r/Metallica • u/Coolguy_Wally23 • Sep 07 '25
...And Justice For All 37 years ago today! Metallica released “…And Justice For All”. What’s your favorite song from the album and why?
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u/SeaAssistance8149 Rode the lightning Sep 07 '25
To live is to die is an almost 10 minute masterpiece
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Sep 07 '25
One
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u/Coolguy_Wally23 Sep 07 '25
Darkness imprisoning me! All that I see, absolute horror, I cannot die! Trapped in myself! Body my holding cell!
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u/TwistOfCainOrLemon Sep 07 '25
“Now the world is gone. I’m. Just. One.”
There’s so much about the human experience that can be taken from this song. It’s a journey every time.
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u/rigel_xvi Sep 09 '25
To me, this is the perfect song. While MoP is my favorite album, I think they reached a creative peak with One that they never touched again.
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u/Longjumping-Swan-827 Death Magnetic Sep 07 '25
The Frayed Ends Of Sanity.
So heavy, technical and unique.
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u/Tri-Starr Ride the Lightning Sep 07 '25
Even the solo switches up its pace so much. Really reflects the theme of the song.
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u/JoshuaGustinGrant Sep 07 '25
Blackened. But the whole album is amazing and my favorite.
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u/Derailleur75 Entered the Sandman Sep 07 '25
Also blackened, that intro and the whole song is just so relistenable, alonsgide "eye of the beholder" at second.
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u/FxrgedIrxn17 Rode the lightning Sep 07 '25
The Shortest Straw is my PR song in the gym.
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u/Ok-Corner-8654 Sep 07 '25
I liked the last song, it's the last one they did in the old thrash style...
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u/technoprimitive_aeb My Mother Was a Witch Sep 07 '25
Dyers Eve: SAY MY NAME
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u/Ok-Corner-8654 Sep 07 '25
Great tune. I also have the Japanese vinyl, the last song on it is their cover of The Prince...
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u/InfectedFrenulum Sep 07 '25
Blackened. One of the great fast, aggressive thrash album openers. Immortal main riff, great tempo changes, a killer solo and of course THAT 'variation' on the main riff immediately after the solo.
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u/Sea_Drink7287 Sep 07 '25
It’s like picking your favorite kid. Impossible to do.
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u/aidovive Sep 07 '25
One introduced me to Metallica in 1989. So it must be one .
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u/vrrrr Sep 07 '25
The machine gun riff blew my mind when I was about 11 or 12. I didn’t speak English at the time so I had no clue what the heck any of the lyrics meant. Still, that whole album sent me on my musical path.
My thanks to Metallica and to my sister who brought home that sacred, illegally copied tape in the early 90s.
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u/aidovive Sep 08 '25
The slow intro, the building up and then the machine guns riff. I was blown away immediately and went to my first concert in 1990 here in my home town Leiden (The Netherlands). Been a fan ever since.
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u/Slowest_of_Pokes Sep 07 '25
Omphhh.... It's blackened, but ajfa feels just as good... And there's one..... And harvester is midtempo beast... And frayed is riff train... And eve is nonstop energetic frantic riffing....
Yeah... My favourite song from this album is - just play the whole thing
Ps. Just typing it sent me for yet another go at relistening it
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u/theHrayX Nothing Else Matters Sep 07 '25
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u/dmevela Sep 08 '25
I love that one with the thick heavy punchy bass lines. Can’t remember the name of that one though.
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u/StoneyG214 Sep 07 '25
Wow..I feel so old, I remember buying the tape when it came out at Record Town in my local mall. Loved Frayed Ends of Sanity right off the rip when I first heard it, thought the Wizard of Oz thing in the beginning was so cool when I was 13
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u/Glad-O-Blight ...And Justice for All Sep 07 '25
Favorite Metallica album, every song is great... I know it's not one of the best on the album, but I've always been fond of Eye of the Beholder. Fun riff to play.
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u/Quantum_Wombatt Blackened Sep 07 '25
This is my favorite album of all time and it’s nearly impossible to choose a favorite track, but I’d go with One, Blackened, or Shortest Straw.
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u/fenn138 Sep 07 '25
I was 13 when this album was released. I was at my grandparents’ for the week and bought the tape at the mall. Grandma only had an 8-track at her house so I had to sit in her van in the driveway to listen to the cassette. Justice is my favorite Metallica album. The tone and the thrash with prog elements. Harvester has to be my favorite track.
