The band I'm gonna chose might be a bit of a surprise for it will be Metallica.
Yes, #Metallica.
Why? Of course I know a lot of their songs but I never did a full listen of any album apart from MoP, Death Magnetic, Hardwired and most recently 72 Seasons.
It is time to change this, so buckle up and hit the lights 🤘
First four are all killer no filler and there is no doubt that #KillEmAll is the best debut album of any of the #big4, and that's coming from an Anthraxhead.
I guess "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth" is a bit of a filler. Maybe they put it there so that listeners would get a short break?
Anyhow, next is #Whiplash and the tempo is up again 🤘
The title track - Ride The Lightning is - at least in sections - a tad bit slower paced compared to everything I've heard so far in this #Metallica#Metaljourney.
It's still aggressive and fast, but a bit more matured.
For Whom The Bell Tolls takes the foot of the pedal even more. But that doesn't matter as it's a great fu👑 song, probably in my Metallica top 5.
Service announcement: I'll tag this #Metaljourney with #Metallicajourney from now on, so you can filter it out if I'm annoying you with my top notch expertise. 😜
Master Of Puppets is the best #Metallica song by the way. You can call me a poser if you will.
Disposable Heroes might be the most underrated song on #MasterOfPuppets, but it's a crucial piece on the album, as it picks up the tempo again after some slower numbers.
I have huge respect for Marianne Faithfull, but her parts don't fit on this song, what a wasted opportunity. Looking at Lulu, #Metallica should'nt do collaborations.
Followed by a mid tempo Devli's Dance, the album soon lost grit.
But I know that "The Unforgiven II" will follow, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
I don't know why, but I really like Carpe Diem Baby. It's a great hard rock song with a smooth vibe to it. It also made my head nod a bit.
In general, so far I like #Reload much bettern than #Load, but I'm only halfway through of course. Load started to bore me at this point (exception: Ronnie).
Whiskey in the Jar and Turn the Page were the first songs I ever heard of #Metallica, so to me, it has significant relevance. On the other hand, it's a compilation 🤔
#Reload did entertain me better than Load, plus it almost has a thrash song on it. So I'm giving it a 2,5 out of 5 which means: Solid, won't listen to it again.
I'll start the day with #GarageInc, but since it's not a regular studio album but a compilation of cover versions, I won't include it in my ranking.
I've never listened to this one in its entirety, but Whiskey In The Jar was the first #Metallica song I ever knew, and for some years, I though it's an original song 😂
The songs I never listened to, which I look forward to the most, are the BÖC and Nick Cave covers.
Up next is #DeathMagnetic which opens with "That Was Just Your Life" one of my favourite Metallica songs (prob. top 5).
Spoiler alert: also Death Magnetic is among my top 5 'tallica records.
People who say that #Metallica were only relevant pre 1990 either didn't listen to #DeathMagnetic or have locked themselves out from something great by their own gatekeeping. 🤷♂️
I am aware that #Metallica gets a lot of 💩 by metalheads, so out of curiosity I went to the depths of Metal-Archives and read the most negative review of #Hardwired, which I linked below.
Unfortunately I couldn't read past the paragraph where the user mentiones Lady Gaga in a negative way.
Dude, nobody 💩 s on #LadyGaga, she is incredible! She for sure is more metal than this reviewer will ever be.
Ask the Metal God himself.
While the 11 minutes and 11 seconds long snoozefest Inamorata closes #72Seasons and thus my #Metallicajourney#Metaljourney, it is time for a(nother) verdict on the album and a final ranking of all #Metallica albums.
Surprisingly, 72 Seasons was better the second round, and I'll upgrade it to a 3 (solid album, might listen to it again). One of the reasons: "Too Far Gone?" caught my attention this time, it's a really nice heavy metal track.
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