METALLICA Albums RANKED Best To WORST
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Ranking the albums of Metallica through their new 2023 album '72 Seasons' best to worst in tier list format.
00:00 Intro
00:12 Kill 'Em All (1983)
01:15 Ride the Lightning (1984)
02:13 Master of Puppets (1986)
03:22 ...And Justice for All (1988)
04:34 Metallica (1991)
05:48 Load (1996)
06:48 Reload (1997)
07:51 St. Anger (2003)
09:42 Death Magnetic (2008)
10:39 Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
11:46 72 Seasons (2023)
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This was a great tier list; I agree 100% Excellent take!
What about dyers eve?
ah... what a cop-out with the black album. I know you did it because you think it gives you some cred as a metal fan, but seriously, that is literally one of the most s-tiered rock albums of all time.
You forgot lulu
Their best album since Hardwired 💪
😂Underated Comment😂
Better than Hardwired
lol
What a dismally low bar, limbo world champion
Lol
I gotta say, 72 seasons is the most fun I've had with a metallica album in a while.
since when?
@@elliotwatson3964 "a while" aka 2016 I guess :DD
@@bcbitchkkv ehhh naw I didn't like hardwired that much honestly. This album (mostly) rectified all the problems I had with it.
Your joking right?
It is big fan of all the albums they don’t make bad ones even at anger I’m real fan
Dead ass, the black album cover blended in so perfectly that I thought there was a blank space between ajfa and load
😂
Death magnetic such an underrated album
This DM album is very good but the production is not great unfortunately.
I just wish it sounded better. Is not St. Anger levels of awfull sure, but i can't listen to More of 3 songs without getting a headache
The riffs are so good on it, but the mixing on it is just so bad, and Kirk’s solos are pretty lazy
Very weak album
Before they retire they NEED to remix and/or remaster Death Magnetic to give it some more life. I still love DM but if they ever did remaster it I would cry tears of joy
Metallica have always split their fans. Every album has a different feel and sound and that’s always made me come back to Metallica. 72 seasons is a solid album in my opinion, the best since load
true that
Since load? Jdjddjjd men death magnétic and hardwired destroys that álbum is a shit about get bored. Nones those tracks have the energy o the thrasher thing. 72 seasons it's like load and reload a very forced Bad álbum. About the production sound it's a quite good like every metallica's álbum. Solid sound but un composer terms it's boring
I quite like DM aswell though
Agreed
Nah, 72 Seasons is the best album since AJFA. It’s worse than AJFA, but better than the Black Album
St. Anger is S tier
MY LIFESTYLE DETERMINES MY DEATHSTYLE!
Hehe
It’s S tier for Lars’ trash can snare alone lmao
Invisible kiiiiid never see what he diiiiid got stuck where it hiiiiit follow through. the. griiiid.
or
HOW SWEET ARE YOUUUUUUUH?!! HOW SWEET DOES IT GETTTT'AH?
10/10
@@bcbitchkkv "Not only do I not know the answer... I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS!!!" One of my personal favorites
No, it gets F
As along time metallica fan I'm really enjoying the new one better than hardwired tbh. Way more consistent front to back and more of a melodic atmosphere with some strong nwobhm vibes to give it more of a identity
Better production too.
Better production, but I honestly hoped for just 1-2 good songs I’d keep listening to (Hardwired gave me 3-4 out of 16 including bonus tracks). Besides Darkness being catchy, I don’t see myself returning to any of 72’s songs 😐
@@bcbitchkkv are you into other metal genres
@@JohnWayne-vf5bs thrash, death (especially tech), prog, power, and symphonic metal, yes.
@@bcbitchkkvwhat your favorite metal band
Personally I'd put ...And Justice For All at S and Death Magnetic at A. But the rest of the list is pretty spot on.
After so many years Load still being underrated😅. Certainly deserves a better position, retrospectively got better general appreciation and is commonly accepted by many voices as an underrated album. Once you accept the sharp musical style changes, there is great songwriting, instrumental arrangements, further introspective lyrics and overall creative evolution in this work. If only have they mixed and edited both Load/Reload in an unique album with the best 14 songs of this era, you got a masterpiece and one of their best.
I've had many years to accept the musical change. In fact as a kid born in the 80's, Load WAS the era of Metallica I grew up with. There are some great tracks, but that doesn't make it underrated imo. Like we both said, put the good tracks of both albums together and it could be one of the best rock albums of the 90's.
