im a platinum member of the metallica club... and heres some info about 5 new songs that were critiqued recently...
Cut #1-Hard charging cut that combines bombast and defiance of the band's earliest high watermarks, incorporating much of their thrashy beginnings but with more deliberate lyrics and an emotional nakedness. The lyrics are the cry of a divided man. James Hetfield growls this in the song "i want my anger to be me, i need to set my anger free"
Cut #2-Lumbering beat of a song that no doubt crawled out of someones nightmare. "This is the voice of silence no more" like many of the band's earlier songs, good and evil are enganging in hand to hand conflict, only this time, the demons are more internal then external.
Cut #3-A somber thoughtful rumination of a man grappling with choices. Recorded in may 2001. This song is a bit of funk to l ighten its sardonic edge, taking it to places where no metallica song has ventured before.
Cut #4-Most upbeat and suprising rock track. Over SEVEN minutes long. It's a journey of self discovery, a man clearly in psychic pain. Lars pulls one of the most lyrical drum solos I have ever heard dramatic enough to single handedly resurrect the art form. Kirk seems to peal off notes individually letting them hang in the air until he has his way with them.
Cut #5- A love song. A lazy feel to it, tropical but dangerous. Deceptively gentle. But that's before the SHREDDING beings and has sort of a Rolling Stonesian feel to it. James sings with rawness and swagger that is entirely out of character yet entirely appropiate.
The band said many elements of the past, 15 years ago, are approarching into this album. Kirk said "the speed and harnessing and energy of the late 80's meshing it with some melodicism of the 90's. It sounds like thats what we are doing now. I think we have cracked a code that we werent able to in the 90s."
Cut #1-Hard charging cut that combines bombast and defiance of the band's earliest high watermarks, incorporating much of their thrashy beginnings but with more deliberate lyrics and an emotional nakedness. The lyrics are the cry of a divided man. James Hetfield growls this in the song "i want my anger to be me, i need to set my anger free"
Cut #2-Lumbering beat of a song that no doubt crawled out of someones nightmare. "This is the voice of silence no more" like many of the band's earlier songs, good and evil are enganging in hand to hand conflict, only this time, the demons are more internal then external.
Cut #3-A somber thoughtful rumination of a man grappling with choices. Recorded in may 2001. This song is a bit of funk to l ighten its sardonic edge, taking it to places where no metallica song has ventured before.
Cut #4-Most upbeat and suprising rock track. Over SEVEN minutes long. It's a journey of self discovery, a man clearly in psychic pain. Lars pulls one of the most lyrical drum solos I have ever heard dramatic enough to single handedly resurrect the art form. Kirk seems to peal off notes individually letting them hang in the air until he has his way with them.
Cut #5- A love song. A lazy feel to it, tropical but dangerous. Deceptively gentle. But that's before the SHREDDING beings and has sort of a Rolling Stonesian feel to it. James sings with rawness and swagger that is entirely out of character yet entirely appropiate.
The band said many elements of the past, 15 years ago, are approarching into this album. Kirk said "the speed and harnessing and energy of the late 80's meshing it with some melodicism of the 90's. It sounds like thats what we are doing now. I think we have cracked a code that we werent able to in the 90s."
