Metallica: Worse Than You Think

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Metallica's self-titled album, commonly known as "The Black Album", is one of the best-selling records of all time. But does it make it the best Metallica album? In fact, some even view it as the worst one. The Black Album introduced me to the band. I love it, but it does have flaws, which even James Hetfield himself admited. This is what we're discussing in today's episode of MetalliGeek - our Metallica podcast.
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[@stuartthehuman5280]

0:50 “Every Metallica record has imperfections” *Shows Lulu more times than any other album* Very true, my friend, very true

[@briantarkington4785]

Lulu is not a metallica album. It's a lulu album

[@Music-world-20986]

@@briantarkington4785 * Lou Reed album, Metallica was just a "backing musician"

[@petermac7315]

Lulu is worse than st anger

[@Music-world-20986]

@@petermac7315 yeah, yeah

[@polish2945]

table

[@Just_a_metal_head_]

Some people think Darth Vader said "Luke, I am your father" but in reality he said " No Luke, I am *THE* *TABLE* "

[@azunc9423]

I hope this means we're eventually getting St. Anger: Better than you think

[@unforgivenromantic]

I think so. I happen to like St. Anger and every song I search here on KZbin, the comments talk about it being the "one good song on the album." So... every song having a following tells me that the album is underrated by fans.

[@tylercarnes9344]

Agreed!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Maybe

[@tylercarnes9344]

Andriy Vasylenko st. Anger is a really good record. First record I heard from Metallica was Justice. Honestly the next album I heard from them was st. Anger. It’s such a good album. In a time where the band was in hard times, listening to the lyrics, it’s fucking amazing. As a die hard fan, I just understand the lyrics.if St. Anger wasn’t produced so horribly, that would be the Black Album of the 2000s. St. Anger is a better album than we all think

[@tylercarnes9344]

Btw, Metallica in Drop C, orgasm to ears.

[@babylonknights1160]

2:13 Metallica II KING NOTHING Track list: 1. Fuel 2. King Nothing 3. Minus Human C Tuning 4. Until It Sleeps Balled One 5. Where The Wild Things Are 6. The Memory Remains 7. No Leaf Clover 8. Low Man’s Lyric Balled Two 9. The Outlaw (Instrumental) 10. Fixxxer. The album would be in c# tuning which works with jazz sounds of music and it hits like a meteor and the album would be at literally 58 minutes long

[@ratsalad178]

'i have a legitimate right given by the universe to make fun of megadeth' i'm dead 😂😂😂😂

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Out of context, man!

[@DaSeppii]

I want that too.

[@sushio4247]

I was born in the day of 80th anniversary of USSR's constitution. Does that mean I can have fun of it?

[@SassierNewt]

Was scrolling through the comments and this comment synchronized with the video lmao

[@curtcornett8363]

Now I feel old...I had just finished my junior year of high school when Countdown to Extinction was released.

[@TheAlaskansandman]

I love seeing load and reload mashup list. I usually have it at Fuel, Aint my Bitch, Better than You, I Disappear (Its of that era), King Nothing, Untill it Sleeps, Hero of the Day, Devils Dance, Unforgiven II, Bleeding me and outlaw torn

[@1337LesPaul]

Sad But True was the first Metallica song I ever heard. Heard it on the radio. I'd tune in every day just for Metallica, the station I listened to even had Metallica Mondays among other things. When I was very very young I lived for the radio. When I was 11 or 12 I got my first CD player, bought my first Metallica record at the local movie store. I think it was MoP. I listened to every track hundreds of times on repeat. I was completely taken by heavy music. When I graduated HS I started to branch out. Pantera has since become my favorite metal band, however, Metallica will always by my original number 1, the band that got me into metal, got me into guitar, and influenced me and my playing to some unknowable extent far beyond my own comprehension. All I know is I NEED heavy guitar in my life

[@cromakey]

Awesome editing friend!

[@richardlinck1207]

Totally agree that 'My Friend of Misery' could have been a beautiful instrumental. Jason's Bass line as heard on those live videos, has so much melody and depth...

