most UNDERRATED Metallica songs

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Songs like Four Horsemen, Creeping Death, Master of Puppets and One always get talked about.....but there are many lesser known Metallica songs that kick just as much, if not more a$$. Mine are (in order of the albums release):

Jump in the Fire
Phantom Lord
No Remorse
Fight Fire with Fire
Trapped Under Ice
The Thing that Should Not Be
Leper Messiah
Eye of the Beholder
The Shortest Straw
The Frayed Ends of Sanity (LOVE this song)
Holier than Thou
Through the Never
The God that Failed
The House that Jack Built
Better than You


All these songs seem to be overshadowed by the more popular ones on their respective albums, but in many cases these are some of the strongest songs. Anyone else?

[sculli]

Whiplash especially live.

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Yea it's a good song, but I always thought of it as being one of the more popular songs, rather than underrrated.

[sculli]

Yea it's a good song, but I always thought of it as being one of the more popular songs, rather than underrrated.
I guess to the true fans it is but to the average person on the street, they probably never heard of it. In that regard, I think a lot of their songs are underrated. A lot of people only know the hits they hear on the radio.

[Madman_s Melody]

Hit the lights
To live is to Die
For whom the bells tolls
Escape
:D

[LatsMakeTheMan]

I guess to the true fans it is but to the average person on the street, they probably never heard of it. In that regard, I think a lot of their songs are underrated. A lot of people only know the hits they hear on the radio.

Yea that's definitely true......other than "One" most people have never even heard of any Metallica songs that pre-date the black album.

[Hartski]

Thje Call of Ktulu. Best instrumental ever!

[MassSovereignty]

Songs like Four Horsemen, Creeping Death, Master of Puppets and One always get talked about.....but there are many lesser known Metallica songs that kick just as much, if not more a$$. Mine are (in order of the albums release):

Jump in the Fire
Phantom Lord
No Remorse
Fight Fire with Fire
Trapped Under Ice
The Thing that Should Not Be
Leper Messiah
Eye of the Beholder
The Shortest Straw
The Frayed Ends of Sanity (LOVE this song)
Holier than Thou
Through the Never
The God that Failed
The House that Jack Built
Better than You


All these songs seem to be overshadowed by the more popular ones on their respective albums, but in many cases these are some of the strongest songs. Anyone else?

Eye of the Beholder <<< that song is the ****, so is Fight Fire with Fire..... actually the Unforgiven II is really good too, it isnt very heavy but the clean toned riff kicks ass.

[alexwwe]

Master of Puppets

[BigZeke]

Thje Call of Ktulu. Best instrumental ever!

No way, "Orion" is the best Metallica instrumental. It's also an underrated song,

[MassSovereignty]

No way, "Orion" is the best Metallica instrumental. It's also an underrated song,

The Call of Ktulu owns

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Man.....between COK and Orion that's a tough call......

I like the ending of Ktulu a lot......but overall I think I like Orion better. (Not by much though......I could go either way depending on my mood. The ending of Ktulu is heavy as ****!)

[chopper69]

The Shortest Straw, Eye of the Beholder own all

[billwilliams70]

Songs like Four Horsemen, Creeping Death, Master of Puppets and One always get talked about.....but there are many lesser known Metallica songs that kick just as much, if not more a$$. Mine are (in order of the albums release):

Jump in the Fire
Phantom Lord
No Remorse
Fight Fire with Fire
Trapped Under Ice
The Thing that Should Not Be
Leper Messiah
Eye of the Beholder
The Shortest Straw
The Frayed Ends of Sanity (LOVE this song)
Holier than Thou
Through the Never
The God that Failed
The House that Jack Built
Better than You


All these songs seem to be overshadowed by the more popular ones on their respective albums, but in many cases these are some of the strongest songs. Anyone else?

I've bolded the one song that I think is most underrated.

Later

[METAL VIPER]

I love this topic...God bless you
I really can't choose a song...I can't consider any underrated to me since I love every song from KEA-AJFA, and I like the Black Album. If I must choose one though:
CREEPING DEATH

[Shagrath]

The Unforgiven, one of the greatest songs of all time dammit, everything seems so perfect in it, especially the solo

[LatsMakeTheMan]

The Unforgiven, one of the greatest songs of all time dammit, everything seems so perfect in it, especially the solo

True.....but that song is relatively well-known.

[user4165146510]

- No Leaf Clover
- anything from "Ride the Lightning"

[BritBoy]

Better than you, Fuel and For whom the bell tolls. I don't know how well known they all are, but they never seemed to get tlaked about (well, maybe fuel does). There's something about the lyrics in better than you and bellz that really strikes a chord and you can't ignore... they just, work!

[BoomStick]

Orion is deffinately underrated and is a great track

[massive member]

dyers eve?

[aiwass]

The Thing That Should Not Be.

[Stand Ablaze]

No Leaf Clover. It's 10 times better live.

