10 Albums That Should Have Never Gotten Big

10. St. Anger - Metallica

There's absolutely no one on this Internet that needs to remind you that St. Anger is far from Metallica's greatest moment. Along with burying guitar solos and having what sounds like a beer keg for a snare drum, this is by far one of the most uninviting Metallica records ever made, with a sound that hits on the wrong side of raw too many times to count. Combine that with the fact that it did well just makes it all the more disappointing for metalheads.

Compared to the usual god-like riffage you find on the rest of Metallica's catalog, this is borderline nonsensical in its construction, with songs that feel drawn out just for the sake of being long. As much as you might trick yourself into thinking that Some Kind of Monster is epic, the only real feature defining it is the fact that it's just slow as hell.

Then again, this is rough around the edges because the band themselves were rough around the edges. Clearly still going through major personality conflicts after James Hetfield's stint in rehab, a lot of this record just feels like the band trying desperately to make something that sounds off the cuff. While a garage rock flavor of Metallica is something that most fans are glad exists, it starts to get a bit pathetic when we award therapeutic exercises with praise for no good reason.