@@MetalTrenches Load is one of the most controversial album ever in the genre, and received disproportionated hate for the band drastic changes in style and musical direction, and even appearance and looks. All this stuff for many years inevitably triggered negative reactions towards a very good album in his way, but anyway almost anything would pale against the legacy of his excellent preceding albums (the era of Metallica from Kill,em all in 1983 until their peak in the early nineties with the massive success of the Black Album is almost unparalleled in the genre) But Load have aged much better than many of the 90's music, and retrospective reviews by the media and fans generally agree to consider it to be severely underrated and overall a pretty good work in the end.
I personally put "Until it Sleeps, "Bleeding me" or "The Outlaw Torn" in the top tier Metallica songs, just one step behind their great mastepieces like Master, Fade to Black or Bells. Adding behind pretty good tracks like Hero of the Day, Wasting my hate or King Nothing, and forget about 2-3 filler expendable song, (i would say even the country vibes of Mama said brings some variety and range to the album to the very least, welcomed or not). Lastly added to this great production values and notable improvements with introspective lyrics and complex themes, and the sum of all of it makes Load clearly worthy of the B grade and also clearly better than the reasonably satysfying Harwired or Magnetic. I go further here and impolularly put Load even better than Kill,em all, great debuting album in his way but a bit monotonous and rusty with boring generic lyrics and archetypical genre themes about destruction and death.
Bleeding Me is their greatest song IMO. And Inamorata has the potential to be top 3 for me.
I like the idea of pulling the best of load and reload into one 45 minute album. That said it would still get a C grade in my book as i would grade them independently at a D. Just my opinion. I was thrashing in the 80's and discovered death metal in the 90's, so load and reload went in the opposite direction of my taste.
Yeah, Bleeding Me and The Outlaw Torn are probably my favorite Metallica songs
Finally someone who KNOWS how to rank metallica albums. I actually didn't get mad for once lol
Nice list. One thing we differ on is that I like longer albums. Anything under 40 mins seems like I got ripped off. But to each their own and thank you for your work.
I love a long album that WARRANTS the length: Opeth, Warforged, BTBAM, etc. These ones just do NOT imo
@@MetalTrenchesIf they had put the decent tracks off Load and Reload together the could have had a pretty decent 45 minute album.
@@evilone1079 same with Hardwired / Death Magnetic, although they were almost a decade apart ofc
@@bcbitchkkv I have found both of those albums to be just flat out dull with no real highlights to speak of, I think I would struggle to scrape together an EP from those two.
@@evilone1079 shieet, fair play to you then :D
Death Magnetic had just come out when I became a (metal) fan, so I still dig End Of The Line, All Nightmare Long, and Broken Beat & Scarred - and Spit Out The Bone, Halo On Fire, and Dream No More were good from Hardwired imo.
I've always said that Metallica doesn't have enough people reviewing their albums. They're such a legacy band that they could release an album that's nothing but a dog farting for 54 minutes, and half the people who listen to metal would salivate at the prospect of more Metallica while the other half would be like "Well, this isn't their best work but remember when they wrote "Ride the Lightning"?"
And now that happened exactly. As a musician, the new stuff is under all my expectations.
This isn't true at all, Metallica have got alot of people that hate them, actually there kind of a band people see as cool to hate, since load reload and St anger. But yeah they could make any album and it would sell a massive amount
Metallica have constantly grown. They are one of the few bands that actually havent tried to copy their old breakthrough albums. Which is a horrible idea. As a band you have to evolve and move away from your old self. Thats exactly what they have been doing with all the recent albums
metal enthusiast really don't like metallica for a variety of reasons, this comment has no basis, every album after and justice for all was a punching bag
@@metalpuppet5798 as much as most of Chris's diet of metal sounds like two cars crashing into each other at 150mph, I didn't figure he would go the commercial route and review Metallica just for the clicks. But here we are.
The biggest highlight of the new album for me was Hetfields vocals. Damn he’s still got it and he put in a huge performance vocally here
Fr I was impressed about his vocals
His vocals actually improved.
Dude this a solid list, probably the best I've seen. Only change I'd make is putting Justice in S tier. I think it's the peak of their skill level, the album grooves so well. And Blackened intro is unbeatable
Blackened is my #1 fav song ever
S: Lightning, AJFA, Puppets. A: Kill em all, Black Album, Death Magnetic. B: Hardwired. C: Load, Reload, 72 seasons. F: St Anger. I would also put S&M in the S category as well. So well done and very unique.
We’ve all been waiting for this one! Spot on, swap Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, and you have my ranking exactly. I also love the Behemoth shirt!
Master of puppets/And justice for all will always be my favorites but I loved "All nightmare Long"!
