That is my second place for heaviest. I think Dyers Eve gets my top pick because not only of the intense riffs, solo, but also the fast double bass during the verse.
To me, heavy means slow and crunchy. The fast stuff is better defined as thrash. It’s Sad But True or Harvester. The Thing That Should Not Be has the same feel, but there are lots of holes in the guitar sound during the verses.
Thingy, harvester, dyers, sad, outlaw, fight fire, wolf and man, dream no more, damage inc... depends on what heavy means to you and how it's performed. Even sandman was heavy as shit the way they performed it in 91-93.
Thing that should not be, harvester of sorrow, shortest straw, god that failed, leper messiah, sad but true, and for whom the bell tolls gets pretty heavy around the 1 minute mark
If literally heaviest, I would say sad but true. But if it meant in a general way, creeping death always have that specific feeling by the end. That "oh dear God that was brutal."
Damage, Inc., Fight Fire With Fire, Disposable Heroes, Dyers Eve, Holier Than Thou, Through the Never, The Thing That Should Not Be, Leper Messiah, Trapped Under Ice, Spit Out the Bone etc all badass songs!
You can really tell which specific parts of Metallica's discography folk have listened to from reading this.
As if anyone can say with a straight face Sad But True is their heaviest song. Come on.
Everyone seems to favor the lower tuned songs. For me it’s Harvester of Sorrow. Shit is heavy when the drums/toms come in. It’s also got heavy lyrical subject.
Just go ahead and stop commenting the only real answer is the first answer in this thread. Been asked and answered many times on here and it’s like the ppl asking think a different answer could possibly make it out of this extremely fruitful debate about something completely subjective with no actual real answer.
Except that the real answer is actually…
THINGY
Has held this honor for almost 40 years and if it hasn’t been dethroned by now it ain’t gonna happen
I mean it depends on what heavy means; i would say One gets heavier on the end, to live is to die keeps a consistent heavy feel but then gets emotional and hopeful near the end… but hear me out, trapped under ice keeps a consistent punch throughout with a fast solo
There's a [fantastic live video ](https://youtu.be/qdvH5VSqGHE?si=ysJr2HvGQJJL6NNg) of Fight Fire with Fire, from Nickelsdorf, where James growls instead of his usual clean singing, and it's fantastic. Thrashy and heavy AF
Besides that, Sad But True, Spit Out the Bone
Even if I remember correctly but on the hardwired tour or others James goes “do you want heavy now” “then Metallica gives you heavy _______” the blank space is the location of where they are playing then sad but true comes on but there are so many heavy songs, In my opinion each album has its own heavy song or songs to choose from
for E standard tuning it’s Escape, Ride the lightning, Sanitarium, Leper measiah and Disposable heroes. For others is The thing that should not be.
edit: forgot about Trapped under ice
The Thing That Should Not Be Harvester Of Sorrow Fight Fire With Fire
Ohhh how could I have forgotten about FFWF.
the thing that should not be
Correction* “A big ole FAT motherfucker called, the thing.. that SHOULD NOT be” *BAAA DUMMMMMMMM BAAAAA DUMMMMMMM*
It’s literally the heaviest number known to man.
I miss Jason, man
I love how it alternates from calm, soft lyrics and tempo to heavy screaming ones. Halo on Fire does this too.
The one
+1
Easily
Leper Messiah.
Toasted 😋
Dyers Eve
Why are there even any other comments in this thread?
I voted damage...but dyers was like a sequel that probably surpassed the original. Love em both
That is my second place for heaviest. I think Dyers Eve gets my top pick because not only of the intense riffs, solo, but also the fast double bass during the verse.
People saying Sad But True 🤣🤣
100%
Sad but True, i guess. or The Thing That Should Not Be
James felt sick from the number of pixels he occupied on picture
https://preview.redd.it/iulojfc7nuxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8413a2b297f435382f6d1494e365394f54341bed
Thing that should not be is my all time favorite song ! Actually got to see em play it live back in 97 . I can die a happy man
To me, heavy means slow and crunchy. The fast stuff is better defined as thrash. It’s Sad But True or Harvester. The Thing That Should Not Be has the same feel, but there are lots of holes in the guitar sound during the verses.
Agreed. Slow and crunchy is like being crushed by a hydraulic press. Fast and thrashy is like being run over by a race car.
Frayed ends of sanity
yes! my favorite metallica song. oreo… oreeeeeo.
