Ranking the '80s albums of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax (w/Martin Popoff)

[@carlosfredericogomes9455]

Pete's reactions to Martin's choices are priceless 😂🤘🏼

[@billbez7465]

Love seeing you guys together discussing music.

[@thekivster]

Killing is my Business has a lot of cool stuff of in my opinion.

[@petebrown3715]

Agreed! Very underated.

[@mattkimbler4221]

Hey Pete, just listened to Mangrove album that u talked about. What a fantastic album. Would not have known about without SOT. thanks a bunch

[@cbzo6]

I agree with Pete. Peace Sells but who's buying is #1 by far for me. 🤘

[@tommyaddison6539]

Yep, easily!

[@ryanjacobson2508]

I struggle to remember large stretches of that album! Never really found Dave's songwriting or singing ability that effective.

[@spice_krispies]

By far??? So, Master Of Puppets is a distant second??....🤣

[@spice_krispies]

@@ryanjacobson2508 Sad if you consider Rust In Peace weak songwriting. Must suck to have bad taste and standards.

[@CoreyArsenault-c8t]

100%

[@glenfinston704]

Thank you guys great talk today. Martin’s honest comment about feeling like a poser Thrash guy was priceless! Yes my taste for this genre did diminish over time too. Metalica, my fav of these, hit me in a similar way to Pete with their first 4 - really great!! After that not so much. Btw I had quite a few Deadhead friends around this time that were also tuned into and dug those records - no BS lol! One cannot survive on Sugar Magnolia alone lol and you can’t argue with greatness!

[@JoltinJoe26]

This is the content I come here for!! The fact that I agree with very little of this particular discussion matters not! 😄

[@sabinoabdala5685]

In 1988 I started listening to Metallica. I had all the albums on cassettes. Then I bought some from Slayer and Megadeth because they were difficult to find in my country (Argentina). from Anthrax I only bought "Among the living" and the ep with Public Enemy. These albums were very important in my musical education and allowed me to meet other bands that influenced the Big 4 of Trash. 1-Ride the Lightning (1984) 2- ...And Justice for All (1988) 3-Reign in Blood (1986) 4-Kill 'Em All (1983) 5-Master of Puppets (1986) 6-Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 7-South of Heaven (1988) 8-So Far, So Good... So What! (1988) 9-Hell Awaits (1985) 10-Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) 11-Among the Living (1987) 12-Show No Mercy (1983) 13-Spreading the Disease (1985) 14-State of Euphoria (1988) 15-Fistful of Metal (1984)

[@SuperStrik9]

Awesome rankings man. I love every 80s album by every band in this episode so very hard to rank and my list could be different tomorrow lol. I just did my top 5 to make it easier on myself lol. 🤘

[@philjones45]

Newbie!!

[@stugramajo3197]

Love it

[@simonlewis7253]

Really enjoyed this show. Of the ranking the albums by a bunch of bands, this has been the one I’ve known most about so maybe that helped.

[@Kurt843]

Bonded by blood would definitely be a contender for me for best thrash metal album of all time. Kill em all would be too.

[@ScottFerguson-s4t]

South of Heaven is my fav Slayer album. 'One' is the thrash equivalent of Stairway to Heaven.

[@samuelrlaytonjr1362]

I’ve learned to appreciate all these albums now in my 50s now better than I did back then

[@hsmetalhb2036]

Such a great discussion, thank you guys. And here are my Top 10 1. Ride the Lightning 2. Reign in Blood 2. Master of Puppets 3. Peace Sells 4. Show No Mercy 5. South of Heaven Among the Living, Justice, and Spreading the Disease coming in close behind

[@jimmyfrost5065]

Great posing! Loving it!

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

I really really like this episode a lot and I’ll prob be coming back to it as a major source of reference and inspiration.

[@beetlebum7760]

The two of you should do videos such as this one with the Hudson Valley Squares, I’d have loved to see Ryan, Chris or Butch react to Martin‘s contrarian picks.

[@Devin-b4e]

Ty I want to see that to lol. Especially I want to see butch react to Martin's favorite dio album and thn lizzy favorite album.

[@gavinbruce-thegreyrunner5581]

It wouldn’t be Friday In The Funhouse without at least one Pardo grimace as Martin calls out a stone cold classic in last place. 😂

[@captainkirk70]

Right? Both are far up there. What happed to Martin? Maybe he's A.I. and that will be the worst thing A.I. can do to us.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

@@captainkirk70 He's always had challenging inexplicable opinions. It's actually how we know it is him, cuz there's no way any AI could decode his logic!

[@Hecatecrossways]

Martin loves Punk Rock, and tries to consider it as Metal music

[@woutwout8398]

@@Hecatecrossways And he consistently calls AC/DC a heavy metal band 🤔.

