History AwesomeMusic / Metallica

** Then[[SerialEscalation they managed to top]] '''THAT''' with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWU7s0_zJU a cover of "Overkill"]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1kmL3JuJU with the Entire BIG FOUR]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] {{Exodus}}

** Then[[SerialEscalation they managed to top]] '''THAT''' with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWU7s0_zJU a cover of "Overkill"]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1kmL3JuJU with the Entire BIG FOUR]] and {{Exodus}}

** Some songs are admittedly overlong, but highlights from this album include "Frantic", "Sweet Anber" and "The Unnamed Feeling".

** Some songs are admittedly overlong, but highlights from this album include "Frantic", "Sweet Anger" and "The Unnamed Feeling".

* Being that ''Load'' was such a stylistic change for Metallica, it contains several excellent songs that frequently get overlooked - but the crowning music of awesome off that album would have to be "Hero of the Day". (With an honorable mention to "Bleeding Me" and "The Outlaw Torn")
** Oh, don't forget "King Nothing".

** Oh, don't forget King Nothing.

** The performance of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_7r6eALGyg "For Whom The Bell Tolls"]] at the same concert was breathtakingly amazing.

** The S&M version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0rL4D7Pl2k "Battery"]] is absolutely amazing. Not only is it an absolutely intense song, the intro is complemented to perfection by the Orchestra. Finally, the intensity of the vocals combined with the excellent instrumentals on both sides is absolutely orgasmic.

* Speaking of ''Lulu'', while it may have a reputation as "that album everybody hates", it's not half bad if you pretend Music/LouReed isn't mumbling. In fact, there are videos on Website/Youtube with Lou Reed removed from the songs.

* Speaking of Lulu, while it may have a reputation as "that album everybody hates", it's not half bad if you pretend Music/LouReed isn't mumbling.

* [[Creator/HPLovecraft "The Thing]] [[CosmicHorror That Should Not Be"]]. No wonder it was the FinalBoss for ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Metallica''.

* Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's "S&M" performance. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisIVhc64Ng "The Call of Ktulu"]]. It raises the feeling of being with a CosmicHorror without saying a word.

** "One" is also #3 on best Solo and #5 on best song according to Top Ten.com anyway.
** Speaking of Grammys, arguably their Moment of Awesome really came when ''...And Justice For All'' LOST to Jethro Tull for the Best Hard Rock Album Grammy. The upset, more than anything else, put Metallica on the mainstream map.

* [[HPLovecraft "The Thing]] [[CosmicHorror That Should Not Be"]]. No wonder it was the FinalBoss for ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Metallica''.

* [[CrazyAwesome NOW I SEE HIS FACE,]] [[SlasherSmile I SEE A SMILE YEAH!]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds SUCH A LONELY FACE,]] NO GOLDEN MILE! [[DarkAndTroubledPast EYES TELL MORBID TALES]] [[ForTheEvulz OF HIS BLACK HEART!]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast HIS DEEDS THROUGH AGES PAST TELL OF HIS PART!]] [[IronicEcho SEE HIS FACE! SEE HIS SMILE!]] [[OhCrap I'M GONNA DIE!]] [[SkywardScream WHOA OH! WHOA OH! NOHO!]] Ladies and Gentlemen, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic THE PRINCE!]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced When they start to play this live,]] the fans go berserk. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And for good reason!]]

* Moment of Awesome related to Metallica, and no one has taken the time to mention ''"Enter Sandman"'', arguably Metallica's most famous song?

** [[BeyondTheImpossible They managed to make]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OibCxk6kkE One]] even more orgasmic.

** Then[[BeyondTheImpossible they managed to top]] '''THAT''' with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWU7s0_zJU a cover of "Overkill"]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1kmL3JuJU with the Entire BIG FOUR]] and {{Exodus}}

* ''Master of Puppets'' if only for the titular song, and "Battery".

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* Their debut album, 1983's ''Kill 'Em All'', which [[YourMileageMayVary may just]] blow ''Master of Puppets'' clear out of the water. "Hit the Lights" is just fucking awesome: not even rabid metal fans had heard a song that fast before! "Motorbreath" is similarly insane, and "The Four Horsemen" is just plain spooky.

* Music/{{Metallica}}. ...And Justice For All. They had just lost arguably the driving force behind their musical evolution into the nine-minute epic-writing band we know them as today and were pissed at having to hire a replacement (the perpetual ButtMonkey Jason Newsted). They somehow channeled that into an album that had enough sheer force behind every song to make every song, from the opening reversed-guitar intro to Blackened to the last thrash-tastic moments of Dyers Eve, an expression of the raw fury they felt at the time. They even managed to score a Grammy off [[AndIMustScream One]], which cemented their meteoric rise to fame.
** One is also #3 on best Solo and #5 on best song according to Top Ten.com anyway.

