Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: DamageInc
Originally posted by: Reliant
Well, how does it sound guys?
Don't listen to anyone who hasn't listened to it for more than 10 times. They'll say it sounds like sh*t.
Why should anyone waste their time listening to that awful crap 10 times? It's music, for God's sake, not brainwashing. And some of the worst music I've heard in a long time at that. Ranks right down there with Van Halen III.
You sound like the perfect pop music fan. You know, the type who likes the song if it appeals to them right away, then after it gets played on the radio 37 times a day, you start to get sick of it. Then you just move to the next thing that sounds good to you. In 10 years, you will say... ahh I remember that song. I can't believe I liked it.
Sound about right?
How many times have you (or any supposed real MetallicA fan - old or new stuff) tried to listen to it? You're supposed to be devoted to the band,
give it more of a chance and quit being with the other sheep. I'll be blunt, it sounded like $#!T to me at first too. After I put it on repeat while working on my machine, it sounds pretty good (sans whacked lyrics/vocals). It's like a good movie... you miss things the first time around. Get the old MetallicA out of your head and listen to this album for what it really is. If you don't like the new sound, it doesn't mean they suck, it means you don't like the style - period.
Go to a concert and tell me they still suck, talent-wise. I'm so sick of people throwing catch-phrases around and sounding like every other 14-year old stealing opinions from their friends.
You're kidding right?
I'm not going to bother to defend my massive music collection or my love for 70s rock... or the fact that I have seen Metallica
three times in concert (last time during Justice tour, they're a good concert but not the best - Rush holds that title and for good reason). Nor am I going to go into just how much I fscking hate pop music.
This album speaks for itself. Hetfield's voice (no old skool Metallica fan would call him "Jaymz"
) is gone. The lyrics are whack. The rhythm and riffs are whack. The guitars are de-tuned to the point of sounding like sh!t. The lack of solos is almost anti-Metallica. And the production quality is almost amateur.
My GF said it best when I first played it - "They're trying to recapture something they've lost forever."
Face it, this new album is their worst ever.
If you don't like it, then you don't like it.. That doesen't mean it's their worst album ever.
James calls himself Jaymz, so that's not much of a stretch nor a big deal.
Like it or not, it is
their musical vision, not yours. You can't say how it's supposed to sound, you can only say if you like it or not. If you don't like it, there's nothing wrong with that - don't listen to it.
I swear, people think bands are their own personal slaves. That's the only explination for how many of you speak.
I agree, the album speaks for itself. You
can not compare it to old Metallica. Stop.. Now. It is it's own musical vision. It follows the tradition of every other Metallica album - completely different. That's more than you can say about most other bands.
They haven't tried to recapture anything. If that's what they were trying to do, it would sound like a NWOBHM album - the stuff they listened to, the stuff that made them want to play.
I somewhat agree on some of your points, like the no guitar solos.. admittedly, that is disappointing.. But I'm not going to say the album sucks because of that. They made the album sound the way they wanted it to sound, and I respect that.
