****Official Metallica thread****

Ledbetterman10

Great album. You Must Burn! might be their heaviest song since Sad But True. Love it.  

mfc2006

Going to give it a listen after this meeting. Really like everything they've released for it so far.

2-feign-reluctance

Holy shiiiiiiiiit 

eeriepadave

mfc2006 said:

Going to give it a listen after this meeting. Really like everything they've released for it so far.

same here. gonna give it a proper listen later today

Ledbetterman10

I can't believe how great James' voice sounds. He may even sound better than he did in the 90's. 

lastexitlondon

I'm 50/50 I think 5 I love and the rest are like 3 ideas all chucked into a song that they don't fit together. The lyrics are cringe and so basic. And some of it sounds like maiden which I'm not a fan of. But at least 5 songs are great. I love that Kirk has a brilliant solo in every a song. And Lars sounds very good

HughFreakingDillon

saw an interview with James and he was basically saying "this record I wanted everyone's input...come on kirk, show me something". the guy who previously wanted complete control (with Lars) all these years now bitching that people don't contribute? at least that's how I took it. seems kinda funny. 

going to listen this weekend over a whiskey or two for sure. 

ZoSoTim

On the 2nd song now. Ready to sink my teeth into something I haven't heard yet. 

lastexitlondon

2nd song is great 

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

saw an interview with James and he was basically saying "this record I wanted everyone's input...come on kirk, show me something". the guy who previously wanted complete control (with Lars) all these years now bitching that people don't contribute? at least that's how I took it. seems kinda funny. 

going to listen this weekend over a whiskey or two for sure. 

They stopped that overcontrol around Load and ReLoad. There's a quote from James in their Behind The Music where he talks about how it "was cold" (in the 80's) but now (late 90's) they "don't stand behind Kirk and Jason tapping them on the shoulder saying 'That note...I didn't write that note for you.'" 

Plus, you see them collaborating in Some Kind of Monster for St. Anger, and all the songs on Death Magnetic are credited to the entire band. But with Hardwired, Kirk doesn't have a single writing credit. So maybe that's what James is talking about. They've been more a team since 2003, but Kirk might not have been carrying his weight over the past decade or so. 

ZoSoTim

Kirk (allegedly) lost his iPhone that had hundreds of song ideas on it when they were recording Hardwired which is why he ended up without a writing credit. I have seen James comment on that in an interview before and based off his facial expressions it doesn't seem that he believes Kirk's story. Seems like he think Kirk was just out of ideas at the time.

jimjam1982

My vinyl won't get here until the 19th! boooo.  

This album is another banger by these guys.  Shadows Follow is going to kick ass live.

HughFreakingDillon

Ledbetterman10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

saw an interview with James and he was basically saying "this record I wanted everyone's input...come on kirk, show me something". the guy who previously wanted complete control (with Lars) all these years now bitching that people don't contribute? at least that's how I took it. seems kinda funny. 

going to listen this weekend over a whiskey or two for sure. 

They stopped that overcontrol around Load and ReLoad. There's a quote from James in their Behind The Music where he talks about how it "was cold" (in the 80's) but now (late 90's) they "don't stand behind Kirk and Jason tapping them on the shoulder saying 'That note...I didn't write that note for you.'" 

Plus, you see them collaborating in Some Kind of Monster for St. Anger, and all the songs on Death Magnetic are credited to the entire band. But with Hardwired, Kirk doesn't have a single writing credit. So maybe that's what James is talking about. They've been more a team since 2003, but Kirk might not have been carrying his weight over the past decade or so. 

interesting. didn't know that. I dropped off the metallica train around the last couple records. I'm back on it, full BLAST. 

ZoSoTim

Inamorata kicks ass.

CROJAM95

Solid B, B +

Saw them in Central Park last summer… prob got to met life shows 

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

saw an interview with James and he was basically saying "this record I wanted everyone's input...come on kirk, show me something". the guy who previously wanted complete control (with Lars) all these years now bitching that people don't contribute? at least that's how I took it. seems kinda funny. 

going to listen this weekend over a whiskey or two for sure. 

They stopped that overcontrol around Load and ReLoad. There's a quote from James in their Behind The Music where he talks about how it "was cold" (in the 80's) but now (late 90's) they "don't stand behind Kirk and Jason tapping them on the shoulder saying 'That note...I didn't write that note for you.'" 

Plus, you see them collaborating in Some Kind of Monster for St. Anger, and all the songs on Death Magnetic are credited to the entire band. But with Hardwired, Kirk doesn't have a single writing credit. So maybe that's what James is talking about. They've been more a team since 2003, but Kirk might not have been carrying his weight over the past decade or so. 

interesting. didn't know that. I dropped off the metallica train around the last couple records. I'm back on it, full BLAST. 

Lol, only way to do it. 

GB281198

Inamorata is a masterpiece! The best thing they've done since Rob joined the band 

2-feign-reluctance

This record is destroying! Second full listen today. 

drakeheuer14

GB281198 said:

Inamorata is a masterpiece! The best thing they've done since Rob joined the band 

Agreed. Very solid album 

Loujoe

Good to hear it's being well received. I've been blasting the 5.98 EP cassette in my car & spinning Master of Puppets. Don't think I'll ever get to this one. Maybe...