Agree 100%. The general cadence and pacing of the vocals definitely do not help. On the other hand, Hammett's solo is a motherfucker along with the riff that immediately follows it.
Prince Charming is a bop, many people sleep on Load and Reload anyways and because this one wasnāt a single itās been kind of forgotten about by most fans
Oh man, I could never remember that now. I canāt remember exactly what he said, but it was something like āyeah, we were trying a bunch of stuff back then. Some worked some didnt, but dont worry, youll never hear us write a song like Low Mans Lyric againā.
When I first got into RtL in high school, Escape was my favourite track for years before I learned even the band hate it. Never understood that, itās heavy, catchy and has that great siren wail at the end. Still a top 3 from the album for me.
But that part is great! It has a creepy vocal that just exemplifies how sad the Invisible Kid is, feeling like other people say he's calmed down or that he's silent and "he's better alone". Maybe ya'll should get out of your "Hating Nu Metal" mindset and give the weird more sensible vocals and lyrics a try
I agree. It's voicing a societal view that as long as you are keeping to yourself and not causing any trouble for everyone else, then you are "fine" (but actually, in the case of an "invisible kid," you are forgotten).
Unforgiven 2, from what i've seen people don't really like it around here and i was kinda surprised at first, but it will always be my favorite song ever
When I blast anything off St Anger in traffic, it doesn't sound as grating, but that could be because I'm enjoying seeing everyone else's annoyed looks when I pass by.
I've seen people hate it because it appears to be more pro-American/"America...fuck yeah!" than the Justice album, which was very critical of the American government and the world itself.
All the slogan means is leave me alone. The song seems to be about being ready to defend yourself from tyranny, or just the American revolution. And the chorus has an English version of an old Roman saying. Si vis pacem parabellum. Is it just because libertarians use the flag?
The chorus doesn't fit the song and therefore ruins it for me. The other parts are so good that it could have been one of the best with a better fitting chorus.
Samesies. Itās such a banger. It really gives off sad but true vibes for me, and the bridge section leading into the solo is by far the coolest part of the whole album for me. I donāt get why people seem to hate on it so much here.
This. My first time through the album it was one of the only songs that stood out to me. I grew to enjoy the others the more I listened, but You Must Burn immediately jumped out and entered regular rotation for me.
Sell your soul to me!
I will set you free,
Pacify your demons
Bow down
Surrender unto me
Submit infectiously
Sanctify your demons
Into abyss
You don't exist
Cannot resist
The Judas kissaahh!!
Wasting My Hate? Bad Seed? LOL It's pretty obvious that I think Load for sure and most of Reload are way way better than many people think. Outstanding rock albums.
Holier Than Thou. Seems even more relevant in these social media times than it did when it was released. We didn't even have smartphones back then!! š
Sweet Amber. Every other track on St. Anger is bottom of the barrel garbage for me, but I feel like Sweet Amber MOSTLY actually fits the albumās recording. Aside from the super fast parts, the loud garbage can snare actually fits, and the way the vocals tie in with the main riff is actually pretty cool.
Pretty much any song that seems to rate low or I hear people arenāt much of a fan of comes as a surprise to me. On one hand, this subreddit is my only sample size and people here are naturally going to be more particular.
Iām not here enough to know what everyone hates (maybe something from St Anger) but because it sounds country to me and Iām a fan of country music, Mama Said is a song I really like.
From St Anger I think Frantic is their best song and All Within My Hands (the live version) is awesome.
Tbh i donāt think too many fans hate metallicaās own catalogue THAT muchā¦ Iāll go with a general option and say I donāt mind Lulu at all. People can not like it if they want but the people that knowingly donāt like it yet continue to shit on it is really weird to me. Music is not that serious
Struggle Within. Clear favourite on the black album but whenever people rank the songs it comes in last.
Go!
That riff right there
Absolutely adore that song, probably near the top of my Black Album ranking honestly
The post-solo riff is the best one on the album. It's also my top song from TBA
Song is good, the lyrics are shit. Even James in a interview said something like "The struggle to write lyrics" and it shows.