[@Hecatecrossways]

@@woutwout8398 AC/DC was pretty Heavy Metal in the 1970s. The Vocals are really aggressive and harsh , but the music is very laid back and repetitive. The Let There Be Rock, Whole Lotta Rosie , Squealer, Sin City , Live Wire, and She's Got Balls were some of the Hardest songs for the time. The same fanbase that was into Judas Priest, Montrose, Black Sabbath, UFO, Sir Lord Baltimore, and Dust were the only people who liked AC/DC back then. But AC/DC failed to stand up next to the NWOBHM movement bands. AC/DC became a Pop band since Back in Black, although there were some Heavy Metal riffs on For Those About to Rock, and Flick of the Switch it's hardly enough to qualify them as a Metal band anymore.

[@raulcardenas8115]

Geezer Butler said it better: Megadeth over Metallica.

[@asdfzxcv3617]

He is right.

[@somethingelse04]

​@@asdfzxcv3617he is lol

[@nickgonzalez4081]

1) Reign in Blood 2) Kill'em All 3) Master of Puppets 4) Peace Sells 5) Among the Living 6) Show No Mercy 7)Hell Awaits 8) Ride the Lightning 9) South of Heaven 10) And Justice. 11) So Good, so far, so What... 12) Killing is my Business 13) State of Euphoria 14) Spreading the Disease 15) Fistful of Metal

[@stugramajo3197]

Yes!!! Thank you!!!! 🤘

[@spaceace4387]

A fistful of metal is awesome

[@gavinbruce-thegreyrunner5581]

Peace Sells at 11th??I’m at a stage where I don’t think Martin is in the game at all anymore. He’s outta his mind.

[@MrMargheritti]

Yeah that one was tough to swallow

[@SuperStrik9]

I double checked and even worse Martin had it at 12 smh.

[@cmlguerra]

Yup it’s megadeth best album for me,but it’s at 10 for me too

[@sadekx5251]

It's official, Martin's lost his mind 🤣

[@tommyaddison6539]

Agreed! Lol

[@colgrey438]

Marty is a self-admitted poser that has terrible taste in heavy music. I like some of the non metal music he talks about and he seems like a nice guy. Peace Sells at 12 is wild. He just didn't get it.

[@SuperStrik9]

@@colgrey438 Definitely. I'm generally a to each their own type but having Peace Sells at 12 is insanity. Oh and his ranking of Hell Awaits is even crazier imo.

[@gordy3714]

Pete Can you do a one on Overkill, Testament, Exodus and Annihilator. 👍

[@FireFly-Band]

15. State Of Euphoria 14. Reign In Blood 13. South Of Heaven 12. And Justice For All 11. Among The Living 10. Hell Awaits 9. Spreading The Disease 8. Killing Is My Business 7. So Far, So Good...So What 6. Show No Mercy 5. Ride The Lightning 4. Kill Em All 3. Fistful Of Metal 2. Master Of Puppets 1. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

[@Beaumont67]

AWESOME VIDEO EXCELLENT BANDS PERFECT PICKS THANKS REALLY ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO GUYS!!!

[@ericdinse5047]

I first about Metallica from Kerrang. As a result, I picked up "Ride the Lightening" & my response was being stunned by how heavy it sounded.

[@bobilly]

Some wild takes in this video 😮 My ranking worst to best would be- 15) State of Euphoria 14) Fistful of Metal 13) Spreading the Disease 12) Hell Awaits 11) Among the Living 10) Show No Mercy 9) Killing Is My Business 8) Kill Em All 7) South of Heaven 6) So Far, So Good...So What! 5) Reign in Blood 4) Ride the Lightning 3) ...And Justice For All 2) Peace Sells 1) Master of Puppets

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another interesting decade album blender episode. Though not too familiar with many of the albums, always learn something from watching/listening to Martin and Pete discuss music. This was no exception. As for Martin's question about Bread in the discussion during the premiere, all that can be offered here is that a lot of the young ladies from this part of the U.S. loved the 'romance' of those albums. Just another mix in the surviving AM radio of the time. Thanks once again, gents. There ya go!

[@metaldams78]

Can’t agree with Martin’s assessment of early Slayer, but I do own that awesome trilogy of thrash books he’s done, as well as the NWOBHM trilogy. But hey, to each their own. Glad to hear there is a 90’s discussion coming because that’s the only valid excuse for not including the 1990 albums. Thanks for this awesome discussion guys, I nodded my head in agreement and my eyes bulged out at other times and that’s the way it should be. 1. Master of Puppets 2. Ride the Lightning 3. Hell Awaits 4. Reign in Blood 5. Among the Living 6. Kill ‘em All 7. …And Justice For All 8. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? 9. Spreading the Disease 10. South of Heaven 11. Seasons in the Abyss 12. So Far, So Good….So What! 13. Killing Is My Business….And Business Is Good. 14. Fistful of Metal 15. State of Euphoria 1-4 and the bottom 2 are a lock. The ones in between can fluctuate easily. Even State of Euphoria is about a 7/10 so not a bad album in the bunch. I grew up on this stuff and these albums I’ll be listening to until the day I die.

