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Matt Mills

The 10 worst Metallica songs

James Hetfield of Metallica stands with his hands over his ears.

We here at Metal Hammer adore Metallica, which is great, since they happen to be the most monolithic band in our genre. Even if you’re someone who claims to not like Metallica, you do secretly, because heavy music as it is today and all of the bands that inhabit it are driven to do what these pioneers did: expose hard-hitting anthems to new, unfamiliar ears.

That doesn’t mean that everything Metallica have done is perfect, however. Trailblazing requires the odd failed experiment, and below are the dregs of the dregs. Exit light, enter shite, these are the 10 worst songs to ever sully one of the Four Horsemen’s studio albums.

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