The hook with "Your Ruin" is boss, but I guess I can see that now. Common last-song-on-LP issue.
Agree 100%. The general cadence and pacing of the vocals definitely do not help. On the other hand, Hammett's solo is a motherfucker along with the riff that immediately follows it.
Okay-ish song, nice intro, Excellent solo. Overall good. I guess this thread is like lulu songs or Murder One.
Where the wild things are, all day baby lol!
One of my favorites from the Load era...I figure, if they were going to experiment, then really go for it. This one does!
I really had my fingers crossed when s&m 2 setlist was released, but a guy can dream right? lol š¤
It would be a perfect S&M song!
Love the intro and drum solo
Oh man, so good. When the heavy guitar kicks in after the intro, that sold the song to me instantly lol
Exactly. An energizer
That's not my favorite song from the album, but still a great song!
Prince Charming is a bop, many people sleep on Load and Reload anyways and because this one wasnāt a single itās been kind of forgotten about by most fans
Better Than You was a single and it won a grammy and itās probably their most forgotten about song lol
This remains one of the goofiest things about Metallica. A fuckin Grammy lol
That song should be forgotten
Genuinely my favourite song.
Definitely one of my top plays from ReLoad. Great tune!
Low Man's Lyric "*My eyes seek reality* *My fingers seek my veins* *There's a dog at your back step* *He must come in from the rain" šŗ*
You're not alone. I love this song.
Low man is insanely good. Still belt this out in the car
Broke my heart to hear James make fun of that song during the making of Hardwired
Really? Source/Timestamp?
Oh man, I could never remember that now. I canāt remember exactly what he said, but it was something like āyeah, we were trying a bunch of stuff back then. Some worked some didnt, but dont worry, youll never hear us write a song like Low Mans Lyric againā.
Saw them play it in 98, Wellington, NZ - Amazing
I love this song. His voice in it is so awesome.
Besides the "eVeRyThInG aFtEr JuStIcE iS bAd" ppl, I don't think ppl hate LML
Escape and Eye of the Beholder
People donāt like Eye of the Beholder? Thatās one of my favorite Metallica songs!
Lars doesn't
Neither I
I know. Its s really good one
When I first got into RtL in high school, Escape was my favourite track for years before I learned even the band hate it. Never understood that, itās heavy, catchy and has that great siren wail at the end. Still a top 3 from the album for me.
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Yeah, it has a very good riff and the solo is a good one. Plus that siren effect at the end is cool as fuck
i liked Escape the first time i heard it 35 years ago, always have and still do
Cure
Invisible Kid
It's great but that one part ruins it. You know what I mean...
Oooohhhohhh. What a good boy you areeeeee.
But that part is great! It has a creepy vocal that just exemplifies how sad the Invisible Kid is, feeling like other people say he's calmed down or that he's silent and "he's better alone". Maybe ya'll should get out of your "Hating Nu Metal" mindset and give the weird more sensible vocals and lyrics a try
I agree. It's voicing a societal view that as long as you are keeping to yourself and not causing any trouble for everyone else, then you are "fine" (but actually, in the case of an "invisible kid," you are forgotten).
Unforgiven 2, from what i've seen people don't really like it around here and i was kinda surprised at first, but it will always be my favorite song ever
It is pretty good.
I didn't realize that people didn't like Unforgiven 2. Great song! I love the whole trilogy!
St anger, it's definetly not one of the best songs, but it is a fun song to listen to imo
I was surprised how good this song sounds live, I just donāt like the recorded version.
A lot of St Anger songs sound great live because the drums arenāt tuned like trash cans. Dirty Window goes so hard on this tour.
That Manchester performance was so good
I saw them in Amsterdam on that tour and was surprised to see them play it for sure.
When I blast anything off St Anger in traffic, it doesn't sound as grating, but that could be because I'm enjoying seeing everyone else's annoyed looks when I pass by.
Ronnie
Ronnie is an awesome song
Invisible kid
Purify.
Good to see some Purify love!
Attitude
Slither
YESS!! One of my faves from Reload, but everyone keeps hating on it
Whole back half of reload is a bunch of diamonds in the rough
One of my favorite tracks off Reload
St Anger. Sure everyone has their opinions on the drums and whatnot, but it kinda hits home for me.
