Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
The Black album would be among the bottom for me also, but I still think it is great, and it has some killer stuff on it, its just that their other material is soooo good. 
To save Ceydn the trouble: St Anger
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Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Also, I agree with ceydn about the mp3 thing, the production while listening to the cd is sooooo much better than the mp3s I have heard make it out to be. At first, when I first put Frantic on, I thought it sounded a little off, but now I am used to it and have listened properly I like it more. Still not the best production, but it sounds good. Some of these songs will be killer live!
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
Icarus
Shamone
Black album rules!
its 5th best after all the 80s albums of course
Im not buying all this production stuff....the mp3s I have heard are from the album and they still sound shite and people I know who have the album say the mp3s are basically the same as album.
Damn it! Am I the only one here who thinks the new metallica is shite? COME ON PEOPLE!!!! Whats going on!!!???
its 5th best after all the 80s albums of course
Im not buying all this production stuff....the mp3s I have heard are from the album and they still sound shite and people I know who have the album say the mp3s are basically the same as album.
Damn it! Am I the only one here who thinks the new metallica is shite? COME ON PEOPLE!!!! Whats going on!!!???
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Well from what I gather from this forum, all the people that have the actual cd think its good, and all the people that have only heard mp3s think less of it. Make of that what you will.
Icarus
Shamone
Its not the production thats holding me back from liking it at all. The basic lack of any good sounding music is what is.
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
Well its heavy...its tasty...and its excellent mate..The sound on the DVD is a bit better...and that has no production to speak of 
...but its all juicy and good IMO mate, get a listen or 2 to the album not MP3's and ya might change ya perspective a bit
...but its all juicy and good IMO mate, get a listen or 2 to the album not MP3's and ya might change ya perspective a bit
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
I think some songs sound better on the DVD, some sound better on the album. As Southy said, people should give the album a few good listens to get an idea of the sound.
Celestial-Todd
The Incredible Bulk
Agreed... I like Frantic better on the dvd! !
Gotta love Kirk almost killing a cameraman trying to do that sound change in the start of the verse of St Anger!
Gotta love Kirk almost killing a cameraman trying to do that sound change in the start of the verse of St Anger!
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
Aussie_Outlaw
King Of Fools
I wrote this elsewhere, but hell I'll post it here. It seems many of you disagree with me. And I have a fairly weird style to write in.
Warning: This seems to be a really long review.
Metallica, where do we start? Their last studio release (their 7th) was ReLoad which was written 1996-1997. So another 6 years have passed since theyve actually written a whole record. Would this be like Motley Crue after Feelgood? If the two unreleased tracks on S& M (1999) were anything to go by (No Leaf Clover & Human) this record would sit somewhere between ReLoad and Puppets (Reload being their better album from the later days and Puppets being [arguably] their strongest from the earliest.) A mix of both eras. However things didnt sit like that. The band went through a few different stages to get to where they are today.
Metallica (more Lars) attacked the filesharing public which on top of the already growing anti-Metallica fan base just added to their detractors. However as we all know filesharing is alive and well and will be as popular at bootlegging if not more. It cannot be killed.
Jason Newsted, Metallicas bassist for 11 years, left wanting to do his own projects such as Echobrain and eventually joined Volvoid a band hed idolised for what seemed like forever. He clashed with James rule that Side projects take away from the main band. Jason felt that James had broken his own rules and become hypocritical in appearing on Corrosion Of Conformitys Wiseblood album (1996).
So Metallica were a Trio, again with the need to replace their bass player for the 3rd time.
Metallica stopped for a bit, each member went their different ways. James went to Serbia to go hunting and for reasons unknown eventually started drinking heavily again. He was submitted into rehab and this obviously affected the new album (James is the bands predominat lyricist).
In the years 99-01 Metallica thought they were dead, Lars was quoted as saying with Jason leavin and James alcohol addiction I though there was no more Metallica.
The industry moved again from where Metallica had last recorded. As much as Metallica claimed Mainstream came to us, which is true. They also moved with the industry as it explored new levels. Mainstream hit thrash around 1988 to 1993 and their self titled release helped thrust them to new heights. But things changed by the mid 90s. Alternative hit mainstream, and Metallica did something different in letting Kirks liking for blues keep them at the top. But again in the new millennia Alternative had faded away to an extent, the down tuned, downplayed guitars of nu-metal had become prevalient. The underground was also speaking such words like Opeth, Meshuggah, Iced Earth. Metallica had dug themselves a hole. Still wanting to retain their supposed crown as best (mainstream) metal band they now had different contenders such as Slipknot, Linkin Park and the now Soloist Rob Zombie. Metallica had to do something different. A step backwards while still going forward. They knew they would sell over 5 million records no matter what was on the album. It was the recording which would propel them into legendary heights.
The contemporaries of Metallica were all in different places. The big four thrash bands (Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and to a lesser extent Testament) had all been to different places. Anthrax had major label troubles and was basically playing the same stuff as they had been in 1993, just heavier and more straight. A more Rock Metal sound. Megadeth had tried to explore commercial ventures with Cryptic Writings in 1997 and had failed with Risk in 1999. They had made steps back to where their roots lay in The World Needs A Hero (2001) but they retired. Slayer had differed slightly from those bands. Slayer had moved more towards nu-metal bands like Slipknot while trying to stay thrash. They had mixed results and the fans were divided.
So Metallica basically decided to try and incorporate elements of what was hot by the true metal fans at the moment (as I said before Meshuggah etc), and something, which would still ring with the marketplace.
So this brings us to the new album. St Anger.
I guess Ill run this this a few ways. Both Song by song and The album as a whole as well as general things.
Production
Production always plays a big part in any album. But for this one, is detracts from the album in a big way. Metallica got for a lack of production because lack of production = not commercial. Even if the songs yell $$$.
Obvious someone had gotten into Rocks ear, or James/Lars ear and said something that raw equals lack of. It doesnt. Raw isnt a lack of production. Its minimal production. There is way to much reverb on this album, its very hazy because of this and nothing is clean, again a production fault. The bottom end floods over what top end there actually is which almost removes all melody from the album. Melody is one thing which makes Thrash metal, its heavy while still remaining catchy.
Whoever miked the drum kit in the studio needs to be fired and never hired by anyone again. Whichever assistant did that shouldnt have a job. There is a constant echo from the cymbal through the mic for the toms. It clearly comes through and detracts from the listening experience. The drums are loose as hell. The snare needs to be tightened A LOT as does the highhat cymbal. It just echoes forever.
The mix of the bass is almost non-existent, like And Justice For All, the first album by the new member (Even if Rob didnt play on this album, Bob Rock did, Rob still was listed in the credits of the album: why? Ill never know), the bass is hidden by the guitars. Almost the only clear bass sound is the intro for St Anger.