[@metaldams78]

….and put Show No Mercy in between Spreading the Disease and South of Heaven

[@metaldams78]

….and erase Seasons in the Abyss. I put that in subconsciously because I associate it with the era - but it’s 90’s.

[@EDGECRUSHER555]

15 So far so good 14 Killing is my business 13 Show No Mercy 12 Fistfilul of Metal 11.And ...justice for All 10. State of Euphoria 9. Kill Em All 8. Hell Awaits 7. South Of Heaven 6. Among The Living 5. Reign In Blood 4. Master Of Puppets 3. Ride the Lighning 2. Peace Sells 1. Spreading The Disease

[@NickPalfrey8]

Great idea, really enjoyed this. I saw all them all live in the 80s save Megadeth and always thought Anthrax were more of a live than a studio band. I'd have to say Kreator and Voivod released albums that imo were better than all those discussed bar Puppets and Reign in Blood.

[@DarkAnubis]

4:36 Same Pete, same. A top 3 Slayer album and top contender on my thrash album ranking

[@kylemacneil3477]

Ranking these is going to be tough. We are talking about some of the greatest and most influential metal albums of all time. 1. Reign in Blood 2. Among the Living 3. Peace Sells 4. South of Heaven 5. Kill em All 6. Spreading the Disease 7. Ride the Lightning 8. Master of Puppets 9. Show no Mercy 10. Hell Awaits 11. So Far, So Good... 12. Killing is my Business... 13. State of Euphoria 14. And Justice for All 15. Fist Full of Metal

[@drewrose374]

This was tough! can't wait for the 90's show! my contrarian list goes... 15. State Of Euphoria 14. So Far, So Good... So What? 13. ...And Justice For All 12. Fistful Of Metal 11. South Of Heaven 10. Hell Awaits 9. Kill 'Em All 8. Among The Living 7. Master Of Puppets 6. Reign In Blood 5. Spreading The Disease 4. Peace Sells 3. Show No Mercy 2. Killing Is My Business 1. Ride The Lightning

[@Fritha71]

Should have put Poser Popoff in the title of the episode, would have garnered even more clicks! Martin picked Ride The Lightning as his number one so all good 👍

[@stevenleblanc9628]

Pete talking about Master of Puppets brought back a memory. I think somewhere towards the end of the 80s I was hearing so much about Metallica that I was curious. I had not heard their music at all, I bought a cassette of Master of Puppets. My reaction was, WTF! It was outside what I could comprehend. I don’t know if I listened to the whole thing; there is a very good chance I only listened to (part of?) 1 track. That was enough for me. I wanted nothing to do with it. I don’t remember what I did with that tape. Maybe it ended up in the trash. After the Black Album, I heard more of the band, heard more Metal. I started opening up to Metal. At some point I bought Master of Puppets again. I liked it. How many years had to pass between rejecting Master Of Puppets & accepting it? 3-4 yrs? I don't know. I've only heard 3 Metallica albums, a few Anthrax albums, never heard any album by Slayer or Megadeth. I like some Metal, but I've never been a big fan of it.

[@maze2490]

How disappointing this Video started, when Martin mentions "Show No Mercy" first, means he finds all other 14 albums here were better than it... I listened to this at it came out, age 13. I loved it immediately! I heard "Kill Em All" before, but this I found far better, it sounds much more creepy and the amount of sheer classics on it is astonishing! (BTW I already was a huge Iron Maiden fan at that time). Pete saved my day then, picking it for his number two! For me it is perhaps one of the 3 greatest records of all time. Ok, Martin was 20 at that time, some years elder than me, and I remember the elder guys we met those times did not like thrash metal at all. They just didn't get it! They were grown up with sloppier sounding music... What I'm telling here is about the german heavy metal scene, as I come next from Stuttgart. Love and peace.

[@alexsuperpower1]

Show no Mercy is fantastic. Kinda odd that martin has it lasts as he LOVES NWOBHM. Out of all the albums this for me has the most of these elements and its so different as a Slayer album. A fantastic Slayer album for sure and it might be my favorite too.

[@maze2490]

@@alexsuperpower1 Yes, this album is so filled up with pure gems! Hands down for Pete! Love and peace.

[@independenceltd.]

