The Most HATED Metal Albums Ever Made (Are They REALLY That Bad?)

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[@untitledgooseaccount765]

Gotcha cuz

[@isaactudurilabres1356]

I love Metallica, but they have by far the worst two Metal albums ever made... Lulu and St. Anger are literally undefeatable... NO CONTEST!!!

[@nathangrueber9834]

Play the dam music??

[@dl_supertroll]

St Anger perfectly encapsulates the state of the band at the time. Jason quit, James was dealing with alcoholism, the band almost fell apart.

[@Chekanchik]

If it was a half shorter, it'd be better. Otherwise, it's just boring, but somehow it's fun :) I enjoy how stupid and entertaining this album is :D

[@TheMooseCaboose]

I never thought about the real-life stuff they were going through around that time. Now it kind of makes sense why the album sounds the way that it does. Good observation.

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Yeah it’s the background noise of the band falling apart

[@R4diateur]

Exactly! And because of this, I think St.Anger is one of their best album (I'm dead serious). It's not only the album, it's the context of it. This album is absolutely visceral because of this. The lyrics, the songs, the cover... It's everywhere in it.

[@MDK2_Radio]

There’s a good album buried in there. I loved the risk taking but it definitely wasn’t successful.

[@TheRockSocietyReviews]

I AM THE TABLE

[@oppositeonion3871]

HELL YEAHHHHH

[@ZaneBerry1992]

No you are a human being. You cant be an inanimate object. How old are you?

[@DEPRIVA]

​@@ZaneBerry1992you're so cool and funny and everyone should take notes from you (not)

[@TheRockSocietyReviews]

Zane I'm James Hetfield

[@ZaneBerry1992]

@@TheRockSocietyReviews im so sorry pappa. I didnt know.

[@easternag16]

Saying Lulu "isn't canon in the Metallica discography" is actually a great way to put it lmao

[@Damage42X]

Honestly it was more of a Lou Reed album peppered by Metallica's riffs.

[@davidgomez7882]

If you've heard Lou Reed's Berlin, it sounds similar. Conceptually.

Yeah, I actually did enjoy it - not your every day go-to listen, but something student in the better ways.

[@Frahamen]

nah, what it is is coping

[@mdnblues]

@@FrahamenIt's a Lou Reed album because unlike on their other albums Metallica didn't actually write any lyrics on it, they just composed some of the music with Reed.

[@ivorkvarantan3031]

"Kiss crossing with Van Halen" He just described Glam Metal

[@buttslax]

I still maintain that St Anger has a really good 40ish minute album hiding within it.

[@marcen12]

There is a good album hiding. Look at Michael Shea Audio and he fixed the whole album.

[@MikeDS49]

​@@marcen12 St. bAnger I believe. It's way better.

[@marcen12]

@@MikeDS49 It's goes so hard yet it goes down smooth.

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

Indeed, my album St. bAnger might be up your alley. 55 minutes instead of 40, but still better than the original 75 minutes. XD

[@isaactudurilabres1356]

St. Headache... xD 😅 Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong!!!... 🤜🏻🤜🏻🥢🗑 And it sounds like "wanna be New Metal"... Wich just makes it even worse...

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

yo metal magic was pantera's first album, when they were still in high school, produced independently. i can't even hate on that, not like a band that's been around for 20 years churning out slop. pantera's pre power metal stuff is incredibly well produced and you can hear dime's skills and the band chemistry even early on. of course with phil they went even higher...it's just sad how things played out post pantera.

[@tom_4615]

Imagine if Queen’s “a night at the opera” was “a night at the glaze chamber”

[@ananditotugarisman9122]

Bro🤣

[@SesamemeFrog429]

Glaze 'Em All

[@MysticMungusSlungus]

The Blaze album mentioned is not bad at all. Lightning Strikes Twice, The Clansman, Futureal, all are amazing songs.