The guitars have obviously been down tuned and downplayed. A lot like a nu-metal guitar. Its not a good thing. There are bad screeches in the album but theyre not consistant and very high at all.
The vocals, well leave a lot to be desired. While I dont mind the singing style on both Load and Reload, his vocals arent bad. But now James just sounds blown out. Probably the addiction did a bit to his vocal chords. He can no longer sing with the Load melody or the raw teenage voice he had in the earlier years. Its disappointing. There are some moments on the disc like invisible Kid where you feel he almost has what he had during Load/ReLoad but it just doesnt hold, it breaks.
Warning: This seems to be a really long review.
Metallica, where do we start? Their last studio release (their 7th) was ReLoad which was written 1996-1997. So another 6 years have passed since theyve actually written a whole record. Would this be like Motley Crue after Feelgood? If the two unreleased tracks on S& M (1999) were anything to go by (No Leaf Clover & Human) this record would sit somewhere between ReLoad and Puppets (Reload being their better album from the later days and Puppets being [arguably] their strongest from the earliest.) A mix of both eras. However things didnt sit like that. The band went through a few different stages to get to where they are today.
Metallica (more Lars) attacked the filesharing public which on top of the already growing anti-Metallica fan base just added to their detractors. However as we all know filesharing is alive and well and will be as popular at bootlegging if not more. It cannot be killed.
Jason Newsted, Metallicas bassist for 11 years, left wanting to do his own projects such as Echobrain and eventually joined Volvoid a band hed idolised for what seemed like forever. He clashed with James rule that Side projects take away from the main band. Jason felt that James had broken his own rules and become hypocritical in appearing on Corrosion Of Conformitys Wiseblood album (1996).
So Metallica were a Trio, again with the need to replace their bass player for the 3rd time.
Metallica stopped for a bit, each member went their different ways. James went to Serbia to go hunting and for reasons unknown eventually started drinking heavily again. He was submitted into rehab and this obviously affected the new album (James is the bands predominat lyricist).
In the years 99-01 Metallica thought they were dead, Lars was quoted as saying with Jason leavin and James alcohol addiction I though there was no more Metallica.
The industry moved again from where Metallica had last recorded. As much as Metallica claimed Mainstream came to us, which is true. They also moved with the industry as it explored new levels. Mainstream hit thrash around 1988 to 1993 and their self titled release helped thrust them to new heights. But things changed by the mid 90s. Alternative hit mainstream, and Metallica did something different in letting Kirks liking for blues keep them at the top. But again in the new millennia Alternative had faded away to an extent, the down tuned, downplayed guitars of nu-metal had become prevalient. The underground was also speaking such words like Opeth, Meshuggah, Iced Earth. Metallica had dug themselves a hole. Still wanting to retain their supposed crown as best (mainstream) metal band they now had different contenders such as Slipknot, Linkin Park and the now Soloist Rob Zombie. Metallica had to do something different. A step backwards while still going forward. They knew they would sell over 5 million records no matter what was on the album. It was the recording which would propel them into legendary heights.
The contemporaries of Metallica were all in different places. The big four thrash bands (Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and to a lesser extent Testament) had all been to different places. Anthrax had major label troubles and was basically playing the same stuff as they had been in 1993, just heavier and more straight. A more Rock Metal sound. Megadeth had tried to explore commercial ventures with Cryptic Writings in 1997 and had failed with Risk in 1999. They had made steps back to where their roots lay in The World Needs A Hero (2001) but they retired. Slayer had differed slightly from those bands. Slayer had moved more towards nu-metal bands like Slipknot while trying to stay thrash. They had mixed results and the fans were divided.
So Metallica basically decided to try and incorporate elements of what was hot by the true metal fans at the moment (as I said before Meshuggah etc), and something, which would still ring with the marketplace.
So this brings us to the new album. St Anger.
Metallica St Anger (2003)
1. Frantic (5:50)
2. St. Anger (7:21)
3. Some Kind Of Monster (8:25)
4. Dirty Window (5:24)
5. Invisible Kid (8:30)
6. My World (5:45)
7. Shoot Me Again (7:10)
8. Sweet Amber (5:27)
9. Unnamed Feeling (7:09)
10. Purify (5:13)
11. All Within My Hands (8:47)
TOTAL TIME: 75:01
1. Frantic (5:50)
2. St. Anger (7:21)
3. Some Kind Of Monster (8:25)
4. Dirty Window (5:24)
5. Invisible Kid (8:30)
6. My World (5:45)
7. Shoot Me Again (7:10)
8. Sweet Amber (5:27)
9. Unnamed Feeling (7:09)
10. Purify (5:13)
11. All Within My Hands (8:47)
TOTAL TIME: 75:01
I guess Ill run this this a few ways. Both Song by song and The album as a whole as well as general things.
Production
Production always plays a big part in any album. But for this one, is detracts from the album in a big way. Metallica got for a lack of production because lack of production = not commercial. Even if the songs yell $$$.
Obvious someone had gotten into Rocks ear, or James/Lars ear and said something that raw equals lack of. It doesnt. Raw isnt a lack of production. Its minimal production. There is way to much reverb on this album, its very hazy because of this and nothing is clean, again a production fault. The bottom end floods over what top end there actually is which almost removes all melody from the album. Melody is one thing which makes Thrash metal, its heavy while still remaining catchy.
Whoever miked the drum kit in the studio needs to be fired and never hired by anyone again. Whichever assistant did that shouldnt have a job. There is a constant echo from the cymbal through the mic for the toms. It clearly comes through and detracts from the listening experience. The drums are loose as hell. The snare needs to be tightened A LOT as does the highhat cymbal. It just echoes forever.
The mix of the bass is almost non-existent, like And Justice For All, the first album by the new member (Even if Rob didnt play on this album, Bob Rock did, Rob still was listed in the credits of the album: why? Ill never know), the bass is hidden by the guitars. Almost the only clear bass sound is the intro for St Anger.
The guitars have obviously been down tuned and downplayed. A lot like a nu-metal guitar. Its not a good thing. There are bad screeches in the album but theyre not consistant and very high at all.
The vocals, well leave a lot to be desired. While I dont mind the singing style on both Load and Reload, his vocals arent bad. But now James just sounds blown out. Probably the addiction did a bit to his vocal chords. He can no longer sing with the Load melody or the raw teenage voice he had in the earlier years. Its disappointing. There are some moments on the disc like invisible Kid where you feel he almost has what he had during Load/ReLoad but it just doesnt hold, it breaks.
