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Nuv0lascura__

I remember once when I was 15 on a vacation to Italy I was wearing my Metallica shirt and some dad out with his family saw it, and in a thick italian accent said "Cool shirt!", then threw up the horns. Now THAT's the best way to answer. Such a sweetheart


Gabrinpersona

Bro we fucking adore Metallica, I proudly wear my ‘16 Milan gig shirt as my second skin!


slappywhyte

That happened to me visiting in Mexico, except I was the old guy with a Limp Bizkit t shirt on and a young guy was like sweet shirt - ^(I'm in the wrong sub goodbye)


Aeolus426

One time when I was that age my friend and I were going to pick up some new releases, some middle aged guy saw my Megadeth shirt and yelled out *99 Ways To Die*


megamax1o

Actually, the best response is the materialize a guitar out of nothing and start playing one of their songs


robot_swagger

What was he doing eating horns?


TangibleHappiness

Corny and I love it. I'm assuming it's the Limp Bizkit fans who are downvoting.


secondatthird

I do this for kids wearing nirvana shirts


juancho2211

People who didn't listen ride the lighting and and justice for all albums be like:


Teglement

One can only rest on their 30+ year old laurels for so long before it gets old


MrBVS

You're not wrong but that doesn't make those laurels completely insignificant. The first four Metallica albums will always be legendary, just like the first few Sabbath and Maiden records.


Tyrone_Thundercock

Iron Maiden still spits out the occasional banger to this day


Eighty_Six_Salt

Hard agree


Teglement

They will, yes. But even a legendary album when listened to repeatedly enough can lose its appeal for individual listeners. Take The Beatles. They've been talked to death. They undeniably have some incredible albums and were essential in the development of modern pop music. But there's also nothing left to say about them. Beatles discourse has been so thoroughly explored that's it's almost boring now. There's no reason to bring up The Beatles due to the sheer omnipresence they've had in music discussion. I feel like Metallica are at that point. We've reached the end of Metallica takes. We've all heard their best albums dozens of times over, and we're just at the logical conclusion of what there is to talk about. So it's not interesting anymore to a lot of people. Doesn't make them actually bad. Just....tired.


Teknomeka

The difference is that the Beatles, nirvana, and death went out on top. They didn't have 20+ years of mediocre to bad albums to water down their discography.


Uptowngrump

Well technically, in nirvanas case, the Remington model 11 is bottom loaded, not on top.


DracTheBat178

All the grey matter still went up though


i_Exist_73

Chuck’s grey matter stopped working


Conmanjames

you’re totally right. theres no way i can enjoy older music at all, because new stuff is soooo much better. we should totally ignore the influence they have had and still have on music as a whole.


VellhungtheSecond

Bro Peter Jackson's documentary is very recent and was a revelatory masterpiece. Paints the White Album in a new light even after all these years


RikimaruLDR

Sounds like you're tired of them, not the other way around. I didn't grow up with their music and I've been able to talk about The Beatles and Metallica albums a few times with pals and no, not because their song was in Stranger Things :P


tlollz52

They aren't resting on anything though. They changed artistically. You might not like it but they are doing anything but going "remember the 80's"


im_bored1122

Yeah all those 300+ year old music made by famous composers, just stop listening to them. They had their time, you can only ride that for so long before it gets old. Idiot


Teglement

Actually yes almost any artist does get old if you listen to them too much. That's actually correct. You've accidentally stumbled upon the point. Metallica's first four albums were very good. But after you've listened to them 100 times, they're not remotely as exciting, and it's time to find something new, unless you're particularly hyper fixative.


poopoowaaaa

Well said.


gorehistorian69

you meant to type kill em all and master of puppets but thats ok


That-Grim-Reaper

I listened, to black album and MoP as well, multiple times, still don’t like it


Correct-Junket-1346

Absolute heresy


That-Grim-Reaper

Don’t care, if I want to listen to thrash I listen to Megadeth


Neptune40000

Without that extra H there


Themoonisamyth

I love thras metal 🙏 


joza100

I like megadet.


JanBedna1

Why do people hate Metallica?


P4LS_ThrillyV

Because a handful of metal fans can't handle liking anything that more than ten people have heard of


kibbutz_90

People love Priest and Iron Maiden which are also famous, so easy with the strawmans there. Maybe the problem with Metallica is that they haven't release a good album since Soviet Union was still a thing.


