Wherever I May Roam

My opinion of all Metallica albums released so far:

Kill Em All:A Aside from the childish lyrics on Metal Militia, the experimenting on this album showed that they would go places. A bass solo on a 1st album is rare. Highlights: The Four Horsemen, Whiplash, No Remorse, Seek and Destroy

Ride The Lightning: A+ The band was accused of selling out because this album was not Kill Em All Mk2. WHO CARES! Great album. all songs have a feel that fits them Highlights: For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Creeping Death, The Call Of Ktulu

Master Of Puppets:A+ Metallica's best album. Unfortunately their last with Cliff Burton. Although he died 20 years ago, his music will always be remembered Highlights: Battery, Master Of Puppets, Sanitarium, Orion

...And Justice For All:A Their only political album so far. Has a few faults-some of the songs are a bit too long, the drums make a 'click' rather than a 'thud', and the bass is barely audible. But this is nitpicking really. Its a very good album Highlights:Blackened, Eye Of The Beholder, One, The Shortest Straw

Metallica:A+ People will debate about my rating, but there's more to this album than Enter Sandman. This song (the one i'm commenting on) is the best on the album. There's a mix of fast songs and some deep ballads, but unfortunately, some people only think Enter Sandman when this album is mentioned Highlights: Holier Than Thou, Wherever I May Roam, Nothing Else Matters, Of Wolf and Man, The God That Failed

Load: A New sound, new image. The sellout accusations come thick and fast (seen somewhere before?). But the accusers could never see past the ends of their noses. Sure it's not as good as any of their previous albums, but its still good! Highlights: King Nothing, Wasting My Hate, Mama Said, The Thorn Within

Reload: B More of a hard rock album. Also the first lyrically focused. Highlights: Fuel, Devil's Dance, Where The Wild Things Are, Attitude

S & M: A+ Although a couple of songs did not fit in (Sandman, Fuel) when played with an orchestra, the idea was a big success. The orchestra added more feeling to the ballad type songs, and made the heavier songs even more awesome. Highlights: The Thing That Should Not Be, Nothing Else Matters, Wherever I May Roam, One, Battery

St. Anger: B Their most aggressive album since Justice. They wanted a raw sound, which they've achieved. Not a bad album, but it has several faults-the song are too long, Ulrich's snareless snare drum makes the album sound a bit too raw, and the songs lack of solos leave it feeling not 100% complete. Highlights: Frantic, Dirty Window, Shoot Me Again

The next album is showing plenty of promise-new producer, a return to solos, and a mix of the old recording way (start with demo tapes from all) and the new (everyone has a say in what becomes the final song). Lets see what that brings...