Finn, you should probably stop promoting Temu. I’m going to assume you are unaware of the controversy surrounding them. Do yourself some due diligence, watch the video Mutahar did on them 2 months ago. It would be wise not to use them as a sponsor anymore.
@@Highlander2475a whopping .5% of Metallica’s songs have Dave’s cowriting. Here’s my deep dive of Megadeth … Only good years were with Marty Friedman and their best albums (third being several ranks above fourth and the rest) being Youthanasia, Rust in Peace, and Countdown to Extinction in that order. 1. Because the band found glorious anthemic songwriting and Mustaine’s BEST lyrics. Family Tree is truly unlike any other song out there. 2. Obviously, not #1 because Youthanasia has grown on me so much 3. One leg in each of the album before and after, rather extensive and progressive or catchy and pop influenced. The rest is 90%+ of the time really try-hard thrash (which has time and place but C tier - which is S tier right? -, wonkily experimental, or so overdriven by elementary school level of political symbolism that, yeah, if you like it good for you, but even as a political empathizer, I find it drab, and extremely difficult to “Name That Riff” to a given song title. Friedman truly made the band immortal, incorporating shredder elements that no other band has done in a more catchy way, really backing off when it needs to while still thrashing in the cage. Really adds so much atmosphere when he has to as well. Probably the best of any shredder from the 80s. And that’s what you get for saying or heavily implying “Metallica’s discography is technically Megadeth’s.” While I have about the same number of songs (a few albums worth) I like from both groups, at least the songwriting of Metallica is so good that I can name the majority of their discography. Megadeth… eh, you either remember a silly idea “Sleepwalker” or the faint memory of a cool riff (hard to name something you ultimately can’t remember).
"St Anger" was my introduction to Metallica. My uncle heard me listening to it and immediately switched it off, saying that he couldn't let me listen to "Shit Metallica". We went over to his and he put on "Ride the lightning". He was absolutely right to do so.
@@FredrickDouglass69 Don't get me wrong. I still have a soft spot for "St Anger". The lead single is normally one of the first things I download to any new phone but the earlier Metallica stuff I was introduced to that day is better.
I like RtL but I wish James voice was more like master of puppets era. Its crazy how much his voice matured from kill em all to lightning but theres still little bit of that kid energy in his voice which im not a massive fan of. In my alternate dream world we would have all those albums with early 90's Hetfield haha maybe with AI in the future. I probably sound like I'm just splitting hairs here but obviously both kea and rtl are absolute classics and great albums
Thank god for uncles with taste. All my favorite shit came from older family members. Without them, I'd still be listening to Back Street Boys and Nelson.
@@woofspider330 I’m sure he would have ranked it between death magnetic and hardwired. All those three albums are vaguely the same level of mid/ just good
A lot of old "thrash metal" fans will dislike Load/Reload, but both albums have songs that are legitimately beloved by almost the entire fanbase. Fuel and The Memory Remains for example have been staples of their setlist for 25 years straight. I still enjoy both those albums a lot.
@@luke5100 Metallica is my favourite band of all time (though I rarely listen to them anymore) and Reload was released just around the peak of my love for them so I loved it straight out of the gate, but yeah, it's a bit of a dumb song. Still a banger though.
I liked Fuel at first, but I'm kind of sick of it. There are better songs on Re-Load. My biggest issue with Re-load is some of the terrible songs on there. There are great songs on both albums. They should have just cut the bad ones and made them one album. I think people's biggest problem is them cutting their hair short. That is cringe no matter how you look at it. It's fine if 1 or 2 prefer short hair, but all of them doing it together was just weird. Obviously James wears his hair short now days, but Kirk prefers his long.
Watched this entire video to hear his take on the newest albums and he left it out. Once he said Master of Puppets I was like “oh shit, he thinks 72 Seasons is better than this?!?!” 😅😂
I didn't care for any of the last 2 albums. I gave them a good college try, they didn't do it for me. They are average at best. I'd rather listen to St. Anger. Serious.
@@jimmym3352music is subjective and opinions are like assholes everyone has one. Everything from death magnetic till now blows away st anger but like I said music is subjective.
Next up: The AC/DC discography. The video will be 7 hours long just to rank every album as "it's not bad if I'm sitting in a dive bar or working on my Harley."
One of my favorite things about St. Anger is the remix video where he just says "Fran-tic-tic-tic-tic', but never says tock. Genuinely better than the entirety of that album.
Context is key. Kill Em All came out in ‘83. You don’t get a lot of that other stuff in the late 80’s without it and Ride The Lightning. Theres a reason that and Master of Puppets are consistently ranked in the top 10 metal albums of all time.
Meh, I dunno about this. You had Slayer's debut a few months later and Motorhead and Venom's influence was already spreading far and wide. I'm not sure many thrash bands were solely influenced by Metallica.
What can I say? Get that bag Finn?! Even if it's a video sponsor ad read for a Chinese slave labor created products re-sale site. I understand in the end money is money, but if I could choose, I wouldn't buy my fiancee a blood diamond ring. That's me though. What's more surprising is that your wife doesn't mind you promoting Temu? Will your next video be sponsored by Rio Tinto, BP or Pfizer? Poppa needs a new pair of Vans!
I first saw Metallica June 1988, and this was their setlist. The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone cover) Creeping Death For Whom the Bell Tolls Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Harvester of Sorrow Whiplash Fade to Black Seek & Destroy Master of Puppets Encore: Last Caress (Misfits cover) Am I Evil? (Diamond Head cover) Battery
@@atvena Blackened and One were part of “And Justice for All”, which was released in Aug 1988, after I saw them. Maybe they felt they had enough from “Kill ‘Em All (83), Ride the Lightning (84) and Master of Puppets (86).
@@atvena Son of beetch…. Also from the same album. Maybe they didn’t want to have too many new/ not officially released songs at the concert. I was 17 at the time and it was an awesome show.