Aussie_Outlaw
King Of Fools
[color=#AOEOOA]The Songs Individually
1. Frantic (5:50)
Everyone whos at least bothered to look into the leaked Samples has heard the first 2 minutes of this song. While the intro is almost reversed from the Anthrax intro from What Doesnt Die (The drumming from Lars is played by his hands, and Charlie plays with his feet: Lars shows a lack of double bass drumming which hes definitely not known for), with the more abrasive sound as well as the bad production the intro is immediately felt as a sub par What Doesnt Die.
The movement of the song is continous and isnt that bad. It moves fine. The bass is distinctive for once. If the mix was better it wouldnt be bad. Kirk even tries to add some lighter guitar about halfway through the song. I guess this is what we call the lighter part of the song (keep searchin). The lyrics for the chorus. Tick, tick tock. Is just well wrong. The bass sounds hollow with the drums, not quite right, It seems to get a pitch higher towards the end of the song.
Obviously with the line my life style determines my death style is trying to be heavier than the rest of the song, but with the mix of guitars and bass it just doesnt work. James sounds heavier than the guitars which isnt right.
The distortion around the 4 min mark just gets worse (if thats possible), it rides out the end of the song. As if its stopping. Its here where Ive just realised the music isnt recorded in levels, its flat, usually you feel as if some instruments are closer than others making them louder and if a band like Dream Theater wishes they bring one to the front it they will, it feels layered, if you listen for something else you can hear it. But with this you try to hear the distinctive instruments you cant.
The song seems to finish around 5:15 but goes for another 30 seconds. Un-necessary filler. It just doesnt add anything but makes the album drag out to 75 minutes.
2. St. Anger (7:21)
St Anger, the song Im sure if youve heard something its this. It has a laughable video, but an alright bass intro. However the drums just kick in and make you go ughhhhh. Hell I can hear it before it happens. The first 30 seconds are a wipeout because of the drums. And then the cymbal problem comes in.
And Lars tries to be fast with the drums. Distortion heaven. You can just feel it.
Then we get a lesson in nu-metal 101. And what do you do when youve played as hard and as fast as you can go? Thats right. You switch back to soft. With some vocals which sound like they should be recorded again. And the lyrics are laughable. Seriously. St Anger round my neck he never gets respect? Its a useless lyric. Followed up by the fuck it up and no regrets, I hit the lights on these dark sets ., well wow, Im inspired. You want to know what the worse thing is?
Youll hear it another 3 times before the song finishes.
And were back to the start. First 30 seconds repeated then the distortion part. YAY. Back to soft. Its déjà vu all over again. Oh fun. Identical lyrics. Identical guitars, identical drumming. If I didnt know Id think they just looped the beginning.
Complete filler. Notice how Im just writing as it happens. I could say anything because I described this before. Wait lets see.
Yep the same. And rob comes back in. And theres the 30 second intro again. Good old predictable Lars. And now the Jam session. Luckily for us we dont have the hear that unbearable soft part again. It almost seems cleaner this time.
James almost sounds like he wants to sing this song. But just before he ssays I need to set my anger free SET IT FREE, you could easily cut 2 bars out of the music. Theres 10 seconds gone.
And back to the chorus. So have got the formula yet?
Im expecting a nice bass intro again. At least theres a bridge in this song. That speaks more than the nu-metal kids. Diamond Head taught them well. They can at least follow a conventional structure when theyre write a normal song. Cept without solos theyre a tad lost.
And what do you know Rob closes with his bass. I picked it Im a genius.
Well I can give this song one thing. It doesnt feel like seven minutes.
3. Some Kind Of Monster (8:25)
Initially the intro, up to about 25sec, youd immediately think of Kyuss with the down tuned bass/guitars and the plodding along. Hell its kept up for awhile. It the drums were decent and flowed properly it would be Kyuss. I prefer Kyuss, Ill listen to that after.
The drums lead in nicely this time after the intro. Nice I dont mind it so far. Its well written. A bit of reverb which helps. Yep this is Kyuss, right out the Holme textbook. But the tempo slightly changes 70 seconds in. A tad fast.
Did Josh actually play on this record? No I doubt it, he has decency (some at least). If the snare was tuned properly, and kept IN TIME! This would be a good song. Should be nice live.
Quick short lyrics. Catchyish. Nice. Follows a nice structure. Hard on 2 and 4, softer on 1 and 3. Basic 4/4 timing. Another quick burst of lyrics. Verse 2 I guess. Oh a bridge. Nice. Looking like a good track with bad production.
The chorus could be nicer, The same lyric four times over (name of the track) then the monster lives. Hmm 8 minutes. 4 have passed already. Its alright.
Quickly into another verse. And were getting some distinctive sound from Kirk, and another quick verse. 4 So far. Cant remember if the first 2 are the same as the 2nd two. Wouldnt surprise me. If youre going to write that much lyrics. At least make them different. And a chorus intro like before.
You could feel it coming. The music is alright. Its almost fitting. Almost. Just the cymbal is out of tune. See this is where a nice solo would have gone. But its not there. We get the riff played a few times for us. How lucky are we(!). And it differs slightly, while we had the quick down lyrics now were treated with upwards lyrics its a feeling, the way theyre sang. I make sense damnit. And background vocals. Kept repeating, something like Homme is like us. No Im just taking the piss.
And another weird guitar outro.
It differs. Hell this song will get another listen. As it should. Best song on the album still far. Riddled with faults but good
4. Dirty Window (5:24)
Quick short drumming bursts. Then the drums sit for 2 bars and the guitar kicks in. Its alright. And again the cymbal rings. And whistles constantly. Its slightly annoying by now.
Goo first verse then a chorus intro. It feels like one at least. The tempo rings quick then itll be slowed down.
And the chorus. Another soft Chorus like St Anger. Cept it gets heavy halfway through. Its bearable. The album by now seems to be warming up. Getting better as we hit the middle.
I guess this is also being played by the theory that if you hear it enough youll like it. It works for MTV so it should work for Metallica. Cept this song has too many choruses. Verse. Intro, Chorus. Verse. Intro Chorus. Its become predictable. After the 2nd chorus you can feel an extended riff. Plus the short chorus in this song. You sense this song is shorter than the last. There are deliberate bad notes hit by the guitars. It gives a sense of familiarity. I dont know why, thats just how I feel. Hell the chorus is out of tune.
The lyrics are out of tune. This is almost The song which personifies St Anger. Its got everything which is wrong with the album but its alright. I think this is what they were aiming for. But missed it a few times.
5. Invisible Kid (8:30)
A nice riff intro with guitars, a first so far on this album. Better intro, but still the drums are about .2 behind the guitars. I guess this is the meshuggah edge they were talking about. Meh, that is NOT meshuggah. The guitar riff individually around 40 seconds by itself is fine.
