Metallica blev placeret af [[MTV]] som det tredje "største heavy metal band i historien,"<ref name="Why they Rule? Metallica">{{cite web
|title=Why they Rule? Metallica
|publisher=MTV.com
|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index4.jhtml
|access-date=2007-12-05}}</ref> fik femte pladsen på [[VH1]]s ''100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''-liste,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62188/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/shows/dynamic/includes/wildcards/the_greatest/hardrock_list_full.jhtml&event_id=862769&start=81|title= 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock|access-date= 2006-12-23|publisher= [[VH1]]|archive-date= 13. september 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080913223620/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62188/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=%2Fshows%2Fdynamic%2Fincludes%2Fwildcards%2Fthe_greatest%2Fhardrock_list_full.jhtml&event_id=862769&start=81|url-status= dead}}</ref> og var samtidig nummer 1 på [[VH1]]s liste ''20 Greatest Metal Bands''.<ref name="VH1 Classic Top 20 Metal Bands ">{{cite web
|title=VH1 Classic Top 20 Metal Bands
|publisher=VH1.com
|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_honors/_2007/vspot.jhtml
|access-date=2007-12-05
|archive-date=14. september 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914110235/http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_honors/_2007/vspot.jhtml
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
''Master of Puppets'' blev placeret som nummer 167 på ''[[Rolling Stone]]''s "500 Great Albums of all time," og på samme liste nåede ''Metallica'' plads nummer 252.<ref name="The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">{{cite web
|title=The RS 500 greatest albums of all time
|publisher=Rolling Stone
|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2
|access-date=2007-12-05
|archive-date= 2. april 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402070111/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> ''Master of Puppets'' var med i ''Q Magazines'' kategori "50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time,"<ref name="Q 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time">{{cite web
|title=Q 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time
|publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk
|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#50%20Heaviest
|access-date=2007-12-05}}</ref> placeret som nummer 1 på IGN's "Top 25 Metal Albums"<ref name="Top 25 Metal Albums">{{cite web
|title=Top 25 Metal Albums
|publisher=IGN.com
|url=http://au.music.ign.com/articles/755/755929p7.html
|access-date=2007-12-05}}</ref> og nummer et på Metal-rules.com's "Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums"-liste.<ref name="The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums">{{cite web
|title=The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums
|publisher=Metal-rules.com
|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=6
|access-date=2007-12-05
|archive-date=29. juni 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629154729/http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=6
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Sangen "Enter Sandman" fik placeringen som nummer 399 på ''Rolling Stones'' liste "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref name="The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">{{cite web
|title=The RS 500 Greatest songs of all time
|publisher=Rolling Stone
|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/4
|access-date=2007-12-05
|archive-date=13. september 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913125603/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/4
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
Kunst Musik Foreninger Organisationer