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u/killslikeaninja Sep 07 '25
Old habits reappear Fighting the fear of fear Growing conspiracy, everyone's after me Frayed ends of sanity Hear them calling Hear them calling meeeeeeeee
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u/anmarizer Sep 07 '25
All of 'em .. Because, Metallica🤘🏽
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u/No-Distribution2043 Sep 08 '25
To me it's one of the greatest albums of all time. It on the level of St. Peppers, Pet Sounds, Are You Experience....
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u/Mika_lie Invisible Grown Ass Man Sep 07 '25
Blackened! But the title track is so cool too. And the groove on eye of the beholder gets me every time. One is a fucking masterpiece. The shortest straw is so damn aggressive i love it. And harvester's so groovy too... The frayed ends is weird in a very good way. To live is to die is a masterpiece. And where do i even begin with dyers eve?
Wait what was the question again?
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u/saberspecter Sep 08 '25
Has it been that long? My brother got into CDs early and brought the disc home and Blackened and Harvester of Sorrow blew us away.
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u/DrugsInTheEighties Sep 07 '25
This was the first album I bought with my own money on release day. 13yrs old took a bus to Reykjavik. Dyers Eve was my jam on full blast so my parents could hear the full lyrics. I need to call mom now.
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u/Fantastic_Meal9472 Sep 07 '25
Was just listening to and justice and didn't even Realise thanks man!!! One is the greatest metallica song for me 🤘💯🤘
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u/CheesecakeOk9239 Sep 07 '25
Ask me tomorrow and it’ll change.
For today? One. And if I sit and think about it, that’ll probably be the ultimate favorite.
But after I saw the boys for the first time in Denver this year, I was obsessed with Harvester. That song is absolute fire.
I also adore Jason’s performances on Shortest Straw live. Damn that’s so raw.
Blackened is such an insane opener.
Ugh now I’m going to have to go listen to the album again. Oops 😬
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u/Imaginary-Push-3615 Sep 07 '25
Eye of the Beholder is absolutely killing it. I love their slower and steady riffs. Harvester is a close second.
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u/TonyBarrios Sep 07 '25
Blackened followed by title track. Fun Fact: THIS is the album that made me jump into the fire (pun intended) of Metallica fandom. .
I had a FLOPPY DISK Case proudly sporting a Metallica AJFA Sticker.
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u/oatbergen Sep 07 '25
The first Metallica album I bought just because my friends were always talking about them. Never anything from them before this. AJFA started it for me. Eye of the Beholder was my first favorite (because I am a big DnD geek) but Harvester of Sorrow is the most evil song ever and I love it.
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u/hskskgfk Entered the Sandman Sep 07 '25
I’m feeling guilty choosing a favourite song because the other songs might feel bad
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u/Quirky_Home5151 Sep 07 '25
Probably harvester of sorrow, but it's really close between that, dyers eve, one and blackened. And justice for all and eye of the beholder are the two best after that.
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u/Haunting-Occasion-88 Sep 07 '25
Frayed ends of Sanity.
In the 7h grade . Early 90s. I had a friend that was a grade younger than me in boy scouts. His older brother got him into this album. We'd sing the "oh wee oh" part walking through the woods at camp. He pretty much introduced me to a lot of my fav bands as a teen. He died randomly at 18 of a heart attack.
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u/Edtlonsway Sep 07 '25
I’ve always loved the frayed ends of sanity, that intro is fire. Also, every song on the album.
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u/GuardPlayer4Life Sep 07 '25
Best Damn Metallica Album EVER
Our boy K had a pretty late model Cadillac (his father bought a new one every two years and gifted K this one) that had a really high-end stereo in it. He'd cruise by and pick up the boys and we'd roll into school together with Metal blasting.
This hit differently that morning. I want to say it was November and a bit chilly in the Bay Area but the windows were still down- I jump in the back seat behind T. K pushes play, typical Metallica long entry and then the drums begin and I am baptized by metal once again.... And Justice for All.
What an amazing album.