Another problem with this song is the opening verse. Or is it the chorus? It feels like a chorus. But choruses arent meant to be played this early. An 8 minute song will be wasted. At least it follows a line of talking. Cept fallin down the side of his crib? Thats just stupid. The melodic vocals are drowned out by the guitar. Its bad. Just distinguishable from the noise. Obviously about some kid, who feels lonely and wants to feel loved by someone, probably his mother (chorus). And yes I was right, it was the chorus. Plus why would a kid who has emotions (babies have emotions, its just they dont express em) be in a crib? Would it because a crib rhymes with a lot of things? I think so. Obviously James wrote this during the height of his addiction. He is the kid (I think) and feels lonely, hes deserted, he feels like a child, locked, people are unable to relate, to get to him. It could be about being popular I guess.
5 min in and its pretty repetitive. Needs to do something down. The song slows down and we hit a second chorus. Now from a different presentative. Talking about the kid.
And that minute was the slow minute. Speeds up again. And a predictable chorus thrown in. It leads up towards it, after a piece which is way too extended. Another 30 seconds cut would be good.
Now the kid doesnt want another one to touch him. But he wants to feel loved. Is this a tear at the teen market? Kids unable to relate? The common teenager feelings. Hmm almost John Davies lyrics. Thats not good. For anyone which cares. Yes its a mainstream song. I wouldnt be surprised if this becomes a 2nd, 3rd single. Frantic will be a single. Its already on their setlist. This would be the third, a pull at a younger generation. Sell more back catalogue. Great idea.
And the song just ends. It doesnt really end, it just ceases to exist. It doesnt go anywhere. Nothing is solved. So many 13-16yr olds will relate to that song. There Ive said it.
6. My World (5:45)
This song is just out of whack. A song which youll like after awhile. The chugging riff, definitely taken from the alternative stoner section. And again the drums are tuned worse, its like hitting a can. Hollow, you can hear the ring of the snare. Snares arent meant to ring.
Its jerky. And the opening lyrics seem to be the title repeated 4 7 times. Weve hit the teenage angst section of the album Id say. Which is weird. This album is angry, but its not angry music. Its more bitchy lyrics. Nu-metal-ish. Complaining. The world is theirs and you cant have it. Its tempting to turn it off now, or at least skip it but I know if I keep writing itll go faster. I think thats why the songs doesnt seem as long as they are. Cos Im writing.
I despise this song, and the last. Cept the last song was redeemed by the softer bit. This song is repeatative and the instruments are out of sync. The whispering around 3 minutes is annoying. Its almost taunting the listener. Turn it off, go on I dare ya. This song does drag.
Worst Song on the album so far. The riff intro is good. But as with the muppets nothing finishes. At least in the muppets you could blow something up or add penguins. That was cool. We cant blow this up. Delete this track and put it as a b-side on a single. Theres 5 minutes from the album cut.
I cant say much because its damn annoying. You cant polish a turd and in this case with no production you cant do anything.
Glad its over. In My World by Anthrax on Persistance of Time is a much better song.[/color]
1. Frantic (5:50)
Everyone whos at least bothered to look into the leaked Samples has heard the first 2 minutes of this song. While the intro is almost reversed from the Anthrax intro from What Doesnt Die (The drumming from Lars is played by his hands, and Charlie plays with his feet: Lars shows a lack of double bass drumming which hes definitely not known for), with the more abrasive sound as well as the bad production the intro is immediately felt as a sub par What Doesnt Die.
The movement of the song is continous and isnt that bad. It moves fine. The bass is distinctive for once. If the mix was better it wouldnt be bad. Kirk even tries to add some lighter guitar about halfway through the song. I guess this is what we call the lighter part of the song (keep searchin). The lyrics for the chorus. Tick, tick tock. Is just well wrong. The bass sounds hollow with the drums, not quite right, It seems to get a pitch higher towards the end of the song.
Obviously with the line my life style determines my death style is trying to be heavier than the rest of the song, but with the mix of guitars and bass it just doesnt work. James sounds heavier than the guitars which isnt right.
The distortion around the 4 min mark just gets worse (if thats possible), it rides out the end of the song. As if its stopping. Its here where Ive just realised the music isnt recorded in levels, its flat, usually you feel as if some instruments are closer than others making them louder and if a band like Dream Theater wishes they bring one to the front it they will, it feels layered, if you listen for something else you can hear it. But with this you try to hear the distinctive instruments you cant.
The song seems to finish around 5:15 but goes for another 30 seconds. Un-necessary filler. It just doesnt add anything but makes the album drag out to 75 minutes.
2. St. Anger (7:21)
St Anger, the song Im sure if youve heard something its this. It has a laughable video, but an alright bass intro. However the drums just kick in and make you go ughhhhh. Hell I can hear it before it happens. The first 30 seconds are a wipeout because of the drums. And then the cymbal problem comes in.
And Lars tries to be fast with the drums. Distortion heaven. You can just feel it.
Then we get a lesson in nu-metal 101. And what do you do when youve played as hard and as fast as you can go? Thats right. You switch back to soft. With some vocals which sound like they should be recorded again. And the lyrics are laughable. Seriously. St Anger round my neck he never gets respect? Its a useless lyric. Followed up by the fuck it up and no regrets, I hit the lights on these dark sets ., well wow, Im inspired. You want to know what the worse thing is?
Youll hear it another 3 times before the song finishes.
And were back to the start. First 30 seconds repeated then the distortion part. YAY. Back to soft. Its déjà vu all over again. Oh fun. Identical lyrics. Identical guitars, identical drumming. If I didnt know Id think they just looped the beginning.
Complete filler. Notice how Im just writing as it happens. I could say anything because I described this before. Wait lets see.
Yep the same. And rob comes back in. And theres the 30 second intro again. Good old predictable Lars. And now the Jam session. Luckily for us we dont have the hear that unbearable soft part again. It almost seems cleaner this time.
James almost sounds like he wants to sing this song. But just before he ssays I need to set my anger free SET IT FREE, you could easily cut 2 bars out of the music. Theres 10 seconds gone.
And back to the chorus. So have got the formula yet?
Im expecting a nice bass intro again. At least theres a bridge in this song. That speaks more than the nu-metal kids. Diamond Head taught them well. They can at least follow a conventional structure when theyre write a normal song. Cept without solos theyre a tad lost.
And what do you know Rob closes with his bass. I picked it Im a genius.
Well I can give this song one thing. It doesnt feel like seven minutes.