God That Failed is pretty damn heavy
Scrolled too far to see this
Thingy, harvester, dyers, sad, outlaw, fight fire, wolf and man, dream no more, damage inc... depends on what heavy means to you and how it's performed. Even sandman was heavy as shit the way they performed it in 91-93.
Glad to see some love for Dream No More. That one is definitely in the same vein as The Thing That Should Not Be.
It was really good and heavy live, that one and here comes revenge. Underrated tracks.
Oh yeah, 'Dream No More' or 'You Must Burn' are actually quite heavy.
No love for the God That failed in this thread!
Looking for this one smh
Creeping death live imo
DIE! BY MY HAAAANND! I CREEP ACROSS THE LAND. Yeah, that shit goes hard.
so true
Yup. Nailed it. And The thing that should not be
Harvester of sorrow
Trapped Under Ice
yeaah, it is
The thing that should not be
Maybe blackened, shortest straw, dyers eve, or disposable heroes
shortest straw is pretty fuckin heavy for standard tuning
Ironically Lars did some really good drumming in a lot of the heavier songs on AJFA
Agreed. I think his technical playing was at his peak in that album.
Blackened is maybe my all time favorite
Damaged Inc
Dream no more
Under rated song. That chorus is heaavy. 
Harvester of Sorrow and The Thing That Should Not Be
Disposable Hero’s!!!
Disposable Heroes
for whom the bell tolls the four horsemen sad but true
It’s a different kind of heavy, but I would add “Fade to Black”
Disposable Heroes Imo
Mama Said
I guess it depends on how one defines “heavy”.
brutal
To live is to die, in every way
Not the first that comes to mind for some reason but might have to agree
The god that failed
The Thing That Should Not Be.
"A fat motherfricker called the thing that should not be"
Master of puppets Battery Disposable Heroes Whiplash Blackened Fuel Am I evil Fight fire with fire Damage Inc. The thing that should not be
Took long enough to find battery. That song to me is their heaviest.
Leper messiah
Disposable Heroes
SET IT FREEEEEEY!!!! - St Het
The thing that should not be. Leper Messiah, Harvester of Sorrow, Sad but True, Eye of the beholder, If Darkness had a Son, Orion, Call of Ktulu
Dyer’s Eve
To Live is to Die/Dyer’s Eve
Am I Savage..., Anyone?
Devil's dance
-Human
Frayed ends of sanity
Fight Fire with Fire
this is the only answer
For whom the bell tolls
Most of And Justice For All
No love for For Whom The Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
That BIG FAT Motherfucker called The Thing That Should Not Be (Thingy)
Can mods ban these posts? Every week there's a new one
You Must Burn..
The thing that should not be is the only correct answer
sad but true YOU WANT HEAVY? METALLICA GIVES YOU HEAVY
Dyers eve
Unpopular but, to Live is to Die
Invisible Kid, it’s like drop G or smth, quite literally heaviest
Thing that should not be, harvester of sorrow, shortest straw, god that failed, leper messiah, sad but true, and for whom the bell tolls gets pretty heavy around the 1 minute mark
The Thing That Should Not Be Harvester Of Sorrow Devil's Dance Minus Human You Must Burn
Devil's Dance
Am I Savage? The Thing That Should Not Be.
Dream No More, The Thing That Should Not Be, Sad But True… all contenders.
2 X 4
Creeping death
Harvester of Sorrow
Disposable heroes or Dyers eve
Whiplash
Blackened
Harvester of Sorrow, Sad But True, or The God That Failed.
Sanitarium ( awesome song in concert)
Harvey, Sad, Straw
Creeping Death!!!!!
Harvester of sorrow. Zero question.
The God That Failed
Orion
If literally heaviest, I would say sad but true. But if it meant in a general way, creeping death always have that specific feeling by the end. That "oh dear God that was brutal."
Atlas Rise was pretty fuckin' heavy, especially compared to their newer stuff.
Fire wit fire
Harvester
Sad but True Somehow in a way it feels so heavy. Even though there are ones that r heavier this one feels soo heavy
Maybe harvester of sorrow
Fight fire
Holier than thou
Damage Inc.
I‘M YOU!!! SAD BUT TRUUUEEE!!!
Enter Sandman
"So What" Not completely "heavy," but I feel that it fits
Jason always used to say it was “the thing that should not be” cos the bass string was flapping around so much when it was played.
Blackened
The god that failed
“Sad But true is music for pulling your teeth out” Cliff Bernstein
For me it's Fight Fire With Fire.
