Metallica-St. Anger

[Evo]

I've just chucked this on for the first time in months, and im sure some of you have heard my previous bitching about this album, but listenin again, it ain't too bad really. So yeah, it may not be Metallica's best (gotta be Justice or Black Album) but it is better than i have previously given it credit for. So, a couple of songs let it down, namely St. Anger itself, and the total lack of any decent solos by Kirk is a bitch, but overall not too bad. Think it was what Metallica had to do at the time really.

Just wanted to get that off my chest and share my views on it.

Oh, and anyone heard any solid confirmed news on a new album? Know they recently played with the Stones and supposedly sounded on fire, heck the played the opening of Orion!

\O/

[Que-Ever]

I found a few things that would've made the st. anger album a ton better-
that drum. I think you know which one I'm talking about- I think it's a snare. Oh god, that hting haunts me. If it was re-tuned, or chucked...
Turn the guitars up. It might've jsut been my cd-player, but I could barely hear them over the drums.
James' singing... Just sort of seemed off to me.
The lyrics were also crap.

I also went through what you did- heard the album once a while back, thought it was crap. I just listened to it again recently, it actually wasn't that bad, just a couple persistent problems.

[SimonomiS]

http://badstanger.ytmnd.com/

[J_Tweedy]

His voice sounds off because his voice is shot to peices. They have to bring it down a couple of notches so you can hear him sing...

[sea]

http://badstanger.ytmnd.com/Oh God, that is a classic.

Problems with the album? Lack of solos, lack of riffs, awful production, and the fact that just about every song is three times longer than it should be. Dumb themes too...Invisible Kid? Come on. Where's the ranting about war and nuclear weapons and stuff that made their earlier albums interesting to listen to?

[KagePrototype]

I still liked it; I can't listen to it from beginning to end n one sitting though. :x

[Space Farm]

Metallica is horrible nowadays. I learned to stay clear of them a long time ago.

[DeusExMachina]

Metallica is horrible nowadays. I learned to stay clear of them a long time ago.


QFT. e

[TheGrimSweeper]

http://badstanger.ytmnd.com/

bahahaahahahhaa

[sabre0001]

lyrics are terrible - i dont care that there arent solos but shorten the song...after 3-4 mins, songs become crap and repetitive...

[VictimOfScience]

Hahaha! I heard it once when it came out and thought it was garbage and heard it again recently after this thread appeared and realized it was still quite awful.

I agree with SearanoX: Where is the lyrical content (not to mention musical content) of the good old days of thrash??? Bands like Gammcide and Nuclear Assalut and Vio-Lence and Sodom and even Metallica had great lyrics about all sorts of things like horror and classic literature, crime, war, disease, the environment--WTF happened???!!!

[TheAntipop]

Although Nuclear Assaults latest album really let me down. :(

Sodom - kings of great lyrics.

[Direwolf]

Ah.....Bash.
<SRG> Metallica sold out in 45 mins :/
<NotOneOfUs> Yeah I know.
<NotOneOfUs> Oh wait
<NotOneOfUs> You mean, like, a concert?
<SRG> yes

[Zeus]

I personally thought it was..not crap but also not that good. Their old stuff is much, much better

[-Psy-]

Have yet to listen to St. Anger, I find the LOAD album pretty damn good. It may be different from usual 'tallica but they sure as hell did it good. No idea why it get's so much bad comments.

[Evo]

Yeah, Load was really good, don't know why people diss it, just because it isn't what Metallica had been for the previous 15 years, it is still a great record