Vordakk
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Vaporizer said:
I don't get Metallica fanboys. They say that only the first four albums are good and still think Metallica is the best band ever. They also say that Hetfield is the best singer ever, Kirk is the best guitarist ever, Lars is the best drummer ever and Cliff is the best fucking musician ever who would have said no to Loutallica. Funny thing is that Cliff was a fan of Lou. They can't come up with reasons why Metallica is the best band ever, just that first four albums were masterpieces and rest sucks (but still deserve 10/10 rating).
Hetfield isn't much of a singer at all; his forte is guitar(one of the fastest downpickers) but he took vocal duties in the band as well, probably because no one else would. His range is barely an octave from what I can tell. The fact that he's rated in some magazine lists as one of the top 100 metal vocalists of all time is absolute garbage, and owes everything to the popularity of Metallica and nothing to his vocal talent. You should hear their demo/live stuff before Kill 'Em All. Hetfield tries to go high on "Phantom Lord" and epic fails - it's wretched. Lars is a shitty drummer who gets by with studio magic in my opinion. Hammett is decent but certainly not the best guitarist ever. Cliff was a good bassist and was probably a cool dude, but he wasn't God. If you want to point to the best musician in Metallica, it might have been Dave Mustaine, who is an amazing guitarist(listen to the "Rust in Peace" album to see what I mean).
Despite all that, on those first four albums, they wrote some undeniably fantastic material(albeit heavily influenced by Diamond Head, Budgie, etc.). I'm not a "Metallica fanboy", nor do I think they're the best band ever, but I will still argue that those early Metallica albums are still some of the most important and influencial thrash albums ever written. Most music historians would tend to agree.
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