Most Underrated Metallica Songs

The Top Ten
1 Disposable Heroes

Best Metallica song in my honest opinion lyric wise and musically. Pure genius and a very underrated song for that matter. It should easily be in Metallica's top 10 songs but gets very little attention for other songs in MoP like MoP, Battery, and Orion.

Most underrated of all the catalog easily. The most intense song they ever wrote, the most moving lyrically, and has the best Kirk Hammett solo of all the catalog. If it were any other album than MoP, it would have been hailed as one of the greats.

This song is awesome. The first couple minutes before the lyrics kick in kick ass. Then when the lyrics do kick in, its also AWESOME. Then the amazing solo by Kirk hits. This is my 3rd favorite son on Master of Puppets (behind Master and Battery).

Very underrated song in Master of Puppets. At least it gets more attention than The Thing that should not be, Leper Messiah, and probably Damage Inc.

2 Dyers Eve

Peak Metallica that was blemished by a poor mix. If James got his voice back and Metallica did a re-record, I guarantee And Justice For All will be rated better on our lists. Dyers Eve had a beautiful solo, great musicianship, and a great story behind the lyrics.

Lars may not be the best drummer ever. But he's my favourite drummer ever and he shouldn't be that hated, just listen to this song to see Lars Ulrich at his best.

Amazing pace as well as killer riffs
Genius lyrics and a great solo
Also by far the hardest song by metallica to play

Dyers eve and one are the two I listen to religiously off this album. Don't count out to live is to die either.

3 ... and Justice for All

This probably one of my most favorite song from Metallica. At about 5:30 the guitar makes a peak note and comes straight back down. That is a place I get goosebumps. Totally worth the 9 and 3/4 minutes I used today.

How is this on this list? because it's long and drags on? this is the title track of one of the greatest metal albums ever, and it is hugely underrated, but that shouldn't have ever been the case.

This is my second favorite Metallica song of all time. I've heard it thousands of times and the guitar solo gives me goosebumps every time.

The song which I remember my good memories when I listen. It makes me happy it makes me smiLE. Really impressing song that have cool rifs

4 Trapped Under Ice

This is one of their thrashiest, most mind blowlingly badass tracks ever. Easily among the best on Ride The Lightning, and for me, better than Fade To Black or Fight Fire With Fire (though both of those are already amazing).

Also Orion was never underrated, it's widely considered to have some of the best instrumental stuff and particularly bass work that Metallica ever did.

Definitely their most underrated in my opinion. It's fast, intense and catchy as hell. It doesn't get as much recognition as Creeping Death and I think it should. It's one of the reasons Ride The Lightning is my favourite Metallica album and favourite metal album.

Ride the lightning was just a great album! I love every song on the album! And trapped under ice is the most underrated song on the album! It's not the best best it's amazing!

5 Orion

Orion is a true masterpiece, there's no getting around that. From the fuzzy intro to the bass solos, it is pure sonic ecstasy. Few features of the song that make it a kickass one: the drums that kick in the beginning of the space y section, Kirk's solo in the middle section, the second bass solo and finally, the bass riff in the middle section. If only I get to play this song onstage, my life would be complete.

That's not underrated: yeah, it has been played only recently live, but the reason is because of the death of Cliff! Metallica doesn't feel well at playing this song without Cliff! Nothing else: this is not underrating!

This is not an underrated song, I think that this is the MOST OVERRATED song by Metallica, everybody loves it, they play it very often, I don't know what is it doing in this list
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And all of that is because it has Cliff's job, and every body love's him -_-

Cliff Burton at his best. It is one of my most favorite Metallica songs ever. With out Cliff, this would have been a horrible song. Sadly, no one cares about this song

6 Damage, Inc.

This was my first Metallica track. It's so underrated, however it's one of their best compositions.

Most of the songs from Master of Puppets are underrated, this work is no exception

Monster Riff at the middle part who kills me every time!

Killer rifts, fast paced. What more can you ask

7 Fight Fire with Fire

The first time I listened to it I thought it would be a ballad but then at around 40 seconds I realized I was wrong and it is now one of my favorite Metallica songs from the 80's

The intro actually in my opinion kinda takes the piss out of the thrashness of the song (if that's a word) but it's awesome. I would really consider it for my theme song.

It's better than Creeping death. This whole album is great though! The best Metallica album by far!

I just had to choose this one. I don't get why people don't like this. It's really good!

