METALLICA EPICS POLL

Any votes for any song following "To Live Is to Die" should be discounted.

"Master of Puppets".

Frayed Ends of Sanity = underrated

Myself I'm torn - MoP is very dear to my heart, but ...And Justice is an absolute monster and deserves some props. As far as dynamics go, it's hard to argue with One as well.

Master of Puppies!

Oh fuck. Toughest poll ever? I'm voting for Four Horsemen because it's probably my favorite Metallica song, but all of them up through "To Live is to Die" (excepting "Frayed Ends of Sanity" and "...And Justice for All") are pretty much tied for second.

Disposable Heroes

"One". Would have voted for "Nothing Else Matters" had it been epic enough.

no creeping death?

fucking Master owns.

I agree that these songs are over seven minutes long, but "Orion" is the one that's fucking EPIC

"Disposable Heroes" seconded.

DH contains what is probably my favourite Metallica solo - the bit where the rhythm starts duelling with the lead at 5.05 blows my head off every time.

Yeah, Puppets all the way. But really, when it came to epics, Metallica could do no wrong back then.

Orion for the intro alone, not to mention the interlude and subsequent harmonized solo

voted for "One" just ahead of "Orion" and "To Live Is To Die"

THOUGH "To Live Is To Die" has the awesome spoken-word bit that I misremember as either "these are the times that try men's souls" (Thomas Paine) or "this battle will make your blood boil" (Jackal, nintendo game). I prefer those versions (must make remix).

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well it's gotta be 'puppets'
'orion' and 'one' would take 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

i also adore 'ktulu' and 'disposable heroes' it should be noted

To Live Is To Die

Creeping Death seems to be the epitome of an epic, but isn't here. Puppets, Heroes and One kick total ass.

I voted Call of Ktulu, just because.

Creeping Death seems to be the epitome of an epic, but isn't here.

It's under seven minutes unfortuneately. One must have some kind of scientific vetting process for such things, otherwise it would just turn into a 'best Metallica song' poll (which actually would be managable if you only went up to the Black Album, hmmm...)

too hard to choose really, so i'll plug rodrigo y gabriela's version of 'orion' instead. it's absolutely mesmerizing.

best song between 6:30 and 7 minutes? (i don't have anything after black album, sorry):

Fade to Black (6:57)
Seek & Destroy (6:55)
The Small Hours (6:43)
Blackened (6:42)
Helpless (6:38)
Ride The Lightning (6:37)
The Thing That Should Not Be (6:36)
Creeping Death (6:36)
The Shortest Straw (6:35)

I like all of those

Gonna say "Ktulu" because it needs more love and it's got my favourite acoustic intro of any of their epics. Cliff Burton's epiglottal bass-noises remind me of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog".

Either Blackened, Creeping Death or The Shortest Straw.

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Fade or Creeping, too tough to call

itunes tells me mine is seek & destroy

Has there ever been a better, more succinct name for a heavy metal song than Creeping Death? I don't think so.

Always had a soft spot for "One", of course "Master of Puppets" is supreme....

amazing that their shit era has more epics than the classic era

Fixxxer...Lover Man...Invisible Kid...

what crazy names these are. i wonder what any of those later ones sounds like. not enough to actually listen to them, of course

Fixxxer actually wasn't that bad.

Loverman was a Nick Cave cover and I don't remember it being great.

Invisible Kid was a REALLY strange song.

so i'll plug rodrigo y gabriela's version of 'orion' instead.

Your plug was not wasted.

Reggaeton Metallica

are those last 6 songs all from st. anger?
no wonder the record blew. boring, LONG, repetitive, badly produced songs bereft of any melody.

oh there were melodies....just very bad ones.

if I remember correctly the only songs I gave a real shit about was St. Anger, and Dirty Window or whatever the fuck it was called.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

apparently russian vodka and bear hunting does a lot for one's creative energy

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Yay, St. Finger got shut out!

if i had voted in this poll, i would have voted for master of puppets. because there really isn't any other choice, is there?

Yay, the correct winner. I may do a best Metallica song up to the Black Album poll tomorrow when I'm not drunk.

surprised Frayed Ends got a vote.

Pretty boring song...interesting mid-section although it's pretty much just a pastiche of riffs.

it's pretty much just a pastiche of riffs.

Yes, but a melange of 80s Metallica is still pretty fucking hot.

I got that '1000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die' book from my dad for christmas a few years ago, and the entry for '...And Justice' described the midsection of the album as a 'spiralling riff salad', which is pretty OTM.

i always found Eye of the Beholder to be underappreciated from that album

Eye of the Beholer is incredible!

Moral of the story: I just really love Metallica.

Cliff Em All is still one of my favorite videos (yes, I have a VHS of it)

i voted for frayed ends. it's got a pastiche of great riffs. the riff under the solo section is totally sick.