3. Some Kind Of Monster (8:25)
Initially the intro, up to about 25sec, youd immediately think of Kyuss with the down tuned bass/guitars and the plodding along. Hell its kept up for awhile. It the drums were decent and flowed properly it would be Kyuss. I prefer Kyuss, Ill listen to that after.
The drums lead in nicely this time after the intro. Nice I dont mind it so far. Its well written. A bit of reverb which helps. Yep this is Kyuss, right out the Holme textbook. But the tempo slightly changes 70 seconds in. A tad fast.
Did Josh actually play on this record? No I doubt it, he has decency (some at least). If the snare was tuned properly, and kept IN TIME! This would be a good song. Should be nice live.
Quick short lyrics. Catchyish. Nice. Follows a nice structure. Hard on 2 and 4, softer on 1 and 3. Basic 4/4 timing. Another quick burst of lyrics. Verse 2 I guess. Oh a bridge. Nice. Looking like a good track with bad production.
The chorus could be nicer, The same lyric four times over (name of the track) then the monster lives. Hmm 8 minutes. 4 have passed already. Its alright.
Quickly into another verse. And were getting some distinctive sound from Kirk, and another quick verse. 4 So far. Cant remember if the first 2 are the same as the 2nd two. Wouldnt surprise me. If youre going to write that much lyrics. At least make them different. And a chorus intro like before.
You could feel it coming. The music is alright. Its almost fitting. Almost. Just the cymbal is out of tune. See this is where a nice solo would have gone. But its not there. We get the riff played a few times for us. How lucky are we(!). And it differs slightly, while we had the quick down lyrics now were treated with upwards lyrics its a feeling, the way theyre sang. I make sense damnit. And background vocals. Kept repeating, something like Homme is like us. No Im just taking the piss.
And another weird guitar outro.
It differs. Hell this song will get another listen. As it should. Best song on the album still far. Riddled with faults but good
4. Dirty Window (5:24)
Quick short drumming bursts. Then the drums sit for 2 bars and the guitar kicks in. Its alright. And again the cymbal rings. And whistles constantly. Its slightly annoying by now.
Goo first verse then a chorus intro. It feels like one at least. The tempo rings quick then itll be slowed down.
And the chorus. Another soft Chorus like St Anger. Cept it gets heavy halfway through. Its bearable. The album by now seems to be warming up. Getting better as we hit the middle.
I guess this is also being played by the theory that if you hear it enough youll like it. It works for MTV so it should work for Metallica. Cept this song has too many choruses. Verse. Intro, Chorus. Verse. Intro Chorus. Its become predictable. After the 2nd chorus you can feel an extended riff. Plus the short chorus in this song. You sense this song is shorter than the last. There are deliberate bad notes hit by the guitars. It gives a sense of familiarity. I dont know why, thats just how I feel. Hell the chorus is out of tune.
The lyrics are out of tune. This is almost The song which personifies St Anger. Its got everything which is wrong with the album but its alright. I think this is what they were aiming for. But missed it a few times.
5. Invisible Kid (8:30)
A nice riff intro with guitars, a first so far on this album. Better intro, but still the drums are about .2 behind the guitars. I guess this is the meshuggah edge they were talking about. Meh, that is NOT meshuggah. The guitar riff individually around 40 seconds by itself is fine.
Another problem with this song is the opening verse. Or is it the chorus? It feels like a chorus. But choruses arent meant to be played this early. An 8 minute song will be wasted. At least it follows a line of talking. Cept fallin down the side of his crib? Thats just stupid. The melodic vocals are drowned out by the guitar. Its bad. Just distinguishable from the noise. Obviously about some kid, who feels lonely and wants to feel loved by someone, probably his mother (chorus). And yes I was right, it was the chorus. Plus why would a kid who has emotions (babies have emotions, its just they dont express em) be in a crib? Would it because a crib rhymes with a lot of things? I think so. Obviously James wrote this during the height of his addiction. He is the kid (I think) and feels lonely, hes deserted, he feels like a child, locked, people are unable to relate, to get to him. It could be about being popular I guess.
5 min in and its pretty repetitive. Needs to do something down. The song slows down and we hit a second chorus. Now from a different presentative. Talking about the kid.
And that minute was the slow minute. Speeds up again. And a predictable chorus thrown in. It leads up towards it, after a piece which is way too extended. Another 30 seconds cut would be good.
Now the kid doesnt want another one to touch him. But he wants to feel loved. Is this a tear at the teen market? Kids unable to relate? The common teenager feelings. Hmm almost John Davies lyrics. Thats not good. For anyone which cares. Yes its a mainstream song. I wouldnt be surprised if this becomes a 2nd, 3rd single. Frantic will be a single. Its already on their setlist. This would be the third, a pull at a younger generation. Sell more back catalogue. Great idea.
And the song just ends. It doesnt really end, it just ceases to exist. It doesnt go anywhere. Nothing is solved. So many 13-16yr olds will relate to that song. There Ive said it.
6. My World (5:45)
This song is just out of whack. A song which youll like after awhile. The chugging riff, definitely taken from the alternative stoner section. And again the drums are tuned worse, its like hitting a can. Hollow, you can hear the ring of the snare. Snares arent meant to ring.
Its jerky. And the opening lyrics seem to be the title repeated 4 7 times. Weve hit the teenage angst section of the album Id say. Which is weird. This album is angry, but its not angry music. Its more bitchy lyrics. Nu-metal-ish. Complaining. The world is theirs and you cant have it. Its tempting to turn it off now, or at least skip it but I know if I keep writing itll go faster. I think thats why the songs doesnt seem as long as they are. Cos Im writing.
I despise this song, and the last. Cept the last song was redeemed by the softer bit. This song is repeatative and the instruments are out of sync. The whispering around 3 minutes is annoying. Its almost taunting the listener. Turn it off, go on I dare ya. This song does drag.
Worst Song on the album so far. The riff intro is good. But as with the muppets nothing finishes. At least in the muppets you could blow something up or add penguins. That was cool. We cant blow this up. Delete this track and put it as a b-side on a single. Theres 5 minutes from the album cut.
I cant say much because its damn annoying. You cant polish a turd and in this case with no production you cant do anything.
Glad its over. In My World by Anthrax on Persistance of Time is a much better song.[/color]
Aussie_Outlaw
King Of Fools
[color=#AoEOOa]7. Shoot Me Again (7:10)
Distortion guitars at the beginning. Kirk is actually able to be heard in a song for once. Someone synthed the guitars. In Metallica that shouldnt happen. Its ugly in the unproduced environment. The guitars if were thick would sound decent.