Check out the AI version with James 1989 style vocals...I didn't think it was possible for the song to be any more epic, but it is 🤘
Stuff like Bad Seed, Outlaw Torn, etc, are all top Metallica songs for me. Also, I lowkey like St. Anger.
I lowkey like St. Anger aswell
SSSSSAAAAAYYYYNNNTTT AAAAAYYYYYYYNNNNNGGGGGUUUUUHHHH!
I’m mostly on board with your takes here, but it hurt my heart to hear Bleeding Me so dismissed. It’s long yes, but man if that song hits you at the right moment in your life, it becomes a part of you.
Yeah it's an absolute classic, one of the few songs that is improved by S and M.
Bleeding me imo is the best song on Load
It's a killer. One of their best
Imo:
S- | Master | Lightning | Black
A - AJFA | Kill ‘em
B - Reload, death mag,
C+ Hardwire
C- load
The forbidden letter - St anger
Alright, here's my actual list.
S: MOP/RTL/AJFA (the "/" means the albums break even)
A: TBA, KEA
B: DM, 72S/HTSD
C: Load
D: ReLoad
F: St. Anger
As a massive fan of Metallica since ‘89 I agree with your list. I’d probably put Justice up the top too though…
Naw, Kill Em All is by far their best.
And justice should have its own tier
@@user-bm3ts2ql6s master and ride are better
This is a really good ranking. My personal favorite is And Justice because of the fantastic riffs from that album but I see why it doesn’t quite make S because it is not as complete as RTL and MOP. Good video 👍
Justice will always have a special place in my heart. It was the album that got me into Metallica and I was lucky to see them on that tour. If it had bass it would be my No1.
@@AllOuttaBubblegum123 Same for me but i have it as no1 even without the bass.
I have found you my lord
What about bass ?
1- Justice
2- Lightening
3- Puppets
4- Black
5- Kill ‘em
6- Hardwired
7- Death
8- 72
9- Anger
10- Load
11- Reload
I agree with this list 100 percent. Maybe if the solos in Hardwire didn't sound like dogwater it be an A- or B+ for me.
One thing I'll give to 72 Seasons (the songs I've heard lol, didn't hear all of it) is the little guitar hooks. I actually think it's biggest weakness is how long these tracks are. Just bring back 3-4 minute long thrash songs. I actually think that's my biggest issue with most classic bands.
Unless it's Exodus...those guys still know how to pull out a 5+ min track which still sounds as good, if not better.
Outlaw torn is a phenomenal song. Massively underrated.
The S and M version adds so much body to an already great song. That performance is a masterpiece to me.
I always forget about knowing it, until I hear the song and I'm like: Oh yeah, I do like this
As whole Load album.
Goated video as your tier lists always are, but for one of the goat bands as well. Thanks for the quality as always, also fully agree with every single ranking funny enough 😂
I like the "lifestyle determines my deathstyle" is a profound lyric 😀
What I don't care for is 72 Seasons is the same tone as Death Magnetic and Hardwired. One thing that really set their first 6 albums apart was you got a different tone with each album. Each album had a very distinct sound. These last 3 albums just sound the same. Take someone who has never heard Metallica, and you can mix any of the songs from the last 3 albums and they can't tell what album they are from. It's a bit dissapointing and makes the songs less memorable.
That's a bullseye statement for me, the guitar tones especially are too samey! Songs are blurring together, with copycat production. They do need someone to throw a wrench into their far too isolated recording process, they need a shake up! That said, I do find much to like on these last three albums, just lacking in diversity and sonic variety.
@@treff9226 Exactly!
Spot on.
Honestly Metallica hasn't released an above average album in three decades. I'm still waiting for a late career masterpiece but I don't think it's gonna happen. Also why do they always feel the need to make an album 70+ minutes long?
Im glad im not the only one that thinks if they shed down the run time and cut the fat out, they'd make a pretty good album. I didn't think of it till after I heard Death Magnetic almost a month back, think it was anyway, if not was close. Anyway nice list, after going through those thrash albums cause of your tier lists, really am loving ride the lightning, master of puppets is also good, but I wish it had the production of ride the lightning cause that production was cool af (sorry for my language). I used to say was burnt out on them, but I think its more that I've moved on from Metallica and prefer other bands now, especially after talking in discord. Hope to see more lists and videos to expand my tastes and knowledge on metal and music in general too.
Longer ranking than I thought since there are only 4 Metallica albums.