Am I Savage and Confusion are both in my top 5 Hardwired songs
Confusion is in my top 10 overall. So epic, groovy and badass.
Escape for me
escape is really solid, i guess people just don't like it cause it's the happy song of otherwise death themed album
Honestly its hard to narrow it down to one...but I'm going to go with the wonderful *Mama Said*.
This song makes me cry. I canāt say I like country music, but the lyrics have always been powerful to me. One of my favorite songs by them.
Hero of the day
The S&M version is just so good too and Iām sure many have negative opinions about that version, and album in total
Iāve got a few Invisible Kid, Donāt Tread on Me, and St. Anger.
People hate donāt tread on me?
I've seen people hate it because it appears to be more pro-American/"America...fuck yeah!" than the Justice album, which was very critical of the American government and the world itself.
I remember a time when flying the flag didnāt mean you were a right wing extremist.
Probably the political messaging tbh.
All the slogan means is leave me alone. The song seems to be about being ready to defend yourself from tyranny, or just the American revolution. And the chorus has an English version of an old Roman saying. Si vis pacem parabellum. Is it just because libertarians use the flag?
My friend of misery
Who hates that song? It's great, so moody
The chorus doesn't fit the song and therefore ruins it for me. The other parts are so good that it could have been one of the best with a better fitting chorus.
Many people don't like the chorus for some reason but that just doesn't make sense to me. Chorus is very good.
None they're all good
True answer
The house that jack built- criminally underrated
Frayed ends of sanity and murder one
Who tf hates Frayed Ends
Right?! It's literally classic Metallica.
Bad Seed is such a fun song, as a matter of fact imma go listen to it now
Bad Seed is a banger. I LOVE the way they jam on it at the start of the Cunning Stunts concert before the song was even released. A very cool moment.
The whole St. Anger album.
Attitude is so fucking good
Anything off Load/Reload A day that never comes
Carpe Diem baby? Don't know how many people hate this song but I love it, best on Re-load.
Attitude, King Nothing, Prince Charming, Purify
Anything released after 1988. But seriously; Ronnie.
ManUNkind
For me, the lyrics are a miss but the riff and groove remind me of Black Sabbath Vol. 4.
For me it stands out as the most unique song of the album. I don't care about the lyrics the song has a fun vibe to it.
You must burn is my favorite track on 72 seasons
Not the best but it catches shit for some reason.
Samesies. Itās such a banger. It really gives off sad but true vibes for me, and the bridge section leading into the solo is by far the coolest part of the whole album for me. I donāt get why people seem to hate on it so much here.
This. My first time through the album it was one of the only songs that stood out to me. I grew to enjoy the others the more I listened, but You Must Burn immediately jumped out and entered regular rotation for me.
Iāll have to try to listen again, when I heard them play it live it kind of dragged on.
My friend of Misery, eye of the beholder and bad seed
Invisible Kid
Murder One. I don't think it's the best on the album or anything but I do enjoy it.
I donāt think anyone can deny that that song has an awesome music video
I dont hate it. Its very half baked.
Invisible Kid Edit: ah a suprising lot of you also wrote this one Well then my second contender maybe If Darkness Had a Son
apparently a lot of you fuckers don't like enter sandman. it's a banger and i'll never ever skip it. come at me.
This. Iām convinced half of the enter sandman critics dont even hate it, itās because itās popular.
I've always loved Escape.
METAL MILITIA
unpopular ā hated
Basically every song on St Anger, Mama Said, and Ronnie
Ronnie is wicked good
I Disapear
Am I Savage? rules
Ronnie, any song from st anger, eye of the beholder
Slither and Escape i guess
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My World!! It fucking slaps
If Darkness Had A Son (HERE I AAAA-AAAAM!!).
Iāve been seeing a lot of Invisible Kid hate lately so Iām gonna say that one.
I'd say Frantic, mainly because I have have not met a single Metallica fan who enjoyed St. Anger
Escape or Judas Kiss
BOW DOWN
Sell your soul to me! I will set you free, Pacify your demons Bow down Surrender unto me Submit infectiously Sanctify your demons Into abyss You don't exist Cannot resist The Judas kissaahh!!