The amount of friends that use it is crazy, I've warned them and tried to get them to actual do some research on it but they are like......ohhhhh look cheap
Load was actually my first “metal” (let alone Metallica) album, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. I was 17 when I bought it in early 2000, and while it took a couple listens for me to get into it, I eventually grew to love it. I remember being really surprised when I later found out about the enormous backlash the album got upon release. Which I agree was pretty unfair in hindsight (and very of-its-time - I don’t think an album like Load would be as controversial/hated if it were released today), but it’s also probably a “you have to have been there to really understand it” thing. Fortunately, hatred for the album definitely seems to have died down. And those who dislike it now seem to dislike it more for the quality of the music itself than for superficial/unrelated factors like the band’s haircuts or change in music stylings. Sorry for the long comment!
Learning that Anthrax agrees with you on something musical must be like learning that you have one niche political stance in common with Hitler. Like, yikes, better re-evaluate that one...
Death Magnetic is so underrated. The songwriting actually sounds like they put effort in (tsk tsk 72S), and even though the mix can be literally painful, isn’t metal supposed to be rough around the edges?
That album came out while I was in middle school and was my first real exposure to Metallica and heavy metal. I absolutely adore that album since it got me down to rabbit hole of older Metallica and more metal music I never would’ve found if not for that album. Putting my nostalgia aside, sadly I think by the time that album came out many people had already given up on metallica and they were just a legacy by that point
For real. I'm not a Metallica fan, but I listened through St. Anger to see what was actually going on, and the main riff of The Unnamed Feeling is so simple but feels so good. I recorded St. Anger with shorter songs and better production. The Unnamed Feeling still bangs, but so does the rest of the album now. St. [b]Anger available on my channel now. XD
I actually consider St. Anger a return to their thrash roots. I'm one of the few who like it. I was just glad they got heavy again even if the sound quality was shiite. I really hated them putting out songs like "I disappear" which is just cringe, I was glad they went away from the sell out route with St. Anger. But they definitely made some mistakes.
I think Ride the Lightning is a bit easier to listen through no skip than Master of Puppets but the best songs on Master are slightly better Ride. …And Justice for All has that tone and Lar’s best drumming. Three way tie for me
I mostly agree and see what james was going for with the guitar tone but the album sounds really bad imo and a lot of people especially today feel that way. Andy K (sp?) and others have done good remixes on RUclips. I cant listen, it sounds so empty. A good live mix is better
@@connormaloney2180 I understand there is always variation in opinion. For me, I skip Battery, Sanitarium, Orion, and Damage. I knew this sounds like an odd mix but they don’t do it for me. I never slip Escape on Ride because I actually like the song.
@@connormaloney2180 I understand there is always variation in opinion. For me, I skip Battery, Sanitarium, Orion, and Damage. I knew this sounds like an odd mix but they don’t do it for me. I never slip Escape on Ride because I actually like the song.
Thank you for including the Garage days ep! That was where I got in to them…it’s my sister’s only Metallica album she likes😂😂😂 It really should be treated as an album, any Thrasher back in the day had to have this tape😂
If you took the best songs from Load and Reload - It would honestly be a great album. King nothing and Until it sleeps are one of my fav Metallica songs ever.
That's actually two songs genius. I'm guessing from the number of grammatical errors you made in a single sentence that you're a product of the public school system. I'd wager you probably didn't do very well either.
Holy cow, I’ve been listening to Death Magnetic since its release (and it’s my favourite from their 2000s albums) but your description of the front cover cannot be unseen now. 😱
@@Soldano999 always saw it as an image of a coffin being buried surrounded by a magnetic field (particles). Apparently the album started as a tribute to music stars who have passed like Layne Staley. Hetfield also explained in an interview: “Thinking about death…just like a magnet, some people are drawn towards it, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away.”
So I just spent the whole morning at work listening to thrash metal albums. I went through Megadeth, Testament, Exodus, Anthrax, Slayer, Sepultura, and Ride the Lightning. As much as I like a ton of thrash bands, Metallica’s albums are just so distinctively a step above. They have powerful ballads about war and loss and insanity, adding some real variety as opposed to just fast riffs every song. Also, they were one of the earlier thrash bands like it or not. Kill ‘Em All is a top notch album and it was 1983. And some hard riffs that still get me to this day. I love the riffs on Creeping Death every time I hear it. After Justice it was kind of all over but their 80s albums are just unmatched I think. Megadeth is a close contender but they never had the songwriting of Metallica.
You didn't include their newest album, witch is actually quite good. I think when talking about Metallica, I take into account that they have always evolved, never been afraid to take the risk, and I can respect that. Yes, what they came out with isn't going to be a fit for any one audience, and that's the big challenge with them. Plus, you have to remember, they are a live band, and the quality of their live performances are good enough to carry them through whatever album they put out because they make their entire fan base happy with their live set.
Check out the version of the album I uploaded to my channel. Re-recorded the whole album but shortened the songs and updated the production. Album slaps cuz the riffs are dope.
Metallica are not the heaviest band out there, but you’ll have to find a really strong argument against their songwriting, because I believe they are THE best songwriters in metal, at least for their first 5 albums. Unlike a lot of the other metal bands of their era, they showed a clear evolution in sound, musicianship, and ambition from Kill ‘Em’ All all the way up to …and Justice for all. Seeing them go from a pretty foundational yet standard hardcore/trash band to making 10-minute long borderline prog songs is astounding, however this wouldn’t be without their songwriting and of course Cliff Burton, who introduced the band to a lot of musical theory. You can shit on this band all you want, but there is no denying that they left an indelible impact on not just metal, but music. And to piss off all you Megadeth fans, I think Metallica kicks the shit out of Megadeth in the songwriting department.
