Episode 225
Metallica
November 2nd, 2026
1 hr 42 mins 23 secs
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Exit light, enter night. Few bands can lay claim to an entire genre quite like Metallica. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and company have ridden lightning, mastered puppets, and dominated heavy metal for over 40 years. We're joined by comedian Rich Baker (www.daretofailimprov.com) and Kyle Lieberman (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm/) to rank our personal top ten Metallica songs, and celebrate the of a band whose legacy endures, no matter how much time marches on.
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Musical Credits:
Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All songs by Metallica except where indicated:
Orion
Wherever I May Roam
Sad But True
Blackened
Whiskey In The Jar
The Unforgiven II
Battery
No Leaf Clover
Seek & Destroy
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Hero of the Day
I Disappear
Of Wolf And Man
One
Fade to Black
The Thing That Should Not Be
Turn The Page - written by Bob Seger
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Mama Said
Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven
Ride The Lightning
Enter Sandman
Master of Puppets
One (Stary Olsa)
The Call of Ktulu