Than Thou, Sad But True, The God That Failed
Bleeding Me, Hero of The Day, Ain’t My Bitch
Devil’s Dance, Fuel, The Unforgiven II
Am I Evil, Sabbra Cadabra, Whiskey In The Jar
Sweet Amber, St Anger, Frantic
All Nightmare Long, The Judas Kiss, The Day That Never Comes
The View, Iced Honey, Junior Dad
Rebel of Babylon, Hate Train, Just A Bullet Away
Spit Out The Bone, Lords of Summer, Moth Into Flame
Cheers!
The best Metallica's albums? They only have four! 😆
Yes, 4 albums and 6+ frisbees. ;)
I would say master of puppets is just the best album period
No surprise that the Top 5 are their first 5 albums, but also, hey, Fade to Black is my favourite track on Ride the Lightning, lol.
Your top five is spot on my friend. Four horns up!!
🤘🏼🤘🏼
Cheers!