Metallica - Hard Wired to self destruct OPINIONS
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Topic: Metallica - Hard Wired to self destruct OPINIONS
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Metallica - Hard Wired to self destruct OPINIONS
Date Posted: November 18 2016 at 16:51
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I've just heard this  Its heavy and intense with a ton of riffs but could not remember a single song afterwards. No ear worms and stand out tracks. Now listening a second time. Starting to grow on my ears now. Atlas Arise is a highlight. Hardwired - nah. Heard it 5 times already.... nagh - Not liking that. Its just a relentless riff, very fast, but not a lot going on prog wise. Swearing is unwelcome, they never did that on previous albums. at least its short. Opinions - Happy it's not a disaster. Some awesome riffs and speed metal, Hammett solos and very complex time sigs at times. Hetfield gives his all though his vocals are scorched and multi tracked in places. Good news is its way superior to St Anger and Load albums. Bad news is it's nowhere near as awesome as the early albums or DEATH Magnetic. Overall it delivers but I can't remember one riff or melody. It just washes away as soon as it ends. Each track feels different so it's diverse but if you're Comparing it to previous albums it is below standard. Metallica set a very high standard so people expect a masterpiece. It's not that but they still can deliver intense heavy metal and that's not a bad thing considering their age and how long they have been In The business. We fans can be very harsh but my opinion is despite everything the album stands up amongst other metal albums from various metal bands. They show they can still thrash with the best of them but they have reached their pinnacle long ago so they are their own Worst enemy. Perhaps a new approach to their music would have been better rather than retreading old territory. I'm amazed they can still do this so really impressed with the music. Instrumentally the band can do no wrong. Listening to more - will get back. Vocals are high tuned or auto or just not good at times. :Love the heavy intense guitars and drums though! Its better than St Anger - not as good as Death Magnetic. or any early releases up to Black Album.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 18 2016 at 17:21
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ManUNkind - OK this is very good, gotta admit it sticks to you after a few listens. The film clip to this is insane - an Occult metal band cutting themselves and bleeding all over the crowd, then they throw a pigs head into the crowd who devour it - really sick and unexpected. Halo On Fire - Yes, Hetfield is using his clean vocals again which I loved on DM. Amazing riff on this and the way it changes direction half way is proggish. Its long and full of complexity. Lyrics are better here. The riff at five minute is crunching into my ears - fantastic. Lead break - this is what we came to hear. Hammett without the wah wah pedal, just good old shredding. Nice acoustic feel at 6 mins in. Great groove follows, and its maddeningly catchy. Love the outro!!! another Highlight Now That we're Dead - extended intro - a cool galloping trot riff, great double kick drums. Love the simplicity of that verse riff. It works nicely with the vocals. lead break is fantastic. cool choppy riff, nice slow pace for this track, a headbanger. Next...
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 18 2016 at 20:55
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OK just wrote the review. Its a good album really. Finished review with this. So there you have it. It delivers and the news is good overall, apart from some lapses in to mediocrity in the second half of the album. There are at least 4 killer tracks that will have the Metallica universe buzzing; namely "Atlas", "Moth", "Halo" and "Bone"; as good as anything I have heard from Metallica. The other tracks are not so high standard but still deliver a whallop in their own right. It will appease the depraved Metallica fans who have to wait so long in between albums, and for those who were not that impressed with the Lulu album prior. It will be interesting to hear how other fans feel about this but I was underwhelmed apart from the aforementioned highlights. It should have been a masterpiece given the experience and undeniable talent but a lot of this album feels lazy and uninspired. I gave the earlier release 4 stars so it would be an injustice to award this new album that many stars. It deserves 3 stars at least for the great tracks without a doubt. It is those tracks that make this a worthwhile listen because they are Metallica at their best. Do you agree with me? Really interested in others opinions as I haven't read one review of this yet. -------------
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 18 2016 at 21:00
| I have heard bits of it, but haven't bought it. I was at the music store today and they were playing it... and it did sound better than I expected, but nothing that would really hook me. I rather decided to buy Opeth's last album, which I am really loving. And as far as metal goes, I expect to buy Epica's new album before this one. But I do might end up buying this new Metallica album, which is something I was not so sure about before. I think I actually liked what I heard better than Death Magnetic, even though I didn't really listen to that album much, nor did I buy it. I definitley liked it more than St Anger. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 18 2016 at 22:25
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Yeah - don't worry - St Anger will live in infamy as being the worst metal album in history, along with that Morbid Angel one... lol. Thanks for your thoughts. I might buy the Epica one next too. -------------
