In heavy metal, it just doesn't get any bigger. From the moment they practically invented thrash metal with rip-roaring 1983 debut album Kill 'Em All to redefining metal on the big stage with The Black Album, all the way through their divisive 90s sidesteps and return to full metallic fury in the 21st century, no band in heavy music has done things quite like Metallica.
Their storied career and wildly differing styles across the decades have meant that, depending on either your entry point or the sounds that simply resonate with you the most, your choice of favourite Metallica album is almost certainly different from the next fan you happen to bump into. We got six of our writers and biggest Metallica lovers to debate which LP across their illustrious career deserves to sit at the very top of the pile.