[@bserdev8407]

The clansman is amazing, the rest are something a band of the Maiden status shouldnt even consider putting on tape. Sound quality and the other nerd stuff aside, the songs themselves are just boring and bad

[@MysticMungusSlungus]

@@bserdev8407 They still play Futureal with Bruce. They even re-recorded it with Bruce.

[@bserdev8407]

@@MysticMungusSlungus No, they don't. Futureal was only played on it's tour and then for a few months in 99 with Dickinson and Adrian, that was 25 years ago. It was never re-recorded with Dickinson.

[@MysticMungusSlungus]

@@bserdev8407 I grabbed my "Ed Hunter" CD and sure enough, it was just a live version (I don't listen to this album all that much). Could have sworn they re-recorded it with Bruce. Good call.

[@bserdev8407]

@@MysticMungusSlungus Wrathchild was re-done in 1999 with him

[@LeProphic]

I've always loved Risk. I'm not saying it's objectively good or great, I just personally really enjoy it.

[@kesamek8537]

It's better than the band's fan base is capable of deserving. That was the problem.

[@isaactudurilabres1356]

A few songs?... yes, sure... but is it Megadeth's best album?... no, at all...

[@DrScott666]

Cryptic Writings was their Black Album and Risk was their Load of crap!

[@euphoriam4020]

That's all that really matters man.

[@armondtanz]

I think they bordered pop songs with this. Crush em etc... The worst song for me is bread line. And the tragic part is the drums. They just sounded so so predictable. If your going to do some alt music then it's not wise to bang over a cheesy generic rock beat and some blues rock licks...

[@poser_disposer]

Totally agree about st anger. The problem isnt the production, the problem is the writing.

[@ItzSkettimas]

No it's definitely the production as well. Which means it's everything. It's bad. That was easy to say!

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

I'm going to make a soft attempt to change your mind on St. Anger. The original album is not good, HOWEVER, I re-recorded it and the reception has been very positive. I cut 20 minutes from the album, that should be intriguing enough for you. 😂 Beneath all the BS, there actually is a good album. If you like bouncy riffs and breakdowns, then St. [b]Anger is a great alternative!

[@arex7559]

I was going to write a comment about your version that I just found today but I guess there's no need to now

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

@@arex7559 You still could! What I've learned from the massive influx of comments is that KZbin doesn't notify you of every comment. Not even KZbin Studio shows you all of the comments, you gotta go to the video and sort by newest to see everything you've missed. A channel the size of Bradley's is probably insane, so more comments about it might help. I'm glad you liked it enough to recommend it though, thank you!

[@Danboi.]

Did you rerecord it without the tin can? because I often wonder what it would sound like if it had normal drums

[@k2bny]

St. [b] anger lead me to this. Great re-recording by the way. I wouldn't mind that version on CD TBH

[@arrayofemotions]

I listened to St. Banger the other day. While I was blown away by the amount of skill and effort you put into it, I feel St. Anger is the very definition of "you can't polish a turd."

[@anthonyhickey4299]

Blaze Bayley is a very good singer in his own right, but just wasn’t a good fit for Iron Maiden. More importantly he’s seems to be a decent human being caring more about his band mates than his own career (at least based on what I’ve read/heard). IMO the things that killed “Virtual XI” and “X-Factor” were lackluster song writing and the band’s refusal to acknowledge that Blaze was fundamentally different singer than Bruce and adjust their style accordingly.

[@Malkav65]

The first record with Blaze was pretty good and I maintain that Sign of the Cross is a top-tier Maiden song

[@Hair8Metal8Karen]

​@@Malkav65I love that track

[@damageinc81292]

I think he sounds cheesy AF in anything he does

[@chrisproost7290]

Virtual XI has some songs that might have been better if not for whatever was unbalanced in the band dynamic. It's not fair to blame it all on Blaze when he did try, had the odd moment and then... gone. What you had was basically a great band, tired the fuck out, trying to get great things from a round shaped singer squeezed into a square shaped singer hole. Some of those songs have since been at least halfway good against the best of the rest of IM's work with a little tweaking and Bruce singing. The X Factor was the better album of the Blaze years overall imo though suffered many of the same core issues. Of course, when you're looking at and comparing to the absolute best of IM and their back catalogue, nothing can beat that consistently and with panache... not even IM since Bruce returned (even though they've remained an amazing live experience far beyond their years)

