Best Metallica-ballad?
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Posted by RhysTerk, 28.02.2008 - 20:28
IMO Welcome Home and One is the best ballads, but if i have to choose i'll say Welcome Home (Sanitarium) i think.
Poll
Which is the best Metallica-ballad?
Fade To Black
74
One
28
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
28
The Unforgiven
17
Nothing Else Matters
13
Total votes: 160
| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955  |
Welcome Home, because well... it's a ballad about insanity. That was pretty weird back in teh day.
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| Overlord_PT Posts: 140  |
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| Mechanixxxx Posts: 33  |
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| MetallicA Posts: 909  |
I put The Unforgiven but honestly, for me it's a tie b/t that and Fade to Black. I love them both! oh, and I don't really consider One to be a ballad. I think it's wayy to heavy. Out of all these that's my favorite song listed but I definitely don't think it's ballad material.
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| Immortal Posts: 426  |
It has to be 'One' for me =)
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| TheOwl Posts: 208  |
Difficult to choose.... I think Fade To Black only because it brings me some really nice memories from my teenage years........
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| Behdaad DEAD Posts: 206  |
I voted for "The Unforgiven" I really like the lyrics.
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) for me. Musically better than Fade to Black, IMO.
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| Sangre Sani Posts: 395  |
Written by Behdaad on 10.07.2010 at 17:25 Same here. 
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331  |
Welcome Home, no doubt! If "One" is considered a ballad it's also a nice one.
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| erykk Posts: 48  |
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| king_matt Posts: 449  |
I personally think Nothing Else Matters is an overrated song. I voted for Fade to Black because it's simply amazing musically and lyrically.
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| Metal_4Ever Posts: 877  |
The Unforgiven has ballad chorus has ballad verse has ballad solo.... I think it is the best ballad song here..
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
I love all of these songs, but at the moment, I'm really digging Nothing Else Matters. I haven't really heard it in a while and I almost forgot how beautiful it sounded.
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
No doubt Fade To Black. Easily the most well written of all of these, and in that regard One is in 2nd place, Welcome Home in 3rd and the boring ones can tie for the 4th place participation ribbon. Although, I do believe One tells a very interesting story. The concept of it is so wicked and it is executed well, maybe it would be the best if it wasn't based on a movie. By which I mean, if it was an original idea I would give Metallica more credit.
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459  |
I voted for "One" because it is, I believe, the best song Metallica ever made.
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5308  |
Has to be "Fade To Black" for me.
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5094  |
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3024  |
It's close, but nothing beats Fade to Black: lyrics, riffs, and solo are perfection... and that transition to the fast galloping riff ("no one but me can save myself...") is divine! 
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 973  |
"One" is one of the rare Metallica tracks I still somewhat care about, so I'll go with that
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