[Mariner]

Metallica morphed from a pure thrash metal band to songwriters. And as a result they not only became filthy rich and famous, but also highly respected musicians in the rock world.

I bet one of their riffs is in your head now, vying with that Beatles song.

Or Black Sabbath.

[Crucial]

One of my favorite rock bands. They definitely have a place in the pantheon.

[chris37]

Nothing Else Matters and The Unforgiven are good songs, no doubt, but the rest of that album is not good.

Hetfield is one of the best there ever was though.

I’d rather listen to their good sh*t though.

One-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw

Master of Puppets-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI

[microgood]

I cannot believe it has been 25 years since that album came out. One of the finest rock albums ever.

[BenLurkin]

What songs did they perform?

[Donglalinger]

A cheap rip off of the original

[joelt]

Black Album Matters

[Ransomed]

Every album up to and including the black album is great. Then they went into Alternica for a while which what everyone was doing. Garage Inc. might be the best from that era.

Some kind of monster is simply cringe inducing. Kirk had a line about not having solos, he was like ‘that is what everyone is doing, it will cast the album from this era.’ St. Anger sounds like it was recorded redlined in a dumpster with a drum sound like hitting garbage cans with no Metallica solos.

Freegards

[Made In The USA]

Remember being awestruck the first time I heard Enter Sandman, one of the best metal albums ever. Load and Reload were phenomenal follow ups as well.

[TheStickman]

“The Unforgiven” IMO is the BEST Metallica song. They really wrote some amazing songs for this album. I never was into thrash or speed metal. This stuff has great melodies & the heaviness in the music was still there. Really great music.

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[Spacetrucker]

I have a very difficult time listening to anything after Puppets ... I was raised on the first three thrash and was sorely disappointed with And Justice - and everything since.

[doorgunner69]

I bet one of their riffs is in your head now, vying with that Beatles song.

Or Black Sabbath.

You would bet very, very wrong.

[patro]

Through the Never and No Leaf Clover: First songs that came to mind.

[Organic Panic]

Metallica are still struggling to recapture lightning in a bottle.

Did the author not listen to their work after the "Metallica" album??? Their work on Load and Reload was fantastic. This reminds me getting my ass chewed when I was a kid and borrowed some Metallica cassettes. Good days. Good days.

[Conservative4Life]

I quit listening when they attacked their fans via Napster. Going after computer dowloaded songs is like going after people that taped off the radio. Poor taste for marketing. One person was sued for over a million dollars for it. Listening to the radio and internet swayed me into buying or rejecting certain groups or albums.

[rmlew]

"Metallica morphed from a pure thrash metal band to songwriters."

Metallica did that in "Master of Puppets" if not "Ride the Lightning"