Bay Area Thrash vs. Teutonic (German) Thrash

[metallicdistort]

You didn't even listen to a preview of the album before buying St Anger?

It was much harder back in those days!

And you had articles like this:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=10659

I actually loved it the first time I heard the title track

 

[Podgie]

Please accept this as an official apology for turning this into a Metallica thread. This was not my initial intention. Thank you.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

You didn't even listen to a preview of the album before buying St Anger?

I saw Metallica a couple of weeks before it came out at their secret mid-afternoon set at Donington. They played Frantic and St. Anger. I liked both, and was full of hope. Then heard Frantic before the album came out, was a bit worried about the production but still confident it'd be good.

Then the album came out and it turned out they were the only two tolerable tracks on it. the rest was about as pleasurable as putting my testes into a meat-grinder... Tried listening to it a few times since then, and my opinion did not change... it's just a terrible album

 

[MetallicSlayerDeth]

I actually loved it the first time I heard the title track

THIS
Haven't heard much else of the album. Sometimes it comes on a song on the album when I go mixxy, but I'm never very impressed, I just go "Meh, it'll do"

 

[metallicdistort]

Please accept this as an official apology for turning this into a Metallica thread. This was not my initial intention. Thank you.

Mostly my fault

 

[D.Ingram]

Hard one this - Germany does thrash better than most, but the Bay Area had Vio-lence, Torque, Heathen, Piranha, Death Angel....

For Vio-lence alone I'll go with SA. Also, Metallica weren't from the Bay Area soooooooo....

 

[Heavy Metal Rich]

Aside from Metallica, I'm not going to jump at the chance to see Exodus, or Testament if they're coming to town, Sodom or Kreator? HELL YEAH I'LL GO!

That's a bit short sighted Ocelot. All those bands are worth seeing if you enjoy metal music and should be jumped at.

 

[Ocelot2010]

I'm not saying I wouldn't see them if my friend asked me to come along, I'm not the richest guy on the planet I can't go see a show every month, especially when I have to pay for my own gas on top of the ticket. I'm saying that considering those circumstances, I would be more inclined to say "I'll go into debt to go see Kreator" than Exodus. If I really had the money, of course I'd jump on the chance to see a hell of a lot more bands.

 

[D.Ingram]

I'd ather senew bands these days, unless it's smeone fucking epic (e.g. Destruction, Heathen).

 

[Ocelot2010]

^That too, I'm saving up to see Evile in April.

 

[D.Ingram]

Who?

 

[Ocelot2010]

David Bowie