Every Metallica Song, Ranked
Stacking up 151 tracks from across the multiple eras of the metal greats' tumultuous history
By: SPIN Staff
July 30, 2015
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151. “The Unforgiven II” (Reload, 1997)
150. “Cure” (Load, 1996)
149. “You Really Got Me” (w/ Ray Davies) (See My Friends tribute album, 2011)
148. “We Did It Again” (w/ Ja Rule & Swizz Beatz) (Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories, 2002)
147. “Dragon” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
146. “Just a Bullet Away” (Beyond Magnetic, 2011)
145. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” (“St. Anger” B-side, 2003)
144. “Wasting My Hate” (Load, 1996)
143. “Cretin Hop” (“St. Anger” B-side, 2003)
142. “Prince Charming” (Reload, 1997)
141. “Little Dog” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
140. “We’re a Happy Family” (“St. Anger” B-side, 2003)
139. “Poor Twisted Me” (Load, 1996)
138. “Attitude” (Reload, 1997)
137. “Pumping Blood” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
136. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World” (“St. Anger,” 2003)
135. “The Ecstasy of Gold” (We All Love Ennio Morricone tribute album, 2007)
134. “- Human” (S&M, 1999)
133. “Hell and Back” (Beyond Magnetic, 2011)
132. “Bad Seed” (Reload, 1997)
131. “Cheat on Me” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
130. “Too Late Too Late” (“Hero of the Day” B-side, 1996)
129. “Carpe Diem Baby” (Reload, 1997)
128. “Sweet Amber” (St. Anger, 2003)
127. “Rebel of Babylon” (Beyond Magnetic, 2011)
126. “Thorn Within” (Load, 1996)
125. “Damage Case” (“Hero of the Day” B-side, 1996)
124. “The House Jack Built” (Load, 1996)
123. “53rd and 3rd” (“St. Anger” B-side, 2003)
122. “Fixxxer” (Reload, 1997)
121. “Frustration” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
120. “Ronnie Rising Medley” (Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life Tribute Album, 2014)
119. “2 X 4″ (Load, 1996)
118. “Purify” (St. Anger, 2003)
117. “My World” (St. Anger, 2003)
116. “Ronnie” (Load, 1996)
115. “Where the Wild Things Are” (Reload, 1997)
114. “Commando” (“St. Anger” B-side, 2003)
113. “Brandenburg Gate” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
112. “Hate Train” (Beyond Magnetic, 2011)
111. “Bleeding Me” (Load, 1996)
110. “Mistress Dread” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
109. “Sabbra Cadabra” (Garage Inc., 1998)
108. “Mama Said” (Load, 1996)
107. “No Leaf Clover” (S&M, 1999)
106. “Astronomy” (Garage Inc., 1998)
105. “Lords of Summer” (Internet-only release, 2014)
104. “The Outlaw Torn” (Load, 1996)
103. “The Struggle Within” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
102. “King Nothing” (Load, 1996)
101. “Low Man’s Lyric” (Reload, 1997)
100. “I Disappear” (Mission: Impossible 2, 2000)
99. “The End of the Line” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
98. “Stone Dead Forever” (“Hero of the Day” B-side, 1996)
97. “Suicide and Redemption” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
96. “Dirty Window” (St. Anger, 2003)
95. “My Friend of Misery” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
94. “The Prince” (“Harvester of Sorrow” B-side, 1988)
93. “Crash Course in Brain Surgery” (The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987)
92. “Slither” (Reload, 1997)
91. “It’s Electric” (Garage Inc., 1998)
90. “The More I See” (Garage Inc., 1998)
89. “Helpless” (The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987)
88. “The Unnamed Feeling” (St. Anger, 2003)
87. “The Memory Remains” (Reload, 1997)
86. “When a Blind Man Cries” (Re-Machined Tribute Album, 2012)
85. “Breadfan” (“Harvester of Sorrow” B-side, 1988)
84. “The Unforgiven III” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
83. “The Small Hours” (The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987)
82. “Better Than You” (Reload, 1997)
81. “Invisible Kid” (St. Anger, 2003)
80. “Mercyful Fate” (Garage Inc, 1998)
79. “Overkill” (“Hero of the Day” B-side, 1996)
78. “Turn the Page” (Garage Inc., 1998)
77. “All Within My Hands” (St. Anger, 2003)
76. “Trapped Under Ice” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
75. “The Judas Kiss” (Death Magnetic, 2009)
74. “Killing Time” (“The Unforgiven” B-side, 1991)
73. “Phantom Lord” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
72. “The Wait” (The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987)
71. “That Was Just Your Life” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
70. “Through the Never” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
69. “No Remorse” (Kill ‘em All, 1983)
