St. Anger is nothing compared to Dance of Death. A famous (and indeed great band) like metallica should've done better on this one. I'm eagerly awaiting their next album this autumn, but I have back-thoughts that says that this album will be just the same as St. Anger.
1/5


Btw: I HATE Bob Rock. Flemming Rasmussen on the other hand.....

their time is simply over, you cant expect a band to make great music for over 20 years. In my mind they just wanted their music to stay relevant with the period.

3/5.... 2 of those are respect points, i respect the band as artists because they are the greatest band of all time.... but this is their worst album so far... i expected more outta such a great band

In my opinion this isn't a good album at all.Worst album by Metallica a true let down.

This album is horrible.
Bad production, repetitive songs, boring riffs, no solos, bad lyrics, horrible drums.
1/5. Don't buy it !!!!!!!!!1

I enjoyed this album!

the reason hetfield's vocals are off are because they are adjusting to his "after alcohol abuse" stage. he said so in an interview

[QUOTE=drummin_666]I enjoyed this album!

the reason hetfield's vocals are off are because they are adjusting to his "after alcohol abuse" stage. he said so in an interview[/QUOTE]

Excuses, excuses....This album sux. Despite the fact 'Tallica are a great band, despite the fact i like 'em. Repetitive, badly produced album with no musical idea whatsoever, just mindless dropped C pounding that any numetal band could've "written".

I'm a fan of most of Metallica's older stuff, like the Black Album, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, and ...And Justice For All. S&M was okay, but could have been better. I have only seen the videos of the singles off St. Anger, and I don't plan on getting it for a bunch of reasons.
James: James is one of my favorite rhythm guitarists. He's up there with Randy Rhoads, but his guitar sounds really fuzzy and crappy on the singles that I've heard. Then there's his voice; he sings like sh*t on this cd. He's off-key, and he screamed in the song St. Anger. I don't know if he screams in the other songs, but I hate it when the vocalist for any band screams during a song.
Kirk: I love Kirk's solos all throughout his career, which is why I'm not feeling this cd. It doesn't have a single solo on it! As a guitarist, I know exactly how hard it is to write a solo, but Kirk has written some of the best solos I have ever heard, and I hope in the future, he continues to.
Rob: I don't know much about Rob. I'm not a bassist. I know he didn't write any of the songs on the record, but I'm a Jason Newsted fan. Rob may be an incredible bassist, but Jason was my favorite bassist, and I just don't think it's Metallica without him.
Lars: Lars is probably my favorite drummer, but I don't know much about drums. I do know, though, when they sound like sh*t, and that is what they sound like on this cd. They are loud and annoying, and the beats, in my opinion, are way too fast for the singles; I don't know about the other songs.
Bob Rock: C'mon Bob, you may have had some great ideas for Metallica in the past, but this idea of recording earlier than normal for a more raw sound sucked major balls. The sound production was crap, the guitars were fuzzy, and from what I have heard, some of the songs drag on forever and get repetitive. You better friggin have some better ideas for the next cd.
Thats it. I'd rate the cd, but I'd have to listen to the whole cd, and I don't want to put myself through that.

The sound quality here was even worse than ...And Justice for All. Yuck.

Here we go...

This album was announced the worst of the year and most people will agree
I am probably the exception of this forum.I love the album!However,it's a bad production cant deny it.
I just want to point out that the snare drum isnt supposed to be with the snares put on all the time(some people say it sounds like Lars is bashing tins just because the snares are off)
I adore Lars' drummin this time and kirk's riffs.The last two songs shoudnt exist
I won't take into consideration the production cause it doesnt bother me.I still bang my head!
3.8/5

[QUOTE=RoaRing_Roach]Here we go...