James has a hiss about his voice here. The drums overpower anything else when there are no vox, but they go softer when the vocals hit. There is a main problem when James says (not sings) shot me again I aint dead yet its almost in the same frequency as the drums, if the lyrics werent so pointless and childish you struggle to understand.
And yes he whistles as he sings. As does the cymbals (but Ive stopped complaing about that). The background vocals are less. There is some, but theyre not as prevalient as the earlier songs.
Another song that is dragging. Also this song cant be done live. James sings over the top of himself, impossible to reproduce live without overdubs. Im glad. If I go see them I wont have to listen to this.
Its as if the middle of the disc is angry, but its half hearted, it just feels that way. And its obvious. Another song which doesnt deserve to be on the album. Its terrible. Very. Lars is drumming out of time (his speciality).
Again as with the last, not much I can say. Except this song is annoying since because its 7 minutes instead of 5.
8. Sweet Amber (5:27)
A slow Kyuss-ish intro. Seriously you want something Similar get Blues for the Red Sun. The guitar kicks in with a faster riff, it just doesnt fit with the intro. 40 seconds in it just goes bad. Very, things are just thrown together, Lars bashes away, Kirk keeps the same riff. Theyve done well to change the flow 65 seconds in to fit the first verse. Well fitted together by Rock (thats one).
Obviously a love-ish song. If Metallica ever wrote a love song this would be it. Except its got a cheating theme running through it. There is no lead guitar. There is a single guitar but it doesnt play like a lead. Two rhythm guitars just isnt right.
Whiskey in the Jar is a better song, even being a cover, Metallica could have put that on, its similar but different but still a superior song. The lyrics are pathetic My sweet Amber how sweet are you? How sweet does it get?, its pathetic song writing. I expect better from veterans like these.
I dont know why but the album has turned to shit. The last 3 tracks may pull it back out. The middle of the album is a waste. Should be removed. I want it to get better. I can only hope.
There always seems to be an overplayed bit at the end of each song. Remove the last 20 seconds from each song. It needs to be done.
9. Unnamed Feeling (7:09)
Stars off damn slow, very slow, youre wishing it sped up. What happened to fast clean Metallica? Where did they go? The riff is too distorted to be any good, and the song reminds me of something Ive heard before, a bad SOAD riff almost? Whatever their slow song was. Aerials or something. Like that but bad, yes bad, worse. Even if I never liked the song in the first place.
Tell me it doesnt ring so close? Except the lyrics are dark, the vocals are different. Its still similar. If we have a cheery, cheery compared to the rest of the song, it is Aerials.
Well I guessed it. Its there. Its too obvious. The album is predictable. And pretty repetitive. Another song which is alright. This song is average. Its not as bad as the last few. The song is slow, and sad. Hell not even Low Mans Lyric is slow, its bearable and sad. This is just an annoying song. Its out of sync. Low Mans Lyric at least had that nice little chorus which was good. This is just sad. Its like a chick flick. Damn annoying, get rid of it. If I wanted to listen to something like this I would listen to Aerials. Plus swearing in sad songs isnt good. Its a grab at coolness. You cannot swear in a sad song. Fuck isnt an emotional term, its a degrading one, or a slang one. It detracts from the song more.
Im starting to get bored. It follows a similar pattern. Pretty annoying, close with the chorus and then a bit of guitar or bass afterwards by itself. But this song will close with a vocal since its a soft song.
10. Purify (5:13)
Distortion again, at the beginning. Weak drums. At least you can find a distinctive beat, until they start jerking around at 30seconds in. It was good until then. And its jerky. Bad. Do they think just playing 4/4 but in different beats is different? How? Its not. Its an insult to ones intelligence. Its trying to be something they cant play. Just moving from 2-4 to 1-3, annoying. There are some bands who can do such things like change the main beat but Metallica cant.
The chorus like most on this album consists of the song title being sung or chanted or whatever.
Verse, chorus, guitar, verse chorus, longer guitar. Its almost a science. Not a good science. And again we hit the distorted guitar. The lyrics are pointless. Purify is basically a buzzword, and dancing with your skeletons has nothing to do with purifying yourself. Its useless. More filler. There is a fair bit on this album.
And another chorus. Its almost as if they want me to not listen to the last track. This album starts to drag after awhile. Hell listen to the first few tracks and the last few are not good. Theyre darker, and more distorted and pointless. Have you noticed that? I think you should have by now.
Extended riff. And I didnt like the riff. And theyre playing out to the end. Also I just noticed there have been no faded out tracks. Whats wrong with faded out tracks. Theyre good. It makes you feel like you want more. But none here.
11. All Within My Hands (8:47)
And we hit the last track on the album, almost done. Starts with some weird guitar song, dont like it. Ringing cymbal more than usual. Lars is trying to remind me he still plays. I cant forget. The black album was clean, this was not. However both album fall to pieces around the end.
It seems more like A justice song, as in the fact theres no lyrics for awhile. A minute. You want lyrics. But theyre not there. I dont usually want lyrics to appear. Dream Theater/Symphony X can leave me without lyrics for about 4 minutes, but the music is so good you dont notice. With Metallicas album here you want lyrics because the music is bad, because then you have something else to focus on.
However nothing is better here. With this song they almost have tickets on themselves. It doesnt sit well. Its silly. Petty shit. The songs are without a point. Where did the message from And Justice For All, Eye Of The Beholder, Master Of Puppets, Disposable Heroes go? Where is a point? When Metallica find it, Ill call you.
Its a pretty silly song, its trying to be a few things. Progressive, which it isnt. You cant really play Progressive Metal without a solounless youre (early) Queensryche. At least with this song I know when it finishes the album finishes. That makes me happy. I like it about as much as Dyers Eve or Damage INC. Damage wasnt a bad song, it just was in a bad position on the album. Dyers Eve is just bad.
Im expecting the guitars to play out the end without lyrics as if its a fitting end for the album. It would be of an album this size. But well probably end up with Chorus chanting and left wondering Why? Why release something like that? A mix of genres. Something which tries to be a few things, but ends up as nothing.
Metallica have a knack for making the last track for for longer than it should. And this is no different. It should be another 5 minute song. But they add another 3 choruses to the end, a riff overplayed a few times and they tack on another 4 minutes.
Also they seem to have a knack for stupid lyrics which dont fit. KILL KILL KILL KILL, in the later stages of the song adds nothing to the song, its a wishwash of crap. Place everything in a blender and hope it makes sense. Thats the feeling from this song. It doesnt work as a song.
And I picked it, the chanting, and the guitar slowly playing out. Its predictable.
