Anniversary of a classic album

I’m not the best to answer this, as I’ve not heard all the Metallica albums. In fact, I’d never even heard of the band until Enter Sandman was released, and took over the world. I guess I was about 15 years old at the time, and it was probably the heaviest thing I had ever heard. I wasn’t really into anything heavy at all (apart from Iron Maiden and Guns n’ Roses) so Enter Sandman kind of blew me away, but I did really like it. My little brother bought the Black album, and played it incessantly. My mum and dad hated it. I wasn’t sure what to think. I guess I mainly preferred the less heavy tracks like Wherever I May Roam and Nothing Else Matters (although I never liked The Unforgiven), but from memory (and I haven’t listened to the album for probably 25 years) my favourite song was Of Wolf and Man, which was heavier.

Metallica's Black Album is almost perfect. My only complaint concerning it is about some of its guitar solos. Those harmonies are not a decent fit to some of the songs in the album. I like Hammett as a guitarist, and I think his solos are going well with the songs in general. But, as for the Black Album, this is not always the case. Black Album also "killed" Megadeth's sick Rust in Peace album, in that; most of the bands followed the Black Album's dark and laid down approach, instead of Rust in Peace's frenetic one.

Kill 'Em All is a crazy and great album, with some flaws. But very revolutionary, anarchic, wild, and passionate. Ride the Lightning is great, but some of its songs are not that impressive. Master of Puppets is simply awesome. I also love Load. Not a metal album, but splendid anyways.

One thing I appreciate about Metallica is that, they never lost their enthusiasm and passion. Even St. Anger displays that merit, even if it was musically weak.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 15 2021 at 03:42

^ Load is "uneven"? Sorry but this is a ridiculous perception, from my point of view.

Yes, even Megadeth followed Metallica in the '90s.

A rock star (could be Dee Snider, but I'm not sure) once said that the '90s was the hangover of the great party called the '80s. I agree.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 15 2021 at 04:00

Cristi wrote: Shadowyzard wrote: ^ Load is "uneven"? Sorry but this is a ridiculous perception, from my point of view. Yes, even Megadeth followed Metallica in the '90s. A rock star (could be Dee Snider, but I'm not sure) once said that the '90s was the hangover of the great party called the '80s. I agree. "ridiculous perception"? What does that even mean?  Several songs on the album do nothing for me. Ain't My Bitch is ruined by terrible lyrics, 2x4 seems like Sabbath throwaway song, Poor Twisted Me is one of the worst songs they ever made and Ronnie is close to that as well.  ReLoad was a grower for me, the only song I dislike these days is Low Man's Lyric, it drags on for to long...

One meaning of "perception" is: the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.

And I'm sure you know what ridiculous means.

ReLoad is surely uneven, but Load is an extremely consistent album. 

BTW, ...And Justice For All is an ambivalent album for me. Great songs in it, but the sound is horrible for my liking. I think it has a perfect sound, but very artificial sounding. I like organic sounds...

^ Oh, I have to make everything clear for you, I guess... 

Organic sounding means... well.. organic sounding. Sounding... AJfA has organic musicianship, and with all its flaws, it is obvious that, in it, the instruments were played by humans. But, the sound is not organic IMO. Which is a sound production and a post-production issue. I think it is a very well produced album. But that kind of production is not my thing.

Then we still come to the word "uneven"... You may like ReLoad better, but that is the "uneven" one, when compared to Load. Also, I and you like Theli of Therion better, but Vovin is more "even". 

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 15 2021 at 04:47

^ I do know where subjectivity and objectivity begins and ends enough, and I fear self-justification is some trait of (or self-justifying is a method for) some people that are not that good at determining it. Anyway, I'll go on seeing Load as uneven ridiculous, and you can go on seeing it that way. Not an issue for me.

Edited by Shadowyzard - August 15 2021 at 05:01

Shadowyzard wrote: ^ I do know where subjectivity and objectivity begins and ends enough, and I fear self-justification is some trait of (or self-justifying is a method for) some people that are not that good at determining it. Anyway, I'll go on seeing Load as uneven ridiculous, and you can go on seeing it that way. Not an issue for me.