You guys heard the new Metallica clips yet?

[EricT]

I hope this album is decent so I don't have to change "It's bad but just imagine... it could be St. Anger" to something else...

 

[neal]

thre are two vids. Click the little gray boxes to the right of the video.

er yeh, i meant to say both vids. hard to tell what itll be like because its short random clips from who knows where. meh, whatever.

 

[Shpongled]

I did, but we also heard the same things for St Anger...

Which is why I can't figure out what to think of it lol

 

[Mephistophiliac]

Interesting...

Just to be clear, I'm not talking about commercial success. I mean more along the general lines of
KEA/RTL/MOP (and AJFA for most people)>black album/new one>Load/Reload>St Anger

 

[derek]

People love to talk 'Tallica.

I think the Black Album has perhaps just been so overly played that people cringe to hear it now. Enter Sandman is fucking awesome, but I can barely listen to it now. It's one of those riffs. It's iconic and ingrained into the psyche, but that makes it so familiar that you don't want to hear it anymore.

Personally I liked Ride the most, it mixed all the elements they possessed to their greatest height.

 

[Liverslapper]

*bounces in joy*

 

[Dead Winter]

People love to talk 'Tallica.

I think the Black Album has perhaps just been so overly played that people cringe to hear it now. Enter Sandman is fucking awesome, but I can barely listen to it now. It's one of those riffs. It's iconic and ingrained into the psyche, but that makes it so familiar that you don't want to hear it anymore.

Personally I liked Ride the most, it mixed all the elements they possessed to their greatest height.

You, sir, hit the nail on the head.

The black album is a phenomenal metal achievement; it signalled a time when the riffs supported the song and not vice versa. People can say all they want about Bob Rock, but to my ears, production doesn't get any better than the Black Album for metal. The pity of it all is, like you said, that it has been shoved down our throats for so long that everyone is sick of it. There were some really really kickass songs on that album like The Struggle Within. It's just that we've heard "derrrrr, ner neer ner ner...derrrr ner neer ner ner" so many times that we immediately shun it because we're sick of it.

That was also the pinnacle of Hetfield's voice and coined the jokes of "EEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" at the end of every syllable because he did it so well.

 

[Psychonaut]

I think if a new band was trying to break into the industry with the last few Metallica albums, said band would still be living with their parents. I really have lost faith in Metallica. They have sounded so forced and generic for a decade.

 

[Will Bozarth]

If a new band was trying to break into the industry with ANY influences, they'll have a hard time breaking through. Shit sucks now.

 

[Dead Winter]

It's because everything's been done already. You have to either be REALLY original or a trendy cash cow.

 

[Anvil]

www.missionmetallica.com is up and running btw.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Eh, regardless of style judging by the video these new songs have no heart.

 

[Will Bozarth]

because that was a LOOONG ass video, wasn't it?

The other videos on the site have some interesting (also see: enjoyable) content. Excited to see what gets released.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Am I just more of an idiot than usual or do you have it out for me today? I know it was called for in one instance but geez.

 

[Will Bozarth]

 

[Lord Foul]

Nope, I haven't heard the new clips. Come to think of it, I still haven't heard anything off the last album. I think I lost interest somewhere around ReLoad.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

I like the song Saint Anger.

*gets shot*

Actually I just like the line "fuck it all and no regrets". It helps me to not regret things.

 

[Lord Foul]

I like the song Saint Anger.

*gets shot*

Actually I just like the line "fuck it all and no regrets". It helps me to not regret things.

Pretty sure that line is re-used from Damage Inc.

 

[Will Bozarth]

yep, it was.