Another major pillar of metallica ! It's crazy !

Just a badass album that would pretty much set up thrash for the time. My favorite tracks: Fight Fire With Fire (favorite song of all time, Vader does a badass cover of it), Creeping Death, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
/5

The S & M version of For Whom The Bell Toll just ruined the original for me. Curse you, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Curse you to heck.

Written by [user id=101272] on 03.08.2012 at 07:48

The S & M version of For Whom The Bell Toll just ruined the original for me. Curse you, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Curse you to heck.

You are saying it so as if you have no choice but listen to the S&M version... as for me, I love that concert. Many songs sound differ but in no case are they ruined, but to each his own.

I have a hard time understanding how a version you don't like of a song can ruin the original one... You just... you know... Listen to the one you like and problem solved!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 03.08.2012 at 15:08
I have a hard time understanding how a version you don't like of a song can ruin the original one... You just... you know... Listen to the one you like and problem solved!

Because now when he listens to the original version he's reminded how poor it is compared to the other version. I think he's lamenting the fact that he used to enjoy the original version but in comparison to the orchestral edition it's bad.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 05.08.2012 at 03:15
Because now when he listens to the original version he's reminded how poor it is compared to the other version.

I read it the other way around. That he finds he SM version so shitty even listening to the original one makes him feel bad.

Almost perfect album... Escape is the only weak track here.

Best album .. for me ...

This is their best album ever!

Definitely one of their best achievements. Some of the songs on here are better (for me at least) than their MoP counterparts (Fight Fire With Fire > Battery for example).

Metallica's best album. Puppets has the better one-two punch opening ("Battery" / "Master of Puppets"), but Lightning does the rest (the slower heavier 3rd song, the ballad, the instrumental...) better.

And "Creeping Death" followed by "The Call of Ktulu" is a hell of a way to close an album.

I haven't listened to this in at least 2 or 3 years. I finally did today, and I forgot how killer it actually is.

Seems this album is better producded(shood I saw was better producded? ) because music quality is better, all is better, and seems band still keep ''on old sound'' like in 1th one, but lil better quality
Songs are good all classics, metallica seems went to way 6-8min songs lil longer than standart thrash, my fav is from whoom the bell tolls, creeping death, light the lighting, and fight fire whit wire, now I start like fade to black. 1th metallica ''ballad'' I didnt like that song years ago

Thrash is not one of my favourite genres, it is often too much only about aggression, but Metallica do it with so much variation, mix their thrash with slower parts, and add great melodies, so it's impossible to resist. My favourite thrash album.

Their masterpiece.

Best Metal Album 4 Me \m/

Best Metallica album ever

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I have no idea why this album isn't commonly spoken of as Metallica's best album like Master of Puppets is. Not a single damn song on this is boring--they range from pretty good to really great. I can't say the same for Master of Puppets, where the first two songs are masterpieces, the third is pretty good, and the rest are merely decent enough.

1984. . . year of metallica. . . I always listen to fade to black. . . cuz anyway I dont listen to others :| This and master of puppets, made the history of metal forever.

Damn is this album brilliant. Excellent flow and songwriting perfection makes this one a true classic. This is about as good as it gets for this band, and that's pretty damn good. I may not be the biggest thrash fan, but I know an amazing album when I hear one, and this one does the trick.

First four songs are very strong, especially from whom the bell tolls. Overally a very good album.

Creeping Death is the best

DIE.....DIE.....BY MY HAND ..... DIE....DIE.....

I forgot how good this actually is after all their... "contemporary" releases.


Fight Fire With Fire and Trapped Under Ice kick some serious ass.

Always found this one to be a bit overrated... Don't get me wrong it's still a great record but... Trapped Under Ice and The Call Of Ktulu could be better

Here it is. The best album ever made! And probably the only album where I can not find even the slightest moment of imperfection.

I agree with Toxik, "Trapped Under Ice" is a bit weak and a rather improbably scenario anyway. Who gets trapped under ice?

Creeping Death...is the one for me...

This is the best album Metallica has done. Really great songs!