[@Zergei]

Honestly, it's one of my favorite Metallica songs, it's so beautiful, especially the interlude/solo section

[@franciscoarteaga497]

@@Zergei I love the verse but the choris is.... 🤮

[@ryangunwitch-black]

"Misery" is a killer track with awesome lyrics and vocal delivery.

[@augmentedhat16]

When it was remastered this year, the vocals should have been taken out of the song and left as an instrumental. Bob Rock doesn’t work with the band anymore so why not?

[@Kruegernator123]

I think so too. If they did make “My Friend of Misery” an instrumental, then I think Jason should have used the 12-string bass that he used on “Wherever I May Roam”. The extra layer of sound would have been great for harmonies.

[@yoiamhere4737]

So close to 100k!!!!

[@dx_5222]

“Orange Album”. I just associate this colour with the 80’s.I dunno why... *Dave Mustaine picture shows up 1 frame*. Also AJFA has the high ground 10/10

[@AndriyVasylenko]

;-)

[@dx_5222]

Andriy Vasylenko ))

[@s.f.morris7331]

your accent is cool man. dont worry about it. i dig your passion and how you know so much about their music. i grew up with them got to see Master, Justice, Black, Death Magnetic tours. i first heard them in about 1986. on the school bus going home and my buddy handed me his cassette walkman and put the headphones on my head. it was Leper Messiah. i was living in east coast at the time. have you heard the quarantine acoustic version they did on the song "Blackend" its really cool.

[@kenknight5983]

jason said my friend of misery was supposed to be an instrumental but didn't turn out that way. maybe they didn't want to because it was jason's riff

[@viccypress6292]

True.. James and Lars would never give Jason his shine.. Which totally sucks

[@sudeth]

A comment that I saw on My Friend Of Misery's comment section Little known fact - this song was originally an instrumental. Black Album was the 1st Metallica album to not have in instrumental. James said he got so in love with the music from this song he would listen to it multiple times a day while they were recording the album, and eventually he started hearing a vocal track with it in his head, so he had to write some lyrics and see how it sounded. Everyone loved it and agreed it was better with the vocal track than without, and Bob Rock made it so. That's why this song has such a different feel to it than most Metallica songs. . .the writing process was different than most of their songs. And it was totally complete before any vocal tracking was even considered. I gotta say. . .goddamn this would have been an amazing instrumental. But James lyrics in this song are too important to have gone by the wayside. Its pretty fuckin difficult to complain about the final product. Lol.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

They treated him like poop and its sad because he was such a champion for Metallica and such a live force. Wish they'd taken him on board and followed the formula from the last 3 albums

[@JoshuaTheJedeye]

That quote about gold and glittering is Tolkien. Other than that, nice video.

[@xgreywolfx364]

I remember watching "A Year And A Half.." back in like 1994 and seeing Kirk record the solo for "Struggle Within". My mind is still blown.

[@alexsjw275]

It's the absolute tits, that solo. Just awesome

[@xgreywolfx364]

@@MrParkerman6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGbNeKejaZZ_maM

[@alexsjw275]

@@xgreywolfx364 beat me to it.

[@timdahl]

One of my favorite guitar solos ever!

[@beenwallballz1939]

Love the intro 🤘 you have a new subscriber keep it up buddy

[@multikody6481]

Yeah E minor alright yay!

[@thwartificer]

When I first met this meme the first thing I thought was Metallica and other bands from 80s

[@garyhundsrucker7771]

Emtallica .

[@gigatesla]

@@perpetualbystander4516 Careful not to break a g-string.

[@czr7j9]

The best music has been written in E

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@@czr7j9 Yeah, and it's Iron Maiden's favorite key.

[@JdgIncorporated]

Maladec, Andriy, MetalliGeek kicks ass!

[@b1each]

Does that mean that the black album is a moon?

[@arsehole5795]

It's a space station

[@calixthenustv6739]

Woa, puns from everywhere and for everyone!

[@sonntagbeiomi6960]

I see what you did there

[@klmnkrstf9733]

That's no moon

[@leokovalsky9198]

If that is true , i am going to buy the Black album

[@81millionvotes]

Another great video!!

[@crackedsystem2158]

6:29 dude was so pissed he had to repeat it 2 times

[@manhattanprojekt1275]

Is that yeah in the intro from fucking Kmac2021’s Instagram Success video?!?! I recognize it somehow!!