8 The Outlaw Torn

In my opinion, the most underrated Metallica song. Why? For one, it's the closer on Load. If you sat through the entire album to hear one great song, you must really love Metallica. The song itself feels like a southern rock band attempting a doom metal track. It's cinematic and emotional. The twangy bends in the main guitar riff are genius. The bass riff during the verse is heavy. I don't care for Metallica after And Justice, but this song is a big exception.

Yeas, I know, it's really long and monotonic song, but it makes me feel better... Just goosebumps! I don't know, why Metallica soesn't perform it live nowadays... :/

This should be first. Volume effects are beutiful and bass is insane. Far better than their usual setlist.

An absolute classic - their best song post-Black Album.

9 No Remorse

Great song. The riff starting around 50 seconds and the chorus riff are so awesome! Pure thrash song that never gets enough credit as it deserves

Not a bad song but not a good song. It's not underrated but it's not overrated.

The last two minutes of this song are just wild

10 The Frayed Ends of Sanity

This song has probably one of the best main riffs ever created. It's a masterpiece. The drums are very good too. Great solo. Many rhythm changes. It's perfect, and it's a shame that Metallica never played this song live.

I think everyone just wants to pick on the intro, but honestly, this is my favorite Metallica song and easily has some of their best riffs and ideas off their entire discography

Everything you could possibly want on a Metallica song; dark lyrics, amazing riffs, great solos and overrall being epic. It's a 7 minute rollercoaster ride through awesomeness

This song got me into Metallica, I've never understood why it doesn't get as much attention as it deserves

The Contenders
11 The God that Failed

This song is not disrespectful to God, it was inspired by James's mother dying after not taking medicine, claiming that God will heal her (which didn't happen). But the lyrics are about people being blinded by religion and thinking that God will do everything for them.

Great tune, great bass line, great guitar work and solo that works with the tune and heavy as hell!

Very cool and underrated song, awesome bass in the intro

I don't like this song because it's disrespectful to god!

12 Leper Messiah

This song is great it's my 15th Favorite Metallica song (6th on the album) it's very underrated on the top tens list of best Metallica songs it's at 73rd place but Hopefully it will get more recognition soon and not only do I think this song is underrated but I think the whole album is underrated except master of puppets cause it's first on my list and first on the top tens list so it's equal

Always loved this one, never understood why it didn't get the attention. Maybe they just don't like to play it. The solos are especially fun.

Yes underrated great song! 2nd best song on the album!

Underrated one of my favorites

13 St. Anger

THIS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED SONG EVER! People only hate it because it's different and isn't a Metallica sound. It has that deep thrashy riff. No it isn't a Metallica sound, but if a band who does music like the album St Anger made this song, maybe Korn I don't know, People would have loved it way more! To me it's definitely in my top 10 Metallica songs!

I agree this song is underrated, but this song is actually good. It's just (some) of their fans that don't like this song and whole album of St. Anger because their song in that album is so different than the old one. I madly anger with you!

So damn underrated! I honestly don't get why this tune gets so much hate. Lars kicks some serious ass on the kit and James Hetfield always blows me away.

Other than Frantic, the rest of the album is bland and uninteresting, but this song stands out. One of my favourites, and criminally underrated.

14 The Unforgiven II

This song is very underrated, it has been played only once, in 1997. But this is a good work by Metallica, and it is probably one of the few good songs from "ReLoad".

This song is amazing like srs? People if you have good taste in music this is like a groundbreaking song with emotions and great sound to it like one of my favorite songs by Metallica
Metallica=LIFE

It is hard to make a classic metal song. It is nearly impossible to follow it up with a sequal. This song is amazing and deserves so much more credit than it gets.

This is a great song! One of my favorites ever! I wish they played it more often! And I wish it was on there video game!

15 Jump in the Fire

IT depresses me how so many songs on this list aren't underrated. Enter sandman and fade to black are overrated people- jump in the fire is underrated!

Most people skip this when listening to kill em all, but this is in my top 3 in the album

I wish people would give this song a chance!

16 Escape

It's not the best, nor it's a masterpiece, but it's still pretty great, yet no one cares about it, they haven't even played it live...

Also, what the hell those people understand by "Underrated"?

-Orion
-Fade to Black
-Welcome home
-The Four Horsemen
and a lot of other songs are far from underrated...

just because it's not the most famous nor the one that even people that don't listen to metallica knows, it still doesn't mean it's underrated...

