I graduated in 86. Can you imagine at 17-18 years old hearing this for the first time. A complete mindfuck compared to what was out there at the time. The time changes, blistering solos, the deep lyrics, everything came together. Now imagine Ozzy having to go out and follow this every night on tour. It was a great time to be a young Man.

I was at a house party, a buddy came up to me, put headphones on me “listen to this whole album” and I did, sat in a corner staring at the cassette liner notes and lyrics and photos and cover art. and I couldn’t even grasp how amazing it was completely mind blown. No one at the time was even close to what this album had achieved.

A total anti-war song, built on massive riffs, brutal drums and James’ vocals. A masterpiece

As a metal guitarist I can tell you that this song genuinely blows my mind. Over 8 minutes of almost constant chugging and trem picking.  And they are crisp and clean throughout the whole thing. It's mind blowing how far ahead they were of every other thrash metal band back then. Now it's 2023 and they're still selling out stadiums. They're the kings of metal music

The fact that James could play this AND sing, is superhuman.

I love coming back to this video every now and again

The fact that they wrote about things so poignant when they were essentially kids always boggles my mind.  There is no doubt.  This is their masterpiece.

Funny you mention putting this song in a time capsule. The whole Master Of Puppets album is preserved in the Library of Congress due to its cultural significance. This is a beyond iconic album. The lyricism, production, vocals and instrumentation is just off the chain. Not a single bad song on this entire project and every song leads into the other perfectly. A truly perfect album.

The entire Master of Puppets album is a masterpiece.

This is one of Kirk's best solos. The whole song is brilliant.

Disposable Heroes is probably the most underrated song from them, it's 8 and a half minutes of pure adrenaline and aggression, how can you not love this song?
Alright, maybe not the most underrated, but definitely underrated.

Sometimes when you've been hearing these incredible songs repeatedly for 35+ years, you tend to forget just how incredible they really are.  Your ear just sort of starts taking that greatness for granted... Seeing you guys relive the experience I had back in 1980-something is an incredible reminder of just how powerful this music is and was.  Thanks for keeping it alive, and passing it along to another generation.

Heres the thing about metalheads bashing or devaluing Metallica:

For most -- I'm gonna say the vast majority of us under the age of 50, Metallica was our introduction to metal. We spent middle school and high school playing the absolute hell out of those early Metallica albums, THEN we went on to fall in love with all these other bands.

So we get a little jaded. We call Metallica "entry-level" because they were our entry back in 8th grade. We hype up the smaller bands that we moved onto AFTER we completely saturated our brains with Metallica. But we tend to forget that our 15-year-old selves listened to thousands of hours of Metallica in the first place for a reason.

How can you not love that Metallica's beat will stop on a dime and give you 6 cents in change?

Kirk’s solo is FANTASTIC… this album is just phenomenal…

We all can thank Cliff for his influence on James and Lars.

A lot of metalheads fall into the hipster trap of thinking the more obscure the band is, the better they are. Metallica got to be a big as they are because they are just that good.

The haters just hate because no thrash/ metal/ rock band will ever have the success that Metallica has

Lars was perfect for those first 5 records. It doesn’t matter that he’s not as good as Lombardo or whoever. His drumming so enhanced the music on those records.

The best part of their rection is when you know the transitions coming and expecting their reaction to be blown away