****Official Metallica thread****

tempo_n_groove

JeBurkhardt said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

UNTIL IT SLEEPS

IS THE BEST

METALLICA SONG

You misspelled Damage Inc. 

Could I talk you into possibly Orion?

JeBurkhardt

tempo_n_groove said:

JeBurkhardt said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

UNTIL IT SLEEPS

IS THE BEST

METALLICA SONG

You misspelled Damage Inc. 

Could I talk you into possibly Orion?

Very solid track!

mrussel1

Fuck it all, and fucking no regrets.

They were good back then. 

HughFreakingDillon

I was listening to Load last night. Honestly, I still like that record. I love how the band evolved over time. Their look was a tad too contrived and an attempt to look "alternative", but I liked the music. 

tempo_n_groove

HughFreakingDillon said:

I was listening to Load last night. Honestly, I still like that record. I love how the band evolved over time. Their look was a tad too contrived and an attempt to look "alternative", but I liked the music. 

That is the album that made them an average rock band.  Sure the songs are catchy but it's the furthest Metallica thing they had done.  No instrumentals, long songs, etc. 

Hero of The Day does it for me on that album.  I really enjoy that track.

EDIT:  I sound very harsh.  It's a good album just not what you'd expect and Metallica did that by design.

pjsteelerfan

Its not cheap, but that's a lot of great live music on it. Wish they would put the Moscow show out in other formats. 

tempo_n_groove

pjsteelerfan said:

Its not cheap, but that's a lot of great live music on it. Wish they would put the Moscow show out in other formats. 

I just went and looked at the material out of curiosity and they have the "riff tapes".  I love hearing a songs progression.  I might buy this just for that.

Ron McGuvny used to come on a radio station called KNAC for "Mandatory Metallica" in California and bring in all sorts of rough cuts of songs when he was in the band so some things were really raw and it was so cool to hear.

I'm changing my mind on this.  might be a must have now, lol.

Flip flopping!

HughFreakingDillon

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I was listening to Load last night. Honestly, I still like that record. I love how the band evolved over time. Their look was a tad too contrived and an attempt to look "alternative", but I liked the music. 

That is the album that made them an average rock band.  Sure the songs are catchy but it's the furthest Metallica thing they had done.  No instrumentals, long songs, etc. 

Hero of The Day does it for me on that album.  I really enjoy that track.

EDIT:  I sound very harsh.  It's a good album just not what you'd expect and Metallica did that by design.

to me it was kind of a logical next progression after Metallica. They really should have taken the best from Load and ReLoad and made one album out of it. 

I know i'm in the minority in that I like the material least-liked amongst metallica die hards (load, st anger), but that's alright. I can take the abuse. lol

brewdog123

load has some fantastic metallica songs
aint my bitch
bleeding me
until it sleeps
outlaw torn (one of my all time favorites)
king nothing 
hero of the day

HughFreakingDillon

brewdog123 said:

load has some fantastic metallica songs
aint my bitch
bleeding me
until it sleeps
outlaw torn (one of my all time favorites)
king nothing 
hero of the day

I went nuts at the Winnipeg show when King Nothing started. Love that song. 

tempo_n_groove

HughFreakingDillon said:

brewdog123 said:

load has some fantastic metallica songs
aint my bitch
bleeding me
until it sleeps
outlaw torn (one of my all time favorites)
king nothing 
hero of the day

I went nuts at the Winnipeg show when King Nothing started. Love that song. 

King Nothing is another one I really liked.  It took time to adjust to this album though, I won't lie.  Any diehard wasn't drinking the juice from this album.  It had a different sound from the previous albums and maybe the producer was to blame for that I'm sure.  He wanted "his" sound and not a Metallica sound, that was for sure.

CP218430

Load is fascinating. Not in their top five but a solid album. Reload I can't defend. Just can't. A few years ago I was a fair-weather fan and decided to listen to their albums start to finish and I was amazed that Reload was the only one I couldn't find a lot of high lights on. This band is knock out phenomenal from start to finish. I found the same with R.E.M. (although their last few were hard to swallow). Metallica is amazing, just flat out a great band - no matter the genre. And I do love Until it Sleeps, and adn the thrashing. It's all good. 

tempo_n_groove

CP218430 said:

Load is fascinating. Not in their top five but a solid album. Reload I can't defend. Just can't. A few years ago I was a fair-weather fan and decided to listen to their albums start to finish and I was amazed that Reload was the only one I couldn't find a lot of high lights on. This band is knock out phenomenal from start to finish. I found the same with R.E.M. (although their last few were hard to swallow). Metallica is amazing, just flat out a great band - no matter the genre. And I do love Until it Sleeps, and adn the thrashing. It's all good. 

That metallic drum in St Anger didn't make you want to jab pool sticks in your ears?

Take that damn drum away and that album is wonderful, maybe a wee bit better mix on it too.  Down the highs a bit.

Hardwired is a wonderful album to me.  It ticks the boxes for me.

HughFreakingDillon

I fucking dug the shit out of St Anger just for the raw sound of it. Loved it. still do. it was like a metal album recorded like a punk album. 

joe159

Load has really grown on me over the years, love the way it sounds on vinyl. Gave St. Anger another shot last year and I think the combination of 2020 being a shit year and turning 40 made me appreciate what a mess it is lol. Reload….meh 

HughFreakingDillon

yeah reload is more of a Load castoff. 

tempo_n_groove

joe159 said:

Load has really grown on me over the years, love the way it sounds on vinyl. Gave St. Anger another shot last year and I think the combination of 2020 being a shit year and turning 40 made me appreciate what a mess it is lol. Reload….meh 

HughFreakingDillon said:

I fucking dug the shit out of St Anger just for the raw sound of it. Loved it. still do. it was like a metal album recorded like a punk album. 

I'll have to revisit St Anger again.  I remember enjoying it but without the damn metallic drum.

HughFreakingDillon

tempo_n_groove said:

joe159 said:

Load has really grown on me over the years, love the way it sounds on vinyl. Gave St. Anger another shot last year and I think the combination of 2020 being a shit year and turning 40 made me appreciate what a mess it is lol. Reload….meh 

HughFreakingDillon said:

I fucking dug the shit out of St Anger just for the raw sound of it. Loved it. still do. it was like a metal album recorded like a punk album. 

I'll have to revisit St Anger again.  I remember enjoying it but without the damn metallic drum.

if you have the cd/dvd package, put on the dvd. it's their live rehearsals of the entire album. I actually like it better. 

tempo_n_groove

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

joe159 said:

Load has really grown on me over the years, love the way it sounds on vinyl. Gave St. Anger another shot last year and I think the combination of 2020 being a shit year and turning 40 made me appreciate what a mess it is lol. Reload….meh 

HughFreakingDillon said:

I fucking dug the shit out of St Anger just for the raw sound of it. Loved it. still do. it was like a metal album recorded like a punk album. 

I'll have to revisit St Anger again.  I remember enjoying it but without the damn metallic drum.

if you have the cd/dvd package, put on the dvd. it's their live rehearsals of the entire album. I actually like it better. 

I think that's the version I have when it first came out.  I'll ck, thanks.

PM16037

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