[@maxhowlett9661]

Honestly I see this album as an a equivalent to some of the Beatles and The Who albums. Not necessarily fans favourite, but the best way for people to be broken in. Also, its commercial success is not a bad thing whatsoever. It made Metal so much more accessible. They were some of the first to let people know that liking metal is not a bad thing. Most metalheads even today have such an arrogance towards non-metalheads that makes the genre sometimes inaccessible. The black album was a way to bridge that gap so to speak. Musically, there is no doubt filler within the album. However, the band themselves were at their peak and higher, which makes the black album era of metallica still on of my favourites

[@helimetall2640]

I meet Metallica thanks to the black album in the early 90’s

[@mikegiganti764]

Max Howlett well put brother! Most Metallica fans started with black album and went backwards! Then, they gave other metal n thrash bands a try!

[@benjamingrezik373]

ikr. load and reload are unironically metallicas best albums

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

The Black Album served as a door for many fans to walk through before experiencing their previous 4 albums. After the Black Album was released, sales of the the iconic previous albums skyrocketed as well.

[@christopherdavies2285]

Lots of good reason to bash the album, yes it's very safe, but it's a classic still. Not as good as the previous 3 but still the last classic Metallica record to date and probably ever

[@smellthel]

I actually at first thought the thing that should not be was on the black album

[@DylB43]

andry: every album has a flaw and some good things lulu and St anger: maybe I have some hope

[@MortanAMrk]

i mean lulu has Lou Reed so thats just a straight up win.

[@xxdavexx669]

The black album was their commercial album and got them popular with a new crowd that like music video shows.. it made the pop kids feel tough to play a couple tracks in amongst the pop trash on their mp3 player. Most of them have faded away thank God... the metal gods! Master of Puppets was the first record I heard from Metallica. The classical sounding strings at the start interested me and then when it all kicked in .. it fucking blew my mind and Im a life long fan ever since. 🤘

[@marcoscuervo2002]

1- And Justice For All 2- Master Of Puppets 3- Ride The Lightning 4- Kill Em All 5- Black Album I like every metallica song from 1983 to 1991 thats 47 songs , i like Death Magnetic, Beyond Magnetic and Hardwired To Self Destruct too

[@thefilmeffect6089]

You like any songs on Load or Reload? What if they would've made one album with best songs from each? I still think it would've been praised if this was the album: 1. Fuel 2. The Memory Remains 3. Until It Sleeps 4. Where The Wild Things Are 5. Bleeding Me 6. King Nothing 7. The House That Jack Built 8. Devil's Dance 9. Low Man's Lyric 10. Fixxxer 11. Hero Of The Day 12. The Unforgiven II 13. Carpe Diem Baby 14. The Outlaw Torn

[@triad5766]

This is exactly my listing as well! You have the correct opinion.

[@marcoscuervo2002]

@@thefilmeffect6089 i tried load and reload but still dont like them

[@marksommerville5857]

So what?

[@marcoscuervo2002]

@@marksommerville5857 so far so good so what? Yeah i love Megadeth too

[@bobilly]

James also uses the B-Bender on Ronnie 🤟

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

I would love to hear Hetfield's original "crib death" lyrics to Enter Sandman.

[@toku7319]

I haven't watched all of the video yet so this might've been mentioned, but apparently "off to never never land" was "disrupt the perfect family".

[@ChipmunkAsylum]

It wouldn’t have been nearly as successful or catchy, though it might have been a heavy classic like Harvester of Sorrow.

[@ricequin]

Very few bands are doing new and revolutionary stuff a decade and five albums into their career. The record isn’t groundbreaking but it was a great way to bring new people to both Metallica and metal more widely. I was 11 when it came out and was already interested in metal from my minimal exposure from Iron Maiden having a couple of U.K. no. 1 singles in my childhood that actually got some radio play. A friend’s brother letting me hear the Black Album was the starting point for me seeking out actual metal after years of loving my Dad’s Queen and Deep Purple records. I started buying Kerrang! and hanging out with the guys in school who were metalheads. I picked up a guitar a couple of years later and my teen years were heavily influenced by my discovery of heavy music.