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2016 at 22:18
| Saw the dbl Red vinyl at the local JB HiFi store - at almost $70, I'm not too keen, especially when I can get a Megadeth LP for $28......... |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 06:00
Good choice. Both the new Opeth and the new Epica are EXCELLENT! Personally i'm so over Metallica and what i've heard from the new album would've sounded fine in 1995 after the black album but sounds rather dull and calculated today. I'm sure i'll hear it eventually but there is so much other interesting music out there i'd much rather engage my attention in
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Dellinger wrote:Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 06:17
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I personally found it rather flat, except Atlas Arise... ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 06:58
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 07:15
It's funny, the day it came out I went into a local JB Hifi store (an Australian music chain of stores) to buy it. I got there and wandered around the store for 20 minutes, quite unsure of why I'd even gone there in the first place. I bought a couple of movies, left, and about twenty minutes later thought `Sonofa....the new Metallica album.......meh') and kept driving.  I think I kind of used the little momentum and interest I had in picking it up there and then and now already don't really care. 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 08:00
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Can't see what it has got to offer really. An ok album, some good riffs, some utterly boring ones. It is like a mix of Kill em All and Load with little in between. Kind of pointless. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 19:50
| I already got this album and have heard it a few times. Still, I might just as well not have got it... I guess some songs may still grow on me, but there was no particular highlight. So far, my favourite songs are the covers of "When a Blind Man Cries" and "Remember Tomorrow" on the bonus CD. As for the Epica album I mentioned I was interested in before, it wasn't really that great either... though I guess it is at least a bit better than this one, still, the previous Epica album was much better. And indeed Opeth's album seems to be my favourite metal album this year. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 21:50
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 09:44
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Never a fan, have listened to a lot of their music over the past 20yrs, was there at the beginning and still never clicked with me. Pretty much Metallica was my exposure to never getting into anything thrash related... -------------   
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 10:05
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 10:14
No it's considered pop-rock..........  -------------
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 10:20
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Radio station I listen to driving plays a song from the album probably once every hour and a half so I've heard a few. My thoughts are always "but that's been done before." Ghost-something-or-other had a chorus that I liked but it didn't go anywhere. ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 10:24
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The cover art is appalling! So try-hard....only some kids would think `Oh man, look at that torment, these guys are HARDCORE!!'
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 11:00
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 11:09
| Not gonna buy it. I'm digging the new generation of metal, bands like Seven Impale, Leprous, Haken and Native Construct. |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: December 11 2016 at 15:44
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Amazing record. I listen to Metallica since I was a teen but I don't consider myself a big fan. I used to find them extremely dull. They totally redeemed themselves with Death Magnetic and Hardwired, by far Metallica's best albums. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 14 2016 at 23:44
| I love it, I think it's up there with the band's best. What do I know though, I'm one of the few people who doesn't think St. Anger is a bad album. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 25 2016 at 08:55
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^I'm one of those people. St Anger is the only album of theirs I liked outside of RtL, MoP, and aJfA. That being said, I get to hear the new one as a free Amazon Prime download. I've since deleted it. Its rehashed mumbojumbo. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 26 2016 at 03:49
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My dad got it for me for Christmas. Maybe one of these days I'll actually get around to listening to it. Agree with whoever said the artwork is horrible. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 26 2016 at 16:34
| I still haven't heard it - doubt it will top Death Magnetic. |
Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: January 05 2017 at 02:33
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Maybe the best album Metallica recorded for almost 2 decades now. They tried to sound like in their early days, but the inspiration is long gone. Good album, horrible cover. ------------- If anybody wants please visit: http://www.gfreedomathina.blogspot.com/ This is my Blog mostly about Rock music, but also a few other things as well. You are most welcome! Thank you. :) |