Martin is a stickler for production and drum sound. If those two are lacking, he won't like the album.

[@maze2490]

@@independenceltd. Of course the production isn't that great as it was their first album and had to be low cost. I also was learning Martin was also not so impressed by Led Zeppelins first album (lacking production!), as both of them compared the 70's albums of hard rock veterans! Cheers and love and peace.

[@bananenmus_tv1483]

Hello fellow "Stuttgarter"! 😉

[@mccallosone4903]

anyone who claims Countdown as their favorite Megadeth album should not be ranking thrash albums. no wonder he put anthrax so high

[@mccallosone4903]

"its too fast"...that guy. on slayer. about Reign in Blood. yeah bub, go back to ranking Bon Jovi and Slaughter albums

[@samhouston1979]

Randomly after last week’s show I ordered Martin’s Nugent book from Amazon

[@jbat31]

Great show you two

[@kurtemeigh]

Martin may not have been the best guest for this show…lol.

[@stewy62]

I was on holiday so I watched the latest episode where Pete and Martin mention the comments before watching this episode. People need to chill out ! Pete and Martin aren’t always going to pick your favourites, especially the contrary Martin ! I wouldn’t describe myself as a fan of the thrash genre in general, although I do have every Slayer album up to Undisputed Attitude. The only Metallica album I have is Kill ‘Em All, I’ve got a couple of Anthrax albums that somebody gave me because they were getting rid of their vinyl and I have no Megadeath, although I did see Megadeath on the Clash of the Titans tour where Slayer were top of the bill. I’ve heard a lot of Metallica over the years and if I have a regret it’s that I bought Kill ‘Em All over Ride the Lightning. I can’t pick a favourite from Reign in Blood/South of Heavan/Seasons in the Abyss but I agree with Pete that albums after Devine Intervention are unlistenable (except for Undisputed Attitude which I guess is a special case - I’ve probably listened to it more than any other Slayer album outside my top 3). I didn’t expect my favourite Slayer albums to be at the top of Pete and Martin’s lists and I wasn’t disappointed !

[@rattlehead85]

Reign in blood is great

[@davidburns6284]

Master of Puppets and Reign in Blood are the two flawless albums for me here. Very different albums, but perfection from start to finish. I'm still blown away by these two today. 1. Master of Puppets 2. Reign in Blood 3. ...And Justice for All 4. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying 5. Ride the Lightning

[@rickwillard2002]

I had a lot of fun researching and comparing these classic albums. 1. Justice 2. Puppets 3. Lightning 4. South of Heaven 5. Reign in Blood 6. Peace Sells 7. So Far So Good 8. Kill Em All 9. Spreading the Disease 10. Among the Living 11. Show No Mercy 12. State of Euphoria 13. Hell Awaits 14. Killing is my Business 15 Fistful of Metal

[@purpletemple1]

1. Reign in Blood 2. Master of Puppets 3. South of Heaven 4. Kill 'em All 5. Among the Living Cheers

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

My friend was born in 1971 and he loves both Hell Awaits and Bonded by Blood. I was born in 1974 and discovered thrash in 1988. I hardly ever listen to those bands anymore. I am similar to both Martin and Pete, except I listen to a lot more genres, than they do. I love Rockabilly, Doo-Wap, Bebop Jazz, Punk, Reggae. I left thrash for Death metal.

[@onepingonly1941]

You don't like instrumentals????? How are you gonna be a rock critic expert who knows every band from every country over 50 years of releases and say you don't like instrumentals? That makes no sense.

[@IdiocyShow]

Because he has preferences & other opinions

[@brianpirie5490]

Nonsense!!

[@matthewmutchman6360]

He also hates Stairway to Heaven. This is what I mean when I wonder why people worship this guy and act like what he says is the most relevant and important. But people just brush off his garbage takes for some reason. People need to be more skeptical of this "expert"

[@fenestrosaur]

I'm gonna agree with Martin on this one instrumental take--- "Pulling Teeth" is negotiable on KEA.

[@brandonbelt5055]

I ranked the first five albums of the Big Four during the early pandemic and this is what I came up with. I'd actually say only 'Load' and Anthrax's 'Sound of White Noise' and the last two Joey albums would be good enough to crack this list of the later stuff I've heard. Sound of White Noise would actually be in my top ten here, the highest ranked Anthrax album. #20 Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction #19 Anthrax - State of Euphoria #18 Anthrax - Persistence of Time #17 Metallica - Metallica #16 Anthrax - Spreading the Disease #15 Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What?!?! #14 Anthrax - Among the Living #13 SLAYER - Hell Awaits #12 Anthrax - Fistful of Metal #11 SLAYER - Seasons in the Abyss #10 SLAYER - Show No Mercy #9 Megadeth - Rust in Peace #8 Megadeth - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good! #7 SLAYER - South of Heaven #6 Metallica - Master of Puppets #5 Metallica - ...and Justice for All #4 Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Whose Buying? #3 Metallica - Kill 'em All #2 Metallica - Ride the Lightning #1 SLAYER - Reign in Blood

[@stephanea5364]

RIP number 9 LOL

[@richboutin4044]

@@stephanea5364it’s a great album, but not the end all be all for everyone. It ranks around the same position for me as well.

