Metallica 72 Seasons
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RogueNine
April 16th 2025


6083 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I really hate this when I think about how good their last outing was.

nickslip
April 16th 2025


135 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Hardwired I felt was somewhat disappointing, but it's crazy how much better it is than this.



Let alone Death Magnetic - it's considered an average Metallica record, but the quality in relation to this is night and day, it might as well be a different band. Like it's almost unthinkable that this is the same group of musicians that did the Day That Never Comes.





veninblazer
April 16th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

i feel like i hear zero artistic progression or anything like super essential to hear if you have already heard the rest of this band's discog

it's the epitome of autopilot

RosaParks
April 26th 2025


930 Comments


That’s a lot of seasons

TheSonomaDude
April 26th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i still dont think this is that bad at all. i mean half of Hardwired's songs have the same main riff. sounds like James wrote that album with a gun to his head, and the fact that it took 8 fucking years??? you'd think it took 8 hours to write that album. this is at least, like, "hey, nobody gives a shit anymore so we're gonna worship the music we grew up on."



but outside of "spit out the bone" and some half-decent tracks like "moth into flame", there's nothing noteworthy on hardwired. disc 2 of that album is so fucking boring. this one has some fun riffs and licks, and it's nice that metallica FINALLY realized it's okay to make songs under 5 minutes long.

DoofDoof
April 26th 2025


17363 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This is a lot easier to listen to in its entirety than Hardwired agreed



The clue was in the name, that one was a hard listen, even if wired





Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

first half of hardwired goes pretty hard, just so long. i should revisit been a long time since i listened in full. moth into flame easily the best song of the last two.

Wildcardbitchesss
April 26th 2025


19799 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

@nickslip



Fucking spot on. If I’m being honest Death Magnetic is probably my fourth favorite Metallica. They actually sound hungry there and are playing like they got something to prove.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

death magnetic rules and i won't apologize

Wildcardbitchesss
April 26th 2025


19799 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Big time. Great fucking record

Kusangii
April 26th 2025


8508 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Yeah DM is underrated and their best since AJFA

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

almost lol. by a long distance though best since the black album.

TheSonomaDude
April 26th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

DM is very flawed imo. Has lots of cool stuff but it’s way too overlong. Seriously an album that would be a full star higher for me if every song had 2 minutes trimmed. Also im salty that clunky garbage like “the judas kiss” made the cut but not “rebel of babylon” which is one of the best songs post-80s

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oh yeah don't really disagree but that's been a problem forever with them lol. all nightmare long is one of my fav metallica songs, day that never comes is up there too.

Wildcardbitchesss
April 26th 2025


19799 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

“Also im salty that shit like “the judas kiss” made the cut but not “rebel of babylon””

Hate Train and Hell and Back are solid too. Judas Kiss, Broken Beat, and Scarred, and Unforgiven 3 should’ve been scrapped for those 3

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

whoa unforgiven 3 rules

TheSonomaDude
April 26th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Ngl replace the weakest 4 with the entire Beyond Magnetic EP and that album becomes a 4.2/5 for me

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
April 26th 2025


17276 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

never really had an issue with the production either but maybe my ears are broken

RosaParks
April 26th 2025


930 Comments


the mix is so problematic

TheSonomaDude
April 26th 2025


10105 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I hate all of the production on every 21st century metallica album so far. Someone please show James Hetfield his Mesa boogie again



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