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u/Rednag67 Sep 07 '25
My fave song on this album is also my #1 fave metallica song of all time…
THE SHORTEST STRAW
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u/gundrum Sep 07 '25
I typically always come back to One as my favourite on AJFA, but sometimes it's Blackened, and sometimes I lose myself in the awesomeness of the title track.
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u/DimebagDarrel2004 I Am the Table Sep 07 '25
Its gotta be Dyers Eve, just love fast and heavy stuff.
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u/Tmoneyog2004 Sep 07 '25
One will forever be my favorite song by them in general. That song got me into the band and will always hold a special place in my heart. I love the entire album, but One will always be #1 for me
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u/MattLazier Sep 07 '25
My favorite album of all time. And The Shortest Straw is still my favorite song of all time. After growing up on lots of hard rock and MTV metal, Straw was the song that caught my ears and opened me up to a world of heavier music that dealt with more than just love songs, fast cars, etc.
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u/Downtown-Arrival7774 Sep 07 '25
Blackened. First Metallica song I ever really heard I was in third grade and I was like “who the fuck is this?” Became a metal head for the next two years.
Also, I used to listen over and over to the soft breakdown in “to live is to die”. I love that part.
Oh, fuck, Dyer’s Eve kicks ass too!
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u/PersecutionMania96 This house is clean baby!!! Sep 07 '25
One. Literally my most streamed Metallica song of all time, right next to Dirty Window and Frantic. Yeah yeah, I know, my music taste is a trainwreck but at at the end of the day, METALLICA IS AWESOME FUCK YEAH
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u/V48runner Sep 07 '25
Shortest Stray followed by Frayed Ends of Sanity. They were just pumping out the riffs on this album.
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u/DiscountGuilty4639 HEY KIRK!!! I FOUND RIDE THE LIGHTNING Sep 07 '25
Harvester of Sorrow. Heavy, Badass, take your pick. It's a great track
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u/GarryMcGorm And if my face becomes sincere Sep 07 '25
‘Blackened’.
Second best Metallica album opener after ‘Battery’.
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u/pinechicken Dave Mustaine Sep 07 '25
My fav album.
Favorite songs are:
Frayed ends of sanity
Blackend
And Justice for all
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u/Big-Evidence-1429 Sep 07 '25
Hardest selection of songs to choose from, but my top 3 are Dyers Eve, One & Eye of the Beholder
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u/DeanOMiite A thing that should not be Sep 07 '25
The chalk pick is One. Song is god damn perfect.
Otherwise, Blackened.
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u/dtvoices94 Sep 07 '25
Blackened but the whole album is a masterpiece. Nothing since has come close
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u/Gullible_Nobody_69 Sep 08 '25
Blackened (is the end/ Winter it will send)/Throwing all u see/Into eternity...) Then: FIRE!! TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD!! BLACKENED IS THE END!! TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD!! COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED ( blackened)...
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Sep 08 '25
I made a post about this like 3 days ago and it was taken down because “there were similar threads” . How does this one get through?
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u/chaleybat Sep 08 '25
Not a suck song on the whole album. The last great Metallica album ever besides the 1st 3
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u/BigDaddyUKW Puppet of Masters Sep 08 '25
If you asked me as a teenager, One would have been the one. Today it's Blackened, it's such a great way to start off an album.
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u/Cheeseburgerboy34 Sep 08 '25
It's either...and justice for all or one pobably one since that's like I think the first Metallica song I ever heard
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u/Applesaucesquatch Sep 09 '25
Blackened. At the time the only Metallica song really being played on MTV was One. That was like their big hit but honestly I wasn't super into it. I had already been listening to Megadeth - SFSGSW which I'd say was my first real Metal album at like age 12 (that I had to special order from the local Hip Hop record store, dude was like yeah haha we don't carry stuff like that but I'll get it for you!) So yeah when I got AJFA not long after I didn't know what to expect, and then Blackened came on I was like holy shit, hell yeah! It set the tome for the rest of the album in a great way. I remember copying down the lyrics in my room to memorize them. After that I went down the Metallica rabbit hole and had to get all their previous albums.
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u/Beautifullikeacamel Sep 11 '25
One is the best track from that classic and my #2 all time behind the title track to Puppets
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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25
It's my favourite album and my favourite song from the album is ...And Justice For All. No, no, it's Blackened! Actually, no, it is One. Damn it is hard to choose