[@beetlebum7760]

Very nice topic. And for once I’m familiar with all albums and don’t have to prepare.

[@ajaykiran973]

Hey Pete can you please do a top ten songs for Exodus? I think that would be a great topic

[@daanthing6002]

Great show. Would be boring if everybody had the same taste. Intersting to hear how your listening habits develop over the years for people who were there when those albums came out. Love Megadeth's cover of Budgie's Melt the ice away. But indeed those covers on the early albums.... my god, why oh why... Can't really rank 'm. Only own the Megadeth ones and the last two Slayer.

[@colinrgage]

I'll be watching later when the wife goes to work with a glass of red wine

[@stephanea5364]

MAn, she goes to work with a glass of red wine?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

😂

[@colinrgage]

@@stephanea5364 lol ok I could have phrased it better I guess

[@antonisanagnopoulos8570]

1) Peace Sells… 2) Among the Living 3) Spreading the Disease 4) So Far.. 5) Show No Mercy 6) Ride the Lightning 7) South of Heaven 8) Kill ‘em All 9) Reign in Blood 10) State of Euphoria 11) Hell Awaits 12) Master of Puppets 13) And Justice… 14) Killing is My Business… 15) Fistful of Metal

[@metalmykof-hs2sn]

15. Euphoria 14. Hell Awaits 13. Killing 12. So Far So Good 11. Among 10. Show No Mercy 9. Justice 8. South 7. Spreading 6. Peace 5. Fistful 4. Master 3. Kill'em 2. Reign 1. Ride

[@glenjammin69]

1 Reign in Blood 2. Justice 3. Master 4. Kill Em All (most influencial tho) 5. Among 6. Lightning 7. Peace 8. South 9. Show No Mercy 10. Hell Awaits 11. Spreading 12. Killing.... 13. So Far... 14. Fistfull 15. State

[@zakkhale181]

1. Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying 2. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good 3. So Far… So Good… So What! 4. … And Justice For All 5.Master Of Puppets

[@drtopus]

« Baby Slayer » (Pete talking about Show No Mercy). So cute! 🤣

[@Swullmark]

My top 5 here are: 5 - South Of Heaven 4 - Peace Sells 3 - Reign In Blood 2 - Kill 'Em All 1 - Ride The Lightning

[@garyjoyce2160]

1- Master of PUPPETS/8️⃣6️⃣. 2- Kill em ALL/8️⃣3️⃣ 3- Peace SELLS/8️⃣6️⃣ 4- Ride the LIGHTNING/8️⃣4️⃣ 5- Reign in BLOOD /8️⃣6️⃣👍💯

[@SuperStrik9]

Great list Gary 🤘

[@garyjoyce2160]

@@SuperStrik9 - all fairly close Super. Can definitely change. Have great night 👍💯

[@SuperStrik9]

@@garyjoyce2160 Same here. I did my top 5 as well to make it easier on myself lol. My list could easily change tomorrow as I love every 80s album by every band in this episode. Have a great one as well man 🤘

[@garyjoyce2160]

@@SuperStrik9 / agreed 👍💯

[@jimekberg]

1. Kill ´Em All 2. South of Heaven 3. Ride the Lightning 4. Master of Puppets 5. Reign in Blood 6. Show No Mercy 7. Hell Awaits 8. And Justice for all 9. Among the Living 10. Spreading the Disease 11. Fistful of Metal 12. State of Euphoria 13. So Far, So Good... So What! 14. Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? 15. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

[@stephanea5364]

It's like Martin makes an effort to be a.... contrarian.

[@jimmypage2843]

Completely on purpose at this point.

[@colgrey438]

The man admits he's a poser and I have to agree with him

[@barbrodrigues4465]

Sucks to get old...I now need 'Mother's Little Helper' to get through some of these now but couldn't get enough in my youth

[@johng.7560]

It seems Martin is more into the recording quality and production than the music itself, too many years analyzing the music instead of listening to it.

[@jimmypage2843]

Truth!

[@brianpirie5490]

Nonsense

[@danielsharp3683]

1 Ride the lightning 2 South of Heaven 3 Piece Sells 4 Among the living 5 Kill Em All

[@scott6682]

Peace Sells is also my number one! One of the first cassette tapes I bought with my paper route money. It’s in my blood lol. The song names eventually faded from the cassette and I’d have to wind it on occasion with a pencil when the tape came loose. Miss those days.