And Justice For All is def my fav Metallica. I’m glad you put them above Master and Ride the Lightning. I don’t understand why they never went back and remastered it and turned the bass up though.
the Bob Rock albums weren't a total loss. As a 90s kid, who never quite got into Grunge and Britpop because I found it to be whiny druggie music played by less talented musicians, Metallica's output in the 90s (Black, Load, ReLoad, Garage Inc) was just the right level of heavy for a growing boy with an evolving appreciation for metal. Kind of like "metal baby food". Without these "terrible" 90s albums, I never would have explored their earlier stuff or more old school metal bands.
@luke5100 I agree and yes, I did go back to listen to alt rock and thoroughly enjoyed it. Grunge definitely, Britpop not so much. Mind you, I was just a kid and probably not allowed to listen to any of this but thankfully I had really cool uncles who, in between their drug habits, let me listen to their music collection. 😂🤣
You know what? In all my years of being a huge Metallica fan when I was a Metal noob in 6th grade and the Black Album being the first album I bought. I was not even fully aware that it was THE notorious “black album” because I wasn’t aware that it was actually just a self titled album and everyone called it the black album after the fact. And though I haven’t really been into them for the better part of the last 15-20 years I certainly listened to the entirety of their discography enough times for a lifetime. I fell off after Death Magnetic because I finally grew up after High School lol. But point being, in ALL THIS TIME!!! I never noticed the Black Album really is a FLAWLESSLY MIXED album! Bob Rock for as much of a goober as he is and how meh everything after it was… earned his paycheck with that album alone.
Why do people think you have to "grow up" or "move on" from Metallica as if you cant enjoy their shit past a certain age which imo is ridiculous. I saw them in st louis in November and it was packed and such a badass show I seen people from children to 75 years old and everyone in between and everyone was loving it. It's trendy to hate on Metallica or demean people for like Metallica as if they're somehow "metal noobs" because they like Metallica. They're so popular that the metal gate keepers 0 in on them and their fans. This is just my .02 being a 40 year old guy who first got into them in 1991 with the black album when I was 8.
You gotta see them live. Saw them last year. Small venue for fundraiser consent at Microsoft theater. Greta Van Fleet (sp?) opened. All dressed up like Freddy Mercury or some glam rock stars. Freaking James and the boys get up there in black jeans, T shirts and vans and converse on and just absolutely KILL it.
St Anger is like Star Wars The Phantom Menace. Not good absolutely despised by the oldheads but has a growing number of people who it was their first actually like it
Death magnetic came out when I was just getting into Metallica and metal in general, so I have that nostalgia factor with it. I wish I never heard someone say the mix is ass because I never noticed before lol
As a 15 year old kid who first discovered Metallica by chance at my local record store in 1984, the only albums I listen to are the first three. Cliff and Dave were the reasons this band WAS good
I've listened to the online fan remixes with extra bass on AJFA and it sounds fine. But it's not what I grew up with. The original mix is what it is and I love it.
Change the snare and add some solos to the album and St.anger would be fine. I've never minded it. I like it better than the last couple albums honestly 🤷♂️
Finn , the same producer that mastered the black album also did dr feelgood, same powerhouse and as far as sound I place it above black album. Also, props for and justice for all and the ranking it got, I was also in 6th grade when it dropped and i was addicted to it’s tinny sound ❤
"Frantic" is the one aong from St. Anger that I like, despite all the issue with that album (tin can snare). But I agree with everything said in this video, except I would put Master of Puppets neck and neck with Black album and Ride the Lightning at number 3. Kudos to doing a great review, despite not being a fan, because I would say I am a fan up to the Black album and I co-sign this review.
Death Magnetic was way better downloading the guitar hero mix. Haha. Although, I think when your 5 and 6 year old's are rocking out to Battery, and most bizarrely I get told to turn up Orion it was crazy haha. But when I started playing electric guitar, I became essentially a blues guitarist due to learning at Reload and Load... but I love that groove
Either this was recorded before 72 Seasons or forgot about it. 72 is a better more polished continuation of Hardwired and made clearly with their live show in mind as the songs they've played live so far fit flawlessly. As for Load/Reload it's really a product of its time. You take the best songs from both and combine them into one album and you would get a top 4-5 Metallica album
I remember when Lil Wayne and Eminem released the song “drop the world” after Wayne got outta prison for gun possession. I was like 9 or 10 and I remember being scared of Wayne. Knowing he got arrested for a gun that could kill people. I was terrified of him 😂😂😂 like Billie and Eminem
The thing that kills me with st anger is in the documentary watching them write the lyrics by committee. Just rhyming stuff that doesn’t even have a story behind it.
I'm kinda looking forward to that James Hetfield's Nitro Burnin' Funny Car Garage.. maybe it will give Counting Cars, American Restorators and Auction Kings a run for their money
Your comment about Metallica fans back in the day is dead on accurate. I was in 8th grade and was just getting really into them when Justice came out. There was this total burn out on my bus that looked EXACTLY like Malachi from Children of the Corn. He was sitting in the last seat on the school bus huffing rubber cement and jamming Blackened on his boom box. He looked at me and said " See your mother ... put to death.. See your mother DIE !! THINK ABOUT IT MAN!?" that shit will never leave me hahaha
I was a thrash fanatic in the '80's. Metallica were as heavy as anything else when they came out. They had a power that was incomparable. There key have been more brutal stuff, but Metallica tapped into something that few could match. It had a mystique that went beyond merely having a crunchy Marshall sound. Also, GREAT analysis of the Black album.
''St.Anger is bad, Fuel is cringe, Temu sponsor, Who even listens to Metallica for lyrics?'' Boy I know you warned us about your opinions being wrong and terrible but this is straight up AI generated war crime opinions.
I find it interesting you chose the Black album as #1 being a thrash fan. No thrash in Black and dropped their tuning down a notch. Think they were trying to compensate slower lazy tempo tunes with heavier guitar keys. Black is when Metallica sold its thrash soul for next level production and world fame.