[@anthonyhickey4299]

@@chrisproost7290 I don’t Blaze at all for those albums, I just tried to convey his vocal style wasn’t a good fit for the band, who in turn didn’t seem to do anything to accommodate his style, as you also pointed out. And I agree with you, even the newer albums with Bruce, including Brave New World, while decent rock albums, fail to capture the magic of anything done by the band prior to “No Prayer for the Dying”.

[@SuperJack-Jack]

I think we need a 6 hour live stream with Bradley and all these albums

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

What do YOU think about these albums? Is the hate actually deserved??

[@TheSkeletonMan_]

Noo

[@jonnorthall8526]

Lulu? Absolutely. I've only played it twice since I bought it new. Not an album I can get into

[@micahandfriends8210]

St Anger's not really bad to the point I never listen to it

[@Shredeemer]

I think St Anger is a pretty bloated album, but Dirty Window is still a go to track for me. Actually feels like something I'd call good.

[@iamalfred7435]

Yes

[@anthonymichel7949]

The Terry Glaze part is hilarious. 😂😂

[@RitterArtorias87]

St. Anger is not that Bad. Was on the Tour back than and live some songs work very well. Unnamed Feeling is a killer song!

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

St. Anger isn't good, but it doesn't deserve the hate it gets. It has potential to be good. It needs a lot of tightening up. The songs need to be focused and concise, with better lyrics and solos. But, there are definitely many individual ideas that are really great. I remember buying the C.D. it came with a T-Shirt and a live DVD of them playing the entire album. I happened to listen to the live version a bunch and liked it. It had good energy. Lars was doing some unique drum beats for him. I appreciated the unique time signatures in some songs. And Rob amped up all of it. But, Kirk was doing nothing useful. I know Metallica wouldn't re-record an album, but if they took the approach they do now, it would be a pretty good album. It's a product of broken James, and Jason leaving.

[@marcen12]

The reason why it works live now is because the band is in a MUCH MUCH better place than when they recorded it. They see the flaws and fixed them live. They COULD re-record them but the internet has already done it, like how people fixed And Justice for All by putting ACTUAL BASS in the songs.

[@Danboi.]

its like listening to a chainsaw first thing in the morning

[@k2bny]

It was better live that's for sure. That sadly was the last Metallica concert I went to.

[@r33k0lol]

St. Anger is the worst Metallica album, but not the worst metal album, by a long shot

[@userered]

Risk is genuinely great imo, only song I can't stand listening to on that album is Crush Em tbh

[@DBSG1976]

Crush Em is terrible

[@Damage42X]

Time: The Beginning was THE song that got me into Megadeth.

[@RolandDeschain1]

Wrestle-metal bullshit.

[@thethrashyone]

@@RolandDeschain1 I know exactly what you mean by "wrestle-metal". That said, I consider Overkill's "Damned" a guilty pleasure.

[@armondtanz]

Bread line is the worst for me... Those cheesy 'ooooooooo's' are just too much. Drums and guitar are just pub rock. Truly terrible. Quite like the devil song, dr calling, theres a bonus Jovi type ballad, thought that was great wanderlust? Thing about mustaine he dont write amazing sing along melodies,i think james het does mixed with a more accepted voice tone.

[@chadhenry961]

Should do a part 2 with Morbid Angel's "Illud Divinum Insanus", Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake", Cryptocrisy's "The Unspoken King", Suicide Silence 2017 self titled, Machine Head's "Catharsis", Psychosinner (formerly Psychosexual) entire discography, and perhaps not quite metal but adjacent, Chris Cornells' "Scream" & Kid Rock's Bad Reputation. Also should mention Linkin Park's One More Light, which was initially very hated, and would likely still be if it weren't for Chester's passing two months later, resulting in One More Light suddenly being liked and praised by the very same people who were initially dissing the crap out of it

[@chrisproost7290]

Add in Atrocity's BLUT (was gifted it many years ago) It's so bad that it almost comes all the way round to being good.