** This troper would also like to nominate ''Master of Puppets'' if only for the titular song, and Battery.
** This troper considers their entire musical career as one gigantic Moment of Awesome. Yes, even St. Anger. Haters can go die in a fire.
*** Add Orion and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) to the fray.
*** As would "[[HPLovecraft The Thing]] [[CosmicHorror That Should Not Be]]". No wonder it was the FinalBoss for ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Metallica''.
** '''DIE!!! BY MY HAND!!! I CREEP ACROSS THE LAND!!! KILLING FIRST BORN MAN!!!'''
*** '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICKaVAbACek DIE!!!! DIE!!!! DIE!!!! DIE!!!! DIE!!!! DIE!!! DIE, YOU MOTHERFUCKER, DIE!!!!]]'''''
** Fight Fire with Fire, probably the most aggressive song they've ever written that's not on St. Anger. ENDING IS NEAR!
** Death Magnetic. Years since their last good album, generally regarded as has-beens. How does this one turn out? [[HesBack A glorious return to their 80s greatness, completely destroying any hint that the band is dead.]]
** Moment of Awesome related to Metallica, and no one has taken the time to mention ENTER SANDMAN, arguably Metallica's most famous song?
* This troper hereby picks their debut album, 1983's ''Kill 'Em All'', which - [[YourMileageMayVary in his opinion]] - blows ''Master of Puppets'' clear out of the water. "Hit the Lights" is just fucking awesome: not even rabid metal fans had heard a song that fast before! "Motorbreath" is similarly insane, and "The Four Horsemen" is just plain spooky.
* Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's "S&M" performance. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisIVhc64Ng The Call of Ktulu]].
** This troper prefers the S&M ''the thing that should not be'' over the original version.
** The performance of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_7r6eALGyg For Whom The Bell Tolls]] at the same concert was breathtakingly amazing.
*** Actually the whole performance is basically a Crowning Concert of Awesome.
** On the subject of Metallica, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMJhOwBLqw Orion, from Master of Puppets]] is one hell of an instrumental. In fact, that whole album reeks of awesomeness, give [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99ybtk4QNs Battery]] a listen and try to tell me otherwise.
** By having a listen to all applicable tracks, I think you'll find the words "Metallica instrumental" to be sufficient qualification for the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning]] of a song.
*** While we're on Metallica instrumentals, never forget the aforementioned "Call Of Ktulu". It raises the feeling of being with a CosmicHorror without saying a word.
** For [[Tropers/{{Burstkiller}} this troper]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olzz82oRCMI Hero of the Day]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1XJiBvE_c No Leaf Clover]]. The latter was the song was the third 'Tallica song he ever heard after [[NarmCharm St. Anger]] and [[SoBadItsGood Frantic]]. He was [[AwesomenessIsVolatile blown away]]. The former this troper uses to fantasize about trailers.
** The S&M version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG62B_dHfDQ The Ecstasy of Gold]] is just breathtaking and sends chills up the spine. It's ''unbelievable.''
** The S&M version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0rL4D7Pl2k Battery]] is absolutely amazing. This troper considers it their best song to date. Not only is it an absolutely intense song, the intro is complemented to perfection by the Orchestra. Finally, the intensity of the vocals combined with the excellent instrumentals on both sides is absolutely orgasmic.

** Then[[BeyondTheImpossible they managed to top]] '''THAT''' with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWU7s0_zJU a cover of Overkill]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1kmL3JuJU with the Entire BIG FOUR]] and {{Exodus}}
* Pretty much ALL of the "Master of Puppets", and "...And Justice For All" albums. "Death Magnetic" also has a few.

* Ride the Lightning deserves a mention, if only for the title track and "For Whom The Bell Tolls".
** Alternatively, every song. Except maybe ''Escape''. But only because it's not really Crowning in any way. Least interesting song on the album? Maybe. Still a good fucking song? Duh. It's ''Metallica''.
* [[TearJerker Lay beside me,tell me what they've done, and speaks the words, that I wanna hear, to make my demons run.]] The Unforgiven 2 is just beautiful and epic.

* St. Anger is a [[BaseBreaker polarizing album,]] but those who are on the [[LoveItOrHateIt "Love It"]] side ''really'' tend to love it.
* This troper just listened to the Beyond Magnetic EP. These four songs were cut from Death Magnetic, and finally released in their rough mixes. The song "Shine" finally got released as "Just a Bullet Away" and is totally epic. Also, "The Rebel of Babylon" is a tearjerking tribute to Layne Stayley. This should set aside all doubts about Metallica that stem from [=LuLu=].

