Stern

Metallica (Premium)

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This game received 629 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.684 _/10

8.684

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks 1st in the game group "Metallica". The group itself ranks #16 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.673

Artwork: 8.619

Sounds/Music: 8.508

Other Aspects: 8.71

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8.280/10

6 years ago

CRS

Lightningrod

Pinside member

Visalia, CA

6y 36,250 7 21

Probably one of the best rock bands of modern era. Amazing with all the humerous call outs. locking the ball to the Coffin drop and electrocuting sparky, ball eating snake cool stuff. Monster artwork is awesome. Flashing lights from super LED packgage is on point. Shaker motor is great add. So many shots! Never a dull moment.

Lightningrod edited previous rating on April 29, 2021.

8.252/10

6 years ago

KBG

Reznnate

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 89,800 801 61

Updated my rating. Now that I've had a chance to hear the game and play a well-maintained premium model, I love it. Hetfield's callouts are fantastic. I don't love the art or sparky toy, but the music is really great and the playfield and rules are a blast. The game keeps you coming back...one.... more... game....

Reznnate edited previous rating on February 25, 2020.

10.000/10

6 years ago

RKD

Pinballer31520

the pinball palace

Brunswick, GA

6y 70,050 332 144 33

Awesome Game. Lots of toys and lots of fun !

Pinballer31520 currently owns this game.

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10.000/10

6 years ago

AL

alellis

Inactive member

Santa Rosa Beach, FL

6y 25,750 6 3 7

One the best pinball machines ever made hands down. Deep rule and tough shots very challenging!

alellis currently owns this game.

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9.560/10

6 years ago

SWH

Spencer

Pinside member

Okotoks, AB

10y 86,300 2,561 7 10

Played this at a friends house several times and could not get enough. Sought out my personal favorite, the "road case" version and have been playing it like crazy ever since. It totally has the "I need to play again" feel!

Spencer has owned this game in the past.

9.060/10

6 years ago

DAD

RayGun

Inactive member

7y 39,550 51 7

Theme is fine but I DO NOT LIKE a music pin to be programmed such that the songs END when the ball ends! secondly, I would like to see the ability to have many different LIVE songs! It's only and all about LIVE, this whole entire music thing. Additionally, some of these songs I find unhappy, dark, depressing and boring. This band has, well, some tracks that are not, lol (all kinda dark, huh?). I very much like the flow. The speed is great. Same w/ the pf art, and the back glass is really cool. Cab art is tacky ah. Shocking dude in the echair is a fun bash toy w/ a nice sound effect. If I sum it up Id say this game is a homerun that coulda been a grand slam w/ if it only had a vast selection of live songs that play thru drained balss and until the mode is ended; but still very fun and my best game for going Lramp to Rramp, which is the most exhilarating and thrilling thing I know of in pinball! That is the real kind of fun if you can find the pins that'll do it.

RayGun edited previous rating on September 03, 2019.

9.760/10

6 years ago

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Sandman454

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 38,800 253 9

This is a fun game especially when sparky is getting some treatment. Cool coffin ball lock feature. The only thing that lets this pin down is that the music is not linked to the gameplay enough in that Song selection does not make a difference to game play. There is only the Crank it up mode where it does a little. Worth 'Seek'ing this out 'and Destroy'ing more than a few games on it.

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9.840/10

6 years ago

CAD

retrotilt

Pinside member

Prosper, TX

10y 103K 67 12 58

This is close to the perfect game for me. First of all, I like Metallica as a band I've been a casual fan of them since the early 90's. The music in this machine is great and I love being able to pick a tune before I plunge my first ball. The call outs, which are done by band members, certainly add to the fun and provide a good amount of humor

The artwork package on this machine is some of the best in pinball. The dot animations are fantastic (ColorDMD is a must!) and there a few DMD machines that can compete with quality of animations in this game. The playfield is perfectly laid out with smooth ramp shots and a personal favorite of mine, in line drop targets. The toys are all great, but locking a ball by having the hammer pound it into the playfield is always entertaining to watch. The software is highly polished and feels complete. The "Crank It Up" mini Wizard modes are fun and very achievable for a medium level player. All in all, this is one of the best games out there and certainly a long term keeper for me.

retrotilt currently owns this game.

