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Load was Metallica's best album.

Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:13 am
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:13 am
I know all of their stuff well.


Here is a great song,.... the 3rd best song on that album.


The Outlaw torn
This post was edited on 1/16/22 at 2:17 am
Posted by Roman Ponamsky
Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 3:23 am to
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Metallica’s best album


Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 4:00 am to
So, you want to be that guy..
Posted by LSU Jax
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 4:31 am to
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Load was Metallica's best album.

Posted by PaulMainieriEmbolism
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 5:06 pm to
I disagree
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2993 posts
Posted on 1/16/22 at 5:25 pm to
Load is easily Metallica’s most adventurous, diverse, and dynamic album, in my view. It’s still a great listen, all these years later. I wish the band had the guts to follow through on what they tapped into during the Load era rather than “selling-out” for real by buckling to fan pressure and “rediscovering their roots” with Death Magnetic and Hardwired, which sound forced to these ears.

Bob Rock got more out of Metallica than Fleming Rasmussen or Rick Rubin ever did.
Posted by KurtSchrute
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 5:33 pm to
I agree with Roman. It's Ride the Lightning
Posted by randybobandy
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Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 7:33 pm to
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was Metallica's best album


Master of Puppets......Justice.... and Lightning are all acceptable answers.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 12:39 am to
I personally like Kill em All
Posted by MaxxPain2
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:26 am to
Posted by TigerRagAndrew
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:48 am to
My vote goes to And Justice For Jason
Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:07 am to
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So, you want to be that guy..






there's always got to be one
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:58 am to
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Load was Metallica's best album.
Solid troll job, but I will support you and say it's not all that trolly. It's obviously popular to shite on Load (see what I did there?) but the truth is, it's spectacular. It runs the gamut from old school Metallica epic (Bleeding Me) to country-influenced James ballad (Mama Said).

In retrospect, I might drop Ain't My Bitch and Cure, but they are still OK.

Ronnie is my favorite and a top 5 for sure.

Thorn Within has another classic James solo.

Until it Sleeps is their best single outside of One.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59494 posts
Posted on 1/17/22 at 11:00 am to
Kill em all, Ride the Lightning, and Masters.

The holy trinity next to the Cult's Love, Electric, Sonic Temple.
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10673 posts
Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:50 pm to
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Until it Sleeps is their best single outside of One.


Load was my first Metallica CD and Until it Sleeps was the reason I got it. A lot of muh first 4 albums fans don't seem to realize how many fans were introduced to Metallica by the Loads and Garage Inc, then worked backwards to discover their 80s stuff. From that I discovered the other thrash bands and metal in general

The reason I bought my first guitar and starting learning to read tab was the solo from The Outlaw Torn. That whole middle section leading up to the solo and James' vocals "and if my face becomes sincere...BEWARE" still gives me chills. I don't know how somebody can like Jump in the Fire more than that monster
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33403 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 12:01 pm to
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The reason I bought my first guitar and starting learning to read tab was the solo from The Outlaw Torn. That whole middle section leading up to the solo and James' vocals "and if my face becomes sincere...BEWARE" still gives me chills. I don't know how somebody can like Jump in the Fire more than that monster


Yeah, he's amazing. If someone had taken the 18 year old Hetfield and told you just 14 short years later he would be crafting songs of that variety, you probably wouldn't have believed it.
Posted by Legba007
Franklin, Tn
Member since Jul 2013
2079 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 1:30 pm to
if they had taken the best songs from Load and Reload and made THAT the album, they would have had a killer album
Posted by idrivethefiretruck
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2016
258 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 1:38 pm to
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I personally like Kill em All



One of my first metal tapes I got in the late 80's. Had "Am I Evil" as the bonus track. I kept that one cassette for close to 30 years until it finally disappeared.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33403 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 4:45 pm to
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if they had taken the best songs from Load and Reload and made THAT the album, they would have had a killer album
Load has 14 songs of which only 2 are arguably iffy - it's plenty good. I will concede that Reload has 1-3 that aren't top shelf, but there is certainly a lot of gold there as well.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2993 posts
Posted on 1/18/22 at 7:17 pm to
I wonder how Reload would have been received had Metallica named it anything else.

“Reload” comes with the notion that those songs were leftovers or second best.
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