The Album as a whole
Well where do I begin? The opening tracks arent bad considering what were forced to listen to at the end. The songs dont flow into each other. Theyre very distorted. And the best songs on the album would have to be St. Anger, Some Kind Of Monster and Dirty Window. And with most people already hearing St Anger they know much of what the album is. Except St Anger doesnt feature the stoner bits which also make up the album
With no new ground treded on this album, you wonder what all the hype is. Is nothing special. If you want similar albums by other artists I could name a few.
Kyuss Blues For The Red Sun
Anthrax Weve Come For You All
Korn - Issues
There is nothing special about this album. Its good, it has some good things, but 75 minutes? Hell I could cut out about 30 minutes from the album easily. And you wouldnt notice much difference. Theyre trying to overextend themselves. Trying to be progressive, abrasive and also capture a youth audience. But while doing such things theyre insulting the fans theyve had for ages. Invisible Kid, and especially My World, Shoot Me & Sweet Amber are aimed directly at the youth market. These songs are horrible for the mature listener.
The distortion on the record is horrible. If it was clean then the review would be entirely different. There are probably elements hidden in the record which are impossible to decypher behind all the noise. But theyre useless to us.
The album feels rushed. I know it was recorded for over a year, and the band had problems but someone should have told them it sounded crap. I guess the one redeeming feature of the album is that it was released with a DVD, one thing Metallica can do, since they know theyll get it back in automatic sales. A slightly less profit for Electra but theyll still make a tidy profit. Metallica will take their 8% cut from the record and do fine. Theyll be encouraged by the set theyre now playing but this has nothing to do with the recording itself. Its just well bad.
Ratings:
May 1st: The hype is there, I havent heard anything off the album but seems everyone who has heard the album thinks its decent 8/10
May 30th: Ive heard a fair few clips off the album as well as seen the video for the title track. Nothing special. The mix is bad. If the whole album is like this, itll be bad. 2/10 (and Im being fairly generous).
June 12th: Ive had the album for a day. Heard it about 3 or 4 times. So I wrote the above review and Id have to give it about a 3/10 purely for one or two tracks. St Anger actually feels in place in this album. Its one of the better tracks. However on a compilation album itd feel horribly bad. Lets just hope nothing on this album ever goes on a compilation.
Frantic[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]St. Anger[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]Some Kind Of Monster[/color] ****
[color=#AOEOOA]Dirty Window[/color] ***1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]Invisible Kid[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]My World[/color] *1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]Shoot Me Again[/color]**
[color=#AOEOOA]Sweet Amber[/color] *
[color=#AOEOOA]Unnamed Feeling[/color] *
[color=#AOEOOA]Purify[/color] *1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]All Within My Hands[/color] 1/2
Distortion guitars at the beginning. Kirk is actually able to be heard in a song for once. Someone synthed the guitars. In Metallica that shouldnt happen. Its ugly in the unproduced environment. The guitars if were thick would sound decent.
James has a hiss about his voice here. The drums overpower anything else when there are no vox, but they go softer when the vocals hit. There is a main problem when James says (not sings) shot me again I aint dead yet its almost in the same frequency as the drums, if the lyrics werent so pointless and childish you struggle to understand.
And yes he whistles as he sings. As does the cymbals (but Ive stopped complaing about that). The background vocals are less. There is some, but theyre not as prevalient as the earlier songs.
Another song that is dragging. Also this song cant be done live. James sings over the top of himself, impossible to reproduce live without overdubs. Im glad. If I go see them I wont have to listen to this.
Its as if the middle of the disc is angry, but its half hearted, it just feels that way. And its obvious. Another song which doesnt deserve to be on the album. Its terrible. Very. Lars is drumming out of time (his speciality).
Again as with the last, not much I can say. Except this song is annoying since because its 7 minutes instead of 5.
8. Sweet Amber (5:27)
A slow Kyuss-ish intro. Seriously you want something Similar get Blues for the Red Sun. The guitar kicks in with a faster riff, it just doesnt fit with the intro. 40 seconds in it just goes bad. Very, things are just thrown together, Lars bashes away, Kirk keeps the same riff. Theyve done well to change the flow 65 seconds in to fit the first verse. Well fitted together by Rock (thats one).
Obviously a love-ish song. If Metallica ever wrote a love song this would be it. Except its got a cheating theme running through it. There is no lead guitar. There is a single guitar but it doesnt play like a lead. Two rhythm guitars just isnt right.
Whiskey in the Jar is a better song, even being a cover, Metallica could have put that on, its similar but different but still a superior song. The lyrics are pathetic My sweet Amber how sweet are you? How sweet does it get?, its pathetic song writing. I expect better from veterans like these.
I dont know why but the album has turned to shit. The last 3 tracks may pull it back out. The middle of the album is a waste. Should be removed. I want it to get better. I can only hope.
There always seems to be an overplayed bit at the end of each song. Remove the last 20 seconds from each song. It needs to be done.
9. Unnamed Feeling (7:09)
Stars off damn slow, very slow, youre wishing it sped up. What happened to fast clean Metallica? Where did they go? The riff is too distorted to be any good, and the song reminds me of something Ive heard before, a bad SOAD riff almost? Whatever their slow song was. Aerials or something. Like that but bad, yes bad, worse. Even if I never liked the song in the first place.
Tell me it doesnt ring so close? Except the lyrics are dark, the vocals are different. Its still similar. If we have a cheery, cheery compared to the rest of the song, it is Aerials.
Well I guessed it. Its there. Its too obvious. The album is predictable. And pretty repetitive. Another song which is alright. This song is average. Its not as bad as the last few. The song is slow, and sad. Hell not even Low Mans Lyric is slow, its bearable and sad. This is just an annoying song. Its out of sync. Low Mans Lyric at least had that nice little chorus which was good. This is just sad. Its like a chick flick. Damn annoying, get rid of it. If I wanted to listen to something like this I would listen to Aerials. Plus swearing in sad songs isnt good. Its a grab at coolness. You cannot swear in a sad song. Fuck isnt an emotional term, its a degrading one, or a slang one. It detracts from the song more.
Im starting to get bored. It follows a similar pattern. Pretty annoying, close with the chorus and then a bit of guitar or bass afterwards by itself. But this song will close with a vocal since its a soft song.
10. Purify (5:13)
Distortion again, at the beginning. Weak drums. At least you can find a distinctive beat, until they start jerking around at 30seconds in. It was good until then. And its jerky. Bad. Do they think just playing 4/4 but in different beats is different? How? Its not. Its an insult to ones intelligence. Its trying to be something they cant play. Just moving from 2-4 to 1-3, annoying. There are some bands who can do such things like change the main beat but Metallica cant.
The chorus like most on this album consists of the song title being sung or chanted or whatever.