[@chadhenry961]

@@chrisproost7290 seems like they were listening to a lot of type o negative and carnivore when recording that . Not the worst I’ve heard but that is a big jump from the technical death metal sound of their previous records

[@Damage42X]

Risk was great. Believe it or not, it was THE album that got me into Megadeth, specifically the song "Time: The Beginning". I love its lyrics, and it makes me think about my age/life whenever I listen to it.

[@H.E.M.]

The two Time songs are masterpieces for me.

[@John-ep7tj]

Time the beginning is so underrated, the lyrics hit so hard

[@laidtorest387]

Metal Magic is actually not that bad, and St Anger really is that bad.

[@triledink]

We need someone to do a Terry Glaze AI voice with the later pantera albums.

[@AlucardsQuest]

That version of Risk is a remixed and remastered version, where Dave took all the industrial influences out of the album, put back Marty's solos and Ellefson's bass, (which were removed from various songs) and ultimately turned it more into a hard rock album.

[@Who-vf9pt]

I truly love Iced Honey (from Lulu) main guitar riff, it is just great

[@EmilinkoHoward]

Metal Magic is a quite nice album, considering it was Pantera's first record. "Diamond" Darrell's solos and riffs are awesome, considering he was 16.

[@deoxyribomorph99]

I actually really like Virtual XI. Yes, the songs are ridiculously repetitive with abysmally shallow lyrics, but Blaze's voice is awesome and the guitar riffs are stellar. I won't even call it a guilty pleasure, I love that album.

[@user-yn1sf9mq3z]

i wouldn't say "i love it", but it's good. however it is definitely one of maiden's worst albums, along with no prayer for the dying.

[@deoxyribomorph99]

@@user-yn1sf9mq3z That's fair. I like most of the songs on that album, but Angel and the Gambler is an instant skip, I don't know what they were thinking with that one.

[@user-yn1sf9mq3z]

@@deoxyribomorph99 yeah. the angel and the gambler is one of maiden's weaker songs, but i think if bruce was singing it, it would be pretty good. i like the solos and the structure of the song, but it is pretty annoying with blaze singing it.

[@deoxyribomorph99]

@@user-yn1sf9mq3z I didn't feel like Blaze's voice was the problem, I think the problem was that nobody in the band had the stones to say "Steve, no, you can't repeat the chorus 100 times over".

[@user-yn1sf9mq3z]

@@deoxyribomorph99 hahaha. my cousin actually used that same argument with a lot of blaze's songs, but i pointed out, they do that quite often, starting with somewhere in time; heaven can wait, caught somewhere in time, deja vu, seventh son of a seventh son, afraid to shoot strangers, etc.

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

I actually like a few tracks off Virtual XI. Lightning Strikes Twice The Clansman When Two Worlds Collide Educated Fool I kinda dig them all. They pale in comparison to other Maiden, but that's not the pointl

[@facubrandt6623]

Hey Bradley! did you listen to the Mastifal record "Intermundia"? (the one above your head in 7:19)

[@toddlawrance4045]

I don't have the Pantera debut, but I do enjoy "St. Anger", "Risk" and "Lulu" when the mood strikes. Blaze was pretty cool considering the shoes he had to fill at the time. Not every album any band puts out is gonna be a winner I suppose, depends on how people want to take each album.

[@lewisgrant7622]

I enjoy probably the title track, dirty window, frantic, sweet amber and some kind of monster. Despite the snare sounding like a trash can

[@MarkArandjus]

I've never heard Pantera's first album either, but it sounding like Kiss mixed with Van Halen makes total sense, the Abbott bros grew up on those bands. It's live how we Pantera fans just collectively decided those early albums don't exist and their first album is Cowboys from Hell :D

[@scope81]

I'd kind of like to get your thoughts on Pantera's album before Cowboys From Hell, "Power Metal". It was Phil's debut album with them, but everyone acts like it doesn't exist. I unironically love it, and the song "We'll Meet Again" has Dimebag's best guitar solo of all time in my opinion.

