Thread: Metallica?

Gay or Nay?

Fuck. My broken keyboard caused me to fayle.

I fixed it for you.

(gay, btw)

Thanks Sole.

I think they're gay.

I was going to include a poll but instead we can just (not) discuss it.

Well they are a legendary band but everything after ...And Justice For All was just shit, including the black album; and even AJFA for the most part is lacking in quality compared to their three earlier releases which were phenomenal.

With the release of Death Magnetic, it can be safely said that the band definitely is trying to revive their old sound which is the only sound they should be producing (Load, Reload, St. Anger; just god awful) but Hetfield's voice is showing its age (like it's starting to suck) and the vocal melodies and lyrics are just laughable. As far as the album goes, it's the best thing Metallica has done in about 20 years.

orion
the call of ktulu
to live is to die

the only metallica you'll ever need to listen to

Death Magnetic is surprisingly decent.

Wow what a loaded question.

They both seem to fit.

people still listen to metallica D:

They aren't gay

but they are hit or miss

I liked a lot of their old stuff. Since they got haircuts they have sucked a bit more.

Originally Posted by DaiTengu

Death Magnetic is surprisingly decent.

It's a fucking magnetic coffin.

I actually like the new album alot.

Originally Posted by mutton

orion
the call of ktulu
to live is to die

the only metallica you'll ever need to listen to

I would change that list to "For whom the bell tolls" and "enter sandman"

The mixing on the new Metallica album is awful. But in fairness it's also an awful album in general.

Don't really like Metallica... what a bunch of prima donnas.

Death Magnetic isn't bad, some of the riffs will sound really unoriginal like they were put there just to fill the space, and other riffs are pretty sweet. I donno, I've enjoyed listening to it, they're not duplicating their old stuff it sounds like modernised thrash. Every genre's sound changes quite a bit over 20 years, bands like Testament, Exodus and Slayer are still making thrash but don't sound like they did in the 80's. So yeah I just listen to the album and take it for what it is, and I like what I hear. It's nowhere near Ride The Lightning, Kill em All or Master Of Puppets, but still not a disappointment. I'm pretty satisfied to hear them play heavy shit again.

Old stuff was good, tone sucked balls

Death by Magnet is supposed to be good I haven't heard a lot of it

I pretend that St. Anger and Death Magnetic never came out, and they stopped making music back in 98.

Originally Posted by Nick2.1

I pretend that St. Anger and Death Magnetic never came out, and they stopped making music back in 98.

What with Reload?

Death Magnetic is very drawn out, but basically the album is just a bunch of riffs (which aren't bad) just thrown together.

Originally Posted by Mr. E

They aren't gay

but they are hit or miss

With a lot of miss. Like 10+ years of miss.

Originally Posted by Absolution

What with Reload?

Death Magnetic is very drawn out, but basically the album is just a bunch of riffs (which aren't bad) just thrown together.

Yeah, but to my ears the sound is garbage, I ain't saying it's bad if you like it.

Death Magnetic seems to have a bit of a distorted mix, probably to make the album sound "older".

Originally Posted by Absolution

Well they are a legendary band but everything after ...And Justice For All was just shit, including the black album..

With the release of Death Magnetic, it can be safely said that the band definitely is trying to revive their old sound which is the only sound they should be producing (Load, Reload, St. Anger; just god awful) but Hetfield's voice is showing its age (like it's starting to suck) and the vocal melodies and lyrics are just laughable. As far as the album goes, it's the best thing Metallica has done in about 20 years.

QFT.. Everything after AJFA suuuuucked! This album is what they shoulda bn doing all along! I LOVE THIS ALBUM.. Uh huh uh huh..

Not heard the album, but from what I have heard its the same old stuff. Not sure when they've ever had lyrics worth listening to throughout their whole career but they have had some cool riffs. I agree with the people listing 2-3 songs of theirs that are worth listening to.

Their newest album wasn't the best, but certainly not the worst. One or two songs kind of grew on me, but I wouldn't say I'm a diehard fan.

Whatever you do don't send me a copy to download.

Originally Posted by djwolford

Metallica did well on And Justice For All, Ride the Lightning, Kill 'em All, and Metallica.

After that they were shit, then when Newsted left they were complete and utter shit.

Final verdict-Great then, shit now.

PS-Load gets points for actually having a picture of a load on the cover.

I think i'm the only person who actually likes Load. Think it's a pretty great album.

MoP and AJFA is their best work. New album sounds... a thousand times better than St.Anger, but still just a pretty obvious clinging attempt to be what they used to be. A failing attempt.


At least they tried though. Lars' snare drum sounds less like a biscuit tin now, which is a plus. Still shocking considering throughout the whole recording of St.Anger and Death Magnetic nobody went "hey man your snare drum sounds like a Slipknot percussion piece reject".