😂
I LOVED about 6 songs off Hardwired n didn’t really like 6. This album is just “meh” to me. I don’t dislike it but there really isn’t a song I LOVE. Ill give it a few more listens. I’ll still be a Metallica fan for life though 🤘😝🤘
Excellent! Thanks a lot for such a great and spot on ranking!!!!
Fun tier listen, thanks dude!
Edit: Lol @ Ulrich Senior "Delete that"
I forgot about that echo chamber bit from the movie. Hilarious and telling!
I saw Metallica on the hardwired tour and they were awesome hearing one and for whome the bell tolls live is life changing
One of my favorite bands of all time
Thank you for making this video. By the way, it’s refreshing to see someone talk about their albums with open mindedness and not following whatever trend the Metallica heaters or following at the time.
I’m so tired of hearing people cry about how they don’t listen to any of the albums past the 80s or complaining about that. Lars has always been a bad drummer but they never complained about that until they heard that interview with Scott from Anthrax because before the only thing they ever complained about was the first three or four albums were perfect, and didn’t have anything wrong with them and they’ve suck since then. Well, if they’ve always thought he was a bad drummer one and they bring that up when they’re talking about how great those 80s albums were? Some fans in the middle community just bitch for the sake of bitching I’m convinced.
But yeah, there are some good songs off the loaded and reload album I think. No I wouldn’t consider them thrash metal but I keep an open mind and listen to a lot of different genres of music. I love metal but just because an album is pure metal doesn’t mean it’s good either. There are hundreds of metal albums out there that just sound like a guitar store falling down a flight of stairs.
I try to find the good in everything, but I’m also honest and try to bring humor into that instead of just hate.
I hear you, man. To me, Metallica pre 91 is untouchable. But, they haven't put out a great album since, although they have put out great songs. If you made a 9 song album with Load and Reload, you'd have banger of an album. I personally like St. Anger. It lacks focus and solos, but that was a good direction. I think with the last couple, again take 4 or 5 songs off each, and you have a fantastic album. Metallica still writes great songs, just a lot of filler in between.
But, I get the idea that people stop listening and then complain. I'm also a huge Megadeth fan, and it's all I hear. People talk endlessly about the RIP lineup, but don't remember while that lineup made RIP, they also made the more commercial albums, as well. And they've put out a few banger albums since 2004, even the last two, but people wouldn't know because they stopped listening after 94. So, it gets annoying. I'm glad Megadeth and Metallica are still around and doing what they want. They can't please everyone and they can't keep making their masterpiece albums over and over again.
Are these bands putting out their best work now? Of course not. But, who cares. They deserve the respect for having made albums that defined a genre, and had a huge impact on the metal world.
People think Lars is a bad drummer until they try learning Dyers Eve on drums
@@isaiahchristoffersen8579 Sure, Dyers Eve stands as arguably Lars' one and only "extreme" metal performance (maybe Fight Fire With Fire as well).
But his REAL quality on the drums is how catchy and "singable" his fills are. Sure, he doesn't do crazy shit or usually use much double bass. But tell me ANY thrash fan who cannot sing every single fill on Disposable Heroes' 1.5 minute long intro, Justice's title track, Creeping Death or, well, Dyers Eve.
I agree with your list, well done! I am a bit indifferent on 72 Seasons, have to give it a few more spins.
Great list. The only thing I would personally change is putting Justice higher than Muppets mainly because I'm remastered the whole album myself with enhanced bass and brums and it sounds amazing when you can actually feel what it's trying to convey, but again it's something I've done in retrospect so perhaps I wouldn't changed the list on that alone.
Not too huge of a fan of the Black Album myself, and I'd personally put AJFA as my favourite, but I do agree with the 72S ranking here.
I agree 100% with your tier list. I don't seem to get why people think 72 seasons is better than hardwired. I guess they like the load/reload style of music.
I honestly think Hardwired is better too, 72 seasons is a 3/5 for me. Love some of the songs though
Half of hardwired is phenomenal, the rest is horrible. But 72 has intriguing moments throughout. Like all the singles, and the other ones are probably better. The last 3 songs are s tier album worthy
St.anger just induces anxiety for me. The mp3 comparison was spot on. The random lyric placement and confusing riffs totally represented the bands relationship im sure. Great video dude.
If someone would turn this album into a S&M2 style album, the songs would be much better. Like what they did with AWMH, it's so much better on S&M2
good, its supposed to do that
Yes I agree with you. Well said. Although I would not even rate load, reload or st anger. New album might grow on me a little like hardwired did, but it sounds generic or robotic to me.