I can accept & comprehend this list, I guess most people feel the same but I don't. My list (from best to worst): 1. Ride the lightning 2. Kill ' em all 3. Master of puppets Here is a little gap. 4. ...and Justice for all 5. Garage days 6. Black album HERE IS A BIG GAP 7. Load 8. Garage days re revisited 9. St. Anger 10. Lulu 11. Reload 12. Hardwired to self destruct 13. 72 Seasons 14. Death Magnetic 15. S & M Kill ' em and Ride were raw, that' s what appeals to me. The first three Cliff Burton ones are essentiell, perfect harmony in a way. Load/reload/St.Anger/Lulu are experimental ones, underrated in my opinion. I understand, why the majority dislike em, but...I just feel different about it. They are not the best, but interesting ones. To me. "The view" has one of Metallicas best riffs since years, it would fit on Garage days in my opinion. Death Magnetic bores me in comparison, it was the first time Metallica repeated themselves (it sounds like mediocre songs between load/Justice/Black album). Hardwired and 72 Seasons are listenable ok sound alike albums. S&M sounds like the band against orchestra. I am not a millenial, I am pretty old, like 45 years and I got into Metallica with the black album. I would rank the Big 4 like this btw Metallica Megadeth Slayer HERE IS A BIG GAP Anthrax (I really like 'em, but by far not so much as the other three).
Metallica has kinda always had a problem with mixing the bass too low. They even wrote on their first demo in parentheses "Turn down bass on amp", before they had the equipment to do it themselves. This is mostly on Lars, he thinks that turning down the bass makes his drums sound better. Jason Newstead said that when he was auditioning he needed to listen to live recordings of Metallica playing to even be able to hear what Cliff was playing.
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Piss off load is great always was and I'm your generation speaking st anger is my least favorite and lulu is shit load is great and reload is okay
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Finn, you should probably stop promoting Temu. I’m going to assume you are unaware of the controversy surrounding them. Do yourself some due diligence, watch the video Mutahar did on them 2 months ago. It would be wise not to use them as a sponsor anymore.
If there is a megadeth deep dive, I will name my first son after Finn.
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i second this
Bro, I hate to break it to you.... this kinda IS a Mega death deep dive.
@@Highlander2475a whopping .5% of Metallica’s songs have Dave’s cowriting.
Here’s my deep dive of Megadeth
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Only good years were with Marty Friedman and their best albums (third being several ranks above fourth and the rest) being Youthanasia, Rust in Peace, and Countdown to Extinction in that order.
1. Because the band found glorious anthemic songwriting and Mustaine’s BEST lyrics. Family Tree is truly unlike any other song out there.
2. Obviously, not #1 because Youthanasia has grown on me so much
3. One leg in each of the album before and after, rather extensive and progressive or catchy and pop influenced.
The rest is 90%+ of the time really try-hard thrash (which has time and place but C tier - which is S tier right? -, wonkily experimental, or so overdriven by elementary school level of political symbolism that, yeah, if you like it good for you, but even as a political empathizer, I find it drab, and extremely difficult to “Name That Riff” to a given song title.
Friedman truly made the band immortal, incorporating shredder elements that no other band has done in a more catchy way, really backing off when it needs to while still thrashing in the cage. Really adds so much atmosphere when he has to as well. Probably the best of any shredder from the 80s.
And that’s what you get for saying or heavily implying “Metallica’s discography is technically Megadeth’s.” While I have about the same number of songs (a few albums worth) I like from both groups, at least the songwriting of Metallica is so good that I can name the majority of their discography. Megadeth… eh, you either remember a silly idea “Sleepwalker” or the faint memory of a cool riff (hard to name something you ultimately can’t remember).
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"St Anger" was my introduction to Metallica. My uncle heard me listening to it and immediately switched it off, saying that he couldn't let me listen to "Shit Metallica". We went over to his and he put on "Ride the lightning". He was absolutely right to do so.
I loved St Anger. 2nd best album after the one with all the White Crosses
@@FredrickDouglass69 Don't get me wrong. I still have a soft spot for "St Anger". The lead single is normally one of the first things I download to any new phone but the earlier Metallica stuff I was introduced to that day is better.
I like RtL but I wish James voice was more like master of puppets era. Its crazy how much his voice matured from kill em all to lightning but theres still little bit of that kid energy in his voice which im not a massive fan of. In my alternate dream world we would have all those albums with early 90's Hetfield haha maybe with AI in the future.
I probably sound like I'm just splitting hairs here but obviously both kea and rtl are absolute classics and great albums
@@FredrickDouglass69 😄Good one! I get the joke!
Thank god for uncles with taste. All my favorite shit came from older family members. Without them, I'd still be listening to Back Street Boys and Nelson.
Metallica was never the heaviest thrash band, but I think we can agree they were among the better songwriters of the entire genre.
Well thats the whole point innit???
Because of Cliff.
@@i_want_my_shuggah Cliff was never their main songwriter.
Ride the Lightning has some impressive songwriting for a group of 20 year olds
They ain’t thrash and ain’t been for decades .
We need A7X ranked next
I think it will go very similar to what we just witnessed.
Yes!
@@woofspider330 I’m sure he would have ranked it between death magnetic and hardwired. All those three albums are vaguely the same level of mid/ just good
Whole discography is great, probably because it’s all so different
Everything after Waking the Fallen is dogshit
A lot of old "thrash metal" fans will dislike Load/Reload, but both albums have songs that are legitimately beloved by almost the entire fanbase. Fuel and The Memory Remains for example have been staples of their setlist for 25 years straight. I still enjoy both those albums a lot.
@@luke5100 Metallica is my favourite band of all time (though I rarely listen to them anymore) and Reload was released just around the peak of my love for them so I loved it straight out of the gate, but yeah, it's a bit of a dumb song. Still a banger though.