*** [[BeyondTheImpossible they managed to top]] '''THAT''' with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWU7s0_zJU a cover of Overkill with the Entire BIG FOUR]] and {{Exodus}}

* This troper just listened to the Beyond Magnetic EP. These four songs were cut from Death Magnetic, and finally released in their rough mixes. The song "Shine" finally got released as "Just a Bullet Away" and is totally epic. Also, "The Rebel of Baylon" is a tearjerking tribute to Layne Stayley. This should set aside all doubts about Metallica that stem from [=LuLu=].

* [[CrazyAwesome NOW I SEE HIS FACE,]] [[SlasherSmile I SEE A SMILE YEAH!]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds SUCH A LONELY FACE,]] NO GOLDEN MILE! [[DarkAndTroubledPast EYES TELL MORBID TALES]] [[ForTheEvuls OF HIS BLACK HEART!]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast HIS DEEDS THROUGH AGES PAST TELL OF HIS PART!]] [[IronicEcho SEE HIS FACE! SEE HIS SMILE!]] [[OhCrap I'M GONNA DIE!]] [[SkywardScream WHOA OH! WHOA OH! NOHO!]] Ladies and Gentlemen, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic THE PRINCE!]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced When they start to play this live,]] the fans go berserk. [[SuagrWiki/AwesomeMusic And for good reason!]]

''Hotel rooms and motorways / Life out here is raw / But we will never stop / We will never quit / cause YOU'RE {{Metallica}}''

* {{Metallica}}. ...And Justice For All. They had just lost arguably the driving force behind their musical evolution into the nine-minute epic-writing band we know them as today and were pissed at having to hire a replacement (the perpetual ButtMonkey Jason Newsted). They somehow channeled that into an album that had enough sheer force behind every song to make every song, from the opening reversed-guitar intro to Blackened to the last thrash-tastic moments of Dyers Eve, an expression of the raw fury they felt at the time. They even managed to score a Grammy off [[AndIMustScream One]], which cemented their meteoric rise to fame.

** Speaking of Grammys, arguably their [=CMoA=] really came when ''...And Justice For All'' LOST to Jethro Tull for the Best Hard Rock Album Grammy. The upset, more than anything else, put Metallica on the mainstream map.

** This troper considers their entire musical career as one gigantic [=CMoA=]. Yes, even St. Anger. Haters can go die in a fire.

*** As would "[[HPLovecraft The Thing]] [[CosmicHorror That Should Not Be]]". No wonder it was the FinalBoss for GuitarHero Metallica.

** [=CMoA=] related to Metallica, and no one has taken the time to mention ENTER SANDMAN, arguably Metallica's most famous song?

* {{Metallica}} and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's "S&M" performance. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisIVhc64Ng The Call of The Ktulu]].

** On the subject of {{Metallica}}, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMJhOwBLqw Orion, from Master of Puppets]] is one hell of an instrumental. In fact, that whole album reeks of awesomeness, give [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99ybtk4QNs Battery]] a listen and try to tell me otherwise.
** By having a listen to all applicable tracks, I think you'll find the words "Metallica instrumental" to be sufficient qualification for the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning]] of a song.
*** While we're on Metallica instrumentals, never forget the aformentioned "Call Of Ktulu". It raises the feeling of being with a CosmicHorror without saying a word.
** For [[{{Tropers/Burstkiller}} this troper]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olzz82oRCMI Hero of the Day]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1XJiBvE_c No Leaf Clover]]. The latter was the song was the third 'Tallica song he ever heard after [[NarmCharm St. Anger]] and [[SoBadItsGood Frantic]]. He was [[AwesomenessIsVolatile blown away]]. The former this troper uses to fantasize about trailers.

* [[CrazyAwesome NOW I SEE HIS FACE,]] [[SlasherSmile I SEE A SMILE YEAH!]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds SUCH A LONELY FACE,]] NO GOLDEN MILE! [[DarkAndTroubledPast EYES TELL MORBID TALES]] [[ForTheEvuls OF HIS BLACK HEART!]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast HIS DEEDS THROUGH AGES PAST TELL OF HIS PART!]] [[IronicEcho SEE HIS FACE! SEE HIS SMILE!]] [[OhCrap I'M GONNA DIE!]] [[SkywardScream WHOA OH! WHOA OH! NOHO!]] Ladies and Gentlemen, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome THE PRINCE!]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced When they start to play this live,]] the fans go berserk. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome And for good reason!]]

* This troper just listened to the Beyond Magnetic EP. These four songs were cut from Death Magnetic, and finally released in their rough mixes. The song "Shine" finally got released as "Just a Bullet Away" and is totally epic. Also, "The Rebel of Baylon" is a tearjerking tribute to Layne Stayley. This should set aside all doubts about Metallica that stem from LuLu.

* St. Anger is a [[BaseBreaker polarizing album,]] but those who are on the [[LoveItOrHateIt "Love It"]] side ''really'' tend to love it.