When did metal guys stop making those bug-eyed grimace clown faces into the camera in promo shots?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 01:54 (seven years ago) link
When they realised it looked crap?
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
No, when they were finished taking a crap.
― until the next, delayed, glaciation (map), Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iprubvCfdM
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 26 September 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
i like this!
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 September 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
wow yeah that's killer
bit of a Ride The Lightning-era throwback
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 September 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
gripe: they just had to put in that chain wallet-octane-rawk melodic chorus
praise: not embarrassing or anything
― punksishippies, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
A few thoughts after one listen:
1) It sounds very much like 2 or 3 different Death Magnetic songs. Since I like that album a lot, and listen to it all the time, this makes me happy.2) The first song released was 3 minutes long - this one is 6 minutes long. There must be a few really long ones on the album to make it even remotely necessary to split it across 2 CDs. I'm looking forward to finding out.3) Lars Ulrich - current titleholder for Best Drum Faces? I think maybe.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
kinda says smth about current music industry that this is the promo video the world's biggest metal act can afford?
nice song
― niels, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
I like this so much better than the first track. Its a damn song. It has a catchy hook! It doesnt try to recreate their past.
Like it
― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
I like it, very Baroness/Mastodonish I think.
― Odysseus, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Another new song out today - "Atlas, Rise!" They all look really old in the video (except for Trujillo), and it's kinda hilarious, especially Lars's skullet. But the song fucking rips, so whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFAcOnhcpGA
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 31 October 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
the chorus is actually pretty great and doesn't feel like a retread of anything else they've done...best song so far, but i have reasonably high hopes for this album
also like the iron maiden harmony lead break around the 4:30 mark
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 October 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Wait, how can they be playing and listening to themselves playing at the same time!? Rigged!
Also, do they rehearse in a Guitar Center?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 October 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
Can't wait until they look truly ancient.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 31 October 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
this is kinda more how I saw Metallica aging in an alternate reality world where they never went the TBA/Load route. the songs aren't really as progressive, the album less impactful in terms of metal's narrative, but high quality music.
can't help but feel James' cords are the only thing that holds this back. this is fucking INSPIRED. I mean, hats off to them for trying to branch out on Death Magnetic, but it was missing hooks, and they're all over here.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 31 October 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, October 31, 2016 2:51 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
since st anger i think they like to rent out a big space and set up a studio in it
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
No, man, they rehearse in Guitar Hero.
― pplains, Monday, 31 October 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
this also gives credence to what me and others likely meant when people were asking after Death Magnetic "well they're metal again now, wtf do you want, Master of Puppets 6?". Obviously this is a form of bay area thrash that isn't *that* far removed from what they did there, but they're not trying to recreate or plagiarize those works. they're just creating metal that works now.
my issue with DM was always that it felt so plodding to me at times, in a way their earlier, more adventurous material didn't (until some of the worst moments on AJFA). now I'm actually kind of more excited to hear some of their more adventurous stuff on this new alb too, if it sounds like they've regained their ear for catchy riffs and songs.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 31 October 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
They certainly do!
https://youtu.be/LnnEPD6pg7A
(x-post)
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
the iron maiden harmony lead break around the 4:30 mark
The first chorus, at 1:30, feels Maiden-ish to me, too.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
when did lars turn into richard simmons?
― nomar, Monday, 31 October 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
lars died in the bus crash that killed cliff burtonhe was in the afterlife for 3:27 before he was revivedduring that time richard simmon's soul transmigrated into his body
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
Funny you never see Richard Simmons and Lars doing lines of blow at the same time
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 31 October 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
dylan wrote a song about this
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
i like the nods to earlier styles. the intro is Dyers Eve-esque, and Lars is at his best when he's unexpectedly throwing fills into the middle of a phrase for no reason (seriously).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
second listen and I like this even more.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFFAx3H9NU^^was this posted? they're in good shape!
― niels, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 07:54 (seven years ago) link
most of that video looks to have been recorded in the same place they recorded the live dvd that came with st. anger.the same fan made flags etc.i believe its their own rehearsal space/studio.there is also reference to the place in the new mojo interview with lars.
― mark e, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 10:51 (seven years ago) link
:D
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 11:46 (seven years ago) link
Kirk channeling 90s Bob Geldof in the Stern performance.All signs point to a good album, fingers crossed!
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
whoa i loooove the new song
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 12:54 (seven years ago) link
All signs point to a good album
Except for the length...
