The Official Metallica Thread

[mobby]

arent they workin on a new album atm? we'll soon see if they can bring nefin good out.... then again it may all b a rumour, seein as i heard that a new album was out 2005 and i dont see that happenin... y o y do ppl lie to me??? lol

[Matt<<]

Wow I never ever said that Nu metal was defined by guitar solos. And actually i do play guitar, and not only that I own the OFFICIAL ST ANGER TAB BOOK most of the songs are drop D down a step, with some others being drop D down a step and a half. But you don't have to have the book to know that, just watch the DVD that comes with the CD and you can see that all the power chorRAB are being played with one finger, so if you play guitar my friend, you must be horrible. I couple of things I've said about St. Anger (maybe not on this forum) is that I don't expect MOP or the old stuff, I like it when banRAB take a chance and go somewhere new, just not somewhere nu. I think Lars did a great job of drumming but the recording was horrendous on it. The riRAB were interchangeable for the most part and it got repetitive. When all you've got is verse chorus verse chorus bridge verse chorus, the song shouldn't be 8 minutes long, it should be about 4.

Also you've contradicted yourself a few times, saying my only criteria for it being nu metal was the absence of solos, but then saying I also used the tuning of the guitars as criteria. If you want a good way of telling if it's nu metal, it's probaly drop D (which St. Anger is in, drop your E string next time you play Frantic, i gurantee you it will sound less ****ty). However I know the rule doesn't always stick, there are drop D songs that aren't nu metal, some Pantera for example, and some nu metal I'm sure somewhere that uses standard tuning. Also their are nu metal banRAB that have guitar solos, such as Slipknot and Disturbed's last albums, however this is the exception not the rule.

Also the tuning on most of the songs on St. Anger C-G-C-F-A-D
But you should know that, I guess I might as well call you on it...
What is drop d tuning?

[BoredGirl]

James Hetfield is no longer a thrash singer in my eyes. In my opinion when they did Load that was a step in the right direction as Hetfield's voice has matured into something other than thrash metal allows. I happen to enjoy both Load and reLoad. For what the sound was, it was good. I don't really care that they went onto making different styles in sound because it fit them very well. Back then they saw clearly that they weren't doing thrash any justice anymore because of maturing vocal corRAB. But now they're surrendering to their fan's wishes and not thinking about themselves, only their pocket books, which is fine because we can still listen to their back catalog.

Metallica is my favorite band. Kill 'em All is my favorite album ever, of any album. My 2nd favorite album is Ride the Lightening. And just so you know, my 3rd favorite album is the Best of the Runaways (The Millennium edition), 4th Nude and Rude the Best of Iggy Pop. And my 5th favorite album, this'll get a laugh and plenty of ridicule but so what? Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks.

As I said my favorite band is Metallica, I just thought I'd add that AC/DC is my 2nd; 3rd is the Runaways; 4th, Kiss; 5th, Motorhead.

I've never listened to St. Anger. I listened to bits and pieces at a CD Warehouse and didn't care for what I heard. After Ride the Lightning I most like ...And Justice for all, Black album, then Master of Puppets, Load and reLoad. Garage Days Inc was good. Haven't heard most of S&M for lack of interest but I will likely end up listening to all of them sooner or later, funRAB provided.

Now, back to Death Magnetic. This'll get a bigger bunch of laughter and disdain but here it is: they would sound better doing country (which idea made me cringe as a teenager nearly ten years ago). Or at least try being a bar band again like what I heard in Load. The bunch of them on the back of that CD just reeked of bar/rock band, in a good way, similar to AC/DC. I watched That Metal Show and the hosts on that show say that Death Magnetic is where they should have gone after ...And Justice. Jim Florentine made me laugh in disgust when he said that. If the newest album was eintirely instrumental it would have worked alot better. Or if James just decided to skip being singer and just went with what now seems to suit him more, being guitarist.

Lyrics like "What don't kill ya make ya more strong" make me wish they'd have gone instrumetal all the way. I usually would rather lyrics/singing in all songs, but James' lyrics and singing just doesn't work for me anylonger when it comes to metal. And that lyric sounRAB like he got a kid to remeraber the quote from Nietzsche. It might actually have been a half way decent song, even with Hetfield's voice, if they didn't make it sound like a kindergartener (James' son, maybe?) wrote it. "Love is a 4 letter word"..."this I swear! This I swear!" All lousy song writing.

That's all I've got for now.

Edit...

I forgot my opinion on Master of Puppets' popularity: Although I love the album like a father might love every one of his oRABpring (best analogy I could come up with, sorry), I find it overrated as most everyone's favorite. I just don't get that, because I find that Ride the Lightning is far heavier, and Kill 'em All was far heavier than RtL. That's all.