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bob rock... thats his name.. i couldnt remember it..
rasmussen definitely had them flowing by the time they did puppets. it is obvious to me that justice was more of a 'find our newselves' album, while trying to adjust to newsted. it is by far, the worst sounding of them all.. you cant even hear the bass half the time, and the riffs are WAY too muddy..
then bring in bob rock, and he creates what is by far the BEST sounding album.. and most commercial i might add.. althought the metallica die-hards cried "SELLOUTS", there was no question, the black album took heavy metal and metallicas image, to a whole new level. but, somewhere, either bob rock or the band members have lost touch, cause i think everything since load has been total crap. with st anger being the doo-doo sprinkles on the whole $hit pie..
i didnt see their 'some kinda monster' movie, and i dont know if i want to. after lars showed his a$$ over the whole napster deal, i have really lost all interst in the group.. sad but true....
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I really don't like the Black Album... I know, it's like saying you don't like Sgt Pepper (and I don't... Magical Mystery Tour is a better concept album, IMHO) but... it really is too commercial.
It just sounds like it was conceived on graph paper.
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I actually like Load and Reload, etc. I've been trying to be quiet while Bren craps all over one of my favorite bands, but...
On the Napster thing, they had a good argument--why should Napster (the company) make money off of their stuff and not give them anything? The way I read it, they were anti-Napster, not anti-fans. Of course, they were really bad at communicating that, and their lawyers probably didn't help at all. Oh yeah, and Lars is a total tweaker.
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It's important to psychoanalyze the reasons that you like a band, just so you're sure you like them because they're actually good and not because you liked them before you knew any better.
So kidding. Music appreciation is even more subjective than speaker appreciation.
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Nothing personal on the band, Ken...
I was a huge fan from Ride the Lightning to Master of Puppets and they just... petered out for me after that. Probably more my need for something a little more substantial than "No life til leather, gonna kick some ass tonight... whoa-hoah".
Ah, hell, I crapped on them again... I don't mean to.
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But that's off Kill 'Em All! I don't expect them to have good lyrics on that album... C'mon, dude!
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I dunno, there'll always be a special place in my heart for "and justice". There were some hard hitting tracks on that one... Blackened, Harvester of Sorrow, Dyers Eve, Shortest Straw... Good Stuff...
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"And Justice" is the album I always grab when I haven't listened to Metallica in a while and I need a quick fix. Sadly, St. Anger is languishing on the shelf. I can't bring myself to play it any more. So sad.
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Master of Puppets is probably "the" album for me. Used to spin it and the Wall interchangably on the field at the indoor paintball field I worked at in high school. Probably didn't hurt that the owner's team was Team Disposable Heroes.
Ride the Lightning is the soundtrack to teenage suicide.
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Master is my favorite. St. Anger, I've gotten used to, and I like it when I'm in a thrash-type mood.
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