[@lawrencefine5020]

Martin put a lot of emphasis on production, I do too, but sometimes these songs are so good it outweighs the production. That being said. My top 10. 1. Reign In Blood ( The only album that completely blew me away after first listen) 2. Ride The Lightning (Better than MoP) 3. Show No Mercy ( Sorely underrated) 4. ..And Justice For all ( No bass, but who cares? Those RIFFS) 5. Hell Awaits. (Evil, raw, did I say evil?) 6. Peace Sells. (The only Megadave album that matters) 7. Master Of Puppets ( Slightly overrated, but still great) 8. Spreading The Disease ( Underrated, heavy, and very melodic) 9. Kill Em All (THRASH!) 10. Among The Living (Slightly overrated, but has all the hits)

[@mikesokolik2748]

Excellent show... I remember seeing the Clash of the Titans tour back in day. and I saw Metallica off the And Justice for all Tour. Firstly all four bands are great. 2ndly I like Martin listen to and bought more Anthrax albums the most of all 4 four bands (personally I think Scott Ian is brilliant) . The Best album of the group for me is probably a tie between Master of Puppets and Among the Living. Finally i must be in the minority here but I love State of Euphoria. I believe a 90s grouping of these bands would be a terrific idea.. I know i will tune in. Cheers !!!

[@csababarath2784]

Considering the amount of time I've spent with all this albums in the last ten years: 1.Ride the Lightning 2.Master of Puppets 3.South of Heaven 4.Reign in Blood And I cannot recall listening to anything else from the big 4 from the 80's in the last ten years. Granted, they went on infinite loop before the grunge train knock me off my feet in the beginning of the 90's and listened quite a bit in the 90's too, nevertheless, but there is so much music and so little time.

[@mattseager2870]

Peace Sells #1 baby, best thrash album of all time.

[@aggelostsolakopoulos5160]

Nothing comes even close to master of puppets and ride the lightning

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

Would much rather see either Overkill or Testament in the mix than Anthrax.

[@AidenSwords-md1do]

Definitely the weakest of these 4 anyway

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Anthrax had a much bigger following and better sales than those bands did and besides... Anthrax was formed earlier and released records before those bands did. And Testament is clearly derivative of Exodus and Metallica.

[@mayh6825]

15. State of Euphoria 14. Fistful of Metal 13. So far So good So What 12. Spreading the Disease 11. Hell Awaits 10. Kill em All 9. South of Heaven 8. Killing is My Business 7. And Justice For All 6. Among The Living 5. Master of Puppets 4. Reign in Blood 3. Peace Sells 2. Show No Mercy 1. Ride The Lightning

[@markhuntington9149]

Man, talk about 4 bands that I really like but never loved and barely listen to anymore, still a great show guys

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Among The Living and Reign In Blood seem to flow better for me…I think it’s the drumming of Benante and Lombardo

[@markwilburn4962]

1 - Master of Puppets 2 - Ride the Lightning 3 - Seasons in the Abyss 4 - South of Heaven 5 - Among the Living 6 - Kill em All 7 - Peace Sells 8 - Reign in Blood 9 - And Justice For All 10 - So Far So Good So What 11- Spreading the Disiease 12 - State of Euphoria 13 - Hell Awaits 14 - Show No Mercy 15 - Fistful of Metal

[@independenceltd.]

SITA: 1990

[@Hecatecrossways]

1. Slayer - Haunting the Chapel 2. Megadeth - So Far , So Good , So What 3. Slayer - Show No Mercy 4. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal 5. Slayer - Hell Awaits 6. Megadeth - Killing is My Business 7. Slayer - Reign in Blood 8. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 9. Slayer - South of Heaven 10. Megadeth - Peace Sells

[@paulwhite1109]

1. Ride the Lightning 2. So Far So Good So What 3. Reign in Blood 4. And Justice for All 5. Master of Puppets 6. State of Euphoria 1, 2 and 3 could switch round depending on how I feel on the day.

[@starglasses76]

Where does the I’m the Man EP slot in here? haha

[@Nocturnal_Spectre]

1. Ride the lightning 2. Master of puppets 3. Hell awaits 4. Reign in blood 5. And justice for all... 6. Show no mercy 7. South of heaven 8. Among the living 9. Peace sells 10. Spreading the disease 11. Kill em all 12. Killing is my business 13. Fistful of metal 14. State of euphoria 15. So far, so good... So what

[@inmyhouse11]

Kill em All- Metallica Fistful of Metal- Anthrax Reign In Blood- Slayer Hell Awaits- Slayer Peace Sells- Megadeth Ride the Lightning- Metallica Master of Puppets- Metallica Among the Living- Anthrax Show No Mercy- Slayer Spreading the Disease- Anthrax South of Heaven- Slayer So Far- Megadeth Killing is My Business- Megadeth State of Euphoria- Anthrax And Justice For All- Metallica

[@kevinpeterson6468]

Will you guys rank the Beatles in the 70s against each other?

