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I have a hard time voting against anything Metallica because I have something of a crush on Mr. Hetfield despite being a heterosexual male. And also there's some quality that I really like about Metallica's music enough to give them the benefit of the doubt sometimes (that's the real reason...

Adrian Smith commanded the Mayans to make that prediction in the first place so that we mortals (who have not the Great H's omniscience) might distinguish those people who are exceedingly gullible.

I actually really like JLB's voice, but I have a lot of weird favorite vocalists. Blaze Bayley is in my top 10, maybe top 5 favorite vocalists. [/posting a day late]

This is an interesting perspective, you're saying that Metallica was in effect taken advantage of by the musical industry (via Bob Rock?). I'm glad we're in agreement that the Black Album is a good heavy metal album. I definitely get this while not entirely agreeing. I'm not a fan of...

You guys may have missed this, but I seconded Endgame, Th1rt3en and A Dramatic Turn of Events back on page 3.

I agree entirely with this. As far as I'm concerned, you really haven't heard Images properly until you've heard it at least five times. It's just too much to take in in one or two listens. The only instantly accessible songs are "Pull Me Under", "Another Day" and "Wait for Sleep". The first two...

I just want to say that the very use of the term "sell out" implies that they sold their integrity, and going by the etymology of the term tells us that the term DOES imply the involvement of money. Of course, they changed their musical style. That's not up for argument. You can't say Load and...

Seconding all of these. And I'm finally going to start voting this round, if only to protect albums I like, such as Images and Words, which as far as I'm concerned is the best album without Eddie on the cover. Edit: I would say that Awake probably is the most accessible to metal fans, but I...

I actually feel way more at ease with Metallica's current live performances than the earlier ones. They've always been a great live band, but in the 80s Hetfield put too much of an emphasis on saying "f*ck" and acting evil for my tastes. Of course they are musically unpredictable, but they're...

Your post reminds of how many various bands that I'm interested in but haven't gotten to yet. At least I won't be bored and ill keep experiencing new music for many years to come. Two of the most amazingly kickass moments in music are "Don't cross the crooked step" and right after the last...

Ah, that's not a bad point. One that I wouldn't think of because I am actually not much into social interaction, and most of it I do through a somewhat scattershot approach where I meet people and try to decide if I like them rather than on the basis of common interests. I still do think it's...

That is true, and I have done this in the past, often to check out an artist that I'm not sure about before buying anything. In fact, this is how I got into music at all. One of my friends kept talking all the time about this band called Iron Maiden, and I kept mostly ignoring it until he...

While this is naturally an accurate statement, it seems to be heavily emphasized by a number of metal artists and fans (a good illustration of this attitude is James Hetfield's onstage persona in the 80s, when he talked a lot about beer, though it is certainly not the only example). Probably...

I've discovered lately that a lot of threads are really testing my ability to comment in terms of music beyond Maiden because I am fairly new to being into music and I don't have an incredibly large budget on which to buy music (I usually buy two or three albums per month). In fact, Maiden is...

I don't really have an actual answer to the topic of the thread, but I do want to mention that you really don't have to like the scene that goes with a band. I mean, my favorite genre is metal, but I have short hair, don't have any interest in mosh pits, and don't drink alcohol (it is true that...

Can I just say that I love the Hetfield R2-D2 and the Lars Leia?

I'm interested in playing this, but I think I'll only vote in rounds where I'm familiar with many of the albums. Unfortunately, my musical education only began a year ago and therefore I probably am familiar with less than 30% of the albums listed.

I live in Florida and traveled for the 2012 tour. If they come back (maybe the 1-800 Ask Gary Ampitheatre or the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa; I live about an hour away from there. And yes, those are the real names of the venues) here I would be thrilled to get an opportunity to see them again...

That reminds me of a live show (from livemetallica.com, I believe it is Osaka in 1989) where the band was doing a jam and James said something to the effect of "Drum solo - Lars Ulrich - go!" And nothing happened. I'm just not sure how saving a concert becomes a feature-length film. But I don't...

Honestly, what could an "urgent mission" related to Metallica be? Are they going to make Metallica out to be secret government agents? Or part of an extra-governmental black ops organization? Or what?