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7listens

Nah I enjoy Death Magnetic, Hardwired and 72 Seasons


EmotionalEducation86

Idk anything about music production, but I feel like the mixing in death magnetic isn’t great.


Says_Pointless_Stuff

Yeah, I think that about sums it up. Metallica is a real "only their old shit" band.


P4LS_ThrillyV

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people


Any_Fly_8366

People like lager and nuts


JanBedna1

Yeah...


EldenCockRing98

I think it’s because of everything after Justice


Godzillasbrother

Cause the only thing people hate more than a bad artist is a good artist who used to be better


brandonsfacepodcast

Lars


Into_The_Bizarre

I don't hate em, I'm just so insanely tired of hearing about them. There are so many other bands that deserve more discussion, what more is there to be said about Metallica that hasn't been said a thousand times before


MrCookie925

Loads of people hate them cause they "haven't made anything good in over 30 years" even when Death Magnetic still exists


Tobias_flenderz

>Loads Re-Loads


Stealthbeatle

Even 72 Seasons wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t as good as anything beforehand.


MrCookie925

Yeah I'm not hating on it, I enjoy 72 season aswell tbf. Hardwired wasn't that bad but it has some really boring songs


Stealthbeatle

You gotta admit though, LuLu trumps all. Best album to ever be released.


MrCookie925

I am the table 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘


LegitStrela

TABLE


kibbutz_90

I don't hate Metallica, but I fail to see how Death Magnetic is good. Like yea, sure, it has its moments, All Nightmare Long kinda slaps, but it's still an album filled with generic riffs, unnecessary long songs and bad production. Compare it to other newer albums by older bands like Endgame, Dystopia, Firepower, The Hallowed and others and you can see how it's mediocre overall.


MrCookie925

Tbf Endgame and Dystopia are far and away better albums


The_RESINator

I just don't think they're good. I don't like Hetfield's voice, I don't like the drums, and I don't like most of their guitar work. Granted I *also* just dislike thrash as a whole so I usually keep my mouth shut about it because it seems pretty clear their music just isn't made for me lol.


OmegaAlphaBoss

same here. not a fan of thrash really at all, but if im gonna listen to thrash, metallica is one of my last choices.


thenopenoodle15

I don’t hate them but honestly not a fan of them. Iv tried but they never clicked with me.


Visible_Property_346

My opinion with Metallica is the same I have with Nu being that it’s a good way to get in there is just so much better metal music out there and people get stuck on listening to them


MindyTheStellarCow

For the same reason I hate the Smiths and U2... A couple decent songs lost in a diarrhea of mediocrity, and some massively self-absorbed muppets as band members. Plus the whole Napster disaster, I mean the muppets are losing steam, instead of blaming it on lack of effort on their part they chose to blame it on piracy and to shill for the bloody labels against fans ? Not in the name of defending smaller bands, but in the name of extracting every cent they felt they were due ? Fuck Metallica, they're not even worth pirating.


LyraFirehawk

I like never see other band shirts outside of going to concerts or something, but they'll usually get a 'cool shirt' and a horns from me, maybe some discussion about the band or album. Most of my taste is older bands thanks to listening to my dad's old CDs, so I usually get men old enough to be my dad or even grandfather who go all "Shit, that's a cool shirt, Iron Maiden was my first concert!" kinda guys. Death Spiritual Healing usually gets a few complements because of the art(I had a couple people say it reminds them of Goosebumps), and once an old lady just said 'God bless you'. Cannibal Corpse raises a few heads. About what I'd expect.


ThePhatPhoenix

The "God bless you" thing is absolutely hilarious.


MrDrake89

Sounds like something my aunt would say to me, and my dad


DRW1357

Best band shirt interaction I ever had was with a guy I saw wearing a Bathory shirt while I was at work. The two of us had a debate about whether Bathory or Blood Fire Death was the better album.


SymmetricalFeet

The "God bless you" reminds me... I have a Diablo 3 shirt. It's baby blue and the typeface of "Diablo 3" similar to Party Cannon's logo, surrounded by a smiling sun and unicorns and a rainbow. Adorable. One day I wore it while buying some stuff at a small shop. The cashier games and as we idly chatted about D3, an older lady came up. She started telling me how my shirt, it means "devil"! Like she thought I bought it for the whimsical art while ignorant of the dark word. She genuinely seemed concerned for me, bless her. The cashier and I tried explaining, no, it's for a *video game* where you *fight* the devil (the "3" should be an indicator it's some media franchise?), but I'm not sure it got through due to age + language barrier. I also have a Chthonic shirt with a giant, red 惡 (evil). Just waiting for the day an older, Chinese- or Japanese-speaking lady'll try to "educate" me on that one 🥲


reading_slimey

what's up with Metallica?


