Best Metallica Album (thrash)

[Eelectrica]

Puppets. It has everything.

 

[Johns Magic]

They all suck

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Side 2 of Puppets is absolute, utter perfection, every note is classic.

 

[Ari Gold]

i'll have to say Ride the Lightning... apart from escape, every single f**king song kicks serious ass.

AJFA had a lot of potential though, you have 3 masterpieces on that album: One, Justice For All and To Live is to let Die. But it also has some really sh*tty songs as well

 

[Darth Bobo]

So close to going for ...And Justice as I think that it was thier peak when it came to song writing and scructure but hearing classics like Sanitarium and Master of Puppets tied it. The clincher is The Thing That Should Not Be, f***ing loved the fact thier played that at thier Syd Ent. gig on the last tour. Went for Puppets.

 

[Mong]

Just as a side poll.. What is your favourite song 1 on any of the albums..

you could make a damn good EP with just the first tracks.

Hit the Lights is an old favourite of mine

FFWF - great song, they opened up their last Brisbane concert with this song and blew everyone away straight up !!

Battery - Does it get any better or heavier??

Blackened - Great song, can listen to it over and over and never get sick of it

Sandman - What can you say.. Not my favourite by any means but still a great opener

Aint my Bitch - Honestly i'd probably leave this one off

Fuel - Good song, worthy inclusion

And

Skip to Frantic

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Mong, if we're playing first tracks I'd probably go "Blackened" by a nose over "Battery". But to be honest None of the openers are my fave tracks on their respective albums. In fact I doubt if any of them would even make my top three of each album.

 

[madunit]

Blackened over Battery for sure

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Personal top three from each album:

Kill 'em All
-Whiplash
-The Four Horsemen
-Anaesthesia

Ride the Lightning
-Creeping Death
-Fade to Black
-For Whom the Bell Tolls

Master of Puppets
All of side 2. Yes I know that's 4 tracks, but I can't split them.

...And Justice For All
-Dyers Eve
-One
-To Live is to Die

Black Album
-Unforgiven
-Wherever I May Roam
(don't really care for the rest of it that much)

never really listen to the later stuff.....

 

[Mong]

Personal top three from each album:

Kill 'em All
-Whiplash
-The Four Horsemen
-Anaesthesia

Ride the Lightning
-Creeping Death
-Fade to Black
-For Whom the Bell Tolls

Master of Puppets
All of side 2. Yes I know that's 4 tracks, but I can't split them.

...And Justice For All
-Dyers Eve
-One
-To Live is to Die

Black Album
-Unforgiven
-Wherever I May Roam
(don't really care for the rest of it that much)

never really listen to the later stuff.....

I will admit i am surprised by that, i love the first songs.

For Mine

Kill em all:

Hit the Lights
Whiplash
The four horseman

Lightning.

Creeping Death
Trapped under ice
FFWF

Puppets:

Battery
Leper Messiah
Sanitarium

Justice:

Blackened/dyers eve
Harvester of Sorrow
Shortest straw

Black:

Sad but true
Through the never
Sandman

Load:

Until it Sleeps
King Nothing
Mama said

St Anger:

Frantic
Unamed Feeling
Some kind of monster

 

[waltzing Meninga]

I think Kill em all was their best, simpply because it was so raw and heavily influenced by Dave Mustaine - a far superior guitarist to Kirk hammett.

Had some great classics like seek and destroy and the four horseman. This was when they really played for their own enjoyment and the enjoyment of their fans.

Nowdays I couldn't be bothered pissing on any of their albums after Justice

 

[Mong]

Mustain better then Hammett...

Lol, thems fighting words

 

[MONY]

i go through stages. The best would have to be Self titled.

Metallica (black)
And Justice For All
Master of Puppets
Load
Ride the Lightning
Reload
Kill Em All
Garage Inc
St Anger

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Mustain better then Hammett...

Lol, thems fighting words

I'll back that up, Mustaine is a better guitarist technically than Hammet, listen to a lot fo the Megadeth stuff, he shreds. However Hetfeild & Ulrich are much better songwriters than Mustaine so the Metallica material generally pisses on Megadeth from a fair height. I don't mind the first three 'Deth albums though.

 

[Trollhammaren]

Aye. Besides Kill 'em All most 'Deth stuff doesn't really do anything for me. More a poor man's Metallica, but I know thousands will disagree with that. Hetfield is the man.

 

[UndertakerMike]

Master of Puppets

 

[ledzep]

Bump...
Can't go past Master of Puppets
Battery and Orion are as good as it gets

 

[HevyDevy]

Aye. Besides Kill 'em All most 'Deth stuff doesn't really do anything for me. More a poor man's Metallica, but I know thousands will disagree with that. Hetfield is the man.

I actually think Megadeth have been far more consistent - perhaps because they never became crap like Metallica did. Holy Wars is as good as anything Metallica ever did.

Anyway, I know it's considered the 'popular' answer but I can't go past Master of Puppets. Some great riffs and Sanitarium remains an all-time classic.

The Black Album, as good as it was, was also the start of the end for Metallica - and we all know the crap they've served up since.

 

[alien]

All 4 of them are very good but I also like the black album alot too. I like The Unforgiven and Wherever I may Roam

 

[simmo1]

I'll back that up, Mustaine is a better guitarist technically than Hammet, listen to a lot fo the Megadeth stuff, he shreds. However Hetfeild & Ulrich are much better songwriters than Mustaine so the Metallica material generally pisses on Megadeth from a fair height. I don't mind the first three 'Deth albums though.

Mustaine is a brilliant guitarist, but probably only an average vocalist. If they had someone like Hetfield doing the vocals for Megadeth, they would have been unbelieveable. I like both bands, but probably still prefer Megadeth.

I voted for ...And Justice for All, slightly ahead of Master of Puppets.