Top 10 Metallica Songs
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Top 10 Metallica Songs is part of Quick Lists, top 10 lists submitted by our readers that are either more personal or a quicker read than our longer lists.
10. Enter Sandman
9. The Ecstasy Of Gold
8. Seek and Destroy
7. Sad But True
6. No Leaf Clover
5. From Whom The Bell Tolls
4. Nothing Else Matters
3. One
2. Ride The Lighting
1. Master Of Puppets
submitted by: Guy Kofman
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For Whom the Bell Tolls should be #1, no argument. That song was what originally made me a Metallica fan. Enter Sandman was good, but unfortunately, I think that song has been overplayed to the point where I can’t even bear to hear it anymore.
I’m waiting for Metallica’s comeback (a real comeback, one where they actually make quality music and don’t just finish an album for the sake of finishing one). I think they have at least 2 more classics in them.
MY TOP 10 METALLICA SONGS
10. unforgiven
9. seek and destroy
8. ride the lightning
7. and justice for all
6. welcome of sanitarium
5. nothing else matters
4. sad but true
3. the day that never comes
2. fade to black
1. MASTER OF PUPPETS
Interesting list, but I think Battery not only must be included, but in the top 5. That song embodies early Metallica like no other.
Not to split hairs- because I enjoy The Ecstacy of Gold from S&M- but 2 issues: first, it’s not a Metallica song, and secondly, the orchestra did most of the playing on that track. Those factors should exclude it from this list.
Anyway, my top 10 Metallica songs would be:
10. Harvester of Sorrow
9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
8. Seek & Destroy
7. Enter Sandman
6. Sad But True
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Orion
3. Battery
2. Fade to Black
1a. Nothing Else Matters
1. One
Death Magnetic is outstanding, after a period of time, All Nightmare Long or Cyanide might knock one of these off this list.
I like the lists and have to agree about “Ecstasy of Gold”. I also think that Metallica are back on form with Death Magnetic. Here is my top 10:
Enter Sandman
1) Master of Puppets
2) One
3) The Four horsemen
4) For whom the Bell Tolls
5) Creeping Death
6) Cyanide
7) Battery
9) Frantic
10) Unforgiven II
Good list, but is it a personal top 10 list or the top 10 metallica songs loved by the by all Metallica fans?
If it is the entire Metallica fan population, it would be:
10. For Whom The Bell Tolls
9. Fuel
8. Turn The Page
7. Some Kind of Monster
6. Fade To Black
5. Nothing Else Matters
4. The Day That Never Comes
3. One
2. Master of Puppets
1. Enter Sandman
I have got to say also: great choices in songs! Those all are amazing hardcore thrash songs. My favorite is no question- Master of Puppets, but the majority of Metallica fans like Enter Sandman better
Lets say this Metallica is a band that is so consistent, what i mean by that is that all of there songs r good and are used a lot, for example at hockey games and stuff, so pretty much metallica rocks.
Good list indeed. It may vary from fan to fan, but I must admit I share your tastes.
u need to factor in Death Magnetic, which is a
GREAT album, with My Apocalypse, Broke, beat and scarred and the day that never comes all being really good, but heres my top 10:
10= Battey
9= Broke, beat and scarred
8= One
7= My Apocalypse
6= The day that never comes
5= For whom the bell tolls
4= Ride the Lightning
3= Fade to Black
2= Enter Sandman
1= Master of Puppets
(No Order)
10-Battery
9-Seek and Destroy
8-Fade to Black
7-The Unforgiven
6-Nothing else Matters
5-One
4-From whom the bell tolls
3-enter sandman
2-Wherever I may roam
1-Master of Puppets
my top ten:
10. orion
9. fuel
8. hit the lights
7. all nightmare long
6. master of puppets
5. battery
4. trapped under ice
3. one
2. fade to black
1. enter sandman
Their new stuff can’t be described as classic Metallica, but it’s still better than most stuff on the radio these days…… Here’s my top ten:
1) Master of Puppets
All Nightmare Long
2) One
3) The Day That Never Comes
4) Nothing Else Matters
5) Fade to Black
6) Wherever I May Roam
7) The Unforgiven II
9) Enter Sandman
10) Sad but True
Please none of the new crap. They lack the anger that the drugs and alcohol provided back in the ’80s. I’m not advertising drugs, but they made some of their most pumped music under the influence.
10) Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
9)Ride the Lightning
8)…And Justice for All
7)Enter Sandman
6)Battery
5)Fade to Black
4)For Whom the Bell Tolls
3)Master of Puppets
2)DAMAGE INC.
1)Fuel
How do songs like “Enter Sandman” and “Nothing Else Matters” make it on these lists. Nothing from the Black albumn and later should be on a top 10 Metallica song list. This band entered its musical death throes when it released the “Black Albumn”.
By the way, here’s my list.
1. Battery
2. Blackend
3. Diar’s eve
4. Master of Puppets
5. Creeping Death
6. Damage Inc.
7. Shortest Straw
8. Fight Fire with Fire
9. Sanitarium
10. One
I have recently heard some other material and have to reconsider my list: I have heard more of death magnetic and …and justice for all as well as some other random bits. anyway here’s my NEW top 10:
10=Fight fire with fire
9=damage inc
8=that was just your life
7=sanitarium(welcome home)
6=Ride the Lightning
5=…and justice for all
4=One
3=Battery
2=Enter Sandman
1=Master of Puppets
This next comment may annoy you 80’s obssesives, but Death magnetic is a fantastic album, really taking metal back to hardcore thrash! Justice is also really good, but i agree with you in saying load, reload and st. anger all suck hard!
Tuesdays Gone (Cover)
Whiskey In The Jar (Cover)
The Unforgiven
One
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Battery
Seek and Destroy
Been a Metallica fan since ‘82 when I saw them in San Fran. Here’s my list.
1. Master of Puppets
2. Fade To Black
3. Nothing Else Matters
4. One
5. Metal Militia
6. Stone Cold Crazy (cover)
7. Blackened
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls
9. The Unforgiven (I)
10. Ride the Lightning.
Metallica has too many good songs for a top 10!!
Here is my best attempt at the list:
1. Fade to Black
2. One
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls
4. Battery
5. Ride the Lightning
6. Master of Puppets
7. Fight Fire with Fire
8. Seek & Destroy
9. Orion
10. The Thing That Should Not Be
There’s too small of a difference here…If my #1 was 10/10, my #10 would be 9.9999/10. They’re all awesome.
10. Sad But True
9. The Unforgiven II
8. The Day That Never Comes
7. Sanitarium
6. Nothing Else Matters
5. Battery
4. Enter Sandman
3. Fade To Black
2. One
1. Master Of Puppets
Heres mine
1. Master of Puppets
2. Fade to Black
3. Ride the Lightning
4. One
5. Battery
6. Sanitarium
7. Blackened
8. …And Justice For All
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls
10. Enter Sandman
IT’S PRETTY HARD TO CHOSE 10 SONGS FROM A 30 YEAR ACTIVE BAND, BUT I’LL TELL YOU MY FAVORITE SONG FROM EACH ALBUM, HERE IT IS…
KILL ‘EM ALL – MOTORBREATH
RIDE THE LIGHTNING – FADE TO BLACK
MASTER FO PUPPETS – MASTER OF PUPPETS
…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL – ONE
METALLICA – MY FRIEND OF MISERY
LOAD – THE HOUSE JACK BUILT
RELOAD – CARPE DIEM BABY
GARAGE INC. – TURN THE PAGE
ST. ANGER – ST. ANGER
DEATH MAGNETIC – ALL NIGHTMARE LONG
Indeed, it is such a hard choice… I like pretty much all their songs!
10- All Nightmare Long
9- No Leaf Clover
8- The Day That Never Comes
7- Wherever I May Roam
6- Fade To Black
5- That Was Just Your Life
4- Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
3- Enter Sandman
2- Nothing Else Matters
1- Master of Puppets
My 3 favorite albums are Master Of Puppets, Death Magnetic and Black Album (Metallica).
@Shadow: You said not to rate in our top 10 “any of the new cr*p” and only what Metallica performed in the 80s… but in your own top 10, you put Fuel and Damage Inc. …are you an idiot?
On the same subject, if you are a real fan of the band, you would not be that selective, but you should love all their work. Of course, the sound and timbre of their 80s records were sure the best, but Black Album and Death Magnetic are far from being bad. Professional reviewers agree to say that Death Magnetic is their best overall album since …And Justice For All.