[@jamesdalton2014]

Cowboys From Hell is my favorite Pantera album, good old school heavy metal from when singers would actually sing the lyrics, instead of growling them. For me, it was all downhill from there. Vulgar Display Of Power was actually the first of their albums I heard so, it still holds a special place for me. They lost me by Great Southern Trendkill; it has some good songs but, not enough to make me want to buy any more. CFH & VDOP still get regular play from me; the others not at all.

[@ZachlikesMetal]

Power Metal is my favorite album from them. They have a lot of underrated songs like Proud to be loud and hard Ride. Too me the later albums just have too much of the bro dude attitude too it.

[@PancakesGoGuitar]

'Lulu isnt canon' 😂

[@Kentchangar]

The fact that Iron Maiden passed up Michael Kiske and Doogie White for Bailey is baffling to me....

[@adamvanderriet9669]

They get shown the door based on their godawful names alone 🤘😆

[@Kentchangar]

@@adamvanderriet9669 Yeah, I forgot that the quality of someone's singing is proportional to how people perceive that person's name.

[@SoundwaveMusic22]

Kiske is the obvious choice, would have been phenomenal

[@erikdead8290]

It was because non of them would've match the Maiden sound. And actually, I do think Blaze did a decent job, specially in the X Factor, and furthermore, he has lead a brilliant solo career with some records that, imo, are way better than most late career Maiden records.

[@ArchieAgis]

They passed up Kiske because they wanted a Bri'ish gentleman as their singer

[@thethrashyone]

I am one of the rare Risk enjoyers. Out of all the major metal bands that deviated, Megadeth's deviations are among those I appreciate the most. It feels like Dave was genuinely just trying to be creative, as opposed to...whatever the hell Metallica thought they were doing with St. Anger. Also, I'm surprised John Bush-era Anthrax didn't show up anywhere in the video. I guess that means that most people don't mind those albums, but I personally find them absolutely unlistenable aside from a small sampling of songs off The Sound of White Noise (my recommendations are "Only", "Hy Pro Glo", "1000 Points of Hate" and "Burst").

[@phaztheaussiebastard]

A lot of people preferred Bush as their vocalist, Metallica actually wanted him to sing for them, he declined.

[@user-jk9jc4zc3n]

Nice video, and I completely agree with you about Risk. It’s not their best, but it still had some good songs like I’ll Be There and Prince of Darkness. I have to admit that I also like some “hated” albums such as Turbo by Judas Priest and Chameleon by Helloween. They’re actually kinda decent in my opinion, they’re just not as good as both bands’ best albums.

[@LeoHouseDrums]

What's the name of the app, software or site that you used to create this rank? I just saw it in a few videos but I don't know the app... 👍🏻

[@buckbreaker5185]

Metal Magic only gets clowned on because of the Album cover. Without it, it would just be seen as Panteras awkward phase but its still good

[@EmilinkoHoward]

Hell yeah

[@deadlocked56]

Unrelated question Bradley, have you ever played anesthesia pulling teeth on bass?

[@thebassguy7091]

People hate virtual XI and the X factor, but Blaze's solo albums are absolutely amazing and the music really matches his voice

[@MrKartonki]

Virtual XI was my first album by Iron Maiden and it's in my top 5 list. This sounds weird but I like it

[@Malkav65]

St Anger is more a vibe album. The song lengths and lyrics might bug me if I was sitting there, only listening to the music and reading the lyrics. However, if I put it on when exercising or cycling or whatever, it’s fucking great

[@rogerjoakimsen70]

Enjoy your stuff! And need your take on Immortal (At the heart of winter/Sons of Northern Darkness/other stuff)! I am positively salivating just typing the album titles

[@textoffender3410]

I haven't listened to Metal Magic but I have listened to Power Metal and I do think it is pretty good

[@Sage.the.red_fox]

7:08 MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD-

[@cynicalclockworks9857]

Yes. Next question.