I would exactly rank them the same, including rating 72 seasons C+. Great job and thank you for your honest opinions.
For the first time I TOTALLY agree with you! Thank you for your great reviews.
Thanks for watching and engaging
I can't speak for the post-Black Album records as I don't listen to nor own any of them.. but if you swap Ride for Justice I completely agree about your opinions & rankings of the initial 5 albums.
Tend to agree with everything you said... atm I'd rank 72 Seasons higher but that's probably because it's only a week old and I'm still a bit excited because it's new
To me anything after Justice is a guilty pleasure
After self titled for me
All I got to say is you have to be on absolute crack rocks if you think 72 Seasons is anywhere close to being better than Load or Reload. I mean just compare the singles alone.
Load:
"Until It Sleeps"
"King Nothing"
"Hero of the Day"
"Mama Said"
Reload:
"The Memory Remains"
"The Unforgiven II"
"Fuel"
"Better Than You"
72 Seasons:
"Lux Æterna"
"Screaming Suicide"
"If Darkness Had a Son"
"72 Seasons"
Let's be real honest, 72 Seasons isn't in competition with Load or Reload, it's in competition with St. Anger and LuLu.
Stfu. 72 Seasons isnt in competition with anything. Stop comparing shit. A band evolves. It has clear nods to the old classics like Kill em All, Master and Justice while they are still evolving as a band and trying new things. They are never going to try and copy any old record because it doesnt make sense. They could easily do it in the phenomenal shape they are in now playing wise. But as I said it doesnt make any sense to copy yourself or others. You need to write what you want to write. And in this case they got influences from all kinds of eras in their career without actually copying themselves. The album is great
I ranked this discography last year and this is almost identical. Bearing in mind I still need to listen to the new one but I predicted it would be around the Hardwired or DM tier. I can never decide which I like more out of RTL and MoP but I went with MoP last year. I had the exact same for A tier but I tend to think AJFA is better made album than KEA but I just f'n love KEA so much it had to be 3rd. I literally put DM at B+ and Hardwired at B like you said in the vid too. I completely disagree with anyone that thinks Load is better than Reload though. I thought Reload was quite a sizeable improvement. Either way if they took the best from both albums and made it like a 45-50 min Album you'd possibly have a B tier album. But definitely both C tier for me too.
I'm putting the black album first..master of puppets 2nd justice third..ride 4th..and ATM I can decide if st anger or 72 seasons deserves last but I think I might like st anger more but not by much
I know not an album but the '87 EP is so fucking good. RTL & MOP are my top picks and METALLICA at their best (best at the time too, very ahead of everything really) with AJFA closely after but yeah length is an issue but gotta appreciate the technicality/complexity of it all. Black album is okay but that was the beginning of the end for their development and relevancy and me giving a fuck about their existence. They are still one of my favorite Thrash bands but strictly in the 80's. But I love their chemistry to this day, noting funnier than James giving Lars timing tips and Kirk coming out with classics like: "it's the notes in between" 😂
I know this is an exceptionally hot take, but I enjoy post St. Anger Metallica more than black album. Death Magnetic, Hardwired, and 72 Seasons all feel like they have better metal riff writing and I find the weird structures to be charming. Interestingly, I think some of the reasons I actually prefer them over the black album are precisely why other people don't. Even you hit on this. Black album gets praised for being a super refined and accessible yet still heavy metal album. For me it's super polished to the point that it loses some character. I like some of the tracks, but I like them less than other people seem to. On the other hand I actually find some of the longer passages on later albums (the ones people would call needlessly long, perhaps) to be almost hypnotic in their repetition. Most critics want the fat trimmed off it seems, but for me that fat is where a lot of the flavor is. I do acknowledge I'm in the minority on this though.
i’ll defend st anger to the grave, i can relate to that album too much
Completely agree. I would maybe put Justice up there as well in S, but that's it.
Cool list. I was thinking 72 should be somewhere around the last 2 albums. Maybe if they released more material they would have shorter songs. Maybe. Again maybe
I actually agree with just about everything that you said here, including the tier rankings, which I would honestly say is probably identical to how I would rank their albums. I also agree they have been seriously shooting themselves in the foot comparing the new albums to Kill Em All. Comparing them to the more mid-tempo Black Album I think is a more favorable comparison. And again, I 100% agree on METALLICA. CUT. YOUR. ALBUMS. DOWN. TO. 40-50. MINUTES. PLEASE. JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.
