What Is The Best Song By Metallica

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1st May 2026

From the ashes of the weekly song poll rises “What Is The Best Song By”. A very similar segment where I want to know what your favourite song(s) by the selected artist is! You can let us know in the comments!

The best thing is that if you don’t know the artist then you can see both our recommendations as well as those by other people.

Fox’s Recommendations

I think this is from their best album, so it is only natural to me to think the best song from that album is their best song… It is genre defining! The clean intro that slowly builds into massive riffs, emotional lyrics makes it timeless. It’s melodic but never loses that heaviness that makes Metallica great.

Metallica – Fade To Black (All Rights Are Retained By Metallica)

I would say that this song defines the Thrash era, fast, aggressive and politically charged. It hits you like a bullet train! The razor sharp work on the guitar makes this sublime.

Metallica – Master Of Puppets (All Rights Are Retained By Metallica)

Fox’s Wildcard

This song shows a different side to the band a slower, darker and more atmospheric side. Tension builds before smashing into the heaviest of beats. It’s haunting and the music video is brilliant.

Metallica – One (All Rights Are Retained By Metallica)

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7 responses to “What Is The Best Song By Metallica”

richardbist

1st May 2026

I actually think it’s the cover they did of “Am I Evil?”. Definitely a banger!

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  1st May 2026
  
  I do love that cover to be fair 🙂 Also the Ronnie cover they did where its 3 songs into 1
  
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robjtriggs

1st May 2026

So What? – the version at the live awards ceremony

Or Fixxxer

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  1st May 2026
  
  Different picks! I love it!
  
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robjtriggs

1st May 2026

Metallica are one of those bands where I’ll give you a different answer every day. For Whom the Bell Tolls is up there. Sad But True too, and I really rate the whole Death Magnetic album. I think I’ve said before that I think Load and Reload are underrated; Carpe Diem Baby and Prince Charming (and Fixxxer, obs) from the latter, and Bleeding Me is the highlight of Load.

It’s interesting you say Ride the Lightning is their best album, as it’s the one that really didn’t grab me. I (by which I mean my brother) had it on two-disc vinyl, two tracks per side. The only one I cared for was side two. But I spent a lot of time listening to Metal Up Your Ass – sorry, Kill ’em All – and …Justice. One is a great song but it’s let down by the production the ruins the album as a whole.

Master of Puppets is class. No denying that. But I guess pure thrash, and then the technical prog-metal of …Justice never quite worked for me. Entirely personal, of course. But for me their best album is Death Magnetic

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  1st May 2026
  
  The best thing about music is that everyones ears are different 🙂 I think my top spot changes on a weekly basis, but 2 and 3 remain the same. It’s VERY odd.. I adore their cover of Die Die my darling for example.
  
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ajeanneinthekitchen

1st May 2026

OOOOH this is a tough one. They have so many great songs. I have to say, though I really love what they did with The San Francisco Orchestra.

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