Verse, chorus, guitar, verse chorus, longer guitar. Its almost a science. Not a good science. And again we hit the distorted guitar. The lyrics are pointless. Purify is basically a buzzword, and dancing with your skeletons has nothing to do with purifying yourself. Its useless. More filler. There is a fair bit on this album.
And another chorus. Its almost as if they want me to not listen to the last track. This album starts to drag after awhile. Hell listen to the first few tracks and the last few are not good. Theyre darker, and more distorted and pointless. Have you noticed that? I think you should have by now.
Extended riff. And I didnt like the riff. And theyre playing out to the end. Also I just noticed there have been no faded out tracks. Whats wrong with faded out tracks. Theyre good. It makes you feel like you want more. But none here.
11. All Within My Hands (8:47)
And we hit the last track on the album, almost done. Starts with some weird guitar song, dont like it. Ringing cymbal more than usual. Lars is trying to remind me he still plays. I cant forget. The black album was clean, this was not. However both album fall to pieces around the end.
It seems more like A justice song, as in the fact theres no lyrics for awhile. A minute. You want lyrics. But theyre not there. I dont usually want lyrics to appear. Dream Theater/Symphony X can leave me without lyrics for about 4 minutes, but the music is so good you dont notice. With Metallicas album here you want lyrics because the music is bad, because then you have something else to focus on.
However nothing is better here. With this song they almost have tickets on themselves. It doesnt sit well. Its silly. Petty shit. The songs are without a point. Where did the message from And Justice For All, Eye Of The Beholder, Master Of Puppets, Disposable Heroes go? Where is a point? When Metallica find it, Ill call you.
Its a pretty silly song, its trying to be a few things. Progressive, which it isnt. You cant really play Progressive Metal without a solounless youre (early) Queensryche. At least with this song I know when it finishes the album finishes. That makes me happy. I like it about as much as Dyers Eve or Damage INC. Damage wasnt a bad song, it just was in a bad position on the album. Dyers Eve is just bad.
Im expecting the guitars to play out the end without lyrics as if its a fitting end for the album. It would be of an album this size. But well probably end up with Chorus chanting and left wondering Why? Why release something like that? A mix of genres. Something which tries to be a few things, but ends up as nothing.
Metallica have a knack for making the last track for for longer than it should. And this is no different. It should be another 5 minute song. But they add another 3 choruses to the end, a riff overplayed a few times and they tack on another 4 minutes.
Also they seem to have a knack for stupid lyrics which dont fit. KILL KILL KILL KILL, in the later stages of the song adds nothing to the song, its a wishwash of crap. Place everything in a blender and hope it makes sense. Thats the feeling from this song. It doesnt work as a song.
And I picked it, the chanting, and the guitar slowly playing out. Its predictable.
The Album as a whole
Well where do I begin? The opening tracks arent bad considering what were forced to listen to at the end. The songs dont flow into each other. Theyre very distorted. And the best songs on the album would have to be St. Anger, Some Kind Of Monster and Dirty Window. And with most people already hearing St Anger they know much of what the album is. Except St Anger doesnt feature the stoner bits which also make up the album
With no new ground treded on this album, you wonder what all the hype is. Is nothing special. If you want similar albums by other artists I could name a few.
Kyuss Blues For The Red Sun
Anthrax Weve Come For You All
Korn - Issues
There is nothing special about this album. Its good, it has some good things, but 75 minutes? Hell I could cut out about 30 minutes from the album easily. And you wouldnt notice much difference. Theyre trying to overextend themselves. Trying to be progressive, abrasive and also capture a youth audience. But while doing such things theyre insulting the fans theyve had for ages. Invisible Kid, and especially My World, Shoot Me & Sweet Amber are aimed directly at the youth market. These songs are horrible for the mature listener.
The distortion on the record is horrible. If it was clean then the review would be entirely different. There are probably elements hidden in the record which are impossible to decypher behind all the noise. But theyre useless to us.
The album feels rushed. I know it was recorded for over a year, and the band had problems but someone should have told them it sounded crap. I guess the one redeeming feature of the album is that it was released with a DVD, one thing Metallica can do, since they know theyll get it back in automatic sales. A slightly less profit for Electra but theyll still make a tidy profit. Metallica will take their 8% cut from the record and do fine. Theyll be encouraged by the set theyre now playing but this has nothing to do with the recording itself. Its just well bad.
Ratings:
May 1st: The hype is there, I havent heard anything off the album but seems everyone who has heard the album thinks its decent 8/10
May 30th: Ive heard a fair few clips off the album as well as seen the video for the title track. Nothing special. The mix is bad. If the whole album is like this, itll be bad. 2/10 (and Im being fairly generous).
June 12th: Ive had the album for a day. Heard it about 3 or 4 times. So I wrote the above review and Id have to give it about a 3/10 purely for one or two tracks. St Anger actually feels in place in this album. Its one of the better tracks. However on a compilation album itd feel horribly bad. Lets just hope nothing on this album ever goes on a compilation.
Frantic[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]St. Anger[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]Some Kind Of Monster[/color] ****
[color=#AOEOOA]Dirty Window[/color] ***1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]Invisible Kid[/color] ***
[color=#AOEOOA]My World[/color] *1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]Shoot Me Again[/color]**
[color=#AOEOOA]Sweet Amber[/color] *
[color=#AOEOOA]Unnamed Feeling[/color] *
[color=#AOEOOA]Purify[/color] *1/2
[color=#AOEOOA]All Within My Hands[/color] 1/2
hahahaha, he said Dyers Eve was shit.
Oh well, he's entitled to his opinion, I beg to differ with him entirely of course
Oh well, he's entitled to his opinion, I beg to differ with him entirely of course
Aussie_Outlaw
King Of Fools
[color=#AOEOOA]Yeah Dyers eve doesn't sit well with me. It just feels tacked on, especially after To Live Is To Die. The later half of Justice just doesn't do much for me.[/color]
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
I would like to go through that review and rebut a lot of the shit you said, but it would take the rest of the week, so I will let it pass.
Aussie_Outlaw
King Of Fools
[color=#AOEOOA]Yeah as I said most of you disagree, but its just how I feel after listening to the album a few times.
It's just my opinion but hey in this case opinions are like arseholes and mine's bigger than yours. Well you can see more of mine[/color]
It's just my opinion but hey in this case opinions are like arseholes and mine's bigger than yours. Well you can see more of mine
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Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Eww. :zombie:
Yeah I don't mind people having mixed opinions. I think this album will be one of those albums that everyone will have a different stance on, and cause alot of discussion!
Yeah I don't mind people having mixed opinions. I think this album will be one of those albums that everyone will have a different stance on, and cause alot of discussion!
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