Orion and Fade to Black are two of the most famous, at least to Metallica listeners/fans

Got to go for this I don't think it's the most underrated but by best mate who is Metallicas biggest fan (not literally). he's got all the albums and we have seen them twice believes this to be their worst song but I love it. Why does nobody like this song seriously!?

This is the worst song from Metallica's 1981-1989 run. If it was made by almost any other band, it would be considered one of their best. Let that sink in. Also when I said "worst" I meant compared to others. I love this song!

In my opinion this is the 4th best song on this album! Better than fade to black creeping death fight fire with fire and the call of ktulu. It's so good! And it is underrated

17 That Was Just Your Life

I think it's rating is just right.

Totally underrated

18 To Live is to Die

It's the first instrumental song of Metallica I've really loved. Most of people think that the best one is Orion, and so it is, but there are also others very important, like To Live Is To Die (and The Call of Ktulu).
To Live Is To Die is the unique song of... And Justice for All that has been written by Cliff Burton (if I am not wrong). This is very underrated, because people prefer Orion and The Call of Ktulu, and its playing in concerts is very rare. That's a pity, because it is the song dedicated to the death of Cliff, despite most of people think it is Orion (they're wrong, 'cause Orion was written completely by Cliff Burton).

Honestly I love all these songs on this list but I had to give some love to this song cause it has mean riffs that Metallica show in this amazing song

My personal favorite song by Metallica, the riff is haunting and it is the perfect memoir for cliff Burton rip.

No terrible song! The worst instrumental Metallica ever made. It makes this album not good.

19 The Call of Ktulu

Better than Orion in my opinion. The bass lines are not from this planet and the solo, riffs and the outro are epic! It's so overshadowed by other Metallica songs. Now I just realise how good Cliff actually was on the bass.

Better than Orion, and Orion isn't underrated. It's still great and regarded as one of the best instrumentals ever, which it is... but Call of Ktulu doesn't get the same respect and it should get more.

One of the greatest instrumentals I've ever heard from a metal/rock band.. This song should be considered one of their greatest.. It's definitely one of my favorite Metallica songs.

This song is good but isn't as good as the bass solo or Orion! But is better than to live is to die and suicide & redemption!

20 The Thing that Should Not Be

Such a great song, I never knew why it was always said to be a poor song. Not to mention it's based on literature it's also a masterpiece and highly underrated.

The only reason this song is underrated is because it would probably summon Cthulhu if it was played too often

... Brilliantly evil

The most underrated Metallica song ever! It's way better than disposable heros!

Such a good song, it may be repetitive but who cares?

21 Fixxxer

Who is voting on this list? None of the top songs are 'underrated' by any means. They are some of Metallica's most popular songs. Welcome Home is #9. Really? I've always thought Fixxxer was an undiscovered gem, especially lyrically. Give this song a careful listen. Definitely Metallica's most underrated song.

Best song off of ReLoad. The chorus is filled with a lot of pain. My only question is why they never play it live, and it's always just a jam version?

Terrible song. Why start an album with a song like fuel and end it with fixxxer!? It's not a good song!

This song just says a lot to me and I really love it

22 The Judas Kiss

THIS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED SONG MADE BY METALLICA BY MILES! You know why? Because it is "new". I absolutely hate, from the bottom of heart, metallica fans who say that new metallica is bad. Had this song been in say, master of puppets or ride the lightning, this song would have been worshipped. It's that good. For all those, who think death magnetic is a bad album, listen to this and then speak. Because this is one of Metallica's best songs

23 Phantom Lord

Apparently, people don't understand the concept of "underrated. " Fade to Black is NOT underrated. Phantom Lord is beyond underrated, no one seems to like it! The into is mind-blowing, I get chills every time!

This is easily my favorite track on Kill em All. The main riff is just amazing. And the lyrics are just awesome

The reason nobody likes this song is cause IT SUCKS!

How is Orion third? Phantom Lord is definitely one of the most underrated, and one of the best on Kill ‘Em All.

24 Hit the Lights

Great fast song and the first song Metallica ever recorded! It's a great tune that is really underrated. I recommend it!

This was the first song made by Metallica, pretty much, EVER. This is a masterpiece!

Amazing opening for kill em All!

25 Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

This song isn't underrated! Every Metallica fan knows this song is awesome and a lot of people know its awesome! Its not underrated!

In a way this song is underrated
People always talk about Metallica's balled but they never bring up this song.

It's kind of underrated because it is sometimes neglected in the shadow of Fade to Black and One

No where close to underrated...

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