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9.620/10

6 years ago

SAG

pinballprincess

Pinside member

8y 35,050 77 24

For a fan of the band, this game is a dream. The game is chock-full of references to the band's lore, from the artwork to the toys to the animations - the game screams Metallica. My personal favorite is the black balls bouncing about the screen during Seek & Destroy, a reference to the giant black inflatable balls that bounce among the crowd during that same song in concert. The shots are thrash-fast and can be brutal - this is a game that tries to play like the background music sounds, and, on most machines, it succeeds. The standard music selection spans from Kill 'Em All to Reload, with the band's then most-recent album making one well-placed wizard mode appearance. This game is energetic and fun, and even when it's kicking you down, you more often than not want to push start again and leap right back in to the mosh pit.

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7.653/10

6 years ago

JMA

Jackpotjared

Pinside member

West Bloomfield Township, MI

8y 111K 1,158 2 22

Extremely Fun.

Jackpotjared edited previous rating on September 18, 2017.
Jackpotjared has owned this game in the past.

8.555/10

6 years ago

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Wrpinball

Inactive member

Unknown

6y 10,750 2 1 9

It's fun. It plays fast. Like Metallica, but the theme leaves me cold. It lacks the feeling of a little world under glass that the really great machines have. Always happy to play it though.

8.504/10

6 years ago

BJB

PinballBJB

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 72,300 208 30

I'm not a fan of the band. Nevertheless, this game is addictive and very fun to play. You don't have to like Metallica to like the game, although you do have to be willing to hear their songs throughout the game. Visually, the art, colors, and lighting are fantastic. (With this game and Aerosmith, Stern has done two of the most visually exciting games in a long time.) The call-outs from the band, plus Jacky, are fun and entertaining. Lots of smooth, satisfying shots -- especially the ramps and doing combos with them. As well as shots that make you want to keep hitting them, like the grave-marker targets, the snake, and Sparky. The hammer that knocks the balls through the playfield into the coffin is an excellent feature, as is the snake. Sparky is too, at first, but the whole electrocution with eyeballs popping out can get old quicker than you'd guess. One shortcoming of the game is the rule set; the goal of merely collecting coffin shots, snake shots, etc. to get a certain number of them is a bit unimaginative. Nevertheless, the game is still loads of fun to play, to listen to, and to watch. I've been giving a lot of thought to getting one, maybe.

8.000/10

6 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

6y 97,400 7,411 67 3

If you like Metallica you'll love this game...music is great, and the game is a blast

PtownPin edited previous rating on October 12, 2020.

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8.468/10

6 years ago

SMD

Draegermeister

Pinside member

Plainfield, IL

10y 61,300 175 3 12

I love this machine. It doesn't get old, despite not being terribly complex for new players. It has a lot of great shots, callouts, and animations. The Sparky toy and the graves are awesome. The Snake is cool, but sort of weird.

For criticisms. Why the hell does the right ramp have an "M" etched in it. It should have the stylized "A", because Metallica is spelled with the cool M and A. Strange, because it saved no money. WTF with the hammer. It has cool art, and a really obvious screw in the front. That screw could have been anywhere else, why pop it there.

The art is awesome. The music is great. The game plays quickly. There is plenty of light. I love it. I sort of don't get the snake as a green snake.

Essential mods are: Snake sticker and extended snake plastic. Cliffy for the Mystery hole. Britemods buttons on it for sure.

I popped black chrome car wrap vinyl instead of Mirror blades, and it looks pretty cool.

Draegermeister has owned this game in the past.