[@TheHobatron]

Does The Clansman not save Virtual XI even a little? It's only one song but it's absolutely fantastic.

[@magnifichades9710]

I’m not a fan of St Anger the album but sometimes it is cathartic to listen to on a really shitty day

[@thiccmetalheadgames2274]

St Anger low key actually instills rage in me… The way metal should at least… Still a good album that doesn’t deserve all the hate

[@johnp82]

The songs are horribly written, the lyrics are lame, the production is terrible, the concept/name/artwork is a joke, and no guitar solos. Other than those things it's a good album.

[@Danboi.]

I get the same feeling listening to a chainsaw

[@thedr.zeroultrazone984]

Loved Virtual 11, Risk, and St. Anger. Risk and St. Anger were way differant than than they usually sound like but still good in their own right. Risk was far better than St. Anger. St. Anger was a bit repetitive though. Virtual 11 was jolly old Maiden to me. Not one of their best, but a gas none the less. Only thing is the guitars were thin. But dude, why the heck does everyone like the Black Album? I grew up with Ride, Master, and Justice and when MTV debuted Enter Sandwich I wanted to shoot the TV.

[@divingwithfriends]

I've learned to love St. Anger, but I only gave it a listen after seeing a guy here on youtube that re-recorded the whole thing. You should check it out and react to that! Great content as always Bradley! :)

[@aaronjohnson3478]

Is there a link to this live I would like to watch It

[@pastaboy9371]

I unironicly love glamtera, projects in the jungle is my favourite Pantera album.

[@wizardsmonsterspiratesdemo5400]

You missed the best song on Risk, which is actually not Breadline, it's Ecstasy.

[@DavidRattlehead]

Wanderlust is my favorite

[@Zoogle]

@@DavidRattleheadYep or maybe seven

[@mramisuzuki6962]

Risk is unironically good, sure weird for a Megadeth album, but it’s good.

[@MrBonified66]

I don't mind Risk, it's different, and not in a terrible way. When I listened to every Maiden album in lockdown I preferred Virtual XI to the one before, but that was on one listen and done. And Metallica, I passed after Reload, haven't listened to a damn thing since and I think that's a good decision.

[@bryanalvaradov]

St. Anger is a snapshot of early 2000s Metallica. It's a musical Twitter rant, and I love it.

[@alexanderjakel8001]

I've said it before, where there's really only one prism you can view Risk through, if you hated it the first time and you're trying to see what anybody might've liked about it: view it as compilation of lead singles from separate Megadeth concept albums from alternate universes. (The titles of those alternate universe albums are titles of metal albums we have in this one- Piece of Mind, Worship Music, Point of Entry, Mob Rules, Metal Health, et c.) Which leads me to the only objectively bad thing I find about Risk- the title.

[@josephcichowski5135]

hey man how can I contact you about giving you a set of homemade picks I make ?

[@told2stop]

I myself like Risk quite a bit and think it gets a bad wrap, but I totally get why some people wouldnt get into it.

[@giova90metal]

I like St.Anger... The Unnamed Feeling anche Sweet Amber are greats

[@Sonserf369]

Risk enjoyer here

[@manuscrusader]

How i would made those albums be better: Metal Magic: wouldn't change the music, cuz they were just young beginers playing the sound they liked, at least i'd put a better cover. Virtual XI: would make Blaze's vocals match better with Maiden's sound style and do well mixed tracks, could have some more decent songs. Risk: made the album sound a bit like Youthanasia or Cryptic Writings and delete that one striptease song. St.Anger: could have been a crossover punk EP (like a "the sound that influenced us"), or a oldschool thrash album, made Metallica forget to keep doing commercal songs and being on the top, forget the nu metal wave and Lars, we need to talk. Lulu: it's another piece of Lou Reed's experimentation stuff, i don't know if something get wrong with the production or if it's supposed to sounds that way, it's really confuising to me, so i would just ignore this piece, but not forget that exists, it's Lou Reed's last work.