🤘🏻
To me, 72 seasons is one of their best albums. It’s on a another, different, level to their classic albums. It speaks to me on so many levels. It’s a breath of fresh air, and it’s uniquely Metallica. 💪
I agree 72 seasons is such a good album
Agree with comments on the Load-ie songs SYMB - a couple of cool intros but I wanted SMLA, YMB, COBW, IDHAS to be cut down so agree that someone should be holding them accountable - Bob Rock would've done this but now it seems they have a 'Yes-Man' cos they enjoy their pay-cheque. I love Too Far Gone? and Inamorata - the album as a whole I find more enjoyable from start to finish than Hardwired. The 2nd half of Hardwired is a struggle and the direction is lacking. It'd be a better album without Confusion, ManUnkind, Murder One don't interest me. So, my only change would be switching those 2 around in the grading :). Cool vid! Keep it up!
yeah maybe i would have changed a pick or 2 but i think i can say i agree with your list . looks great to me
I agree with Metaliica's albums being too long. Disappointed to hear the new album has long songs and runtime but I haven't heard it yet so dunno.
I think St. Anger has some salvageable ideas.... but the execution definitely left much to be desired.
I just wanna say that MoP was my first Metallica full album, heard it as a 11 year old, I am 34 now.listened it countless times.
How the fuck I didnt noticed soldiers helmet hanging on the cross is blowing my mind right now. goddamn
Did you own it on cassette or cd? I owned it on a tape and also missed it for years due to the fact that it was so tiny lol. I think I also missed the hands for the longest time too😂
@@perpetualmotion357 I got yellow cassete tape but without cover and I thought that Damage inc. was fucked up due to damaged tape if you know what I mean. then I found bulgarian pirate CD on market place and bought it and realized that I wanna hear more stuff like Damage inc. and my cousin gave me Slayer. changed my life.
I also had T shirt of MoP and didnt noticed helmet till few days ago. some kind of mandella effect.
Pretty identical ranking I just have justice in S but behind master, on par with ride.
I got into Metal around the NWOBHM in the early days and grew in musical taste from there. I’m not a Dad Rock guy and love all new styles and sub genres. So not a boomer or whatever you want to call us . I got into Metallica with Ride The Lightning, their best album, and was a fan till they dropped Load.. and then Reload. Death and definitely Beyond Magnetic were solid, Hardwired was fine though way too long and mid paced.
I listened to 72 today and it’s fine but once again too long , 10 tracks would have been enough. It’s a toe tapper at times and the band sounds good, it’s solid with 90’s sound and themes ( what is it with this band and suicide I don’t get it? ), rock and some thrash energy. It didn’t blow my mind but it was better than I thought it would be and a somewhat fun experience.
As for your ranking I thought it was spot on.
Rating RTL > MoP is based
Death Magnetic is an A for me, everything else is perfect though!
It's to early to judge on this album I heard it and was okay by it then I heard it again and these songs really grow on you, and hit pretty good
Metallica was my shit as a kid. From 88 (8 years old) until 92. Then I was grabbed by grunge and some rap (Dre, Cube, Snoop, NWA) and Nine Inch Nails exploded in 94 (still my fav band) which also got me into industrial music. Then Metallica released Load in 96. I was still interested and bought the album, played it a bunch too (like I had to 🤔) but that was the fall off for me. It wasn't close to the same league as the first 4 albums or the black album (as a more mainstream metal album).. and I never bought another one of their albums since. I heard the singles, but it just wasn't for me. Which seems like the case once again for 72 Seasons.
Sweet ranking dude 🤘
Pretty solid tier list. In my opinion the album had a lot of experimentation showing us new ideas and influences. Some of their highlighted songs other than the 4 singles, you must burn, too far gone, crowned of barbed crown and inamorata although a little long, they were pretty solid tracks. At the moment, I dont think 72 seasons is better than Hardwired, but I think it has the potential to be..
Look at little Goblin Jr, yes I'm gonna cry 😢
As longer i listen to fight fire with fire i am starting to think that it is better opener than battery and blackened.
What do you people think?
Hard to pick
@@MetalTrenches but i have problem as i only heard battery live.
So fucking close.. both are better than Battery tho (imo) 😃
I can bascily agree on that tier list, i might would consider move the new album one spot up, it does grow a bit on you, and maybe i would give 3 albums a s tier, and move and justice for all up there to, but as the weakest in s tier then..
in my opinion Master of Puppets is a little bit better than Ride the Lightning, is faster and more aggressive
Holy shit, this is the first tier list I've ever seen online that I 100% agree with. Mind-blowing
Btw, I kind of like Lux Aeterna, maybe the only one I liked from the new album. Somebody mixed Hit the Lights vocals on that and uploaded as 'Hit the Lux'. It is much better than the original, would recommend :)
I actually find that 72 is an improvement regarding self-editing compared to Death M and hardwired. (could be better of course, but still is an improvement) The best song in that regard is too far gone, it is engaging all the way through. In general the songs are more consistent while many of the songs in DM and Hardwired just randomly pile up riffs. When you must burn, too far gone, room of mirror, shadow follows, if darkness... are more concise.