[@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186]

I can’t believe James thought “Through the Never” was “Wacky” it’s one of the best songs on the album and plain kicks MAJOR ass! I kind of shocked by that one but they do play it a lot on tour.

[@namikstudios]

And used the title for their movie of the same name: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIrId619hMl3iqs

[@gagsmatharoo5184]

I love ur edits and humour

[@STREET24000]

Did anyone else get a SlipKnot music video as an ad on this video????

[@artemisgd3824]

Does anyone care?

[@dinoc734]

Number one reason I can’t stand the black album: James Hetfield is over singing

[@mrrashu77]

You have Jason Newsted's haircut, that's uncanny

[@jsja207]

Merry Christmas, Andriy!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Merry Christmas!

[@trialbystone2532]

Still believe that Black Album is a logical extention of the direction they were going in on AJFA.

[@MehYam2112]

I don't know how you hear that. Justice is rigorous prog/thrash, Black is a vacation.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

@@MehYam2112 vacation... perfect description!

[@breyka4665]

How is that logical ?

[@Thrashmetalkicksass]

Not at all man. They were going more and more progressive throughout the years, then the black album came, a huge step backwards in term of progressiveness. When I hear Heaten's album "Victims of deception", I always feel like an album like that would have been a natural successor to "And justice for all".

[@jimmym3352]

I don't see how. They are like polar opposites. Short songs vs long songs. Catchier riff songs compared to complex themes. I liked the black album, I was always happy to get more Metallica music. But it was a huge abrupt change in their style. I think the success of their single One (and almost Grammy win) is the reason they changed. They got the taste of mainstream success and went with it.

[@amoore-zd9zv]

I saw the Black Album tour. I paid enough for tickets I could have bought the entire Metallica catalog and had change left over . Neither did they play my 3 favorite songs... Welcome Home Sanitarium, Master of Puppets, creeping death. When I saw Mega Dave he did not let me down and played all my favorite songs... and his tickets were much cheaper. The more skilled band should have had higher ticket prices. However the bandwidth the more commercial songs had the higher ticket prices and didn't even play all of them

[@pessinieminen4341]

I like it, dont care what anyone thinks

[@b1ac4yt69]

Almost to 100k, man, keep going!

[@hosersupreme]

Don't forget about the cowbell in My Friend of Misery's chorus...

[@zimtheailen1919]

Happy 30 Black Album!

[@mousepie]

Idk why I just find it so wholesome he calls us friends 😂😭

[@JohnBender1313]

I remember when the black album came out. I was nust a kid. But everyone, including my own mother who likes oldies, said "they sold out". Everyone saw it as corporate sell out. Weird its been so long and culture changed so much that the concept is kind of lost.

[@vladboch]

Почему нельзя поставить 2 лайка, один за Металлику, а второй за Звёздные Войны?

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Для этого у меня видео на втором канале))

[@vladboch]

@@AndriyVasylenko стараюсь следить за обоими и всегда ставлю тебе лайки) Ты крутой)

[@Scriptadiaboly]

Я лайкнула еще и инста :)

[@AndriyVasylenko]

@@vladboch всегда рад видеть тебя в комментах!)

[@vladboch]

@@AndriyVasylenko спасибо! Я понимаю, что у тебя канал ориентирован на англоязычную аудиторию, но думаю, что тебя здесь в Киеве знает достаточно людей. Не думал как-нибудь съездить сюда и провести мастер-класс или сходку подписчиков?

[@ImYourOverlord]

Bonus cool points for the use of subjunctive 😁😎

[@ronschneider725]

Perfect I needed it друг 3:48 blyat its missing the god that failed

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Blyaaaa

[@bonzoso7336]

@@AndriyVasylenko t

[@AndriyVasylenko]

@@bonzoso7336 too soon, still screaming it

[@bonzoso7336]

@@AndriyVasylenko thx for replying

[@bonzoso7336]

@@AndriyVasylenko I'm literally melted when you replied

[@TheVanDammeFan2009]

I actually like the sandman solo. Is it just me?

[@bouzoukiman5000]

TheVanDammeFan2009 millions of people loved it, but Metallica fans wanted to puke

[@D-Man_Jam]

_"The absurd amount of Wah"_ Well, that's Kirk Hammet for you.

