3. The God That Failed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgrxgp2Jp94 Forgoing the fact that it remains as 'that moment' the band made the biggest artistic change in their entire history - until Lou Reed came along anyway - there's a wealth of absolutely fantastic hard rock stompers throughout the album that if you can get away from going "well it's not Master of Puppets, is it?" you'll totally love. The opening guitar line comes in like a knife in the dark (not a rainbow, winky face) after a great bedding has been provided by Lars' particularly heavy-handed drumwork and Jason Newsted's rumbling bass. It's definitely a mid-tempo pace-builder, but the lumberjack swing on that riff that's complimented just right with Hetfield's delivery makes for a great seque into one of Hammett's best solos on the album.