Best Metallica album ??

In '83/'84, I had "Seek and Destroy" painted on the deck panel of my 66 Coronet along with a drafting class side project "MOPAR MANIA" in the Metallica font.

I never in a million years would have dreamed that 30 years later they would have massive radio airplay, a NASCAR contract, play at an NHL game, and have a Dodge commercial...and my wife would do impressions of James saying "Hey this is James from 'tallica....." almost on a daily basis :)

Back in '83 you NEVER heard them on the radio despite the orchestrated nature of their material.

Word of mouth only sold their albums until Metal Shop picked up "Master" and AJFA.
Even then you never heard it in any other time slot.
Kinda odd considering Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and even Accept were played during the day during that time.

My favorites are the Garage Days covers of stuff that influenced them especially "Helpless" which gets heavier and heavier even when you think that it's not possible for it to get any heavier :) Lately I've been jamming their version of "Sabracadabra".