Top 10 Biggest Things Metallica Has Done to Let Their Fans Down

If you're a Metallica fan, chances are you've had some strong opinions over the years. They're one of the biggest bands in the world, but let's face it, they've made their fair share of choices that have left fans scratching their heads, or worse, feeling betrayed. From controversial creative decisions to moments that seemed like they were putting business over the people who've supported them for decades, Metallica has had some serious missteps.

This list looks at the moments in their career that disappointed, frustrated, or outright angered their fanbase. Some of these choices might still sting when you think about them. Others might feel like a blip in their legacy.

The Top Ten

  1. Collaborate with Lou Reed to make Lulu

    The thing I hate the most about Lulu is that for Lou Reed, it is the last thing he released before he passed away. Also, it is a terrible album that was added to his amazing discography.

  2. Release bad albums

    Metallica, after the Black Album, said to themselves, "There we go boys, we finally made enough money. Now we can stop faking it, cut our hair, and play what we want." Which was crap. I guess you can only try to be someone for so long.

    After the Black Album, they all realized they couldn't ever be true thrash like Dave Mustaine.

    I just like a few songs on each of their albums. The rest are meh, fillers. In my opinion, they can't even compare to other metal bands' discographies.

  3. Not include guitar solos on St. Anger

    Metallica, in 2003, was making St. Anger, and some prick decided that Kirk couldn't write guitar solos for this.

    There is a remastered version of some of the songs that have better production and added solos.

    Not having solos in thrash metal songs is a sin. Unforgivable.

  4. Sue their fans over Napster

    If Metallica was an underground band that wasn't very rich, it'd be different. They had more money than they knew what to do with anyway.

    I don't think there is anything wrong with file sharing if the band is popular. If it's an obscure or underrated band, that's when you should pay. That money they earn from the music and merch you buy goes a long way. For an obscure band, it goes to recording songs at the best quality possible, booking shows, artwork, advertisement, etc. For a very popular band, that extra money pretty much goes to drugs.

    This was the death of Metallica for me. I know ghostwriters who refuse to work with Metallica over this and refused to help them on their 2016 album.

    Metallica sucks.

  5. Produce albums with poor studio quality

    Metallica has been plagued with bad studio production for the past four albums.

  6. Mute the bass on ...And Justice for All

    AJFA is one of my favorite Metallica albums behind RTL and MOP. This is the album after Cliff Burton died, and Jason tried to fill Cliff's shoes. Sure, Jason was that guy who was always there headbanging on stage, but when you listen to the songs on AJFA, you can't hear it. I heard it on the bass tracks though, but I don't know what happened here.

    This is the dumbest thing a band could have ever done! Muting the superb bass performed by Jason was as dumb as it ever could be. After hearing the enhanced bass version of the album, I haven't listened to the original version since.

  7. Make 3/4 of Load and 1/4 of Reload sound like one album

  8. Abandon thrash metal

    Metallica experimenting? If you burn your eyebrows off once in a bad experiment, that's one time too many. Metallica has been experimenting with horrible music so long that kids don't know they once made good music!

  9. Collaborate with Ja Rule

    This should be much, much, much higher. I mean, if you're going to collaborate with a rapper, at least choose one that wouldn't be used as a Dave Chappelle punchline.

  10. Make a music video for "One"

    This song was the first song by Metallica to get a video, and James Hetfield thought that this could expand the band's fanbase.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Use a weird snare drum on St. Anger

  12. ?

    Collaborate with Lady Gaga

    13. The Contenders

  13. Release Load as an album

  14. Cut their long hair

    This is, hands down, the dumbest thing they have done to us.

  15. Let Lars Ulrich remain their drummer

  16. Replace the bassist who replaced Cliff Burton

    Sure, Robert Trujillo is very funky when he plays bass, and I have no problem with that. It's just that I personally miss hearing Jason's bass growling when I hear concert tapes.

  17. Fire Dave Mustaine from the band

    True, it was long ago, kind of like when Metallica stopped being talented. How long did they ride Mustaine's talent and what he brought to the band before it dried up? I think that's fairly easy to see.

    I'm a huge Mustaine/Megadeth fan, but I totally understand why they did it. He was an alcoholic and was on so many drugs, he was incompetent.

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