[carcinogen]

sanitarium

[carcinogen]

sanitarium


Oh yeah, and creeping death

[iOse]

i'd say Orion and SA NI TA RIUM

[Tiger Driver]

Low Man's Lyric

[NotRippedYet]

In order for me.

Trapped Under Ice
Leper Mesiah
Of Wolf and Man
Disposable Heroes

[Tim]

The Shortest Straw
Blackened
Lepper Messiah
Fight Fire With Fire
Metal Militia

[pearldrummer]

no one said HARVESTER OR SORROWS. i love that song. the guitar part is fun to play also.

blackened kicks ass too. im have and justice for all in my cd player in my car right now. i love that cd.

[AzBadass]

Anything pre-black album is under rated. My personal pick is going to go towards "hit the lights". Good thrash anthem in my book.

[K_Ching]

Phantom Lord


That one

[KhorneDeth]

*bows down to thread starter*

At the risk of sounding like a skinny 80's metalhead with long hair and no shirt..... METALLICA ****ING RULES!!!!! *devil horns up*

Most underrated songs? Like someone said, to Metallica fans they don't exist cuz very very few of them are NOT amazing to begin with.... I'd say:

To Live is To Die
Dyer's Eve
Don't Tread on Me
The Thing That Should Not Be (a brutally heavy masterpiece)

and

Sad But True -- this one is minimally well-known but then again, because it IS on the black album it totally gets overshadowed by Enter Sandman, Wherever I May Roam, and Nothing Else Matters. I nearly clawed through my TV when I saw Kid Rock did a ****ing song sampling Sad But True. ****in ***got....

And on the Orion vs Call of Ktulu (Cthulu? Kthulu? How is it REALLY spelled, eh?), I think I'd have to go with Ktulu. Orion ownz some ass, but Call of Ktulu is seriously a bonechilling song....

Is there really a connection between The Thing That Should Not Be and Call of Ktulu, or is that just me daydreaming again?

-- KhorneDeth

[Stormrider]

Definatly Dyer's Eve.

[METAL VIPER]

God I love this topic \m/

[Diesel66]

leper mesiah and trapped under ice

[JB20]

seek and destroy

[Raizore]

No Remorse

[Gabe]

me love metallica

[Cat Basher]

Nothing about Metallica is underrated.

[ae-coma]

I love No Leaf Clover...It's probably my fav. song...

[MojoWrestler]

Pre-Black Album Metallica is definitely not underrated. 30% of Metallica fans will tell you that everything past the Black Album sucked. ...And Justice For All is by far my favorite album, and Kill 'Em All is my least favorite. That is, if you don't count St. Anger. St. Anger is one of the worst albums ever made. Although, the edit of Some Kind of Monster is alright.

I think the most underrated Metallica song is definitely "- Human." Some people haven't even heard of it, but it's one of my top 20 favorite Metallica songs. Among a few other underrated songs are "Mama Said," and "Fixxer."

I'd also like to point out that the thread isn't asking your favorite Metallica songs, just the underrated ones. "Seek and Destroy," "Fight Fire With Fire," "Dyer's Eve," "Fuel," and "Orion," (among many, many others) are the stupidest answers I have ever heard. No offense to anyone. Also, anyone that mentions anything off the Black Album that isn't "The Struggle Within." But I hate that song, so you shouldn't mention it, anyway.

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Pre-Black Album Metallica is definitely not underrated. 30% of Metallica fans will tell you that everything past the Black Album sucked.

It's true that most "real" Metallica fans agree that everything beyond the Black Album sucked (many of them say that Black album sucked as well, but I don't think so). But when you consider the fact that 95% of posers can't name a single pre-black album song (other than "one"), I'd say it does make all that stuff underrated.

[carcinogen]

It's true that most "real" Metallica fans agree that everything beyond the Black Album sucked (many of them say that Black album sucked as well, but I don't think so). But when you consider the fact that 95% of posers can't name a single pre-black album song (other than "one"), I'd say it does make all that stuff underrated.


Just out of my own curiousity:
How many people like "St. Anger" album?
And also S&M album?
Hell, why dont I include Garage Days CD release?

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Just out of my own curiousity:
How many people like "St. Anger" album?
And also S&M album?
Hell, why dont I include Garage Days CD release?

I don't know one single person who doesn't think St. Anger sucks.

I bought it when it came out, since I'm a fan. I listened to it straight through, then took it out of my CD player and never put it back in since. Hell, I don't even know where it is. And I don't care.

I think that album must have been a joke or something. James and Lars must have been like, "let's make the sh*ttiest album possible, and see how many suckers buy it anyway."

[carcinogen]

I don't know one single person who doesn't think St. Anger sucks.

I bought it when it came out, since I'm a fan. I listened to it straight through, then took it out of my CD player and never put it back in since. Hell, I don't even know where it is. And I don't care.

I think that album must have been a joke or something. James and Lars must have been like, "let's make the sh*ttiest album possible, and see how many suckers buy it anyway."