But yet, it’s your opinion, and this is mine. But why bitching on the one of Reload’s song (Fuel), if it’s your #1 ?!
1-ride the lightning
2-master of puppets
3-one
4-fuel
4-seek and destroy
5-battery
6-fade to black
7-all nightmare long
8-welcome home (sanitarium)
9-enter sandman
10-thing that should not to be
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thats my list
All Valid Lists
Mine :
10. Bleeding Me (Purely due to the lyrics)
9. Fuel
8. Blackened
7. Enter Sandman (Popularity)
6. Dyers Eve
5. Wherever I May Roam (S&M)
4. The Unforgiven
3. Master Of Puppets
2. Battery
1. One.
Don’t have any from ‘kill em all however Whiplash, Seek and Destroy and Hit the Lights would be 11, 12 & 13
my top 10
10. Cyanide
9. And Justice for All
8. Master of Puppets
7. Seek and Destroy
6. Nothing Else Matters
5. Cyanide
4. One
3. Ride The Lightning
2. Fade To Black
1. The day that never comes
1. …And Justice for all
2. Master of Puppets
3. Welcome home (Sanitarium)
4. Fade to Black
5. Orion
6. Creeping Death
7. One
8. The Day that never comes
9. Ride the Lightning
10. The Unforgiven III
1. Master of Puppets
2. Dyers Eve
3. Fade To Black
4. One
5. For Whom The Bell Tolls
6. Orion
7. Enter Sandman
8. Disposible Heros
9. Creeping Death
10. Nothing Else Matters
Its hard to pick ten songs, but I think thats one of the things that makes Metallica great. So many songs over such a long period of time and in a variety of differnt styles, from Nothing Else Matters to Dyers Eve, Bleeding Me and Turn the Page to All Nightmare Long and St. Anger, their music will always appeal to many different people… except Mustane of course.
I’ve listened to Metallica quite a lot and had become a bit tired of a few of the metallica hits, but then Death Magnetic came and you’ll see!
10. Orion
9. Ride the lightning
8. Disposible Heros
7. One
6. Fade to Black
5. Master of Puppets
4. Broken, Beat & Scarred
3. Cyanide
2. My Apocalypse
1. All Nightmare Long
This is my third rant on this site and all of you reading this may have started to hate me for my consistent commenting but damn, I’m going to comment anyhow! Some of the most recent additions to this topic have sparked my interest, so I went to check out Metallica live at sonisphere festival on august the first. My god, what a live performance!! Some of the material there made me re-think my list, so here is my newest, most improved Metallica top ten!
10= The Judas Kiss (Death Magnetic)
9= …And Justice For All (…And Justice For All)
8= Enter Sandman (Black Album)
7= Damage Inc (Master of Puppets)
6= All Nightmare Long (Death Magnetic)
5= Cyanide (Death Magnetic)
4= Battery (Master of Puppets)
3= Shortest Straw (the most underrated Metallica song ever!) (…And Justice For All)
2= One (…And Justice For All)
1= Master of Puppets (Master of Puppets)
Honorary mentions go to Dyers Eve (…And Justice For All), Fade to Black (Ride the Lightning), For Whom The Bell Tolls (Ride the Lightning) and Creeping Death (Ride the Lightning). My reasons for not including anything from Ride the Lightning are that James Hetfield’s voice still sounds wet behind the ears from Kill ‘em All and kind of weakens the song’s awesome powers. So for now, goodbye!
am i like the only person who loves “my friend of misery”?
the solo in that song is fukn amazingly shocking!!!
not to mention the opening bass and the bass in the bridge of the song!!
my wedding song is either gonna be:
1: my friend of misery
2:so what!
3:seek and destroy
ha ha
Wow my favorite metallica song and nobody even mentioned it ONCE!!! jezz… well to be honest my list goes like so….
10.For whom the bells toll
9. The outlaw Torn
8.The day that never comes
7.King Nothing
6.The thing that should not be
5. No leaf Clover
4.Nothing else Matters
Nobody mentioned this one either
3. The Call of Ktulu(such a good song)
2. Orion(instrumental)
and last but definatly not least… and pretty much my favorite song by metallica, that nobody mentioned once…..
1. To Live is to die
If you havn’t heard it, go listen to it, and let me know what you think lol