― chap, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/oXEZiCz.gif
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
Such a strange feeling to be anticipating a Metallica album.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
is kirk stealing hair from lars?
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
are their heads slightly enlarged in this photo? or is it just the angle?
https://up-1.cdn-fullscreendirect.com/production/photos/7549/original/20160818_193900_7549_939482.jpeg
i can't stop looking at it. lars in particular.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
super-wide lens has distorted the perspective, making their heads look fuckin weird and their bodies oddly truncated
also looks like they were shot separately at slightly different angles and composited together, which increases the uncanniness
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
lars looks like a foreshortened jack kirby drawing
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's very phonied-up on purpose. I would say a) extreme angle and super-wide lens; b) heads probably slightly enlarged in Photoshop; c) individual shots composited together. And all those things were done in a deliberately crude manner.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
it looks like they were going for the cartoonishly large head effect but didn't go all the way with it. or, that at one point they had a photo sesh with the boys but all that really came out clearly were the heads, so later on they hired some body doubles to pose and then stuck the shots of the old heads on top.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
That got me thinking about whether a Metallica Funko POP toy existed. Doesn't seem to, but I found this:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0552/1401/files/Metallica-Wampa_large.jpg?4264
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
not to harp on kirk's brave battle with male pattern baldness or anything but he looks noticeably more hirsute in the stern video than he does holding that action figure
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
It's the Metallica edition of old-skool Nickelodeon show Weinerville.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
I don't think Lars is a total shit drummer, but he always seems to be trying so hard, kind of like Joey Fatone or Lance Bass struggling to remember the moves in an N*Sync routine.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
I don't play the drums, but I am totally willing to accept that Metallica songs are difficult to play. That said, live he always seems to be having a blast.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
why do his bass drum hits always have this dry, trebley "tk" to them? at least since ...and justice
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
His face always seems to be doing twice the work of his arms and feet.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
There are technically better drummers in metal than Lars Ulrich and on the classic albums there's a lot of knitting together of takes and overdubbing... BUT, it's always been fun to watch drummers attempting to play 'Dyer's Eve' as it is on the album, which apparently is the hardest song to play drum-wise in the Metallica catalogue.
― Working night & day I tried to stay awake, but I fell asleep when I p (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
As for Lars' drum sound, at least on the studio albums it's down to whoever is engineering/producing as much as Lars himself.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
they fucking played "Call of Ktulu" in Denmark earlier this year!
honestly this is the most jazzed I've been to hear new Metallica songs live since......ever? I never saw them in the heyday
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
Metallica were so goddamn sick tonight. First time seeing them since 1999. they played "Fight Fire with Fire"
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 July 2017 04:58 (six years ago) link
Haha just finding out that 'Hardwired' album cover is real. What the fuck that is so awful. It's easily the worst Metallica album cover and probably one of the worst ones in the history of rock music.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 6 July 2017 08:04 (six years ago) link
they are great live
― niels, Thursday, 6 July 2017 09:07 (six years ago) link
probably one of the worst ones in the history of rock music.
ahem
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Iron_Maiden-Dance_of_Death.jpg
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 July 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
now that we're dead my dee-uhhhhh
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
first disc of this kicks ass top to bottom
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
idk why I'm putting this here but anyway I'm watching Through the Never now because I'm off of work tomorrow and this is basically just a concert video with a silly subplot with Dane Dehaan tacked in.
like Metallica didn't think people would pack movie theaters to listen to their shit on its own merits, but like all they do is play music for 20 minutes and every so often you see Dane DeHaan's boss say something like "ok I need you to drive 713 blocks to get a ham sandwich with this obscure mustard for the boys do it or you're fired".
oh shit then DeHaan gets into the fakest looking car wreck I've ever seen omg lol. van rolls with no seatbelt on and then Metallica inexplicably goes into "Ride the Lightning"
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 November 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
James gets really angry at a malfunctioning microphone and throws it over. random roadie gets a dramatic cameo with a look of consternation.
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 November 2021 05:18 (two years ago) link
van rolls with no seatbelt on
That hits a little too close to home!
― pplains, Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
haha!
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
they actually kept this malfunction for the audio release version.it pisses me off each time i listen to the album.maybe if i watch the film then maybe i will appreciate this key part of the storyline more ?
― mark e, Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
James should have gotten an oscar, total gravitas with that microphone
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link