Justice belongs in S, Justice for Justice!!
Listened to it seven times, it’s a solid 8/10. Really loving it!
Me too.Good album.Hardwirwd is boring
This is actually a pretty good ranking. Maybe flipflop "Load" & "Death Magnetic" but that would be minor. "Death Magnetic" is a more consistent album top to bottom but the good songs on "Load" make it shine more for me. Years ago the Black Album would've been an easy S but it has since moved down a notch so no complaints there.
From everything I’ve heard so far from the new album I really like it a lot. I don’t know where to rank the album because of may be only heard 45% of it at best but so far I like it better than Hardwired to Self Destruct. And I’m not saying that was a bad album at all. I don’t think it sucks by any means, but there is nothing about it that made it a great album either. I’m liking 72 season so far as much is I like Death Magnetic and DM is my favorite Metallica album after their first five albums.
Comparing this to Hardwired I would say that the best songs from that album are better than best songs from this album, but after that all the rest is so much better in 72 seasons. In hardwired almost all of the B-side was some of Metallica's worst songs. In this album I can't say that any song is a stinker. Very solid and cohesive album. Clearly better than Hardwired. I have now idea how I will feel about each song year from now. From Hardwired my opinion stayed the same from the get go.
I think it's definitely their best work since the black album. This album will age well, i'm sure of it
1. AJFA
2. Black
3.Ride The Lightning
4.Load
5. Kill 'em All
6. Death Magnetic
7. Hardwired to Self Desturct
8. St. Anger
9. ReLoad
10. Master Of Puppets.
I didn't put 72 Seasons on the list yet because I haven't decided to listen to the whole thing yet.
Master of Puppets last? That’s a very bold choice
I know Metallica can be very influential and divisive altogether and we all have our own rankings. Here's my rankings:
S - Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice for All
A - Hardwired to Self Destruct, Kill 'em All
B - Black album, Death Magnetic
C - 72 Seasons
D - Load, Reload
E - St Anger
I listened to 72 Seasons only once so far, and while it's too early for me to tell if I like it or not, I will admit to these couple observations:
- James' voice sounds REALLY good on some songs, specifically on Chasing Light, and really old on others.
- These songs are arguably at their best when they tap into that Load/ReLoad-era hard rock groove. That's where I feel they (and more specifically Lars) are at their best nowadays.
I am going copy-and-paste this comment onto The Metal Meltdown's, Metal Trenches' and Thralls of Metal's reviews for consistency's sake.
Agree with this list 100%.. only at Justice for all in this video so far but the only 4 albums that matter are already put exactly where they should be. Everything else is ass cheeks
My personal favorite part of Justice is To Live is to Die. It is a perfect send off and tribute for Cliff. I feel like you can hear the pain in the instrumentation.
As for Load and ReLoad I have always been a huge fan. It is a pair of albums that I can just vibe to. But I agree they are too long. At least they're not St Anger.
But to be fair to St Anger it has one song that is a gem. The Unnamed Feeling is absolute gold. It's unfortunate you have to trudge through shit to get to it and then dive right back in for Purify...
My favourite song on Kill Em All is The Four Horsemen but I love Hit The Lights and Jump In The Fire
A precise ranking. Totally have to agree.👍 I also have to add some personal note. In the 80ties Metallica were a blessing for the scene, because they helped creating a specific metal genre that was pure, fast and most importantly HEAVY. Especially the riffs were hard and stompy, but also mixed with variety. From the debut on they reached a higher level and "Ride" was of course very important for "Master" and than they started to progress more on "...and Justice..". Not better but still great. Then came "Black". As we all know a difficult process for the band and I remember how sceptical I was when I heard about Bob Rocks involvement. And I was right, because the album was still a good one and they became HUGE, but it somehow was foreshadowing things to come.