As a big grunge and alt rock/metal fan I really like Load and Reload.
Load is in my top 5 Metallica albums. I love it. King Nothing is one of their best songs.
Load and ReLoad have some really good songs, but too much filler on both which makes them not amazing overall
I liked Fuel at first, but I'm kind of sick of it. There are better songs on Re-Load. My biggest issue with Re-load is some of the terrible songs on there. There are great songs on both albums. They should have just cut the bad ones and made them one album.
I think people's biggest problem is them cutting their hair short. That is cringe no matter how you look at it. It's fine if 1 or 2 prefer short hair, but all of them doing it together was just weird. Obviously James wears his hair short now days, but Kirk prefers his long.
Load and Reload are legit great albums. Great song writing, great hooks.
100%
And many b-sides material filler that unnecessarily weigh it down.
Bleeding Me is top tier Metallica
These 2 albums are the shit! I’ll die on that hill!!
@@HotStrangeikr i love that song
Watched this entire video to hear his take on the newest albums and he left it out. Once he said Master of Puppets I was like “oh shit, he thinks 72 Seasons is better than this?!?!” 😅😂
I was thinking this exact same thing. I wonder if he recorded this before that album came out? And only released it now
Oh so he didn't mention 72 seasons? I thought i was trippin and somehow missed it
I didn't care for any of the last 2 albums. I gave them a good college try, they didn't do it for me. They are average at best. I'd rather listen to St. Anger. Serious.
@@jimmym3352music is subjective and opinions are like assholes everyone has one. Everything from death magnetic till now blows away st anger but like I said music is subjective.
72 Seasons is my go to album for my long runs. Good energy, no ballads, and I can simply press play and go.
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This needs to be on a t-shirt with a trashcan and a pair of drumsticks
Next up: The AC/DC discography. The video will be 7 hours long just to rank every album as "it's not bad if I'm sitting in a dive bar or working on my Harley."
There's Back in Black and then there's the rest. The end.
One of my favorite things about St. Anger is the remix video where he just says "Fran-tic-tic-tic-tic', but never says tock. Genuinely better than the entirety of that album.
Context is key. Kill Em All came out in ‘83. You don’t get a lot of that other stuff in the late 80’s without it and Ride The Lightning. Theres a reason that and Master of Puppets are consistently ranked in the top 10 metal albums of all time.
Meh, I dunno about this. You had Slayer's debut a few months later and Motorhead and Venom's influence was already spreading far and wide. I'm not sure many thrash bands were solely influenced by Metallica.
Dude, you accepted a Temu sponsor?...
For a constant virtue signaler I was very surprised. Isn’t temu shamelessly some sweatshop operation?
What can I say? Get that bag Finn?! Even if it's a video sponsor ad read for a Chinese slave labor created products re-sale site. I understand in the end money is money, but if I could choose, I wouldn't buy my fiancee a blood diamond ring. That's me though. What's more surprising is that your wife doesn't mind you promoting Temu? Will your next video be sponsored by Rio Tinto, BP or Pfizer? Poppa needs a new pair of Vans!
I first saw Metallica June 1988, and this was their setlist.
The Ecstasy of Gold
(Ennio Morricone cover)
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Harvester of Sorrow
Whiplash
Fade to Black
Seek & Destroy
Master of Puppets
Encore:
Last Caress
(Misfits cover)
Am I Evil?
(Diamond Head cover)
Battery
When they were good.
No blackened or one ?
@@atvena Blackened and One were part of “And Justice for All”, which was released in Aug 1988, after I saw them. Maybe they felt they had enough from “Kill ‘Em All (83), Ride the Lightning (84) and Master of Puppets (86).
@@tdsollog so do you not know what album harvester of sorrow is from ?
@@atvena Son of beetch…. Also from the same album.
Maybe they didn’t want to have too many new/ not officially released songs at the concert.
I was 17 at the time and it was an awesome show.
NOOOO TEMU GOT ANOTHER ONE 😢😢
I am shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
The amount of friends that use it is crazy, I've warned them and tried to get them to actual do some research on it but they are like......ohhhhh look cheap
Shocked that there was no reference to Metallica's lone country song off Load - Mama Said
Especially considering it had a single release
Since Finn is an admitted big 311 fan, I would be really interested in his ranking.
Load was actually my first “metal” (let alone Metallica) album, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. I was 17 when I bought it in early 2000, and while it took a couple listens for me to get into it, I eventually grew to love it.
I remember being really surprised when I later found out about the enormous backlash the album got upon release. Which I agree was pretty unfair in hindsight (and very of-its-time - I don’t think an album like Load would be as controversial/hated if it were released today), but it’s also probably a “you have to have been there to really understand it” thing.
Fortunately, hatred for the album definitely seems to have died down. And those who dislike it now seem to dislike it more for the quality of the music itself than for superficial/unrelated factors like the band’s haircuts or change in music stylings.
Sorry for the long comment!
In an interview Anthrax guitarist described their approach to bass. Turn the volume down until you barely hear it and then turn it down again by half.
Learning that Anthrax agrees with you on something musical must be like learning that you have one niche political stance in common with Hitler. Like, yikes, better re-evaluate that one...
@@ChrisStoneinator Justice for dan lilker!
Death Magnetic is so underrated. The songwriting actually sounds like they put effort in (tsk tsk 72S), and even though the mix can be literally painful, isn’t metal supposed to be rough around the edges?
That album has some bangers on it. That was just your life as a concert intro is probably there best
That album came out while I was in middle school and was my first real exposure to Metallica and heavy metal. I absolutely adore that album since it got me down to rabbit hole of older Metallica and more metal music I never would’ve found if not for that album.
