Prisoners probing possible personality pigeonholing.
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:42 (one year ago) link
can't kill 'em all.
― pplains, Saturday, 3 December 2022 03:23 (one year ago) link
:(
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 December 2022 03:40 (one year ago) link
I don't like the new lyrics to "Dyer's Eve"
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 December 2022 05:12 (one year ago) link
New song - "Screaming Suicide". Sounds like something they'd have written around the time of Death Magnetic; it has that same thrash-boogie feel. But the sound is crisper than Death Magnetic's was. Also, Hetfield has lost a bunch of weight and looks creepy now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDyDpdFZHBo
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 19 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
I'm definitely feeling this a lot less than Lux Aeturna
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 January 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
It's unmemorable in the most literal sense — I've already forgotten how it goes. But at least it's fast, and I'll wind up listening to the album a thousand times just like I've done with Death Magnetic and Hardwired..., so it'll sink in eventually.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 19 January 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
This sounds like so much generic stuff that would just fill space during "Headbanger's Ball" in the '90s.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 January 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
Also, Hetfield has lost a bunch of weight and looks creepy now.
How can you tell through all the Vaseline smeared on the camera lens?
― Vexatious litigant (morrisp), Friday, 20 January 2023 01:20 (one year ago) link
Director: "Ok, now make one of those crazy Metallica grimaces, you know the ones, the ones you always do? The ones that look like you are both constipated and also very angry? Do one of those!"
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
I'm too afraid I'll be disappointed to press play.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 20 January 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link
I'm pretty gutted that the year I might finally see Metallica live is one in which they'll be releasing a new album.
― chap, Friday, 20 January 2023 09:45 (one year ago) link
to me this is like a 5-star review
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 20 January 2023 11:19 (one year ago) link
Butt metal.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 January 2023 12:44 (one year ago) link
i preferred the first singlei don’t dislike it & its fine for standard metallica - they’ve been doing versions of this song since Load. they all sound like “intense workout metal for Leg Day” to me lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 January 2023 15:52 (one year ago) link
"I had an AI write a 21st century metallica song" vibes
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
I hate it when their riffs get bluesy.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
More like greysy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 January 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link
lol yeah their bluesy influence usually never comes off well. that one very stonery riff before the verse isn't bad per se but it just doesn't really fit their sound.
be like Slayer throwing in a ZZ Top riff
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
'Hardwired' had the right amount of evil-sounding half steps to stir up the right Metallica memories
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
Also in retrospect it's kind of incredible that they went so far as to have a Megadeth-style ellipse title but didn't add the exclamation point
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
shoulda used a question mark to keep it separate enough
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
"Killing is My Business...How are Margins Looking?"
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 January 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
Not about the new album but I finally listened to these Death Magnetic demos. Neat listenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5lPY6bTqU
― DT, Thursday, 26 January 2023 23:03 (one year ago) link
Third single: "If Darkness Had a Son." Big 'n' heavy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_t53a5Ons0
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
lmao "if darkness had a son"
sorry just had to get that out of my system
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
lol. The cymbals are all EQ'ed to sound like splash cymbals, it's very silly.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
if darkness got conned over a aol beef
― made a mint from mmm (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
*sonned (f-in autocorrect).
if darkness had a sonwould fellow men take him to their hearts
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
not sure about the hook but the riffs in this one are good and the half-time breakdowns are kinda nasty go off lars
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
been in a meeting but dying to hear this so I can have an opinion on it and tell everybody what it is
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
You've come to the right place!
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
this is "Eye of the Beholder 2" so far
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
it's decent, maybe a B-. I like the main riff. I even like the verses. chorus isn't bad, but song doesn't justify the length at all. it just goes nowhere.
first three singles off of Hardwired > first three off of 72 Seasons. though I think I like this one and Lux Aeterna, so that's a step.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
'Pandamonium' era Killing Joke vibes
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
Looks like a Tool video
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
once again the half-time sections of "if darkness had a son" are so sick
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 March 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
Wow, a good one, this would have fit into the handful of really good cuts on the previous album.
I thought he said "choking on steak fries", but apparently it's "stage fright".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OeC9CGtWcM
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:14 (one year ago) link
Pinball Wizard thrash
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:19 (one year ago) link
As with the last album the guitar and drum sounds are really reminding me of Psalm 69-era Ministry, and I'm not complaining. Very much looking forward to this album.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
Thoughts:
Solid B to B minus. But here are my gripes:
-Why is this 8 minutes long? Out of all of the intense thrashers on Hardwired, the longest was "Spit Out the Bone" at 7:10, but that one actually had several different parts in it, twists and turns. This one could have had a verse and chorus cut out and lost nothing
-James's ability to write catchy vocal melodies seems to fade more and more. This one's not bad but the verse is very autopilot
-Kirk's solos are complete, as Lars would say, "stock". Also someone please take away his wah pedal.
That being said, I do like the song, but I wish it was 4 minutes long
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
Sure, of course they've run out of new + good riffs and melodies that also sound like Metallica, but at least they sound like they're trying on this one.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:36 (one year ago) link
I mean I think this is probably the second best of the songs that have been released, not because it's 'fast', but because the verse/chorus are pretty well put together. just was hoping it'd be more economical given its arrangement.
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 March 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
Well my own expectations have skyrocketed, because this track is outstanding. I've enjoyed all four tracks thus far, but there's something special about this one. The "wrath of man" riff is killer, Lars brings in fun dynamics, and it really sounds like the guys are having fun, which isn't something we've heard a lot of in the last 25 years.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 30 March 2023 15:52 (one year ago) link
My expectations are extremely low these days, basically I like it when they play fast.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
I skipped the other two singles, but I like this a lot. I'm excited.
But could they have picked a worse steaming pile of shit for openers on this upcoming tour? Yikes.
On November 28, 2022, Metallica announced the album's title, release date, tracklist and a promotional tour of North America and Europe, featuring Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, Greta Van Fleet, Architects, Volbeat, and Mammoth WVH, titled the M72 World Tour.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 30 March 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
lol Ice Nine Kills
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that is one dire list of openers. I'd never heard Ice Nine Kills or Architects, so I checked them out and, well... Architects are basically a Linkin Park clone, and INK are shitty screamo with tons of horror-movie iconography. Old-man Metallica fans are gonna want to pelt them both with batteries.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
do Metallica even listen to these bands, or are they giving the kids what they think they want to hear?
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link