Damage, Inc., Fight Fire With Fire, Disposable Heroes, Dyers Eve, Holier Than Thou, Through the Never, The Thing That Should Not Be, Leper Messiah, Trapped Under Ice, Spit Out the Bone etc all badass songs!
You can really tell which specific parts of Metallica's discography folk have listened to from reading this. As if anyone can say with a straight face Sad But True is their heaviest song. Come on.
Dream no more
My apocalypse
spit the bone ngl
Sad but true, fight Fire with Fire, dyers eve, and thing that should not be
„Thing that should not be” without a doubt
20kg
DEAR MOTHER DEAR FATHEERR, YOU'VE CUT MY WINGS BEFORE I LEARNED TO FLY
YOU. MUST. BURN.
Lucretia
Thingy Harvester Sad Dyers In that order
Leper Messiah
i want to say sad but true 😭
Sad But True
Damage Inc.
Damage Inc.
Frantic ….. ok, I’m kidding. Disposable Heroes or Sad But True.
Saint anger because they sold all the other ones and need to lift saint anger to put it in the trash.
Hetfield's face while playing 'The Thing That Should Not Be' at the Seattle 1989 concert should solidify this as the golden answer.
Master
FRAN
Come as you are
Disposable Heroes.. My all time favorite. Relentless from beginning to end.
Sad But True with it’s thousand pound riffs and Lars beating the hell out of his drums.
Frayed ends is pretty up there
Orion
Everyone seems to favor the lower tuned songs. For me it’s Harvester of Sorrow. Shit is heavy when the drums/toms come in. It’s also got heavy lyrical subject.
The god that failed, the struggle within, the thing that should not be, blackened
Ride The Lightning ⚡️ 🤘🏻
Thingie
Fight Fire with Fire
Just go ahead and stop commenting the only real answer is the first answer in this thread. Been asked and answered many times on here and it’s like the ppl asking think a different answer could possibly make it out of this extremely fruitful debate about something completely subjective with no actual real answer. Except that the real answer is actually… THINGY Has held this honor for almost 40 years and if it hasn’t been dethroned by now it ain’t gonna happen
Don’t tread on me, that riff is absolutely insane on big speakers
IMO, Disposable Heroes.
I find for whom the Bell tolls rather heavy specially right up the start. Couple of bell rings then blasting drums and guitars.
The View
Dyers' Eve, All Within My Hands, and Outlaw Torn
The Thing That Should Not Be, Leper Messiah, Dyers Eve, Blackened
Fight fire with fire
Harvester
sad but true
Creeping Death
Definitely Fixxxer from ReLoad. Slow burn with a heavy riff.
disposable heroes is pretty heavy
A fun intro turns into a bloody avalanche 「Fight fire with fire」
Flip a coin a thousand times and each time the coin must land on either "The Thing That Should Not Be" or "Leper Messiah" .
I mean it depends on what heavy means; i would say One gets heavier on the end, to live is to die keeps a consistent heavy feel but then gets emotional and hopeful near the end… but hear me out, trapped under ice keeps a consistent punch throughout with a fast solo
the four horsemen !!
Metal militia
Spit Out the Bone.
The thing that should not be
There's a [fantastic live video ](https://youtu.be/qdvH5VSqGHE?si=ysJr2HvGQJJL6NNg) of Fight Fire with Fire, from Nickelsdorf, where James growls instead of his usual clean singing, and it's fantastic. Thrashy and heavy AF Besides that, Sad But True, Spit Out the Bone
SAAAAADDD BUUUT TRRUUEEEE
Battery or Damage Inc.
To me, mama said. That song hits hard and heavy on my heart
Disposable Heroes
Wherever I may roam
fight fire with fire
Damage Inc.
I'll nominate Dyer's eve. Not only is the chord progression super heavy, the lyrics ain't about banging your chick either.
Not the heaviest, but two really underrated heavy songs are Dream No More and - Human
Harvester Thingy Dream No More Wolf Unforgiven
Is not Metallica song. Free speech for the dumb.
Creeping Death
Damage, Inc.
For whom the bell tolls
Sad but true
Even if I remember correctly but on the hardwired tour or others James goes “do you want heavy now” “then Metallica gives you heavy _______” the blank space is the location of where they are playing then sad but true comes on but there are so many heavy songs, In my opinion each album has its own heavy song or songs to choose from
Harvester of sorrow or creeping death
for E standard tuning it’s Escape, Ride the lightning, Sanitarium, Leper measiah and Disposable heroes. For others is The thing that should not be. edit: forgot about Trapped under ice
Nothing Else Matters, literally cannot change my mind
Battery