[@antonkovalenko364]

The green cover version of St. Anger is surprisingly listenable.

[@PrankZabba]

Best part of St Anger is playing the dvd instead of the cd. That Pantera album is pretty decent. But its funny as hell. Especially that last song about getting some. Never heard the others. That's fine.

[@pip-pip5029]

3:12 omg

[@MrGuitarforyou]

If they would release LuLu as an instrumental it woulda been amazing. As soon as Lou opens his mouth whatever riff is happening is ruined. When he stops talking it’s like getting relief from a cramp 😂

[@niallscottanimation]

St Anger was the first 'full on' metal album I got (putting aside Linkin Park etc). I was like, 11/12, I just got a new red hot fucking engine looking stereo boombox for my Bday along with the record and I was on holiday visiting relatives across England. Honest to god it made that summer, I was fucking loving it, down to the snare, which just sounded so hard to me at the time. I definitely think it's an over hated album. Granted even at the time I realised the songs dragged on a lot and some of the material was pretty subpar. But yeah I agree with he idea that there's a better album hidden in there with some cuts, re-takes, etc. I still can't say I'd personally change the snare though haha, to me it's just part of the angry vibe. Maybe I was also more forgiving of the egregious run-time because of the long car journeys I listened to it on too heh.

[@onnxyeah]

Risk is legit my fav Megadeth album, hugely underrated album.

[@bassrocks4419]

Terry Glaze went on to sing in a band called Lord Tracey who were actually really good, check out their album Deaf Godz of Babylon

[@user-vm6yu2rh2p]

st anger is good🎸🤌

[@paulinamycka5939]

0-3-5

[@MGBP616]

Oh they are.

[@MysticMungusSlungus]

3:41: It doesn't sound like Dimebag because Pantera stole their entire style from Exhorder, to include Dime's guitar tone. Listen to Exhorder, and then listen to Cowboys From Hell (the first album that Pantera used their "new style" on). The guitar tone, to include Dime's compression, is a ripoff.

[@Kötkylä]

Risk isnt that bad. Others are really bad. But The Clansman is very good maiden song 🤘👍

[@mhz6687]

One of the reasons i loved st.anger was cus the snare itched this scratch i had with some metal bands where i felt like the drums arent hitting hard enough. That album got me into slipknot. St.anger is one of my favorite albums of all time

[@user-ty9nt6bz2p]

Promise by Massacre is not appreciated by anyone and this is heart-breaking

[@noloolon2880]

What about Celtic Frost´s Cold Lake? That one really is hated!!

[@GRINNERMETAL]

I need to revisit Risk, I enjoyed it at the time it was released.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Ngl, St. Anger was my first Metallica CD (with the DVD so omg I see the band in the studio too?!) way back in 2009. Was completely ignorant to the hate as well. It’s still a nostalgic banger, but their discography was pretty much uphill from there. Only thing that I see the hate for is the production quality, and a snare that belongs in grind/mincecore.

[@Liminal.Headspace]

Dude, people love to hate whenever Metallica tries to do something different. Load/Reload is actually pretty great and St. Anger is not bad and interesting. LULU is just them having fun.

[@ffsf739]

"Has to spend a night with Terry Glaze" HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@cobrasys]

St. Anger is just an exacerbated example of something that has been true for Metallica's entire career: they simply *do not know* how to end songs. Their best endings are the couple of songs they have that fade out and maybe a handful that don't overstay their welcome, but even absolute bangers, from Four Horsemen to All Nightmare Long, just drag on for way too long and then end on some weird, awkward whimper. It's quite sad.