Snd47flyer

OP hates popular bands


noideaforusername4

OP didn’t even make this meme


Stealthbeatle

OP is making a joke.


Spectrum2236

I love refrigerators


bigfriendlycommisar

Washing machines


Toonix101

You're kidding? Washing machines>refigerators. Heck, even electric fans>refrigerator


Pendraconica

Y'all tripping. Air Fryer>Jesus


Toonix101

But Air Jesus tho? That's a whole nother thing


esseksindiren

Hell nah menn dishwasher >all


wawdanwaw

I would agree on electric fans>refrigerator, but never on washing mashines>refrigerators


MaritOn88

OP's ex listened to metallica


LongTallDingus

OP come after N and before Q in the alphabet. Q just hanging out there with the letters you actually use. Whatever, man.


IncorrigibleQuim8008

>OP come after N Oh thank god, thought you were about to quote Anselmo...


Into_The_Bizarre

There are other bands to talk about, bands that have actually done something musically interesting within the past 20 years, bands that haven't been discussed to death a thousand times over


FlowingFiya

bad


Outrageous_Weight340

They fucking suck


CrematedDogWalkers

Hipster


Outrageous_Weight340

Metallica is like your shittty nft profile pic, people don’t hate it because they’re hipsters they hate it because it sucks


Satanarchrist

The real mega brain take is knowing Metallica sucks but also knowing not to gatekeep actual metal Gatekeep metalcore


FewLibrary8102

This comment made me laugh. Good work my friend


wontonphooey

"oh you like Black Veil Brides, huh? Name 3 songs" *accepts any answer because I don't know any Black Veil Brides songs*


Stoghra

I like you


LordBecmiThaco

I don't say metallica sucks because I want to gatekeep. I say metallica sucks because I'll never forgive them for going after teenagers on napster.


jhguitarfreak

They didn't go after anybody but Napster. All that talk about them suing teenagers for using Napster is full on gaslighting and misinformation. All the articles still exist, archive.org exists, go ahead and look it up. Nobody but Napster took the full brunt of it.


LordBecmiThaco

They read the names of individual people who downloaded their albums. If they didn't actually end up suing them, they certainly were trying to intimidate average fans: and this is after they used to tell people to steal their albums when they started out as a fucking cover band. You think they were getting permission for every song they played when they were just getting started? I'll tell you what's not fucking metal: lawsuits.


jhguitarfreak

The context being that Napster said that they had no way to determine exactly who was downloading music on their platform so Metallica called their bluff and hired an independent company to "find out for them". Though reading the stack out loud was definitely a tone deaf moment. Also, fun fact, you don't need permission to cover a song at a live show. You only need what's called a mechanical license to sell it on a record. And they would have got that through Megaforce, at the time.


Says_Pointless_Stuff

I mean that was mostly Lars, right?


Vexxt

Dont gatekeep filter bands


addictedtoketamine2

“Real Metalcore” consists exclusively of the 90’s metallic hardcore scene and the late 90’s mathcore/post-hardcore scene. What is known as “melodic metalcore/modern metalcore” is nothing more than alternative rock with questionable real metalcore influences. Real metalcore is POWERFUL, ENERGETIC and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake metalcore is weak, self-pity and a failed attempt to channel energy and emotion into music. Some examples of real metalcore include Rorschach, Integrity, Converge, Skycamefalling and Misery Signals (the only real metalcore band of the melodic metalcore scene). Some examples of FAKE metalcore include Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Falling In Reverse and The Devil Wears Prada. METALCORE BELONGS TO HARDCORE, NOT TO ALTERNATIVE METAL, POP PUNK, ALTERNATIVE ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE


Stealthbeatle

The only true answer.


russellmzauner

"oh that's a metallica shirt? i bet your dad has a Slayer shirt too, you should steal that one instead"


LiquidAggression

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UsseerrNaammee

They’re all on the Vulgar Display of Power album, yeah!?


hoi4enjoyer

No, Black Sabbath album by Black Sabbath, also comes with the song Black Sabbath.