9.860/10

6 years ago

JDS

JohnnyPinball007

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 162K 16,410 22 1

My personal favorite pin period. The only thing I do not like is when in special modes still hard to figure out what I am supposed to aim for.

9.100/10

6 years ago

SJS

Stones

Pinside member

Smithville, MO

10y 139K 3,065 31

I am familiar with this game from playing it on locations. I just purchased Met/Monsters in May of 2017. The pro I thought was a fun game, but the Premium is a complete pin to me. I love the hammer...and doesn't block any view to me. The game is fast, and love the different objectives of the game. I'm still in the honeymoon phase, but I knew what I purchasing and not just taking a chance. Great game and highly recommend!

Stones has owned this game in the past.

8.175/10

7 years ago

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touchtone

Pinside member

Seubersdorf

9y 26,150 13 10 49

Top gimmicks good flow, multiball start is fun and its a good tournament players machine

touchtone edited previous rating on October 27, 2019.

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9.340/10

7 years ago

RUS

Russell

Pinside member

Colorado Springs, CO

10y 111K 1,475 58

Metallica is a modern classic. It's a fan layout, but with great rules, interesting gimmicks. It's fast and fun, but also with surprising complexity. A great game, actually made me like Metallica's music (sort of)

Russell has owned this game in the past.

8.780/10

7 years ago

SK

SunKing

Pinside member

Houston, TX

13y 130K 3,983 5 21

I have had this game in my collection for about a year, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

SunKing edited previous rating on April 11, 2024.
SunKing has owned this game in the past.

9.760/10

7 years ago

MAC

Macca101010

Pinside member

Newcastle

8y 98,550 481 5 17

Although Metallica isn't my favourite music, I have to admit this is in my top 2 games that I enjoy playing. It's fun layout keeps my coming back to play it more and more, and callouts are the best on any pinball....in my opinion. Absolutely think the coding is awesome and even the whole family enjoy it. Allows you to tone down the adult language content ....or crank it up if you can. A classic in my eyes and a machine that Stern nailed. If you love a fast flowing game with great callouts that fun you'll enjoy it!

Macca101010 edited previous rating on July 07, 2017.

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9.504/10

7 years ago

JP

oohlou

Pinside member

9y 66,800 609 26

MET has proven itself by now to be an all-time great pin. It really is one of the best pinball machines ever made, bar none.

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

7.447/10

7 years ago

RHO

spiroagnew

Inactive member

11y 121K 982 161

I'm not a fan of the band, but I really like the game. I'm not a new Stern booster, but I'll put this game at the top of my list, with Iron Man, as one of the best games Stern has produced since their transition from Sega Pinball. The fan layout works well for the "metal" theme, and keeping things streamlined and the ball moving. I like these sorts of Borg games better than the "packed" ones like Tron or X-men. When I first played the revised code, I was blown away...such a difference from its previous form in the years since it was first released. The game can be thanked for leading the "art revolution" on modern games, without this Dirty Donny art package, we'd still be swimming in Photoshop purgatory.

9.580/10

7 years ago

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noob-a-tron

Inactive member

Melbourne

7y 41,650 488 8 19

Bought this machine without playing it and love it. Fast game Fast tunes. Love the multiball features. Huge Met fan so maybe a little bias, But the play of the game is Awesome. Love the Call outs. Was worried about the artwork but once i had it in person it looks better than in pictures. My first ever machine i have owned and i give it a 10/10 and i am not easily pleased.

noob-a-tron currently owns this game.

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9.368/10

7 years ago

MCD

dasvis

Pinside member

Salem, OR

12y 101K 4,796 11 16

Currently, my favorite pin.

8.756/10

7 years ago

PPD

Boat

CPRepair

Calgary, AB

7y 107K 1,474 4 92 1

This game had great flow and lots of cool shots to hit. Neat toys. I was hoping for more modes/missions and found that I couldn't really figure out the rules while I was playing. I would own this one!

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