10 Most Underrated Metallica Songs
Undiscovered games from meta's biggest band.
It's really hard to consider anything that Metallica does to be under the radar. Throughout their long career, the band have created some of the most celebrated metal anthems of all time, along with some of the most reviled tracks metal has to offer as well. Though to be fair, even some great stuff falls by the wayside with the biggest bands.
From ballads to hard rock bangers to all-out metal assaults, there are many songs from the band that for one reason or another never got the attention that rightly deserved. However, given the band's reputation of making either big hits or big misfires, these tracks have had to stand beside both the worst and best of the band's catalog, and have been wiped under the rug as a result.
While the bands hits are hits for a reason, almost none of the band's tracks could really be listed as merely filler tracks (with the exception of maybe St. Anger.) Regardless, here are just a small sampling of the gems of Metallica's catalog that you don't hear nearly as much on the radio.
These might be lowlights in mainstream circles, but for the diehard fans, this is still Metallica at their best.
10. Mercyful Fate
This song is far from being the most original of Metallica tracks, but it definitely worth mentioning. After the questionable territory the band went down on Load and Reload, Garage Inc. was seen as a pretty mixed bag by most fans, with the band covering artists as varied as Black Sabbath and Nick Cave. Right in the middle of the action came this track of Mercyful Fate cuts, which is one of the greatest arrangements Metallica have ever made.
Starting concurrently with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, Mercyful Fate were one of the most vicious metal acts to emerge, complete with the theatrics of King Diamond. The guys were such big fans of the band that this track is actually a medley, encompassing 5 different into a single musical piece. While it's hard to praise a song that the band didn't even write, their real genius comes with the way they arrange these tracks.
The way that songs like "Curse of the Pharaohs" bleed effortlessly into "A Corpse Without a Soul" and "Evil" is something that can only come from masters of the craft. The song takes you on such an amazing journey that you can easily forget that it goes on for no less than 11 minutes.