[@jking4020]

Ya didn't the other band members at one point hide his wah-wah pedal? They got sick of it too.

[@Syklonus]

It's definitely worth noting that Bob Rock didn't "make" them do anything. The songs were already written, Rock just gave them the big production. The Black Album is my yardstick for most things, but it's definitely stripped back in technical playing terms, but of course being technical doesn't = mean good songwriting. The album doesn't have the best flow, and I tend to zone out after Of Wolf and Man. Also, for a seminal heavy metal album there's almost zero double bass drum work on it. I still love it though. It's a fantastic entry level heavy metal album for folk wanting to get into the genre, and let me be clear that there's nothing wrong with that. Instantly bludgeoning noobs with Aborted or Burzum tracks when they may be coming from another genre isn't going to help get them into it, but The Black Album is a very smooth transition which is melodic enough to be familiar, but is still quite heavy.

[@VBshredder]

When they finally played Misery live with the crowd helping with 3 part harmony, holy cow what a performance. Great song!

[@trnslash]

I totally agree with what you said about My Friend of Misery

[@kockarSO]

That cunning stunts performance of My friend of misery part is just perfect....and it opens a lot of questions. Someone brave and talented could do one hell of a job by covering and rearanging that song....

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

@kockarSO I just listened to that the other day cunning stunts they don't perform My Friend of Misery on there..

[@kockarSO]

@@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHuXm2SOod2Bla8 i hear it here, not whole song though, but enough to make me smile.

[@zyriuz2]

Black album was bobs way to tell lars to keep the damn tempo for once, then he told kirk to do his homework, he told james to vary his "yeahs" whoumoo, he told jason to play his bass stuff and get creative because this time around he would plug in the amp unlike ajfa....

[@sunsetsmusic3792]

Hey, I am a big fan, I never really comment on videos but I felt like I should say this to you. I am a huge Metallica fan, my friend is a big Metallica fan too but he doesn’t like how I only like them and how they are the only metal band I technically listen to, I try not listening to most metal because I don’t know if it is satanic. No one else is a big Metallica and talks about them besides you (on KZbin), when I found your channel it inspired me to play bass even more, it told me about cliff and I thought lars was my favorite (I’m a drummer). After seeing the cliff burton hardest to easiest video and seeing the part about live at day on the green I watched the whole video and loved the way he played, you can tell he loves bass and wants to show how good he is, he also likes a challenge. I have baby hands so bass is kinda hard to learn right now but I don’t care, cliff also seems like the type of guy you would like to hang out with. Thanks for giving me the chance info about Metallica, your the best. And one last thing, what’s a good and non expensive bass I should buy?

[@geroffmilan3328]

As a drummer, you should definitely try Tool. Very complex drumming in places - but not inaccessible, I'm no drummer myself. Try Aenima (the song) Schism and The Pot as openers? Will be very good food for you I think.

[@GrahamDallas]

Let me put my comment into context. I got into Metallica in mid-1986 aged 12. I quickly bought Master of Puppets (special order then even in the UK) and acquired copies of Kill ‘em All and Ride the Lightning. All good stuff and a huge range of music across these 3 albums. I recall reading about Cliff’s death in Kerrang magazine in maybe October 86. Justice came out in ’88 and I’m pretty sure I bought it in the first week or so of release. Now I had 4 albums (all quite different in their own ways, I fell out of love with Metallica for a while as they hadn’t released anything for so long, so when the Black album came out in ’91, I bought it on the day of release. First listen was forgettable, but in those days, I had the cassette (remember those) in my car. I probably didn’t change the cassette for maybe 4 months, just listening back and forth. Yes, I agree, it’s not a perfect album. But, it’s a damn good one and in reality lifted Metallica out of obscurity and made them much more accessible. If not for the success of the Back album, many of the others may not be as easy to come by. I quickly upgraded my various LPs, tapes and copies to CD versions. Every release since then has been bought on the day of release, apart from elements of St Anger, I’ve never been disappointed. Regardless, I appreciate your analysis, keep up the good work.

[@juwe3727]

Who likes the album?