[@theartofhavoc5467]

As soon as my wife&manager has the left the building, I'll tune in and open up a real cold one. I mean, this is serious - you guys talk about the most important albums of my early teenage years!

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Metallica - And Justice for All (1988) 2. Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) 3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (1984) 4. Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying? (1986) 5. Metallica - Kill 'Em All (1983)

[@BonafonteLeonardo]

Almost the same order for me. KEA before PSBWSB.

[@dtltmtgt]

1 Master of Puppets - Metallica 86 2 Ride the Lightning - Metallica 84 3 …And Justice For All - Metallica 88 4 Kill 'Em All - Metallica 83 5 Peace Sells…But Who's Buying - Megadeth 86 6 Reign in Blood - Slayer 86 7 Among the Living - Anthrax 87 8 Killing Is My Business…Business Is Good - Megadeth 85 9 Hell Awaits - Slayer 85 10 Spreading the Disease - Anthrax 85 11 Show No Mercy - Slayer 83 12 South of Heaven - Slayer 88 13 Fistful of Metal - Anthrax 84 14 So Far, So Good,..So What - Megadeth 88 15 State of Euphoria - Anthrax 88

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My ranking 1. Metallica - And Justice For All 2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 4. Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying 5. Anthrax - Among The Living 6. Metallica - Kill 'Em All 7. Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What 8. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease 9. Slayer - Reign In Blood 10. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal 11. Slayer - Hell Awaits 12. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business 13. Slayer - South Of Heaven 14. Anthrax - State Of Euphoria 15. Slayer - Show No Mercy

[@rickrenegadesmetalreviews3243]

I agree, Show No Mercy has always been the best Slayer album in my book!

[@JoeSkee-ox2gg]

Everybody has their own opinion. I like what I like.

[@anthonykeppler220]

1. Master of puppets 2. South of heaven 3. Peace sells, but who's buying? 4.And justice for all 5.Ride the lightning 6.Reign in blood 7.Among the living 8.Kill em all 9.Hell awaits 10.Spreading the disease 11.Show no mercy 12.Killing is my business and business is good 13.State of euphoria 14.So far, so good, so what 15. Fistful of metal

[@scottricci5063]

If you are getting too old to get into the fast Slayer stuff, may I then recommend a project called Slower? They are a band that plyes classic Slayer songs at like half the speed, where 2 minute tunes turn into 4 minutes. It kinda turns into Doom or Sludge riffs. Lol

[@chriswoosley1697]

i love Martin,his tastes are very similar to mine

[@griefforest1870]

Just a couple notes for context: Metallica was the first band or even musical artist in general which I discovered myself in my childhood. From ages 9-12 I´d more or less listen to Metallica exclusively, slowly discovering classic rock bands like The Beatles or Stones along the way. I´d wanted a Slayer album next (Live Undead) but my parents forbade it because I was only 9 or 10. I only became a Slayer fan at 18 or even 19. I discovered Megadeth at 13, I bought Rust in Peace afterwards and its been my favourite ever since. I finally listened to Anthrax 2-3 years ago, I think I already had For all kings for several years but only listened to it twice. Thus Metallica was the start of it all, Megadeth during the period were I truly became a music nerd and Slayer much, much later. I don´t dislike any of these albums, I even like at least 2 consecutive of each band from the early nineties, after that it gets spotty: Anthrax fell down a cliff in the mid 90s but got their mojo back in the 2000s, Metallica became a boring but acceptable studioband after Jason left, I don´t know any Megadeth album released after 1992 up until 2016, even the worst Slayer albums are still somehow listenable, but the first 5 is where it´s at. 15. Killing is my business and business is good (I know it´s got its fans but I don´t care particularly for it) 14. State of Euphoria (A couple solid tunes, but the weakest one of the Belladonna era. I even prefer their 93 album over it) 13. So far so good so what (3-4 stellar songs, the rest a bit meh) 12. FIstful of Metal (A fun Speed Metal album, nothing more, nothing less.) 11. Spreading the disease (Cementing their sound, filled with classic tunes. I´ve just got so little history with it) 10. South of Heaven (Might be much higher on some days, but there is one album which really rose in my estimation. Still one of my go to Slayer albums though. I like slow Metal, be it slow Heavy, slow Doom, Slow Thrash, slow Death...) 9. Kill em all (Absolute pummeling classic, nothing bad to say about it. Never cared for Anaesthesia. Love Cliff obviously, but Orion, Call of Cthulu or To live is to die is a much better showcase of his skills.) 8. Among the living (The sleeper album for me. I love it to bits, peak Anthrax and without a doubt one of the quintessential 80s metal albums) 7. Show no mercy (Obviously could be higher, but I love the marriage of early extreme metal like Venom, the overt Thrash and Punk stylings as well as the big NWOBTHM touch. An all out classic. Crionics man!) 6. Peace sells (I prefer it just a tad over Show no mercy, Title track one of those hits I could still listen to for the hundredth time... Second best Megadeth album) 5. Master of Puppets (One of the best albums ever, but there are just two Metallica albums which are more important to me because I got them way before this one.) 4. Reign in blood (Roughly 29 minutes of rewriting the rulebook of extreme metal. Essential.) 3. And Justice for all (For years I claimed it´s my favourite Metallica album, all killer no filler, but there is one album where there are some songs which are very near and dear to me.) 2. Ride the lightning (One of the most important albums to me, it was the last Metallica album I got before I really dived deeper into Metal and music as a whole. I liked to listen to Metallica for 3 years or so because I thought it sounded cool, but this was the first time in my life where music gave me emotional support in desperate times.) 1. Hell awaits (For a couple of years now I return to this album on a regular basis. My second favourite Thrash album, my third favourite Metal album overall. They took what Merciful Fate did on a similar mindboggling level and didn´t perfect it, but made it raw, hellish, evil. Perfect album.)

