The Metallica Thread

[kristie]

pretty much every guy i went to high school with & was friends with had a copy of the black album playing in his car. i ended up becoming a metallica fan because of that. still listen to metallica today.

 

[tiny tim]

My favorite Metallica album is Ride The Lightning. My favorite Metallica song is Fight Fire With Fire.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Big Metallica fan here. What are your thoughts on the band as of right now? What are your favorite albums? Favorite Songs?


I think Death Magnetic was very good. Closest to the old Metallica you'll get. I like St. Anger though and I really like ReLoad. It's different Metallica but it's still good.

I'm sure at some point, I have heard some of their "music". However nothing comes to mind and I am sure that it wouldnt be reconized if I did hear it.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I like a lot of S&M as well.

WHOA lets stay on topic now :laugh2:

 

[Yeagermeister]

The only album they have put out that I won't listen to is St. Anger. What a piece of crap that was. I listened to it once and never again.

I like parts of Death Magnetic but parts of it just blew chunks.

As for my favorite songs:
Enter Sandman
Seek and Destroy
Fuel....Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire OOOOOOHHHHHHH YEAH
Things that should not be

And many more I can't think of right now

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

All the hate of 'Death Magnetic'? I don't get that. That was good music there.

'St Anger' was pretty bad though.

 

[TheCowboy]

All the hate of 'Death Magnetic'? I don't get that. That was good music there.

'St Anger' was pretty bad though.

St. Anger was mostly bad but not all the songs IMO

 

[YosemiteSam]

St. Anger was mostly bad but not all the songs IMO

Ummm. No.

 

[TheCowboy]

Ummm. No.

Ummm. Yes. lol

 

[CowboyDan]

Outside of The Four Horseman and the leads off of Kill em All what else did Mustaine write? I've been a fan since 84 and have never heard he wrote anything else. I don't know if you heard why they booted him out of the band I don't blame them one bit. I actually prefer Hammett...

I would say Master of Puppets was the best album and Blackened the best song.

As for Slayer it's a similar fate as Metallica... They peaked at Seasons in the Abyss. If you like old thrash metal I would recommend Lamb of God, they are on par with anything from the 80's.

The Mustaine factor
Metallica's original lineup featured James Hetfield (guitar/vocals), Lars Ulrich (drums), Ron McGovney (bass), Dave Mustaine (lead guitar). Due to tensions between McGovney and Mustaine, McGovney left the band. Castro Valley-born bassist Cliff Burton was recruited as a replacement.
Mustaine and Hetfield had personality conflicts. These tensions led to a fist-fight that broke out between Mustaine and Hetfield,[4] after Mustaine accused Hetfield of kicking his dog.[4][page needed]
Mustaine was fired in April 1983, just prior to the recording of Kill 'Em All for his drug and alcohol problems, overly-aggressive behavior and clashes with other members of the band. After Mustaine's departure, Metallica recruited Kirk Hammett, who previously played for Exodus and was a one time student of Joe Satriani. The band started recording Kill 'Em All with Hammett barely a month after his joining. Mustaine went on to form the band Megadeth, who also achieved multi-million selling success.
Despite their differences, Mustaine's contribution to the early years of Metallica were still acknowledged; he received co-writing credits on four of the songs in Kill 'Em All. Two songs, "The Four Horsemen" and "Jump In the Fire" were originally written by Mustaine and "The Four Horsemen" originally titled "The Mechanix". It was performed at many early Metallica shows. Following Mustaine's exit, replacement lead guitarist Kirk Hammett added a mid-paced, melodic middle section.[citation needed] Hetfield also wrote new lyrics for both songs and retitled "The Mechanix" as "The Four Horsemen". Mustaine then sped up the original version of The Mechanix, renamed it simply "Mechanix" and included it on the first Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!. Mustaine's other writing credits on Kill 'Em All are for the songs "Phantom Lord" and "Metal Militia".

Here's some interesting clips from interviews over the years:

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There's a good interview between Lars and Dave that you should check out too. I removed the link because some of the language used.

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[YosemiteSam]

Outside of The Four Horseman and the leads off of Kill em All what else did Mustaine write? I've been a fan since 84 and have never heard he wrote anything else. I don't know if you heard why they booted him out of the band I don't blame them one bit. I actually prefer Hammett...

Dave was involved in all the writing of Kill'em All for the most part. Kirk joined Metallica literally right before they physically recorded the album.

As for Slayer it's a similar fate as Metallica... They peaked at Seasons in the Abyss. If you like old thrash metal I would recommend Lamb of God, they are on par with anything from the 80's.

Slayers downfall coincides with the departure of Dave Lombardo. He rejoined and they put out Christ Illusion which is somewhat decent, but still nothing compared to South of Heaven, Season in the Abyss or Reign in Blood. Those three albums are gold in my book.

Speaking of Reign in Blood; it is the only album that exist that is extremely fast throughout and remains one of my favorite albums. I'm not a big fan of speed metal, except in select cases. (read songs) I like my metal with a heavy crunch sound. (South / Seasons)

 

[Chinfu]

Good stuff CowboyDan... I remember the first time I heard Mechanix I was under the influence and not thinking clearly thought someone covered The Four Horseman in a foreign language.

NYC, I agree about Dave Lombardo the original master of the double bass. He's returned a couple times but they just haven't not reproduced, to my ear the same type of dominance in metal.

I also enjoy Slayer's earlier stuff off Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits but Reign in Blood is there best imo.

 

[63echo]

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St Anger was terrible from top to bottom, though watching Some Kind of Monster (recommended watching for the OP) gave me a little more appreciation for it.