The Unforgiven (track)
by Metallica
The Unforgiven appears on the following album(s) by Metallica:
- Metallica (track #4) (this album) (1991)
- Live Shit: Binge And Purge (track #7) (1993)
- Orgullo, Pasión, Y Gloria: Tres Noches En La Ciudad De México (track #10) (2009)
- Live In Las Vegas May 9, 2015 (track #8) (2015)
- Too Heavy 4 Halftime: February 6, 2016 (track #7) (2016)
- Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic At The Masonic (track #3) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/28/2026 03:30 | awightma | 34 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 20:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,942 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 17:55 | bonnequestion | 16,297 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 09:57 | Musicmister9988 | 1,149 | 98/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2025 03:33 | culwin | 20,475 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 88.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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I love the guitar solo, gives me goosebumps.
Some metalheads may say its "commercial" but can they name a song similar to this one? It's more than 6 minutes long but you just don't want it to end.
Incredible sonic landscape. Creates a movie in your head.
My favourite by them
The first really soft song Metallica ever wrote. This song must have taken Metallica fans by surprise and I'm sure many hated it, but it's a beautiful song that shows the versatility of Metallica.
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