[@dannytheguitarwarrior]

Me

[@ej22_gc86]

If I were to pick out 2 of my favourites, Black album and AJFA have to be those.

[@UdoShan]

I LOVE the Black Album, and it's not necessarily my favorite (THAT distinction goes to Ride The 🌩). But it was well produced (maybe TOO well!), well written, brilliantly planned out, and showcased wonderful lyrics as well as great music. In short, I LOVE the Black Album, and would barely change a thing.

[@wynweeardo0593]

!!

[@princemjbp695]

My first and favorite Metallica album

[@Saynojohn]

Jason's bass wasn't mixed correct on the black album also...

[@markusnyman6897]

Happy holidays andriy

[@eamonahern7495]

In fade to black you talk about how the heavy musical interlude serves as the chorus between the slow verses. Perhaps that's what they should have done with my friend of misery. As in just not putting any lyric in that part. I always liked that song though. Even the chorus!

[@mikesmith1290]

My friend of misery is my favorite track. Allthou it does turn into "stadium rock" towards the end, like most of the other tracks

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

I like how LuLu flashed way too much

[@dillonmacpherson3350]

My ad is literally just the new slipknot song

[@kubabuchwald7952]

Put the podcst on spotify pleeeeeease

[@ZombieHorror666]

The bass censor sound beep sounds like cliffs first strike on master of puppets.

[@maxthehaxor4401]

It's from his old Ride The Lightning bass cover. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXfQeJuio7WEkMk

[@yordanstefanov5570]

Harvester of Sorrow could have fitted perfectly in Black album.

[@C4rL72]

1-Ride The lighting 2-Master of puppets 3-Justice for all 4-Kill em all 5-Black.

[@zane4575]

Master of puppets Killemall Ride the lightning Black AJFA Justice for all's style doesn't suit metallica, and other bands do that heaviness better. Lyrics were off the chart though

[@C4rL72]

@@zane4575 I think Justice was the most underrated album they done, apart from Orion I feel MOP carries that album, song v song IMHO Ride is better but i'll always have a soft spot for justice, as it was first tour i seen them live back in 88

[@grimmseti]

Agree 100%

[@roninkraut6873]

This isC4RL Black is what introduced me to Metallica but Justice is my fave

[@Maggiethegsd]

1. AJFA 2. Master of puppets 3. Black 4. Ride the lightning 5. Kill em all

[@schmalzilla1985]

Can't just let it play, I'm always skipping certain songs, because I just don't feel it. Unlike their earlier albums, where I stick them in, and let them go, every album including the black album has me skipping songs.

[@Brandonmtlhd]

When the novelty of the Black album wore off, I realized how bland and uninspiring it was. Plus, Metallica basically became everything they used to make fun of in the 80's. Working with a producer that made Motley Crue records. Putting their band logo on their private jet (there was an article where Lars was actually quoted saying "we'll leave that to the Bon Jovi's of the world"). Writing and releasing songs that were simpler, catchier and obviously intended for commercial appeal. Plus, the overall sound on the Black album was noticeably lighter. Guitars weren't as chunky and the supposedly heavier parts were watered down in the production. I'm glad they rebounded and found their hardcore fanbase again with Death Magnetic and Hardwired but yeah, between Black and then was an era most old school Metallica fans would rather forget.

[@benjamingrezik373]

load and reload are Metallicas best and most well made albums

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yep Yep Yep!! They also said "We'll never make a Music Video" ... but One was Awesome, Sandman not so much

[@Brandonmtlhd]

@@benjamingrezik373 That's certainly an opinion...

[@benjamingrezik373]

@@Brandonmtlhd Its where their true colors really shine. Cliff and Dave mustaine were responsible for all their good thrash sound. James hetfield is great at hard rock.

[@jaded9234]

I usually think of neon pink, green, or purple when I think of the '80s.