That's kinda what I did (I only made it through track 3)...that ping on the snare just did sound right to me

[JB20]

I'd also like to point out that the thread isn't asking your favorite Metallica songs, just the underrated ones. "Seek and Destroy," "Fight Fire With Fire," "Dyer's Eve," "Fuel," and "Orion," (among many, many others) are the stupidest answers I have ever heard. No offense to anyone.

seek and destroy is a badass song that i think is underrated

[Dmk018]

breadfan

[FreeBirdbulker]

Underrated songs:
Hit the Lights
Jump in the Fire
Whiplash
Seek and Destroy(debatable)
Metal Militia
Blackened
Shortest Straw
Harvestor of Sorrow
Fight Fire with Fire
Trapped Under Ice
Disposable Heroes

many more, but these just come to mind

[MojoWrestler]

But when you consider the fact that 95% of posers can't name a single pre-black album song (other than "one"), I'd say it does make all that stuff underrated.

Hahahaha, 95% of Metallica fans are posers. (Obviously exaggerated)

[MojoWrestler]

Just out of my own curiousity:
How many people like "St. Anger" album?
And also S&M album?
Hell, why dont I include Garage Days CD release?
I like S&M. The orchestra's part all tends to start sounding the same, though. It's good if you start to get bored of listening to the songs over and over again. I really like "No Leaf Clover" and "-Human," too bad St. Anger didn't sound like them. I saw Metallica a couple weeks ago, and they played "No Leaf Clover." It was pretty awesome.

Garage Days was alright. I got bored of half of the songs after a while. I remember when I started my first band, we always played that stuff.

[iOse]

I like S&M...
i'd say "Harvester of Sorrow" and "To live is to die" are very underrated too.
i wouldn't say that st. anger is a bad album... it's not as good as "ride the lightning" or the black album but i like some songs (Unnamed feeling, Some kind of monster...).

[ua94]

frantic

[LatsMakeTheMan]

Hahahaha, 95% of Metallica fans are posers. (Obviously exaggerated)

Well if you ask 100 people what their favorite metallica song is, probably 95 of them will say "enter sandman."

So I guess what I was trying to say is that most "fans" of metallica don't know anything about them pre-black album.

[nail3r]

S&M was a geniously executed masterpeice.

[Rib Spreader]

S&M was a geniously executed masterpeice.

No. It sounded like ****. Have a listen to the Kiss Symphony DVD or CD if you want to see how a band should play with an orchestra. That was a geniusly executed masterpiece.

[Diesel66]

Just out of my own curiousity:
How many people like "St. Anger" album?
And also S&M album?
Hell, why dont I include Garage Days CD release?

St anger just sounds like crap. Whoever thought that was a good release should be shot.
Garage days is very good.

[The_New_Me]

My favorite song is Battery.


That song gets the blood pumping like no other.... if you don't get pumped up listening to that song i pronounce u to be dead

[JBL Rules]

Pretty much any song off "Justice" besides One.

[Chris_Seal]

shortest straw
the god that failed
my freind of misery
whiplash
the house that jack built
2*4
fixxer
where the wild things are
escepe
trapped under ice

[cfisher]

I grew up in a town where EVERYONE loves metallica and therefore might be a little out of touch with what is under rated but here it goes...

orion
battery
fixxxer
shortest straw
leper mesiah
of wolf and man
mama said (in moderation)

many others but those are the first to come to mind...

[Neva_L8_Ina_V8]

Most underrated by far would be
Lepper Messiah
Jump in the Fire (Mustaine Wrote most of it..thats why they dont play it live much)
Orion
Dyers Eve
Ride the Lightning
Disposable Heroes

[the willster]

Low mans lyric

[kingarty]

One-that song makes me cry.

[Sebstar]

holier than though is not underated...

i personally like fight fire with fire :P

[captainhorseboy]

i'd say a lot of load songs but in the first 4 albums, Frayed Ends of Sanity and Disposable Heroes never get enough love because the band could barely play the songs live and they didnt get enough live exposure

[indecision]

No way, "Orion" is the best Metallica instrumental. It's also an underrated song,
I agree

Thje Call of Ktulu. Best instrumental ever!

katulu is good but orion is better. Its in my will to be played at my viewing before I am cremated.

[EZ-Bar]

blackened and creeping death although i dont listen to much metallica now.

[joey joe joe]

Dyer's Eve
My Friend of Misery
Mama Said (If you forget that it's Metallica, it's actually a good song)

Was a studio version of No Leaf Clover ever released? I've only heard the S&M recording.

[BuildUpNow]

Trapped under ice
no remorse
for whom the bell tolls

[iceman_84]

to live is to die- best instrumental

underrated
no remorse
ride the lightning-some sick solos in that song
sanitarium is awesome
dyers eve
teh god that failed

[billcosby]

One the topic of metallica, what album is 'I Disappear' on? Or was it just made for MI2?

[timbo81]

hmm I could name alot.

probably "wherever I may roam" off the black album.

load and reload had alot of underrated songs

[RIP Chuck]

I have been addicted to ride the lightning lately

I think "for whom the bell tolls" is underrated, that entire album is absolutely brilliant

[kingarty]

lol