Putting my nostalgia aside, sadly I think by the time that album came out many people had already given up on metallica and they were just a legacy by that point
All Nightmare Long is one of my faves.
My Apocalypse is brilliant. A great way to end that album.
Oh hell yeah, brother! Starting right off with the Ja Rule collab! Right into I AM THE TABLE! Gold 😂
I like all of their "bad" albums and The Unnamed Feeling is one of their best songs.
Fite me.
Not a fan of St Anger, but The Unnamed Feeling is an absolute classic banger. Fantastic track.
Bro you can't even spell fight 😂
@@nemesis8626 First day on the internet?
For real. I'm not a Metallica fan, but I listened through St. Anger to see what was actually going on, and the main riff of The Unnamed Feeling is so simple but feels so good. I recorded St. Anger with shorter songs and better production. The Unnamed Feeling still bangs, but so does the rest of the album now. St. [b]Anger available on my channel now. XD
I actually consider St. Anger a return to their thrash roots. I'm one of the few who like it. I was just glad they got heavy again even if the sound quality was shiite. I really hated them putting out songs like "I disappear" which is just cringe, I was glad they went away from the sell out route with St. Anger. But they definitely made some mistakes.
"Lifelong metalhead listens tp metallica for the first time"
did i miss the part where you said you werent gonna talk about 72 seasons lol?
Finn why did you leave 72 Seasons?
Except for the snare, the song St Anger is fucking awesome. I prefer the live versions
I think Ride the Lightning is a bit easier to listen through no skip than Master of Puppets but the best songs on Master are slightly better Ride. …And Justice for All has that tone and Lar’s best drumming. Three way tie for me
I mostly agree and see what james was going for with the guitar tone but the album sounds really bad imo and a lot of people especially today feel that way. Andy K (sp?) and others have done good remixes on RUclips. I cant listen, it sounds so empty. A good live mix is better
I actually feel the opposite way about Lightning and Puppets
@@connormaloney2180 I understand there is always variation in opinion. For me, I skip Battery, Sanitarium, Orion, and Damage. I knew this sounds like an odd mix but they don’t do it for me. I never slip Escape on Ride because I actually like the song.
@@connormaloney2180 I understand there is always variation in opinion. For me, I skip Battery, Sanitarium, Orion, and Damage. I knew this sounds like an odd mix but they don’t do it for me. I never slip Escape on Ride because I actually like the song.
AJFA is my favorite . The guitar tone and the overall mix (appart from the lack of bass) fits perfectly the era and the album IMO.
i think the mix on justice suits the subject matter of the album perfectly
Thank you for including the Garage days ep! That was where I got in to them…it’s my sister’s only Metallica album she likes😂😂😂
It really should be treated as an album, any Thrasher back in the day had to have this tape😂
27:20 literally as soon as I saw the corner of the video before it was played, I immediately knew what it was. That video is a certified hood classic
If you took the best songs from Load and Reload - It would honestly be a great album. King nothing and Until it sleeps are one of my fav Metallica songs ever.
That's actually two songs genius. I'm guessing from the number of grammatical errors you made in a single sentence that you're a product of the public school system. I'd wager you probably didn't do very well either.
@@travellinmike4333 I appreciate your input. English is my third language.
Holy cow, I’ve been listening to Death Magnetic since its release (and it’s my favourite from their 2000s albums) but your description of the front cover cannot be unseen now. 😱
What did you think it was ?
@@Soldano999 always saw it as an image of a coffin being buried surrounded by a magnetic field (particles). Apparently the album started as a tribute to music stars who have passed like Layne Staley. Hetfield also explained in an interview: “Thinking about death…just like a magnet, some people are drawn towards it, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away.”
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So I just spent the whole morning at work listening to thrash metal albums. I went through Megadeth, Testament, Exodus, Anthrax, Slayer, Sepultura, and Ride the Lightning. As much as I like a ton of thrash bands, Metallica’s albums are just so distinctively a step above. They have powerful ballads about war and loss and insanity, adding some real variety as opposed to just fast riffs every song. Also, they were one of the earlier thrash bands like it or not. Kill ‘Em All is a top notch album and it was 1983. And some hard riffs that still get me to this day. I love the riffs on Creeping Death every time I hear it. After Justice it was kind of all over but their 80s albums are just unmatched I think. Megadeth is a close contender but they never had the songwriting of Metallica.
You didn't include their newest album, witch is actually quite good.
I think when talking about Metallica, I take into account that they have always evolved, never been afraid to take the risk, and I can respect that. Yes, what they came out with isn't going to be a fit for any one audience, and that's the big challenge with them.
Plus, you have to remember, they are a live band, and the quality of their live performances are good enough to carry them through whatever album they put out because they make their entire fan base happy with their live set.
Yea i noticed that see well. I even checked when this video was made. I wonder why?
Its because their newish one is absolutely shit
@@allanallan4791it's not their best, but definitely better than St. Anger for example.
I fuckin lost it at "NEXT ON JAMES HETFIELD'S NITRO BURNIN FUNNY CAR GARAGE"
love this video! maybe you can do this for stuff like pantera or sepultura as well!
Yep i did one for pantera!
@@FinnMckentyPRMBAoh cool thanks!
Dude. I was a painter and I probably listened to Kill Em All while painting your house one time!
“Give burger fries and soda on the side”
"Gimme juice, side of fries and a burger from "Five Guys!"
"Technically, it's a cover of Kid Rock." - I died. lol.
Unironically love St. Anger, used to listen to it front to back playing Gears of War 1 on the 360
Exactly. It’s my 2nd favourite album of theirs. These boomers need to GTFO
Check out the version of the album I uploaded to my channel. Re-recorded the whole album but shortened the songs and updated the production. Album slaps cuz the riffs are dope.
