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Poll Question: What is your favourite Metallica album?
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46 [33.58%]
35 [25.55%]
8 [5.84%]
3 [2.19%]
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^ Lars is on fire, call the fire department. 
The drumming is the low point of DM, I think it's a poorly produced/mixed album. 

I also think Hardwired... is much better than DM. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ Lars is on fire, call the fire department. 
The drumming is the low point of DM, I think it's a poorly produced/mixed album. 

I also think Hardwired... is much better than DM. 
O.K. There’s some ‘sloppiness’ on Lars’ part for discerning ears, but I think his playing is fine. He’s no Lombardo or Benante. And the production could’ve been more sympathetic towards each player. However, songs like All Nightmare Long and Judas Kiss are amongst my favourites the band has ever done. Even better than the best of the rest.
ALSO, I haven’t heard Hardwired yet...... Am I missing anything ???
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ Lars is on fire, call the fire department. 
The drumming is the low point of DM, I think it's a poorly produced/mixed album. 

I also think Hardwired... is much better than DM. 
O.K. There’s some ‘sloppiness’ on Lars’ part for discerning ears, but I think his playing is fine. He’s no Lombardo or Benante. And the production could’ve been more sympathetic towards each player. However, songs like All Nightmare Long and Judas Kiss are amongst my favourites the band has ever done. Even better than the best of the rest.
ALSO, I haven’t heard Hardwired yet...... Am I missing anything ???

if you ask me, you are (missing that is) :))

Their last album took me by surprise. While not a masterpiece, IMO it's their best work since the black album. Production is better, songwriting is better. Just go listen to Spit Out the Bone and get back to me. :))
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^ I never really liked The Black Album after And Justice.....
Then from what I’ve heard of those Load albums, sort of hit and miss.
St. Anger has some good songs, though Lars’ sound is pox.
Lulu was a pile of crap - actually, I’d much prefer Lulu WITHOUT ol’ Lou. Imagine that ; Lulu as an instrumental album ??
So, DM is my pick.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ I never really liked The Black Album after And Justice.....
Then from what I’ve heard of those Load albums, sort of hit and miss.
St. Anger has some good songs, though Lars’ sound is pox.
Lulu was a pile of crap - actually, I’d much prefer Lulu WITHOUT ol’ Lou. Imagine that ; Lulu as an instrumental album ??
So, DM is my pick.

the black album was a disappointment when it came out, for me that is, I still think it's a good album (not great, but good). 
The Loads are uneven indeed, but they have some nice moments in there. 
St Anger and Lulu  - I dislike both. 

DM was decent, but nothing special IMO. 

The last one is surprisingly good, I just never thought Metallica would deliver and they did. :)
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ Lars is on fire, call the fire department. 
The drumming is the low point of DM, I think it's a poorly produced/mixed album. 

I also think Hardwired... is much better than DM. 

Lar's drumming is the low point of every Metallica record IMHO. In fact, I'd assert half the reason Metallica is so successful is BECAUSE his beats are simple and easy to follow. This is not a bad thing or a knock at all. It works, clearly.

I haven't listened to anything beyond St. Anger yet.

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ Lars is on fire, call the fire department. 
The drumming is the low point of DM, I think it's a poorly produced/mixed album. 

I also think Hardwired... is much better than DM. 
O.K. There’s some ‘sloppiness’ on Lars’ part for discerning ears, but I think his playing is fine. He’s no Lombardo or Benante. And the production could’ve been more sympathetic towards each player. However, songs like All Nightmare Long and Judas Kiss are amongst my favourites the band has ever done. Even better than the best of the rest.
ALSO, I haven’t heard Hardwired yet...... Am I missing anything ???

if you ask me, you are (missing that is) :))

Their last album took me by surprise. While not a masterpiece, IMO it's their best work since the black album. Production is better, songwriting is better. Just go listen to Spit Out the Bone and get back to me. :))
I was also really suprised about how good album Harwired was. I think they succeed in that to do album what fans like but unlike Death Magnetic, it really is very spontaneous and good feeling album. But not as great as St. Anger or even Lulu for me.
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

I was also really suprised about how good album Harwired was. I think they succeed in that to do album what fans like but unlike Death Magnetic, it really is very spontaneous and good feeling album. But not as great as St. Anger or even Lulu for me.

that's a unique preference/pov
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^Well, I don´t think it`s unique. As you can see St. Anger has got three votes in this poll, also I know there are people who liked immediately Lulu (I didn´t also liked it at first).
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

^Well, I don´t think it`s unique. As you can see St. Anger has got three votes in this poll, also I know there are people who liked immediately Lulu (I didn´t also liked it at first).

three votes with no explanation is rather suspicious. But anyway...

I listen to plenty of albums others dislike (i.e. 80s Kansas), but with Lulu and St Anger I agree with the majority. Those who like these are the minority. Unique is maybe not the right word. Is "few" better? :)))
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2018 at 13:07
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

^Well, I don´t think it`s unique. As you can see St. Anger has got three votes in this poll, also I know there are people who liked immediately Lulu (I didn´t also liked it at first).

three votes with no explanation is rather suspicious. But anyway...

I listen to plenty of albums others dislike (i.e. 80s Kansas), but with Lulu and St Anger I agree with the majority. Those who like these are the minority. Unique is maybe not the right word. Is "few" better? :)))

In Lulu I understand why majority of Metallica fans don´t like it. It´s too experimental to ordinary Metallica fan. But never understood why St. Anger is so hated. It´s really close the greatness of Justice For All. It was my friend who bought St. Anger and he put it on and said to me "listen how great album they´ve made". Really it hit me hard immediately. It´s really of course very dark & angry and raw album, but anyway, why it is so hated?
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^ Probably coz no-one expected Tama to manufacture dust-bins to be beaten to death by an angry drummer
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Who voted St. Anger?? Please tell me that it was just a joke.

People who dislike Metallica (I'm not one of those)




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Vote St. Anger. It is AWESOME!
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 02 2018 at 23:24
Seriously I could have voted St. Anger. I truly think Master is their greatest, quite much also nostalgic reasons, but St. Anger is really close in it´s greatness. I truly really liked to know, why Metallica fans hate it, because I have never understood it. I can understand the hate towards black album, load, reload, death magnetic but not St. Anger.
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Points: 15921 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2018 at 02:05
The question is : who can dislike Death Magnetic ??
There’s a certain ‘something’ in DM that I clicked with instantly, unlike most of their other releases.
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^I. There´s nothing to do with creativity in DM, they just tried to made an album what every Metallica fan will like. But of course there were fans (like me) who again dislike their album (except I have liked all their other albums). I believe after ...And Justice Hardwired has been the first album most of the fans like (believe there are ones who think Metallica should have quit after ...And Justice).
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