[@MultiWTFGamer]

My mother always says that the 80s were the orange age

[@joshloaf89]

Great content Andriy. Your evaluation of the Black Album is absolutely on point. If My Friend Of Misery was an instrumental with the chorus cut, and the bass intro from the 1997 Cunning Stuns, hell it’d be an amazing piece of work. The tonnage of the album is that of perfection to the ears, and the vocals are great. It was a point in which Metallica wanted to continue their metal sound, yet they were at a loss on HOW to do so. That’s why they lost all direction after the album with further album creation, ie Load, Reload, “the album we don’t speak of”, etc. Kirk makes multiple remarks on how lost they were on holding a grasp on the metal sound that everyone wanted. If they had a better guideline and help as to do so, I think Metallica after the black album could’ve held real steady. If only James hadn’t blown his vocals in the Black Album production, lol.

[@benjamingrezik373]

Load and reload are metallicas best albums. the previous sound was a sound made by dave mustain and cliff burton. Metallica does best with sound like Load/reload and black album.

[@victorkaab6964]

Nobody: Subtitles: *dutch*

[@gabrielbrouwer]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@victorkaab6964]

S I M S L I K E E E E E H S T U R E N D E Z E T E S T O F T I M E

[@bartsimpsonnft4387]

Daar heb ik geen probleem mee

[@Yinte_Klop_Blunt666]

Horizontaal

[@theadjuster151]

Bag of hammuhs !

[@azriqbassist2002]

4:21 Dave Mustaine.Look it carefully.

[@Strike0Mac]

Yeah, well... That's just like, your opinion, man

[@jamesRTyp]

Marck Vilstrup Dude...

[@cbr9914]

halo on fire and atlas rise are 2 of my fav metallica songs, period....

[@1cedcoffee]

wait what as soon as I thought of Metallica and opened KZbin, I see Andriy's video. that can't be a coincidence!

[@StraightLineCycles]

I disappear was there st. Anger downward spiral

[@TopK3k]

"I don't know why"

[@paulpv7]

8:28 symphony of destruction lmao

[@princemjbp695]

Well one thing's for sure: Jason's bass is happier here than in Justice

[@CarrLuke]

1. Master of Puppets 2. ...And Justice for All 3. Metallica 4. Kill 'em All 5. Ride the Lightning I'm really not that big a fan of Metallica's instrumentals. They tend to be overlong and even more repetitive than even their longest songs with vocals (and Disposable Heroes is one of my absolute favorites). Ride the Lightning has proportionally as almost as much filler as the black album, depending on what exactly you consider filler songs. The only thing really hurting Kill 'em All is production value and that extra creative boost a better producer could have provided. I love Metallica, period. I've followed you for a while so I know you do, too. I don't think they've released a bad album. Less than stellar songs? Sure. That's to be expected from anyone. Obviously, all of this is ultimately subjective, but as I've gotten older, I've stopped caring about what I wish a band would do or what I expected from an album. I'll give it a listen. If I like it, I like it and I probably will for a long time. If I don't like it, I'll come back to it and give it another chance later. If I still don't like it, then it's probably just not for me, and that's fine. I struggled with that with Bullet for My Valentine. I really love their first three albums. When Temper Temper came out (I saw them live during that tour and for Fever), I wasn't impressed. There were moments of greatness, but the album generally felt a little thin and empty (I've since come around to appreciating it more than I did originally, but it's still bottom two for me). So I was ecstatic when they released Venom. It felt like a return to form, combining that big-budget Black Album production sound with their chunky, speedy riffing. I had figured this would be permanent, considering they admitted in interviews that Temper Temper fell flat and they heard that fans were disappointed and wanted to do right by them. So when Gravity came out, I was really disappointed that it seemed they had taken a tiny aspect (a flavor, really, not a full ingredient) from Venom and used that as the basis for the entire new album. I wasn't interested. I tried to give it a chance, then a second and third chance. It just wasn't for me. And not only did I not like the sound, they ousted their drummer unceremoniously (Moose isn't the greatest drummer, but he didn't deserve the disrespect at all), and it really just put a sour taste in my mouth. Hopefully their next release is something I'm interested in again, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm still a BFMV fan, I suppose, and I will always love the songs and albums I love, but I can admit when I don't like something and move on. It's just not worth my time or energy with so much music out there waiting for me to find it. So, has Metallica had some missteps (in my own estimation)? Of course. I'm not huge on their instrumentals, like I said, and I don't really see the appeal of the S&M albums. Lulu isn't a thing. It never happened. St. Anger is a really intense bottle full of emotion expressed in a raw, heartfelt way. Is it rough? Absolutely, and I love it for that. Metallica doesn't censor itself. They write what they want to write in that moment and don't look back. I think my only real critique of the band is that Kirk really needs to figure out how to back up his files. And also that I wish they could have kept Jason around, but I'm glad for Rob's involvement. Metallica has been my favorite band since high school and they might just always be.

