Worst Metallica Albums

The Top Ten
1 Lulu

I had some hopes this would be a decent album and then I heard it. My ears literally couldn't stand the pathetic voice. Has some decent music but I don't know what they were thinking when they let Lou Reed collaborate with them.

I suppose the old saying "Nothing ventured nothing gained" was their thinking.

This is the worst Album ever made it's worse then Reload, Load and St. Anger. Lu Reed is one of the worst singers ever. Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica is better then this crap. I am discraced to be a Metallica fan after listening to this.

My mourning started when Jason quit. He may have not been as talented as Cliff, but the energy to used to deliver on stage always blew my mind. And as for the albums, the album "Metallica" was the last of Metallica for me.

2 St. Anger

Although I would rather listen to this than Lulu any day, I'm voting for this, as Lulu isn't really an official Metallica album, its a collaboration with Lou Reed (RIP. ) But yeah this is there worse official album by far, Load and Reload were disappointments as they didn't display the good ol' Metallica we know and love, but at least they were solid efforts. This though is terrible from all aspects. All the songs are filled with boring repetative drop C riffs, the songs are SO BORING, and I don't think Kirk even showed up to any of the recordings, as they're are as you all know, NO GUITAR SOLOS. Which has got to be the biggest bone head move of Metallica's career. And then there is the snare drum...

If I drop my snare drum to the floor sounds better than Lars snare drum in this album. No guitar solos from Kirk Hammett. You have a such expensive producer like Bob Rock to get a "Rough Sound"? and Metallica trying to be Limp Bizkit/Korn xeperiment are symptoms that is the album where the band lost their compass.

3 Load

I only like the first Metallica album, it's the only one that's true thrash metal, and it has Dave Mustaine's work!
I only like the first two Metallica albums, after that they starting remaking the same album then they sold out!
I only like the first three Metallica albums, they lost it all when Cliff died.
I only like the first four Metallica albums, the rest is desecration of heavy metal into commercial radio rock.
I only like the first five Metallica albums, everything else is sub-par and people only like it for the Metallica logo on it.
I only like the first six Metallica albums, said no one ever.

I've had farts that sounded better than this piece of trash. That other commentor is right, thank God they rid of that piece of garbage Jason Newsted. The only thing this album is useful for is to smash whenever your phone or computer won't load.

What don't you idiots get?!? Lulu is NOT a Metallica album. You people know as much about music as I know about golf. Most of you are Megadeth fans trying to add this to the Metallica collection to make Megadeth look better

4 Re-Load

I heard The Memory Remains. It really sucks. The Unforgiven 2 is pretty good though. And Fuel is a good song. Update: The Memory Remains is pretty good.

Come on Load actually has some really good songs. Re-load only has Fuel and unforgivin 2 still a good album but loads better

Lulu isn't a damn Metallica album. Stop counting it as a Metallica album

5 Beyond Magnetic

What? Metallica wrote this album just for fun I guess.

6 Garage Inc

How is this so high?! There's a bunch of amazing covers, but there's also some absolute crap on here as well (Free Speech, Tuesday's Gone).

Mostly filler, with a few excellent covers.

James sings so badly that he makes Bob Seeger sound good and Seeger is Brutal.

7 Ride the Lightning

The fact that this incoherent, overrated, and screechy piece of audio noise at number one Greatest Metallica albums list is a total joke and a total disgrace. This is by far Metallica's worst pre-Black album release, and that's saying a lot. There are a few good songs on this album, but the rest is either filler or really horrible music (especially the godawful "Escape", which is probably worse than anything off Load or Reload). James seems to have gotten worse compared to Kill 'Em All, as here he sounds like a little girl who's screaming and throwing a temper tantrum because she didn't get to go trick or treating. That's how awful his vocals are. If Cliff was still alive, I'm sure he'd also say this was probably the worst Metallica album recorded during his time with the band.

There's literally only three good songs on this album. That's right, only three - Creeping Death, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Call of Ktulu. Those three are the only songs on this album worth your time. Other than that, this album seriously has to be the worst classic Metallica album by a wide margin. The song Escape is even worse than any of their Load/Reload stuff. The other songs aren't any better, being nothing but a bunch of boring thrash songs with some of the most meaningless, self-centered lyrics you'll ever hear. James has no charisma on most of the tracks, and he sounds like he showed up and sang the songs to get it done with. I cringe whenever I see this trash ranked as the "best" Metallica album. I'd recommend avoiding this junk except for those three songs I previously mentioned.

8 Death Magnetic

Nothing more than a decent album. Huge improvement on St. Anger, but the production is pretty bad on here... And Day that Never Comes is so overrated.

I know it's still a GOOD album, but it's nothing compared to the originals like Master of Puppets and Justice for All.

The album's songs are great, but the sound quality is bloody awful. Even the GUITAR HERO VERSIONS SOUND BETTER.

9 S&M

The autotuned vocals are just unlistenable. So annoying. Plus, it's a live album, shouldn't be compared to studio albums

This is what you get when you try and mix Coca-Cola with whole milk!

I don't see what's wrong with this.

10 Metallica

Extremely terrible and does not sound like an album produced by metal legends.

Enter Sandman
This song sounds like a failed attempt at Rock
Sad But True
This song is not a great song or bad song
Holier than Thou
Failed thrash attempt?
The unforgiven & Nothing Else Matters
These 2 sons are the only songs that stand out
Everything else on this album is stale or repetitive

OH NO! It was played on the radio!?! SELLOUTS! SELLOUTS! It's absolute garbage! Metallica is trying a new sound, we need to constantly rant for no reason! Megadeth is so much better, they never sold out (RISK) *sarcasm*

There are some great songs on this album, but it isn't Metallica. This album was basically a middle finger from Metallica to their fans

The Contenders
11 The Metallica Blacklist
12 Kill Em All

This album Is still awesome but it sucks in a way motorbreath jump in the fire and pulling teeth sucks hit the lights whiplash and seek and destroy was the best but I think this should be 14 because it was still a great album lulu was the worst I'd ever heard they had wasted 88 minuets sucking I got every album and I burned lulu but st anger was the best next to ride the lighting and load if you think I'm crazy than your crazy liking the black aulbum as the best I still think its awesome but best album no ride the lighing is the best on kill em all these are the best songs as my list

1 seek and destroy
2 hit the lights
3 whiplash
4 no remose
5 the four horseman
6 metal milta
7 phantom lord
8 motorbreath
9 jump in the fire
10 pulling teeth

Why is this on the list? Without this album there wouldn't be thrash metal.

I think Kill them all is mostly better than Black album

13 Six Feet Down Under EP
14 The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Revisited
15 Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

They just pumped out song after meaningless, boring song on this garbage

It's not bad album

16 Presidio Album
17 The $9.98 CD: Garage Days Re-Revisited
18 Live S***: Binge & Purge

Why isn't this on the list?

19 Master of Puppets

Shame on you those who vote for this album

What is this album doing on the list?

20 ...And Justice For All

I actually think that this album is underrated. Apart from the bass being to quiet, and the track formula still copying Ride and Master (Fast song, Mid-paced song, slower, heavy one, ballad, then another fast one), it's a great album. The songs individually all have a great deal of creativity to them.

The production is terrible! Worse than st anger, and yep, this garbage is worse than Lulu. Worst album ever made with terrible songs and terrible production! Overrated album as well! Why is Ride the lightning on here?!

Justice is incredibly overrated. The bass was turned down and the remastering on the rhythmic guitar was terrible. One isn't even that good. The solo is average at best.

21 Acoustic Metal
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