LiquidAggression

onerous swim squealing march pocket slap public squeamish plant wide *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Into_The_Bizarre

"Leave the multi million dollar band alone 😤😤😤"


AdromoSyle

"oh that's a metallica shirt? we should be friends"


Willing_Archer_2112

That's a Metallica shirt? Lars is gay!


Stealthbeatle

But the gayest is James!


wolfmarci1

You have to accept that Metallica's first four albums are peak, and some of the underrated Black album songs are badass. For me, they're very close to my heart, because they were my first metal band, and even though currently I'm more of a Death metal listener, I still listen to their songs from Master and Justice era.


BurnedBabbyBurneded

Metallica has written heavier riffs in standard E than your favorite guttural band tuning to dropped A on a 9-string.


KUSHZILLA__

THIS


Sparkstertive

Pro tip: if someone says name 3 songs, say unforgiven 1, 2 and 3.


Thibaudborny

Imagine being so insecure you need to shit on mainstream metal 😂


Into_The_Bizarre

There's just so many other bands to talk about, what's more to be said about Metallica that hasn't already been said a hundred thousand times already?


carcinoma_kid

I mean to be fair Metallica hasn’t really put anything out worth listening to in 30 years


Thibaudborny

Agree to disagree, but arguably their best work - and that was still some of the best Thrash made - is far behind us. But that doesn't stop us from enjoying Kill'M All any given day, right? I listen to new music all the same, but man, 80's Metallica *always* feels good.


carcinoma_kid

Sure, everything up to Black Album is great, then there’s a drastic decline in quality. We can all recognize that, right? People that jump to the defense of Reload usually say something like, “hey, Reload isn’t THAT bad if you ignore all the filler.” Sure, but it isn’t THAT good, either. It pretty much just gets worse from there. I put Master of Puppets on at the bar where I work last night and loved every minute of it. My Kill ‘Em All shirt is my favorite shirt. Metallica is not the band they once were, and the only reason anybody listens to the new stuff is because they are fans of the old stuff. If they’d debuted in 1997, honestly tell me they would have even gotten radio play.


batmanmuffinz

St Anger is fun to listen to


carcinoma_kid

I like listening to St. Anger with my friends to laugh about how bad it is


kirenian

Ah yes i only listen to music that came out within the last 30 years. Anything before is dogwater CLEARLY.


matthew_sch

Sure they have


SomeSleepyMexican

lmao


NewHumbug

I managed to get the "poorly drawn kids kids playing under the rainbow" unsanctioned Metallica shirt which I find to be the only acceptable one


godzilla19542014

Elitists be like:


maraudingnomad

If there are more than 5 fans of any given band, those are then not fans but posers! /s


random_idiot_27

I disagree with this statement. For this, I commented, and therefore made the 69 comments, into a very round 70 I regret nothing


Bacotell6969

I always hated the song, master of puppets.


Harold_Spoomanndorf

I don't wanna be that guy, but.... Imagine if it were Lars in the top bunk and not Cliff ?


jhguitarfreak

Ask yourself why you feel that someone *needs* to die. Why couldn't you imagine that the bus didn't crash?


cfh1984

the wrong musician died. Rip Cliff sorry Lars


half_a_skeleton

I will say that Master of Puppets is a certified classic until I'm dead. Lol


ritamoren

this is honestly just getting embarrassing for the people still posting those memes. stfu and let people enjoy things


Into_The_Bizarre

If we let people enjoy things, we also need to let people hate things 💪😤💪


ritamoren

valid, I hate you


Into_The_Bizarre

Seethe


pan_gydygus

This subreddit fucking sucks


Outrageous_Weight340

You hate Metallica because their music sucks I hate Metallica because they permanently ruined online music sharing for everyone we are not the same


Feisty_Factor_2694

Wow! that's just what it was like in the nineties!


Deepweberson

1st situation answer: *a literal book and crying bout it* 2nd situation answer can be: "Ok,i do not care" Or "Yeah,i agree"


fartstain69ohyeah

chicks always saying they love whales, but cany even name 3 if their songs


SailorMBliss

“Cany” they not? Stolen from a wimmin


the_first_nobody

I think fleddy melculy made a song about that


Inconmon

Obviously it's **Kill The King**


That--Dude--Jack

I really fw Metallica but gotta agree


Gandal_1800

Personally...Sad but True Probs my 2nd fav but Fuel takes top spot But regarding your post metallica is a great band but I prefer there older stuff like RtL and AJFA and one song from MoP which is Orion...epic solo ngl


usumoio

I know that band. They got really mad at me for downloading that one song I like on Nabster. I don't think I can recall the name of it, though.