[@Anonymousx7305]

4:21 I see what you did there😏

[@Anonymousx7305]

@NO BODY probably

[@Anonymousx7305]

@NO BODY musta...

[@ivangusev7585]

Dave))

[@lyjaugs]

@NO BODY nah , that's Dave

[@Anonymousx7305]

@NO BODY ng

[@nickolaynaydenov3292]

I'm born on the 14th of July too! But in '99

[@QuasaR-Majd-Ali]

Despite the fact that the whole album is great.. "Don't tread on me" is a masterpiece!

[@lukemackie8946]

Thankyou

[@rise8604]

I guessed Motorbreath

[@metalupyourass9114]

What a coinsidence, I just watched Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker

[@fuhkshet9703]

Metallica pure hot garbage

[@bt3743]

@@fuhkshet9703 nEW sTaR wARs BAd

[@joseph_rolli]

I honestly dislike a lot of the solos after AJFA simply because of the wah, as in my opinion when overdone it kind of ruins the tone

[@atranfanatic]

My favorites on the Black album are Holier Than Thou and My Friend Of Misery. They really are stand out tracks and weren't overplayed on the radio if played at all. The middle part of Misery is a beautiful rendition that could have been a part II to To Live is To Die. But I agree that a good majority of the album has filler. And I really can't stand Enter Sandman much anymore. lol

[@KBXband]

Black Album was the first time I heard Metallica and I liked the first half but the second half wasnt as catchy. The first album I bought with my own money was Ride The Lightning and my puny mind was blown on the spot

[@frankiebq5604]

IMO the chorus riff of My Friend of Missery is awesome

[@sxdxfan]

Class of 1996 here... A lot of us true headbangers hated that album.

[@GaijinMecha]

Don't Tread on Me is the best song on the Black Album. Weird that it was held in such low regard by it's authors

[@gustavpedersen6099]

It sound like a child who recently learned about heavy metal and tries to play heavy metal. The child is good at it but you know it is a child.

[@andyb1653]

@@gustavpedersen6099 And James sounds like he's choking on food when he says the "Eyes that will never close" line. It sounds ridiculous.

[@Maadcapminis]

I was born the day this album came out

[@realkekz]

I'm not entirely sure which album I heard first, but it's between Black Album's Enter Sandman, and Kill Em All's Seek and Destroy. I heard both all the time on the local rock/metal station as a kid.

[@benjaminwatson7166]

Omg they were 10 years apart and U don't know ,U guys are all full of shit

[@zzn6oo]

Can't you also upload podcasts to Spotify? That would be great if you could.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

He said spotify is illegal in his country

[@JH-dp9zk]

Andriy is like the Davie504 of Ukraine but without bass

[@nashbueno]

but he has bass. Total Cliff anyone?

[@AndriyVasylenko]

all roads lead to bass

[@Samantas5855]

more like chuck schuldiner

[@jonathanmateas543]

J H but he does play bass

[@ayelmao1224]

Andriy Vasylenko all roads lead to *🅱️ A S S*

[@jahdielm3208]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A PODCAST LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@metalpuppet5798]

Wherever I may roam is probably my favourite Metallica song.

[@superfreak9228]

Ew

[@metalpuppet5798]

@@superfreak9228 What?! The chromatic riffage is the best thing since Puppets. Its so simple yet so effective

[@superfreak9228]

@@metalpuppet5798 nah the song is way to slow for my liking and I can't stand James's vocals on it , im more of a Fight Fire With Fire guy

[@metalpuppet5798]

@@superfreak9228 Slow songs are kind of the best songs very often. Sad But True, Halo on fire, Fade to black, Sandman etc etc. Yeah I do love me some battery or dyers eve but the other ones are way more melodic and I'm a sucker for “melodicness“

[@superfreak9228]

@@metalpuppet5798 I prefer Thrash