This album was announced the worst of the year and most people will agree
I am probably the exception of this forum.I love the album!However,it's a bad production cant deny it.
I just want to point out that the snare drum isnt supposed to be with the snares put on all the time(some people say it sounds like Lars is bashing tins just because the snares are off)
I adore Lars' drummin this time and kirk's riffs.The last two songs shoudnt exist
I won't take into consideration the production cause it doesnt bother me.I still bang my head!
3.8/5[/QUOTE]

Hi to you clueless, this album totally sucked the big one. Taking Back Sunday's new CD is better than this one. All the other Metallica CDs kicked so much *** too

[QUOTE=IsItLuck?]Hi to you clueless, this album totally sucked the big one. Taking Back Sunday's new CD is better than this one. All the other Metallica CDs kicked so much *** too [/QUOTE]

Wow, wow a little too strong of a statement. Taking Back what??? Oh yes, another one of those new annoying talentless fukcs...

[QUOTE=IsItLuck?]Hi to you clueless, this album totally sucked the big one. Taking Back Sunday's new CD is better than this one. All the other Metallica CDs kicked so much *** too [/QUOTE]
what's ur problem man?If the DJ at the rockhouse I hang out plays st.anger(the album)I will bang my head so hard...but you gonna sit there and do nothing but complain bout bob rock and Lars' tins.who's having more fun?
Or think of it another way...I have one more cd that I can enjoy than you
taking back what??Jesus Christ!

[QUOTE=Prodigal_Suns_Rock]The songs do get really repetitive. The lyrics are also really bad. They seem like James is just makin **** up. It took me a bit but i did eventually get into the album. I have to go from start to end though.[/QUOTE]

lars and kirk wrote a lot of the lyrics if not all of them...im not sure if hetfield contributed to the lyrics on this album. overall i havent listened to it, the pangy snare drum has annoyed me too much, st anger and frantic sounded good live when they came in to town, other than that thumbs down to that album

i think metallica should have stick to what they are good at which is whisky enhanced vocals and long heavy solos.
im pretty shure i spent 20$ on a big piece of s*** :angry:
i award them no points and may god have mercy on their souls

I think this was their worst album ever.... but it wasn't that bad.
It's cool that they are using different tunings instead of standard and the songs weren't that bad.
The most annoying part about the album was the repetitiveness and those **** snare drums. And it was under produced.
hopefully they stay true to their roots on the next album


I still love tallica and they've made kickass music
I'm gonna give this album 3.5/5

I don't know what the big dissapointment is all about...metallica sucks now just as much as they have sucked always. The only good thing about Metallica was CLiff Burto, if there has ever been something good about them...

i really liked the guitars on invisible kid. they weren't as muddy and the riffs are insanely heavy. the unnamed feeling was good too. i loved how when they played dirty window live, kirk threw in a solo. i hate how people say that metallica has sold out and only play ****.ty music now. i saw them in denver last april and i was blown away. the only songs they played from the last decade were three off of st. anger and fuel. everything else was old stuff. i loved it.

When I first got this cd I thought to myself how could this possible be Metallica. Then the next day I put it in my home CD player cranked it up real loud and took another listen. I first heard Frantic. At first It didn't even sound like the same CD to me. The guitar seemed louder with the volume up and drowed the drums out. I thought how awsome off a song Frantic was. Then St.Anger, I thought well a nice beginning and not to bad. I give the first 2 songs a 4/5. Next was Some Kind Of Monster, Dirty Window, and Invisible Kid. I was sold I finally relised this was a good CD. Then came My World, Shoot Me Again, and Sweet Amber. My world had such an agressive beginning it was awsome. Shoot Me Again had such and awsome meaning I always listen to it before football games. Then Sweet Amber awsome intro good lyrics and overall a pretty good song. Then came the Unnamed Felling just a good song with an awsome corus.

I give it a 2/10

Its definatly metallicas worst album but if you pretend its not metallica then you can enjoy the album. A good snare and solos in the parts where they repeat themselfs would have made this album great.

btw have any of you noticed that metallica only started to suck when they started working with bob rock?