@mshea_audio ST. [B]ANGER! LMAOOO love it
@@DkGando Well I ain't lying, it is a banger. XD
When you were talking about the kids witn the metallica shirts it brought me back. I was the same way
Forgot 72 Seasons. Probably mid tier though. I have yet to actually make it through that entire album because it’s pretty meh in my opinion.
The Temu sponsorship is alarming considering that company's track record
Metallica are not the heaviest band out there, but you’ll have to find a really strong argument against their songwriting, because I believe they are THE best songwriters in metal, at least for their first 5 albums. Unlike a lot of the other metal bands of their era, they showed a clear evolution in sound, musicianship, and ambition from Kill ‘Em’ All all the way up to …and Justice for all. Seeing them go from a pretty foundational yet standard hardcore/trash band to making 10-minute long borderline prog songs is astounding, however this wouldn’t be without their songwriting and of course Cliff Burton, who introduced the band to a lot of musical theory. You can shit on this band all you want, but there is no denying that they left an indelible impact on not just metal, but music. And to piss off all you Megadeth fans, I think Metallica kicks the shit out of Megadeth in the songwriting department.
And Justice For All is def my fav Metallica. I’m glad you put them above Master and Ride the Lightning. I don’t understand why they never went back and remastered it and turned the bass up though.
Your funniest video yet! I mean satirical TEMU ad followed by an algorithm trigger >
Excellent ranking. My favorite is ... And Justice for All, though I only listen to the ... And Justice for Jason, where the bass can be heard.
Where do you put “72 Seasons”? Their latest album.
You really need to do an entire episode wearing that temu outfit
the Bob Rock albums weren't a total loss. As a 90s kid, who never quite got into Grunge and Britpop because I found it to be whiny druggie music played by less talented musicians, Metallica's output in the 90s (Black, Load, ReLoad, Garage Inc) was just the right level of heavy for a growing boy with an evolving appreciation for metal. Kind of like "metal baby food". Without these "terrible" 90s albums, I never would have explored their earlier stuff or more old school metal bands.
@luke5100 I agree and yes, I did go back to listen to alt rock and thoroughly enjoyed it. Grunge definitely, Britpop not so much. Mind you, I was just a kid and probably not allowed to listen to any of this but thankfully I had really cool uncles who, in between their drug habits, let me listen to their music collection. 😂🤣
And justice for all my favorite(remastered version).🎉
He forgot about 72 seasons. To be fair, so did everyone else.
Did Finn include the new album?
You know what? In all my years of being a huge Metallica fan when I was a Metal noob in 6th grade and the Black Album being the first album I bought. I was not even fully aware that it was THE notorious “black album” because I wasn’t aware that it was actually just a self titled album and everyone called it the black album after the fact. And though I haven’t really been into them for the better part of the last 15-20 years I certainly listened to the entirety of their discography enough times for a lifetime. I fell off after Death Magnetic because I finally grew up after High School lol. But point being, in ALL THIS TIME!!! I never noticed the Black Album really is a FLAWLESSLY MIXED album! Bob Rock for as much of a goober as he is and how meh everything after it was… earned his paycheck with that album alone.
Why do people think you have to "grow up" or "move on" from Metallica as if you cant enjoy their shit past a certain age which imo is ridiculous. I saw them in st louis in November and it was packed and such a badass show I seen people from children to 75 years old and everyone in between and everyone was loving it. It's trendy to hate on Metallica or demean people for like Metallica as if they're somehow "metal noobs" because they like Metallica. They're so popular that the metal gate keepers 0 in on them and their fans. This is just my .02 being a 40 year old guy who first got into them in 1991 with the black album when I was 8.
@@midnight347 facts, no matter how much people cope no metal album comes close to Puppets and Justice, they're the kings for a reason
You gotta see them live. Saw them last year. Small venue for fundraiser consent at Microsoft theater. Greta Van Fleet (sp?) opened. All dressed up like Freddy Mercury or some glam rock stars. Freaking James and the boys get up there in black jeans, T shirts and vans and converse on and just absolutely KILL it.
St Anger is like Star Wars The Phantom Menace. Not good absolutely despised by the oldheads but has a growing number of people who it was their first actually like it
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Death Magnetic is the best Metallica album
What happened to 72 Seasons?? I didn’t see it in the ranking
Do In Flames next
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could you make a ranking of slayer’s discography please? really curious to see your opinion on it
Death magnetic came out when I was just getting into Metallica and metal in general, so I have that nostalgia factor with it. I wish I never heard someone say the mix is ass because I never noticed before lol
Ive never seen Finn jam to a song this happy. Thank you.
As a 15 year old kid who first discovered Metallica by chance at my local record store in 1984, the only albums I listen to are the first three. Cliff and Dave were the reasons this band WAS good
Yes
Wrong. But I'm sure you're used to that. Being wrong.
@@danielhudson5186 Clever 🙄
As a man once screamed aggressively at 14 year old me “Justice is the Bible mannnnn”
I've listened to the online fan remixes with extra bass on AJFA and it sounds fine. But it's not what I grew up with. The original mix is what it is and I love it.
6:51 The switch up is fire 🔥 lmfao c’mon Finn cut it the fuck out dewd 😂
Change the snare and add some solos to the album and St.anger would be fine. I've never minded it. I like it better than the last couple albums honestly 🤷♂️
TEMU sucks ass. Bad idea bro.
I saw Metallica and Pantera a few months back. Until that point, I didn't realize that a large number of people actually like Fuel lmao.
Finn , the same producer that mastered the black album also did dr feelgood, same powerhouse and as far as sound I place it above black album. Also, props for and justice for all and the ranking it got, I was also in 6th grade when it dropped and i was addicted to it’s tinny sound ❤
"Frantic" is the one aong from St. Anger that I like, despite all the issue with that album (tin can snare). But I agree with everything said in this video, except I would put Master of Puppets neck and neck with Black album and Ride the Lightning at number 3.