[@oskarklang8616]

1. Reign in blood 2. And justice for all… 3. Master of puppets 4.Ride the lightning 5. South of heaven 6. Peace sells 7. Among the living 8. Kill ‘em all 9. So far so good so what 10. Show no mercy 11. Spreading the disease 12. Killing is my business 13. Hell awaits 14. State of Euphoria 15. Fistful of metal

[@ilovevinyl620]

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets 2. Megadeth - Peace Sells 3. Slayer - Reign in Blood 4. Anthrax- Among the Living 5. Slayer - South of Heaven 6. Metallica- Ride the Lightning 7. Slayer - Show No Mercy 8. Slayer - Hell Awaits 9. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 10. Megadeth - So Far, So good... So What

[@bernardgranite]

Peace Sells/Reign in Blood/Kill 'em All/Spreading the Disease The best from the big 4 of the 80's IMHO Master of Puppets right there too

[@Nrustica]

i know livw albums and eps don't count here but back in the day i ranked garage days up high on my list

[@THECHIEF-1981]

As much as i adore Martin im starting to think he's mixing up being a fan and being Metal Media. Seems like certain bands did him dirty in his eyes on a personal professional level so he's taking it out on them last few years.

[@MartinPopoff]

You know, there might actually be examples of that, but not in this episode - I like all these guys and have had nothing but good interactions. But I would agree with you that that might happen from time to time.

[@jimmypage2843]

Knowing Martin, State of Euphoria could be first or last. 😂🇨🇦 EDIT: Just in case you were playing the "Poser" Popoff drinking game at home, this week we had: Contrarian(s) - 2 Production - 20 Right? - 21 Pete faces/grimaces - 4 Martinisms - reverby (1) Adding as bonus - atonal Enjoy your weekend everyone! 🇨🇦🍺🥃

[@JoelPrice253]

Or dead center :D

[@captainkirk70]

@@JoelPrice253 Does anyone feel that Martin has been losing his taste recently? I remember when I would look to him for recommendations. But bottom two Slayer? Hell Awaits is a stone cold classic. And I'm only 8 mins in.

[@nickgonzalez4081]

Well, he chose Show no Mercy and Hell Awaits as his 2 bottom picks. He lost me right away with those 2 picks

[@MetalPersonJ]

@@captainkirk70 Martin's absolutely losing his taste. It's honestly making me wish he'd stop doing the Funhouse weekly and start doing UK Connection weekly instead.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@captainkirk70 "Reign in Blood is too fast all the time for me." - yes.

[@justsomedude5727]

I feel the opposite on a lot of these haha 1. AJFA 2. Peace Sells 3. Show no Mercy 4. KEA 5. MOP 6. SFSGSW 7. KIMB 8. RTL 9. Fistful of Metal 10. South of heaven 11. Raining Blood 12. Hell Awaits 13. Spreading the Disease 14. Among the Living 15. State of Euphoria

[@brettschacht4183]

I'm ambivalent about the cover art of SFSGSW, but I dig the red-hued band photo. P.S. I own MANY of Martin's books, but he may have officially lost his mind with that Show No Mercy ranking😂😂