in my opinion, the fact that the production is purposely sucky is just a funny aside to how bad this record is.
i mean, on this table we have exhibit a, a terrible record without a single good or new, passable idea, overlong songs based on the repetition of a boring structure we've heard a million times before, absolutely no guitars whatsoever, hilariously childish lyrics about pubescent rage all kept together by three hundred thousand gazillion minutes of bluesy bridges.
then, on this other table, we have exhibit b, the fact that some sicko in metallica's management (or the label's) decided that to please the older fans of a rougher, thrashier sound, they had to tune down the production level, possibly expecting thousand of fifteen years old to squeal in glee, saying "finally metallica sound like they are close to their thrashy, garage roots by putting out a record my mother would have scolded me for listening to!!!!".
now, it's not that the sound is not perfect or approximative. i don't really mind that. after listening to st. anger i had to make a playlist of old kreator songs (pleasure to kill era) just to avoid fainting. they were poorly played and poorly mixed and absolutely awfully recorded, but they still rock my [bender]shiny metal ass[/bender].
rahvin.
