Opinion about the New Metallica Logo and Cover?

Hondo said:
You're the only two making negative comments. People post about random bands here all the time. If you think the band sucks, stay out.

Logo's great. Cover's awful. I saw someone who made one with like a black border around it with their logo on top. That actually looked good somehow.

I don't think that the band sucks at all. How did you come to that conclusion?

EDIT: And if you would care to think larger than outside of this topic you might remember the flaming that replicator got after all the other St. Anger topics...

Anyone else think that 53rd & 3rd is very lame too? One of the only Metallica songs that annoys me...then again it's a cover. And Lars sings on it.
 
just in the chorus...can't hear much,but enough :) he did sing Wonderwall once and it's recorded in the Load/Reload session outtakes...and there's a live Am I Evil? recording,now that sucks.
 
i heard some amzaing things from the music critic who was invited to hear the sound from "st anger". but that cover is crappy
 
I found a interesting review....the first complete review of the album...

French website mcm.net have posted a review of all 11 songs from St. Anger. Below is a translation of the review:

1. Frantic (5:46)
The first song enters with huge drumming which slaps.. We discover the sound of St Anger very garage and metallic, a new sound for Metallica.. James Hetfield is raging.. "My life style is my death style". The group cultivates changes of rhythms. We pass heavy and rampant moments and machine gun like riffs which finishes on a apocalyptic conclusion. Big entrance.
2. St. Anger (7:19)
This song starts with a basic riff for Metallica, covered by furious drumming where Lars Ulrich places great double pedal passages like in the past. . The verse goes overhead with drumming followed by a more aggressive refrain with doubled singing by James Hetfield. The song contains many parts where one is connected with fantastic overlapping. The Four Horsemen are back!
3. Some Kind of Monster (8:24)
The beginning part started with a big heavy riff with a double pedal passage(decidedly Lars Ulrich is one of the best drummers in the world). This song contains a break which is not without recalling Queens of the Stone Age. The song is again an enourmous force and James Hetfield repeats "Some kind of monster". A bit too long.
4. Dirty Window (5:23)
A good punk beginning riff played over several notes which transforms, as well as James Hetfield meets it with singing with a heavy riff. His voice is always on top and expresses itself in different registers. Here, an overhead passage which enables him to place some melodies which poses like System of a Down before beautiful parts before the refrain. The group shows much cohesion and the changes of rhythms are completely “maitresse”.
5. Invisible Kid (8:28)
In the beginning, Metallica starts by finally breaking the rhythm and setting out on a riff 100% Metallica. James Hetfield repeats "Invisible kid never see what he did". The piece contains much different parts whose passages recall Queens of the Stone Age on which James Hetfield leaves training his voice.The double pedal is again presented and the whole finishes by an enormous vocal. "Open your mind".
6. My World (6:30)
On this title, the group is very very irritated. A large riff brings agreements very quickly. “It’s my world, sucker!” sings James Hetfield. The piece is all in percussion with acceleration, changes of rhythms, and double pedal passages. For the finale, James Hetfield launches howls. Excellent!
7. Shoot Me Again (7:09)
After a big punch, the song is done melodically on the verse. The group does not place bad breaks of rhythms and delivers one of the more disconnected pieces on the album. On the refrain, James Hetfield sings ‘Shoot me again” at the limit of nu-metal. Nickelback if they bought some balls?
8. Sweet Amber (5:24)
After a rather soft beginning, one thinks that Sweet Amber is the slow piece on the album but a large ultra-rapid riff and infernal drumming put an end to our suspicions. Metallica definately did not make a commercial album! The verse is calmer but it is only a pretext for everything afterwards. Lars Ulrich gives itself it!
9. Unamed Feeling (7:07)
Intro is between blues and heavy as James Hetfield can do them so well. The piece is the more rampant on the album. James Hetfield once more made a song full of contained rage which always ends up exploding.
10. Purify (5:13)
Enters with matter super heavy and crushing. From there follows a rhythmic gross and percussive drumming. The song is axed and unlocked on the word “Purify” that James Hetfield repeats like a madman. The pieces achieves on slow and heavy passages. What rhythm changes...
11. All Within My Hand (8:44)
Last song of the album which distinguishes itself from the others by long melodic passages with choruses.. It opens with a violent riff on 3 agreements which hides various heavy overhead parts.. James Hetfield finishes by screaming “Kill kill kill”. A bit too long in the end.
 
replicator said:
6. My World (6:30)
On this title, the group is very very irritated. A large riff brings agreements very quickly. “It’s my world, sucker!” sings James Hetfield. The piece is all in percussion with acceleration, changes of rhythms, and double pedal passages. For the finale, James Hetfield launches howls. Excellent!

11. All Within My Hand (8:44)
Last song of the album which distinguishes itself from the others by long melodic passages with choruses.. It opens with a violent riff on 3 agreements which hides various heavy overhead parts.. James Hetfield finishes by screaming “Kill kill kill”. A bit too long in the end.
Any song that includes the phrase "it's my world sucker!" is bound to be shitty. Come on, how Mr.T is that?

If you don't like my opinion, then shutup, cause IT'S MY OPINION SUCKER!

I can imagine James' horrible hillbilly voice with his trademark "..ahh" at the end of every single fucking word ".....and this time I disappear......ah!!"

I think both, the logo and the cover are shitty. The logo looks to 80's for me...in a Friday the 13th sorta way. The cover sucks balls....in a ball sucking sort of way. Looks like a trading card of sorts...

I'm not either looking forward nor "dissing" the new album, if it's good, I'll download it (won't buy), if it's bad then I won't buy nor download. Lars can get his money by suing the mexican band Genitallica ( www.genitallica.com )

I'm not particularly a fan of Metallica....I do like AJFA and MOP, but I don't consider them the epitome of metal at all......in the least bit. And everything associated with Metallica from 1990 on sucks ass.

Plus, the Summer Sanitarium tour is like a who's who of nu-metal crap. We have the testosterone driven, beer chugging asses that are limp bizdick, the teenage angst of Linkin Park and the overall crappiness of Mudvayne. Bleh......but this thread is about the logo and the cover....so, in summary, I think they both blow.

.......and I'm still seeing them this August :)
 
loudsilence said:
Well if you look at the top of the page where it says Chat-Off Topic it says that is for NON-OPETH and NON-MUSIC discussion. Although people talk about music in there all the time, if you want to get technical it belongs here. And since the Opeth forum is the most popular he'll get more responses.

Well, actually, if you want to get technical, it shouldn't be in either, it should be in the General Music Discussion forum.

And I agree with Demonspell's opinion. The cover and logo are terrible, and Replicator's a troll.
 
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Speedkill said:
Well, actually, if you want to get technical, it shouldn't be in either, it should be in the General Music Discussion forum.

And I agree with Demonspell's opinion. The cover and logo are terrible, and Replicator's a troll.

I agree with all three of your points.
 
The lyrics from that review look really, really bad. I still have some hope for this album and I'll download it when it leaks.
 
Lars is just trying to hide the fact that he now looks like a concentration camp victim by making his album cover as corny as possible. The logo isn't THAT bad, I'd still light it on fire only i'd put the flames out via water instead of pissing on it.