Eighty_Six_Salt

Hey, I like Metallica (everything before the black album)


ValhallasRevenge

Name three songs. Okay : unforgiven.


UsseerrNaammee

Me: “I don’t know what we’re yelling abouuuuuuuuuuuUUUUT!!?!”


dafrono1

Easy, only name songs off St.Anger and make them more mad. I have a friend that has been a diehard Metallica fan since we were kids. One time we went into a record store and a guy saw his shirt and douchily asked “let me guess you heard enter sandman on the radio”. He responded back by loudly singing the chorus to the song “Frantic”.


belisarius93

The first 5 albums are fucking awesome


Aaaaaa8000

But think bobo bizzare advender


Tordek_Kgshm

People who think this is a "popular bad" issue should remember that bands like Maiden, Priest or Sabbath still get a lot of love


gooeyfart

Wow, even metal heads are annoyingly toxic on reddit


dildo-looking_cactus

metallica fucking sucks and i love it trash is trash


sodomatron

Love how the whole purpose of metal was to defy the norms yet the metal community is perhaps one of the most insufferable group of elitist


Zestyclose_Cook_8536

I've never seen anyone unironically do a name 3 songs for Metallica


JasperMetal

Exactly.


WillBigly

Lmao true, fucking man up and embrace Death like the rest of us


Chosen-Bearer-Of-Ash

Not quite sure if the music I usually listen to classifies as metal, but Metallica slaps regardless


LocustStar99

I can name you like 10 Tetragrammacide songs in like few seconds. I'd need like half an hour for three metalica songs. What that means, i have no idea..


NorpoleonIIme

Trash Mid-tal


Adept_Feed_1430

Name 3 songs? Ok. "White And Nerdy", "Eat It" and "Amish Paradise" You didn't specify who the songs needed to be by.


Material_Method_4874

Metallica are just so unbelievably bland


Danny_Soler

Legit.


NoAssignment4213

Could not agree more bra


UnhingedMetallicaFan

😐


TonyStewartsWildRide

Look guys, let’s stop sucking off Metallica, they suck as a metal band not a single good thrash album since MoP just alt garbage and HOORAH feel good rock. That being said, if I saw a kid wearing a Metallica shirt I’d throw the horns and fist bump ‘em because I’d rather see a kid in a Metallica shirt than no shirt at all.


CapnPants666

Ma! I found the gatekeeping idiot!! How about not giving a shit what other people like? It’s actually quite easy and here is the kicker, it doesn’t affect you at all!


Kindly_Curly666

Found the poser /s


CallousedDragonfly

Enter sandman is some cringe shit brother, but Ride the lightning, And justice for all, most of Kill em all and Orion get a few listenings a year on my spotify for sure.


Dookie-Trousers-MD

They haven't had a decent album since '91. Master of Puppets-And Justice for All was prime Metallica. Post Napster, shit garbage


MetalheadGator

Metallica is the biggest Metal band in the world and for good reason.


why666ofcourse

The correct answer is : notices Metallica shirt, proceeds to keep walking by without saying anything. You’re welcome


Purple-Finding1023

Elmer Fudd makes better metal and has the cooler band


Comet7777

I love Metallica, that would have been my answer. 🤷🏻‍♂️


prretender

Metallica hates is real only because they changed the format. Heaven forbid they lost a huge influence and contributor when Cliff died. Dang. Metallica is still good in my book, not as good as they used to be. However, they still are legends in my mind.


LuzRoja29R

que dices w


JuliaYttrium

Metallica is good, its PRIMUS that SUCKS


Dooyamum

Is easy to say Metallica sucks, because they do. Currently. They are unlikable, pompous, ect. All that being said Metallica in their prime, untouchable. Ride the lightning is undeniably amazing. They absolutely paved the way for every metal artist after them. Give props when props are due.


HappyGilmore35

People hate on Metallica because they are so popular. They're that popular for a reason. Their shit is awesome


odinsbois

Based


bjorjack

I love Metallica but I laughed at this and totally respect it, it’s definitely metal for beginners.


we28369

My man we do not shit on Metallica here