Greatest Metallica Song Tournament

[RP-29]

Which Metallica song is the greatest? HooplaNation shall collectively decide!

I seeded the top 32 Metallica songs streamed on Spotify (as of today) into a tournament-style bracket. The top 8 seeds get a first round bye. The first round will include groups of three songs (so this doesn't become too cumbersome).

Polls will be created for each match-up. Voting will be open for one week per match-up. If voting closes in a tie, my vote is the tie break.

This is the "master" thread. Links to polls will follow. Cumulative results will be posted here.

 

[RP-29]

Metallica Round 1 Match 1
Metallica Round 1 Match 2
Metallica Round 1 Match 3
Metallica Round 1 Match 4
Metallica Round 1 Match 5
Metallica Round 1 Match 6
Metallica Round 1 Match 7
Metallica Round 1 Match 8

 

[Kburjr]

Hard to say "greatest" so I'll vote favorite.

 

[RP-29]

Hard to say "greatest" so I'll vote favorite.

That's the idea. "Greatest" is determined by cumulative voting of personal preference.

 

[Kburjr]

That's the idea. "Greatest" is determined by cumulative voting of personal preference.

Well, fine, then.

 

[Big Al Rogorson]

That match 8 is tough!

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

The top two seeds are two of the faggiest songs in music history

 

[RP-29]

The top two seeds are two of the faggiest songs in music history

I'm pretty confident neither will win this tournament. Seeding by streaming popularity seemed like a pretty fair method, though.

 

[RP-29]

Your participation is requested,

@HammerDown
@Handicappers
@Ojb81
@Wood20ks
@rsw626
@packerzrule
@occupant
@PackJason
@beardown07
@jon1tanman
@MrFlyingV
@Blackshirts BLVD
@Nosferatu

(List compiled from participation in the Metal Militia thread.)

 

[Big Al Rogorson]

The top two seeds are two of the faggiest songs in music history

An expert has spoken!

 

[packerzrule]

How the hell did Whiskey in a Jar beat The Four Horsemen????


Fuck thisoh

 

[RP-29]

How the hell did Whiskey in a Jar beat The Four Horsemen????


Fuck thisoh

There's no way I would've guessed "Whiskey In The Jar" would've been top-8 in streaming popularity. I promise you I will be voting for "The Four Horsemen" if that's the second round match-up.

 

[beardown07]

Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth is perty fuggin cool iffin ya ask me.

 

[beardown07]

Also tough to vote for anything past Puppets if the option is there.

 

[RP-29]

Also tough to vote for anything past Puppets if the option is there.

I think that sentiment is shared with many and expect it to reflect strongly in voting results.

Personally, I'd say past "...And Justice for All" as "Blackened" and "One" are two of my Metallica favs.

 

[beardown07]

I think that sentiment is shared with many and expect it to reflect strongly in voting results.

Personally, I'd say past "...And Justice for All" as "Blackened" and "One" are two of my Metallica favs.

Their decision to eradicate the bass in that album makes it a bit pingy for me, but I do love those songs. Justice is the absolute cutoff for me. Anything after that is shite.

 

[beardown07]

And as much as I love Blackened, I can't vote for it over Orion.

 

[RP-29]

And as much as I love Blackened, I can't vote for it over Orion.

"Orion" was one of the big reasons I expanded the field to 32. When it ended up getting matched up with "Blackened" in the first round I was like

 

[HammerDown]

Also tough to vote for anything past Puppets if the option is there.

I actually loved ...And Justice. Past that? Pure, unadulterated dogshit.

 

[beardown07]

I actually loved ...And Justice. Past that? Pure, unadulterated dogshit.

Ya, see post #16.

I like the album a lot and loooved it back in the day. I mean if you don't yell the breakdown lyrics in One when hearing it in the wild, I can't even relate to ya.