Metallica’s Back. (Old farts, country & rap lovers need not click)

[JAGED]

55yo, Have a wife AND Girlfriend, (my wife allows it)...

 

[Jackal1]

45 is NOT an old fart

Keep hope alive. 

[bongaroo]

Saw them this summer.  Best I can say is meah.  Wasn't horrilbe but by no means very impressive or exciting.

[Mustaine]

Isn't that the same drum pattern from "One" and same rhythm feel on the clean guitar?

<EDIT> my bad... when the "heavy" guitar kicks in for the chorus:

dum........ dum..dum...da.da.da.da...dum. .....dum..dum......

<AHEM Fade to black identical>





thats just sad.

[Speed55]

I stopped buying there stuff after    "...and justice for all. "

[themaj]

I stopped buying there stuff after    "...and justice for all. "

[Sandman]

45 is NOT an old fart

Keep the faith. 


I lost mine the first time I discovered a gray pube. 

[Chalenge]

Im an old fart and I listen to Metallica and country. I dont think there are any rap lovers just participants in local homicides.

[B17Skull12]

i've lost hope right now.  Oh well atleast slipknot comes out on tues.

[Anodizer]

Weak....Absolutely pathetic....

The mix and mastering is awful (possibly sounds this way because of low bitrate streaming audio)..  I can do a better job(and have done better than this) than this on my home studio....

I've been a "fan" of Metallica since the days before Kill "em All...  I bought a bootleg EP of some live stuff with Dave Mustaine that had some songs you fellas have probably never even heard of before..  Since then, I followed them until And Justice For All....  But honestly, I think Metallica died the day Cliff was crushed under their tour buss..  Jason Newsted just didn't have Cliff's charisma, stage presence, and playing style..  When the Black Album came out, I was thoroughly disappointed, and have been disappointed with every release and every attempt at a come back....  I still stick with the notion that they sold out especially when they released Load..  It was better when the only station you heard them on was Z-Rock or some FM stations late night metal show...  Radio seems to ruin almost all bands that make it "big"..

As far as the band goes:
Kirk Hammet has been held back since The Black Album..  St. Anger didn't even contain one frakkin' solo...  Pathetic...  This guy was taught by one of the best guitarists in the world: Joe Satriani...  Now, Kirks' solos sound unoriginal and boring..

Lars Ulrich: Never been a great drummer...  More of a time keeper than anything(which he doesn't do well at that I might add)...  Being a drummer for most of my life, I can pick out mistakes and lack of timing more so than most who don't even play an instrument (no offense)..  Lars' playing is boring at best....  Not to mention he's an incredibly notorious whiner....  Remember Napster?? 

James Hetfield:  Well, his voice sounds decent on this song...  He's a rhythm guitarist, and does it well...  Hats off to him for the effort...

Robert Trujillo isn't a bad bassist....  He just has nowhere near the stage presence that Cliff had....  There was actually one bassist named Scott Reader that was actually approached before Trujillo for the bassist job when Newsted left...  Scott Reader is VERY similar to Cliff in his playing style..
But, as we all know, Metallica is all about the image now....  Scott Reader isn't...  He pretty much told 'em to go get fracked...

 

[RipChord929]

WTG Anodizer,
Good post...

Haven't ya noticed that all the bands these days are a joke...
Under skilled, and over produced...

It's rediculous!!! Instead of a lead guitar, they just use an extra rythm, and "claim"
that he's playing lead... And where the solo belongs, they add an extra chorus. or some lame vocal BS....

Thats why the new bands last about 3 months, then dissappear... Their songs forgotten forever...
When the payola ends at the lame radio station, so does the music, lol...
I mean really, no one is going to remember them 30yrs down the road anyway...

Unlike the GREAT bands, and tunes, which are 30 or 40yo, and still ROCK DA HOUSE!!!!

Metallica, and Megadeth, I think were the last flag bearers for the bands who could REALLY PLAY!!!

But I'm hopeful for the future... Because the industry MUST notice, that the old hardrock bands are going on tour again,
at larger venues, drawing big crowds... That says it all!!!

  RC

PS,  Peace sells, BUT WHO'S BUYIN??? 

[Anodizer]

Right on brotha....   Thank you....

Now, to add a little:  In this day and age, most people get their music from a song (or single) they hear on the radio....  This song is made specifically for the radio to be radio friendly..  For instance:  anyone remember the Toadies?  They had a song out that was played 10,000 times a day called Possum Kingdom....  The song was absolutely not representative of what they played...  The rest of that album rocked, but that song was lame and repetitive made especially for the commercial market..  Jane's Addiction is another band where all you ever heard was "Jane Says" or "Been caught steeling"..  Both of which are truly not representative of who Jane's Addiction is/was.... 