[@ozi76]

All vocals on point.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

I think Risk is genuinely a good album that has to live in the shadow of being a non metal Megadeth album. Honestly I think Super Collider is worse. Also, listen to Gurscach’s cover of St. Anger if you haven’t already. Fucking slaps. Edit: It’s at least half of a good album. Bugs me to no end that Crush ‘Em fuckin sucks as much as it does since it was originally written as a hockey song. Insomnia, Wanderlust, Prince of Darkness, and the two Time songs are genuinely really good though.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

0:55 with that hat on, Bradley looks like he’s auditioning for the Ebenzeezer Goode video

[@PancakesGoGuitar]

'7:08' is just bradley simply falling off a chair but its my favourite part the video. 😂

[@felderup]

hadn't heard of lulu, but something about that cover made me think of sirrah.

[@oliverafton1444]

I will always defend Risk and LuLu... as well as St. Anger.

[@Will-pg4bh]

Full on Bruce Forsyth at 2:40

[@My_trashtalking_account]

Lulu is worse than St. Anger.

[@user-ft3hg8bc4g]

I agree that "Risk" ist not terrible, but what about "Super Collider"?

[@phaztheaussiebastard]

Two words. Fucking Awful

[@stephanea5364]

Super Collifer was an awful mistep. Risk is full of great songwriting, Super Collider, not so much.

[@gnomeam]

Super Collider is pretty bad. I like the title track because of how bizarre and out-of-place it feels (it's a terrible song, but the music video cracks me up every time). I like lyrics of Forget to Remember (except the phone call part on the middle). Kingmaker is good but just sounds like Children of the Grave. I don't care for anything else on it.

[@campbells0ups]

you forgot the disco-industrial nightmare that is ILLUD DIVINUM INSANUS. what were morbid angel thinking!

[@lonestar6709]

I've seen some Terry Glazes' down the years, but that is the Terry Glaze to Terry Glaze them all!

[@williamwhitson8936]

Bradley have you noticed that your icon has the nose ring in the wrong nostril because i have

[@realityorfiction]

Funny thing is, the risk you find on streaming services and on youtube is different than the original, they edited the crap out of it in 2004 in the remaster.

[@aldersmoke1]

The Blaze Maiden albums were harmed far more by the production than the vocals.

[@bjwaters]

I think St. Anger has some decent ideas, but yes, I do agree the album is way too long. Starting with Load and Reload, Metallica has had a bad habit of just cramming their albums full of songs. As for Lulu, you really do need to hear the whole thing to understand how terrible it is. Bland riffs, esoteric lyrics that aren't even in rhythm with the song, and the 20 minute noise rock ending is so pretentious. Lars still defends this album to this day (and I know it has other fans), but this definitely feels like a Lou Reed thing than anything metal related. I haven't listened to Risk or Metal Magic, so I have nothing to say about those, but of the two Blaze Bayley albums, I actually think The X Factor is slightly worse. Both are certainly rough, though I don't think it's Bayley's fault. I do think the band as a whole had hit a nadir of creativity and energy during the 90s. To be honest, I'm surprised you didn't include Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus. I admit I don't really listen to death metal, but I remember a lot of metal websites screaming in agony and terror when it came out. I'm sure there are others you could have included, but I suppose you didn't want the video to go on for too long.

[@canyounotmydude9155]

You should do this again but for all of the ‘grunge’ albums by ex-popular hair metal bands

[@educampo95]

The problem with the Maiden album is that it really sounds extremely bad, at least for a band like Iron Maiden. I mean, i heard stuff from local bands that sounds way better as a recording. But apart from that i really think its not s bad album music wise, it has some really good songs and when they played them live they sounded great (specially with Bruce)

[@jsgcastrillon]

I did not like Risk at First. But the First time o Saw megadeth Love, un 1999, the Songs o enjoded the most were She Wolf and Breadline.

[@LivelouderUk]

I like most of Risk - I think Dave is really good at writing catchy melodic stuff, but it's not what most of the fans want. I kinda like him doing a couple of aggressive albums then a more laid back one every now and then, it keeps it fun. I do think The Sick, the Dying and the Dead and RIP are their best albums though, and they are the tighter, more aggressive ones.

[@boneappletea3858]

I love most of st. Anger. There's like four songs that are, for me, like you said.