Metallica’s St. Anger.....???

Rising Force wrote: sbrushfan wrote: MASTER OF PUPPETS: No doubt; one of the greatest metal discs of all time.  RIDE THE LIGTNING and KILL EM ALL times 5. Metallica used to be my favorite band a while ago, but now their music has gotten old to me, especially that album. I think Ride the Lightning is better. My problem with Master of Puppets is mainly the first three songs.... Battery doesn't flow, Master of Puppets sounds constipated and drags on for too long, and The Thing That Should Not Be sounds retarded, IMO. And I prefer Fade to Black over Welcome Home. But I really like Disposable Heroes (my favorite Metallica song), Leppar Messiah is ok, Orion is brilliant (mostly on Cliff's part), and Damage Inc. is good.  And the whole tone of the album, as usual for Metallica, sounds really anal. Of course, my opinion doesn't change the fact that it's one of the greatest metal albums, but I think it's over hyped and I've heard much better, IMO.

Hyped; no doubt.  It took a while to grow on me.  I didn't see what the fuss was all about.  But the more I listened to it, the more intrigued I was.  It IS an important disc beause it was one of the forerunners of thrash, along with PEACE SELLS BUT WHO'S BUYING and REIGN IN BLOOD.

aapatsos wrote: sbrushfan wrote: ST. ANGER: Awful production, but well-written songs. If you're gonna dump on one, you might as well dump on all of 'em. The production AND writing credits read "Metallica and Bob Rock." where can you support the argument of well-written songs???? all the songs are based on one extremely simple riff with no lead guitars at all and lyrics that are repeated over and over again...

WELL-WRITTEN SONGS...should have put IMO in there.  I do believe they put thought and time into the songs they wrote.  I fully believe that James was telling stories in his lyrics.  That's why I sad what I said.  No lead guitar?  So bloody what?  Has that been in vogue lately?  No.  Simple riffs?  So?  Who cares?  Listen to it for what it is...a decent album.  Bravo, guys.

sbrushfan wrote: ST. ANGER: Awful production, but well-written songs. If you're gonna dump on one, you might as well dump on all of 'em. The production AND writing credits read "Metallica and Bob Rock."

where can you support the argument of well-written songs????

all the songs are based on one extremely simple riff with no lead guitars at all and lyrics that are repeated over and over again...

I always liked every Metallica album, from the thrashy early days to the most commercial releases of the mid 90s. When "St Anger" came out, I was expecting a mix of "Kill Them All" and the Black album... and got this bulls**t instead. Sound is horrible, production is horrible... I've not seen anything worse since except Annihilator's "Waking The Fury".

If someone wants to hear what should have been the real follow-up to the Load/Reaload albums, try Paradise Lost's "Symbol Of Life".

IT'S A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!  Being a fan of their older works (from Kill Em All to the black one), this shattered my expectations of Metallica going back to their more interesting ways.  My reasons are as follows:

- Nu-Metal sounding.

- Poor production.

- NO GUITAR SOLOS!

Asyte2c00 wrote: Sr. Anger Sucks.  Don't Waste Your Money

not a single penny... or cent...