Anyone have the new Metallica yet?

I heard a couple songs and thought it sounded okay. I kinda checked out with Metallica a couple years ago. I still dig Cliff era tunes here and there. Load and Reload are solid albums in my eyes. I'd be happy if I never heard the Black Album ever again (except Sad But True and Wherever I May Roam=Good Songs).

May have to check it out. I like the Load/Reload era stuff and I didn't mind Death Magnetic. The S&M album will still be the greatest thing Metallica ever created though.

slefain wrote:

SilverFleet wrote: I view Metallica as two different bands: Kill Em All through ...And Justice For All (Thrash Metal) and The Black Album-present (Hard Rock). And we don't talk about Lulu.

My friends and I break Metallica down the same way but we call it "Pre-EYAAAHHH" and "Post EYAAAAA". The Black album was the start of the Hetfield "EYAHHH!!!!" in the songs.

You've never heard The Four Horsemen, I take it.

Or, Hit The Lights.

i like it... a lot...

they aren't a bunch of angry drunk/stoned 19 year old kids any more, and i'm not a wide eyed 14 year old kid that stumbled across the video for "One" on mtv at 2am on a school night in 1989... they are all 50+ year old family men, and i'm a 42 year old with a 6 month old daughter...

this is a great hard rock album. it's what they do now. it's what i listen to now. it fits perfectly..

someone mentioned the newer albums by their thrash metal peers: SLAYER has done the same album over and over since Seasons in the Abyss.. Megadeth does similar stuff to Rust in Peace.. the new Testament video i watched a couple of weeks ago looked like a bunch of old men trying to hold on desperately to their youth by playing their music to what they think the magical retro-thrash formula is. the latest Anthrax album is really good, but it doesn't sound like Anthrax to me- like it's too dark and the songs too long and drawn out because they were trying to be all dark and gloomy. Metallica at least puts a different twist on things and stretches out past what made them famous without making it seem like they are trying to be something they aren't, and that keeps it fresh.

and don't forget that in the most technical sense of the word, the new Metallica is an Indie release- they made it, they produced it, they distributed it thru their own record label...

novaderrik wrote: i like it... a lot... they aren't a bunch of angry drunk/stoned 19 year old kids any more, and i'm not a wide eyed 14 year old kid that stumbled across the video for "One" on mtv at 2am on a school night in 1989... they are all 50+ year old family men, and i'm a 42 year old with a 6 month old daughter... this is a great hard rock album. it's what they do now. it's what i listen to now. it fits perfectly.. someone mentioned the newer albums by their thrash metal peers: SLAYER has done the same album over and over since Seasons in the Abyss.. Megadeth does similar stuff to Rust in Peace.. the new Testament video i watched a couple of weeks ago looked like a bunch of old men trying to hold on desperately to their youth by playing their music to what they think the magical retro-thrash formula is. the latest Anthrax album is really good, but it doesn't sound like Anthrax to me- like it's too dark and the songs too long and drawn out because they were trying to be all dark and gloomy. Metallica at least puts a different twist on things and stretches out past what made them famous without making it seem like they are trying to be something they aren't, and that keeps it fresh. and don't forget that in the most technical sense of the word, the new Metallica is an Indie release- they made it, they produced it, they distributed it thru their own record label...

Thank you for saying what I was thinking :-)

NickD wrote: The S&M album will still be the greatest thing Metallica ever created though.

So much this. An excellent concept executed very well.