Kudos to doing a great review, despite not being a fan, because I would say I am a fan up to the Black album and I co-sign this review.
I like this video, you should do these more often😊😊
The way you credit german thrash ♥
How did you not play "the day that never comes" for death magnetic and "moth into flame" for hardwired to destruct
Load/Reload suffered from the Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 syndrome. They should have been condensed down to one solid ass album.
Death Magnetic was way better downloading the guitar hero mix. Haha.
Although, I think when your 5 and 6 year old's are rocking out to Battery, and most bizarrely I get told to turn up Orion it was crazy haha.
But when I started playing electric guitar, I became essentially a blues guitarist due to learning at Reload and Load... but I love that groove
St. Anger is Metallica’s best album, and I’ll defend that to my grave.
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congratulations on having objectively trash taste
@@_Mike.85 thank you.
You're wrong lol but at least you stand by your opinion. Respect for that
Father of all... is the best Green Day album, definitely
Um actually fun fact metallica Dedicated Fuel with Nascar in mind at the time but the song is still a banger and a classic.
Lou Reed was old and dying, and I think they basically reached out as a favor to help in out in his last days. I respect it
Either this was recorded before 72 Seasons or forgot about it. 72 is a better more polished continuation of Hardwired and made clearly with their live show in mind as the songs they've played live so far fit flawlessly.
As for Load/Reload it's really a product of its time. You take the best songs from both and combine them into one album and you would get a top 4-5 Metallica album
I remember when Lil Wayne and Eminem released the song “drop the world” after Wayne got outta prison for gun possession. I was like 9 or 10 and I remember being scared of Wayne. Knowing he got arrested for a gun that could kill people. I was terrified of him 😂😂😂 like Billie and Eminem
The thing that kills me with st anger is in the documentary watching them write the lyrics by committee. Just rhyming stuff that doesn’t even have a story behind it.
My dude, Fuel fucking slaps haha
The way you hung on Creator I legit thought you were gonna say Creed lol
I'm kinda looking forward to that James Hetfield's Nitro Burnin' Funny Car Garage.. maybe it will give Counting Cars, American Restorators and Auction Kings a run for their money
Your comment about Metallica fans back in the day is dead on accurate. I was in 8th grade and was just getting really into them when Justice came out. There was this total burn out on my bus that looked EXACTLY like Malachi from Children of the Corn. He was sitting in the last seat on the school bus huffing rubber cement and jamming Blackened on his boom box. He looked at me and said " See your mother ... put to death.. See your mother DIE !! THINK ABOUT IT MAN!?" that shit will never leave me hahaha
Lol! Exactly what Metallica fans were like back then
HAHA no doubt! @@FinnMckentyPRMBA
Legit just laughed out loud at the Temu ad 😂😂😂😂
Where was the new album??
That’s some rad Temu swag, Finn
I was a thrash fanatic in the '80's. Metallica were as heavy as anything else when they came out. They had a power that was incomparable. There key have been more brutal stuff, but Metallica tapped into something that few could match. It had a mystique that went beyond merely having a crunchy Marshall sound.
Also, GREAT analysis of the Black album.
Another amazing video as always.
''St.Anger is bad, Fuel is cringe, Temu sponsor, Who even listens to Metallica for lyrics?''
Boy I know you warned us about your opinions being wrong and terrible but this is straight up AI generated war crime opinions.
The Nickelback cover of Sad But True is preposterously good.
Ride the Lightning is a phenomenonal album and my first ever exposure to metal (as in i wanted to get into it not just metal i heard before)
Where would you place 72 seasons?
I find it interesting you chose the Black album as #1 being a thrash fan. No thrash in Black and dropped their tuning down a notch. Think they were trying to compensate slower lazy tempo tunes with heavier guitar keys. Black is when Metallica sold its thrash soul for next level production and world fame.
311 ranked WHEN?
Edit: on Reload...the local rock station STILL plays Fuel at least once a day.
Hell Yeah!!!! 311 is my all time favorite band. Followed by Blur, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, RATM, Hendrix, SOAD, and The Beatles. And Metallica.
I can accept & comprehend this list, I guess most people feel the same but I don't.
My list (from best to worst):
1. Ride the lightning
2. Kill ' em all
3. Master of puppets
Here is a little gap.
4. ...and Justice for all
5. Garage days
6. Black album
HERE IS A BIG GAP
7. Load
8. Garage days re revisited
9. St. Anger
10. Lulu
11. Reload
12. Hardwired to self destruct
13. 72 Seasons
14. Death Magnetic
15. S & M
Kill ' em and Ride were raw, that' s what appeals to me. The first three Cliff Burton ones are essentiell, perfect harmony in a way.
Load/reload/St.Anger/Lulu are experimental ones, underrated in my opinion. I understand, why the majority dislike em, but...I just feel different about it. They are not the best, but interesting ones. To me. "The view" has one of Metallicas best riffs since years, it would fit on Garage days in my opinion.
Death Magnetic bores me in comparison, it was the first time Metallica repeated themselves (it sounds like mediocre songs between load/Justice/Black album).
Hardwired and 72 Seasons are listenable ok sound alike albums.
S&M sounds like the band against orchestra.
I am not a millenial, I am pretty old, like 45 years and I got into Metallica with the black album.
I would rank the Big 4 like this btw
Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
HERE IS A BIG GAP
Anthrax (I really like 'em, but by far not so much as the other three).
Metallica has kinda always had a problem with mixing the bass too low. They even wrote on their first demo in parentheses "Turn down bass on amp", before they had the equipment to do it themselves. This is mostly on Lars, he thinks that turning down the bass makes his drums sound better. Jason Newstead said that when he was auditioning he needed to listen to live recordings of Metallica playing to even be able to hear what Cliff was playing.
There are videos of indivodual bass tracks on youtube by cliff and jason. Why would anyone ever want to mix such quality material down is beyond me.