Am I REALLY the only person here who really likes St Anger??

I'm almost certain I still hate it, but maybe not as much as before.

http://www.fearandloathinginsocal.com/uploader/pictars/bob2.jpg

It's not Metallica in it's prime or anything, but still fun to listen to while doing something like...i don't know. Making Rice.

But he's eatin' potatoes, right?!

First listen I didn't hate it. It rocked harder than anything since And Justice For All.

But then I realized how insulting it is: contrived DIY from greedy multimillionaires. No leads, because leads have no place in nu metal. Dumbing it down so you sound more like what's selling. Fuck that. Integrity is a lame way to write something off, but I can't get past it here.

I hated the last two albums and I'm totally bored with the black one.

I liked St Anger to start with, listened a few times then put it away.

Now been listening to it walking around town loads and it is fantastic. I actually like the new sound, I like the drums. They don't usually sound like that on CDs but the way drums usually sound doesn't sound like real drums.
I'm a total sound quality whore but I like it.

It is too long, trimmed to 60mins it coulda been classic.
As is it's just GREAT!!!

no. no, even the loser high school kid would think it's lame.

Actually, from the tracks I dl'ed/heard on the radio, I don't think it's nearly as bad as people are making it out to be (or nearly as good as their old stuff), but I'm just too far past the point I where I could care.

ProTools doesn't automatically mean a lot of processing. Some peoples ideas of digital recording really are in the stone age.

Metal kids, eh?

(Where the fuck am I going with this?)

I mean, Jesus H fucking Shipman, how the bloody hell is this car crash of a species ever supposed to invent teleporters if they can't get their head around digital audio? There is an absolutely infinite sea of reality to explore out there people! (here's where. Teleportation, telepathy, time travel, dimensions as many as stars, astral projection, virtual realities, artificial realities, the God Zeus made real by a concoction of chance and magic, and here we are, HERE WE ARE in 2003 with not even a want to understand the simplicities of a ProTools M-box.

"Okay pay attention you fucks - there's this little register in the sonic spectrum called BASS. I suggest you try working with that shit sometime, and maybe your next record won't sound like runny morning-after-chili turds dropping into a cardboard fucking box."

Funny, that's a Pro-Tools preset.

before Wilco became my favorite band -- which they really aren't anymore -- Metallica was my favorite band

I am trying to imagine this arc and failing.

he must have very large hands if he can fit people within them

hahahahaha

"YEAAARRRGH METALLICA"

*hears St. Anger*

"...I want to listen to Jeff Tweedy's whining ass."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Q3cVA8GtQ

Get that away from me.

before mid-2004, i mostly listened to Metallica, Staind, and whatever nu-metal, pop, and rap was on MTV & the radio. my best friend at the time was a much bigger music nerd than i was, and he got me into a lot of stuff. also, i remember reading about Wilco's A ghost is born, Bjork's Medulla and some other stuff that summer, and it was all over the place from there for me

glad we're able to bring St. Anger and Wilco together in the same thread

who is James Hetfield to dictate the schedule in which someone hates him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcDZOaeW0sE

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Wax on, wax off...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phFgCLguSNI

the cover always looks to me like it was drawn by an angry Dr. Seuss

Oh the CDs You'll Smash!

I have a soft spot for St. Anger - not that I've ever listened to more than a track or two, nor will I - but I love the Some Kind of Monster film.

irl lols @ Ned's post

i've seen Some Kind of Monster once, but remember the presence of Lars's dad being a highlight

still laughing at Ned's post

me too. well timed Ned!

\(^o^)/

i feel like i should bump this at least once a year, at least

so i'm listening to some of this again and i still like it -- what a classic mess

"can't you help me be uncrazy"

i've seen metallica in concert twice, BOTH TIMES post-St. Anger (2003, 2004)

the best Metallica album by far.

Loved the dustbin drums.

Hardcore

i've seen metallica in concert twice, BOTH TIMES post-St. Anger (2003, 2004)

― markers, Friday, May 6, 2011 2:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

2008 and 2011 for me! o/

I tried to go see Metallica in 1998, but the clusterfuck of a disaster trying to get into the ONE vehicle gate at the Winnebago County Fairgrounds meant we got in to the show when they were playing "One", a little more than 2/3rds into the show.

I saw them IN THE ROUND, Load-era. Don't remember much about the music but the stage set-up was fun. Everything fell apart, a guy ran across the stage on fire, and then they all played "Battery" with teeny amps under bare lightbulbs to prove how real they were.

corrosion of conformity opened

i've seen metallica in concert twice, BOTH TIMES post-St. Anger (2003, 2004)

― markers, Friday, May 6, 2011 2:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

2008 and 2011 for me! o/

― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, May 6, 2011 3:22 PM

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i saw em in 1997 and 1999. they were far better the second time, with a much less predictable setlist.

St. Anger might just be the worst excrement metal's ever been subjected to

Saw 'em twice on the most recent tour. (Will be skipping the Big Four Yankee Stadium thing.) Liked the first show (Newark) better than the second (MSG). Each time they had one great opening act (Newark: The Sword, NYC: Lamb of God) and one lame opening act (Newark: Machine Head, NYC: Volbeat). I liked that they were playing full versions of ...And Justice For All songs, instead of the medley they did on the live box.

the main reason I liked the 1999 show so much is that they played Blackened, which at the time, they hadn't played (regularly at least) in ten years.

YOU FLUSH IT OUT! YOU FLUSH IT OUT! THE POOS IN THE TOILET

the only songs i really fuck w/ from this one are the title track and Dirty Window

anybody else heard this? the songwriting still sucks but this cover version is way better than the real thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-UI3_6HcM

over a year later, and I still like it. Just put it on to get myself psyched up for the DVD release of Some Kind of Monster. It's going to be one of those records that is recognized, ten years from now, for being far better than people gave it credit for upon release.
― Overbite (Roger Fidelity), lunes 10 de enero de 2005 1:27 (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's been twelve years and people still think this is fucking terrible

yeah but look at who made the original statement

The drum sound is ace, best idea they had in years.
― Siegbran (eofor)

...

Hahaha I kind of like the drums. Not the sound obviously they sound like shit. But how insane it is to release them like this, they were probably just exhausted and said fuck it.

they're right on the verge of so bad they're good, but they didn't quite get there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0NX1VLUa0w

last few years must've made me dumber bc i kinda love this album now

the riffs are just so gnarly

- "Legendary album. Panned by critics and fans when it was released, but has stood the tests of time to become known as one of their greatest."

- "No kidding. Makes you almost forget that Lou Reed was once in another band."

- "Lou Reed? What album are you talking about?"

lol i'm glad i'm not the only one who does that

yeah I haven’t dug deep into this album but it certainly isn’t bad. I’ve really 180d on load, too.

well maybe not 180 maybe more like 90-120

Now that they've made plenty of returns to thrash, I think we can all admit that they were really trying with the songwriting on Load and there are some monster hooks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsK_YrRoByY