68. “Escape” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
67. “Free Speech for the Dumb” (Garage Inc, 1998)
66. “Shoot Me Again” (St. Anger, 2003)
65. “Stone Cold Crazy” (Garage Inc., 1998)
64. “Broken, Beat & Scarred” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
63. “Iced Honey” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
62. “Loverman” (Garage Inc., 1998)
61. “Motorbreath” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
60. “Whiskey in the Jar” (Garage Inc., 1998)
59. “The God That Failed” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
58. “Die, Die My Darling” (Garage Inc., 1998)
57. “Ain’t My Bitch” (Load, 1996)
56. “Some Kind of Monster” (St. Anger, 2003)
55. “My Apocalypse” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
54. “Of Wolf and Man” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
53. “Dyers Eve” (…And Justice for All, 1987)
52. “Blitzkrieg” (“Creeping Death” B-side, 1984)
51. “Devil’s Dance” (Reload, 1997)
50. “Junior Dad” (Lulu, 2011)
49. “(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
48. “The Frayed Ends of Sanity” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
47. “Leper Messiah” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
46. “Frantic” (St. Anger, 2003)
45. “Metal Militia” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
44. “Harvester of Sorrow” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
43. “Tuesday’s Gone” (Garage Inc., 1998)
42. “Holier Than Thou” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
41. “So What” (“Sad But True” B-side, 1991)
40. “Disposable Heroes” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
39. “Jump in the Fire” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
38. “To Live Is to Die” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
37. “All Nightmare Long” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
36. “The Shortest Straw” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
35. “Don’t Tread on Me” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
34. “Fight Fire With Fire” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
33. “Fuel” (Reload, 1997)
32. “The View” (w/ Lou Reed) (Lulu, 2011)
31. “Cyanide” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
30. “The Call of Ktulu” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
29. “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
28. “Eye of the Beholder” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
27. “St. Anger” (St. Anger, 2003)
26. “The Thing That Should Not Be” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
25. “Until It Sleeps” (Load, 1996)
24. “Nothing Else Matters” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
23. “Last Caress” / “Green Hell” (Garage Inc., 1999)
22. “Damage, Inc.” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
21. “Hit the Lights” (Kill Em All, 1983)
20. “Blackened” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
19. “Creeping Death” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
18. “Whiplash” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
17. “The Unforgiven” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
16. “The Day That Never Comes” (Death Magnetic, 2008)
15. “Orion” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
14. “Sad But True” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
13. “Hero of the Day” (Load, 1996)
12. “The Four Horsemen” (Kill ‘Em All, 1983)
11. “…And Justice For All” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
10. “Fade to Black” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
9. “Am I Evil?” (The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987)
8. “Enter Sandman” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
7. “Battery” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
6. “Ride the Lightning” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
5. “Wherever I May Roam” (Metallica (The Black Album), 1991)
4. “Seek & Destroy” (Kill ‘em All, 1983)
3. “One” (…And Justice for All, 1988)
2. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
1. “Master of Puppets” (Master of Puppets, 1986)
Again I chuckle at critics trying to rank an acclaimed artist's every song. As an avid Metallica fan, I'm near-violently shaking my head looking at the messed-up rankings. They got #1 right but "Fade to Black" should be at least Top 5; "Wherever I May Roam" is not the Black Album's best track;"Fuel", "No Leaf Clover", "The Memory Remains", "Phantom Lord" and "No Remorse" are ranked too low. At least they got the sense to put almost all the album tracks Pre-Black Album in the top half of the list.
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