(07-15-2013 09:44 PM)Lush Wrote:  thanks treasure! metallica does seem to contrast with my musical taste, but i simply do not have a taste anymore as i enjoy a varied landscape of sound. i've listened to ride lightening and master of puppets many times recently. my one buddy told me those were the only albums. my next foray is black sabbath. thoughts?

Your buddy is/isn't correct.

Master of Puppets is great. Ride the Lightning has some of their signature tracks but overall not as great.

Justice would be say, a darker, faster version of a mix of RtL and MoP IMO.

Kill Em All has that early 80s raw metal sound and while good in its own right, with a lot of signature tracks from their overall catalog, sonically, it might not be their best work.

If you have liked all of those then The Black Album is all of that combined into one massive hit record with good sound production. Kind of that raw vs. polished vibe.

Garage Inc is a great way to listed to them cover what influenced them. I highly recommend it.

Load, ReLoad, and St. Anger might be more for the diehard fans of the band. Each has their moments but also some faults.

Death Magnetic and Beyond Magnetic are kind of like them going back to their old style to see if they can still do it. Arguably, they did.

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Not much on Black Sabbath, never really listened to them BUT I have noticed a lot of their catalog has appeared in Best Buy and Wal Mart $5 cd bins for purchase so you might could experiment on the cheap.