And bad things happenend. It's okay when a band was trying out new things, but they became HUGE with METAL and "Load" and "Reload" were a powerless sellout and things became even worse with "ST.Anger", which was imo the worst outpout ever by 'tallica. They stated "We wanted to go back to our early days".....oh dear lord, compared to the great "Garage days" this was pure bs in terms of songs and sound. "Magnetic" was a step for the better and exactly now I have to echo this vid.....they completely lost focus what is good and bad and started to put out way too many mediocre stuff with an overall playtime of 70+ minutes. Another great example was "Hardwired". Why in gods name a double album? Why not taking the CD1 songs, which were good and take the the one good and the one great song from CD2 and make ONE 50min or so long good album? And yes, they need somebody who is telling them to focus more on the things that are important and not wildly putting out stuff because for decades they need half a decade for a new album and maybe thinking we took so long and bcause of that the album should be long.
what you said about there needing to be someone to cut down their run time, I COMPLETELY AGREE!
i think hardwired could have been a SOLID album if some of the songs were shorter and some of the songs were cut off/merged.
I still haven’t heard 72 Seasons yet, but I’d rank everything else exactly the same way you did!
Here would be my ranking of all of Metallica’s albums, including 72 Seasons:
S - Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets
A - Kill ‘Em All, …And Justice for All
B - Black Album
C - Death Magnetic, Hardwired… to Self Destruct, 72 Seasons
D - Load, Reload
F - St. Anger
S+
Lulu
This album DEFINITELY gets better with more listens!! It’s a really great album. A solid offering with a few killer moments. I gave it a C+ but now raise that to a B+ 🤘😝🤘
Yes. And some month later it’s a solid A. It’s growing. 👍🏻
Metallica used to be my favourite band as a teen. I find it hard to get excited by them these days but the first couple of singles from the new ablum sounded good so I'll check it out at least once.
Do not do it. You won't find anything good on it. I haven't gotten along with Metallica since Load. I'd rather keep the memories of 4 really good albums than screw them up with all the dirt that came afterwards.
Kill em all: B tier
Ride the lightning: S tier
Master of puppets: S tier
And justice for all: S tier
Black album: A tier
Load: B tier
Reload: C tier
St anger: C tier
Death Magnetic: A tier
Hardwired to self distruct: B tier
72 seasons: A tier
I’ve always enjoyed the length of their albums. I like having their albums in the background while I’m doing things
I actually feel kill em all is easily the best thrash debut if we're just talking the big four, Killing is my business is just one direction and the songs just blend together because of the lack of diversity Slayers debut while being my favourite thrash band just doesn't sound like slayer and they hadn't found there sound and well Anthrax have a solid debut too to be honest with fistful of metal, but I like kill em all, still has afew of there best tracks they've ever released, really I think you have to look more to bands like exodus and testament for real competition when it comes to thrash debuts
I personally prefer KIMB
@@MetalTrenches Did the weak production on KIMB hinder the album for you? What did you think of the remastered version? Great episode, completely on board with your rankings! Excellent descriptions and insight for each album - loved it🤘🤘🤘
If you think the songs on killing is my business just "blend together" I don't think you've listened to the album more than once. How does Looking Down the Cross sound remotely like the title track???
@@Haxprocess looking down the cross is probably the only example I would admit is abit different an actually one of the stand out tracks for me on the album, and who are you, some random person on youtube to tell me what I have and haven't listened to, I been listening to thrash over 2 decades and Megadeth are a band I really like, I've heard all there music on multiple occasions
@@MetalTrenches That's fair enough I do like the energy they had on the album just don't think it was really directed as as well as it could of been and the production also weighs it down abit
Unpopular opinion. For me personally, St. Anger gives me Nu Metal era nostalgia vibes. I love the rawness of the album and the catchy tracks. Also, the grunge influence of the 90s albums works well with Metallica. Each era provides something different. 72 Seasons has lots of great new tracks.
I'll admit that I'm not big on thrash metal, I'm more into melodeath, rap metal, and atmospheric stuff. But I do love their 80s classics.
My Metallica Ranking from worst to best:
13. Lulu
12. ...And Justice for All
11. Garage Inc.
10. Kill 'Em All
9. Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
8. Death Magnetic
7. 72 Seasons
6. Load
5. Reload
4. St. Anger
3. Master of Puppets
2. Ride the Lightning
1. The Black Album
What are your thoughts on The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead compared with 72 seasons?
For hardcore thrasher fan. The Sick, The Dying... The Dead wins.
72 Seasons, maybe for those who have an open mind. Maybe. Both are bangers. TS, TD... TD is on par with Death Magnetic imo he he
I also did a Megadeth tier list and will next have a ranking of the new albums from all of the classic bands against each other.
I haven’t heard 72 seasons but the ranking is the same as mine haha nice one