About 10 years ago, I was introduced to all kinds of different music while playing in a band or doing session work for other bands..  Since then, I have continually searched for good non-commercial music that blows away ANYTHING that's been played on the radio in the last 10 years or more..  I listen to bands like Kyuss, Unida, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Sleep, Highonfire....  I also listen to a lot of the heavier Indie rock as well as some punk and underground hiphop (not the retarded gangster thug rap that is the stuff everyone thinks rap is).. 

Many people have no idea that there's an "underground" scene that is just as popular with people as the BS they play on the radio....
A good majority of the music has even better mastering and production than the crap you hear everyday in your car on the way to and from work..  Man, if I could make a compilation CD to give you dudes in here, I would..  But that'd be a lot of CDs...  I dunno...  Maybe I'll make a little online radio station for you guys to tune into or something.. 

All I'm saying is that if your sick or the corporate garbage music you hear day in and day out, there are alternatives...
And please don't knock the stuff unless you've actually heard it...
 

WTG Anodizer,
Good post...

Haven't ya noticed that all the bands these days are a joke...
Under skilled, and over produced...

It's rediculous!!! Instead of a lead guitar, they just use an extra rythm, and "claim"
that he's playing lead... And where the solo belongs, they add an extra chorus. or some lame vocal BS....

Thats why the new bands last about 3 months, then dissappear... Their songs forgotten forever...
When the payola ends at the lame radio station, so does the music, lol...
I mean really, no one is going to remember them 30yrs down the road anyway...

Unlike the GREAT bands, and tunes, which are 30 or 40yo, and still ROCK DA HOUSE!!!!

Metallica, and Megadeth, I think were the last flag bearers for the bands who could REALLY PLAY!!!

But I'm hopeful for the future... Because the industry MUST notice, that the old hardrock bands are going on tour again,
at larger venues, drawing big crowds... That says it all!!!

  RC

PS,  Peace sells, BUT WHO'S BUYIN??? 

[Thruster]

Rip,

"Haven't ya noticed that all the bands these days are a joke...
Under skilled, and over produced..."

I remember having the same conversation 25 years ago.

Plus Ca Change....

But I had to go back and hear it all the way through. Anodizer's right. Poor mix, sounds like the mix engineer's a drummer who doesn't get the concept of panning, and way too loud. That's real common these days. It's all about standing out over the radio.

I did kinda smile at the early Iron Maiden influence.

[xNOVAx]

This song is horrible.. Metallica lost their edge a long time ago..

[B17Skull12]

Right on brotha....   Thank you....

Now, to add a little:  In this day and age, most people get their music from a song (or single) they hear on the radio....  This song is made specifically for the radio to be radio friendly..  For instance:  anyone remember the Toadies?  They had a song out that was played 10,000 times a day called Possum Kingdom....  The song was absolutely not representative of what they played...  The rest of that album rocked, but that song was lame and repetitive made especially for the commercial market..  Jane's Addiction is another band where all you ever heard was "Jane Says" or "Been caught steeling"..  Both of which are truly not representative of who Jane's Addiction is/was.... 

About 10 years ago, I was introduced to all kinds of different music while playing in a band or doing session work for other bands..  Since then, I have continually searched for good non-commercial music that blows away ANYTHING that's been played on the radio in the last 10 years or more..  I listen to bands like Kyuss, Unida, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Sleep, Highonfire....  I also listen to a lot of the heavier Indie rock as well as some punk and underground hiphop (not the retarded gangster thug rap that is the stuff everyone thinks rap is).. 

Many people have no idea that there's an "underground" scene that is just as popular with people as the BS they play on the radio....
A good majority of the music has even better mastering and production than the crap you hear everyday in your car on the way to and from work..  Man, if I could make a compilation CD to give you dudes in here, I would..  But that'd be a lot of CDs...  I dunno...  Maybe I'll make a little online radio station for you guys to tune into or something.. 

All I'm saying is that if your sick or the corporate garbage music you hear day in and day out, there are alternatives...
And please don't knock the stuff unless you've actually heard it...
 

  You speak the truth.  I still keep my alternative roots but i like stuff now that a never hear on the radio.  It mainly comes from the drummer in my band.  Right im into this modern Progressive stuff.  Love Mars Volta,  Coheed is Awesome also.  Dream Theater is Epic awesomeness and probably the most Talented Band Ever assembled.  The Gay thing is that i need a new Ipod.  2Gig aint cutting it.