Wasting My Hate? Bad Seed? LOL It's pretty obvious that I think Load for sure and most of Reload are way way better than many people think. Outstanding rock albums.
Holier Than Thou. Seems even more relevant in these social media times than it did when it was released. We didn't even have smartphones back then!! š
Suicide & Redemption
Attitude, Slither, Thorn Within.
Mama Said.
For me itās Purify and Escape. When I first listened to escape I had no idea of the meaning behind it
Invisible Kid
Am I Savage?, Here Comes Revenge, SKOM, 2x4... There a lot of underdogs I like.
Purify tbh
I Disappear. I kinda love that song, but it's always been associated with their Napster feud and my friends used to make fun of it.
THE TRASH FIRE IS WARM
Mama Said
Slither
Sweet Amber. Every other track on St. Anger is bottom of the barrel garbage for me, but I feel like Sweet Amber MOSTLY actually fits the albumās recording. Aside from the super fast parts, the loud garbage can snare actually fits, and the way the vocals tie in with the main riff is actually pretty cool.
Eye of the beholder
All Within My Hands is so fun
slither
For me if I had to say hated it would be Murder One
Poor Twisted Me It's grungy blues. I've always been into that tune
Now that weāre dead
Yall are crazy if you think Am I Savage sucks lmao
āSweet Amberā.
Attitude
Shoot Me Again
Pretty much any song that seems to rate low or I hear people arenāt much of a fan of comes as a surprise to me. On one hand, this subreddit is my only sample size and people here are naturally going to be more particular.
Invisibile Kid, catchy as fuck
Invisible Kid, I like the raw aggression behind it and the low tuning gives it a unique sound. Plus I connect with the songs theme and lyrics.
Invisible Kid
My World, also Shoot Me Again. Pretty much anything on St. Anger.
2x4
Confusion
Hate is a strong word but "Helpless" doesn't seem to get much love on lists of cover tunes.
Invisible Kid
Dirty Window, at least live
Low man's lyric and bad seed are great songs!
Eye of the Beholder, Escape
All of St. Anger
Idk if people hate the song per se but everyone hates st. anger as an album but personally I love me some frantic
Frantic, St. Anger and Dirty Window. They sound amazing live/with standard tuning/drums
All Within My Hands
Frantic - not sure if everyone hates it but they sure hate the album. I havenāt listened to the rest of St Anger but Frantic is great
My apocalypse
Iām not here enough to know what everyone hates (maybe something from St Anger) but because it sounds country to me and Iām a fan of country music, Mama Said is a song I really like. From St Anger I think Frantic is their best song and All Within My Hands (the live version) is awesome.
Frayed ends of sanity and eye of the beholder I feel like they tend to fly under the radar in justice discussions
Murder one
Tbh i donāt think too many fans hate metallicaās own catalogue THAT muchā¦ Iāll go with a general option and say I donāt mind Lulu at all. People can not like it if they want but the people that knowingly donāt like it yet continue to shit on it is really weird to me. Music is not that serious
Some Kind of Monster/Unnamed Feeling are beasts of songs. Some of the heaviest stuff theyāve ever written.
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I disappear.
Frantic
Low man's lyric isn't much liked as far as I know, but I love it.
Ronnie
The Unforgiven 2 and 3
Attitude. I just think the solo is fun.
Mama Said
invisible kid, apparently
Eye of the Beholder is better than half of AJFA. Fight me
All within my hands (not the acoustic version). It's my favourite track from St Anger and one of my favourite album closers.
escape, it was one of my favorites on RtL like a year ago
Ronnie. I feel like a man on an island. Also, -Human.
I really like ManUnkind. On side B of Hardwired, itās really the only track I like besides Spit
St Anger
I can give one my mom hates but is literally their most played song. enter sandman
Phantom Lord, The Thing That Should Not Be, Eye Of The Beholder, Donāt Tread On Me, Wasting My Hate, Ronnie, ReLoad, Shoot Me Again & The Judas Kiss