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St. Anger any good?

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Started by trigger in Other Bands & Artists

i didn’t pay attention to st. anger when it came out ‘cause everyone was saying it sucks big time, but i saw the video for the title track the other day and it fuckin’ rocks.
is the rest of the album that good?

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 20:40

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Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

Uh-oh, let’s hope Hooch doesn’t see this thread ;-)

If you like the title track, there’s a good chance you’ll like the album as well, although St. Anger is one of the better songs on it, IMHO. I’ve had it for a while now, and now that I’ve listened to it quite a lot I must say it’s pretty good, definitely better than Load and Reload, but most of all different than their previous stuff. It’s very ‘raw’.

Oh, and I think The Unnnamed Feeling is one of their best songs ever (bold statement, I know).

I do still think the drums sound awful, and each time I hear them I feel Lars has been fucked over by the other guys in the same way they fucked over Jason on …And Justice For All.

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 20:55

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Teethgrinder wrote:

Uh-oh, let’s hope Hooch doesn’t see this thread ;-)

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Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 21:19

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Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

It’s that bad, eh?

:D

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 21:24

#4

Bad Karma wrote:

I haven’t even heard the single nevermind the album.

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 21:39

#5

Lola wrote:

my friend made me watch the dvd 2 or 3 times in a row…at the end i wanted to slit my wrists…sorry to anyone who loves it!!

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:00

#6

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Ci? wrote:

my friend made me watch the dvd 2 or 3 times in a row…at the end i wanted to slit my wrists…sorry to anyone who loves it!!

You poor thing! I felt that way after about 30 seconds of St Anger on TOTP :(

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:16

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dano wrote:

I put it on, feeling quite optomistic after all the positive reviews I’d read and the word of mouth buzz I’d heard, I really was expecting a return to form. What I heard was in my honest opinion was a complete and utter dirge of a record, after a short while I got to the stage where I felt like all the songs were blending into one and I ended up turning it off.

I slagged the album off to my friends who had recomended it, but they all said the same thing ” we thought that at first too, but it really kicks in after a couple of listens”, so off I went and had another listen…but I’m sorry, what I was hearing wasn’t what got me into Metallica in the first place. I was really dissapointed because I quite liked the ” I dissapear” track when it came out.

I keep seeing articles saying that they have the full exclusive story on Metallica and Hetfield’s rehab, how many exclusives must they have given?!

I also saw a mag with Hetfield on the cover and a big headline saying METALLICA-“SCREW THE CRITICS!”

That made me feel quite sad, because my initial thought was ” well, it’s about time you did, you’ve been screwing your fans over for long enough now”.

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:18

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Lola wrote:

hoochalobster wrote:

You poor thing! I felt that way after about 30 seconds of St Anger on TOTP :(

and do u wanna know what was worst thing about this??? i had just come home from the T? gig in dublin…the sheer horror of st anger almost made me forget how cool the night had been!!!!

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:22

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

:eek: Urgh! Your friend should have more respect for the post-gig protocol of reflecting in the glory of an evening well spent and not go soiling it which such crap!

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:26

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Lola wrote:

yes i agree completey…i sat there in a daze mumbling about how great the night was and he insisted on watching it…after seeing it twice i went to bed…he stayed downstairs and WATCHED IT AGAIN!!!!!!! it’s wrong…:mad:

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:34

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dano wrote:

I think that die hard Metallica fans are a strange bunch at the best of times, they’re fiercely loyal and won’t accept any criticism of them in any way shape or form. In America the average Metallica fan appears to be either a redneck white collar worker or in the military! I’m probably generalising to a huge extent, but that’s going of what I’ve seen, maybe some of the members from across the pond can clarify or dissprove this though?

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:39

#12

Lola wrote:

do they live in trailer parks too???

Posted on Mon, 11 August 2003 at 23:41

#13

dano wrote:

No, Metallica have mansions now!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 00:33

#14

Lola wrote:

i was more talkin about the red neck fans but i guess the new bass(?)player dude looks like he could be the product of a trailer park…and well id churn out crap like that too if it meant i got to live in a lovely mansion!!!!!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 00:42

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dano wrote:

I think you missed the point of my jovial reply!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 00:45

#16

Lola wrote:

i didnt…u must think im sooo thick…cos i keep twisting everything u say…im really sorry…i dont mean to do it!!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 00:47

#17

dano wrote:

That’s because you’re a woman!;) Do you like the way I get a sense of continuity running through these threads?

Anyway, just to recap, St Anger… rubbish!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 00:58

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Lola wrote:

yes the continuity is good…

really though what must metallica have been thinking or what colourful drugs were they on to honestly think the album’s great!!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 01:01

#19

Lola wrote:

i dont think its the worst cd ever…i think i just resent the fact that i was made watch it over and over!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 01:02

#20

dano wrote:

The colourful drug is green, and it goes by the street name of money!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 01:02

#21

Lola wrote:

you are very sharp and quick tonight!!!! :cool:

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 01:06

#22

dano wrote:

No I’m not, I’m always like this!

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 01:13

#23

mooneycult wrote:

the most awful part of the st anger single for me was when the backing vocals kicked in: “flush it out, flush it out” ect.

ladies and gentlemen, nutallica has entered the building.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 08:19

#24

Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

dano wrote:

.. after a short while I got to the stage where I felt like all the songs were blending into one and I ended up turning it off.

I felt exactly the same and was hugely disappointed with it at first. I was starting to hope for a ‘return to form’ as well after all the things I’d heard and was let down hugely when listening to it for the first time. However, I did listen to it several more times and started to like it, and now I think it’s actually pretty good, although it’s good ‘new Metallica’. It will never be the same as in the eighties (except maybe for the song I mentioned earlier).

Oh, and for people who are not sure whether they will like the new album or not (so I’m not talking to the ones who have already made up their mind :-)), you shouldn’t judge St. Anger (the song) only on the performance on TOTP, that was truly awful, and doesn’t do the song justice.

Oh, and let’s keep this thread about St. Anger. I hate Metallica too for a lot of things, but this thread is about the music on the new album, not about our peeves with the band.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 10:40

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allroy (Rainer) wrote:

I’m no big Metallica Fan (before St. Anger, I only had …And Justice… and the black album. But St. Anger (the track) blew me away. I’m no metal head, more of a punk, so maybe that’s why I like the sound of the record. It’s raw, it doesn’t fulfill the metal clichés and it rocks. So it’s perfect for me, but I understand that fans of Load and Reload and maybe even fans of the old stuff have their problems with it.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 11:32

#26

prisonbreaker wrote:

St. anger is a fanstastic album, don’t be mislead by the single it’s the worst song on the album. But the rest really is great, as loud as master of puppets as complicated as ride the lightning and as dirty as kill’em all. Frantic is a real good opening track, songs numbers 4,5 and 6 are the greatest thrash-songs I heard in years and the last one, all within my hands, is in my top 10 of best metallica songs ever and has a real cool end, you could love that song just for its ending.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 14:33

#27

Jello Biafra wrote:

This is a terrible album, I’m just glad people are seeing them for what they are. Hetfield with his boot up on a monitor playing a flying v and going roh and rah every 5 minutes he sounds like a dog. I would love to get 20 mins in a room on my own with that guy. They are a “Hard Man” band. Bring back megadeth for some good thrash…
I’ve played in bands that made better music than this album.
Nu-Metal sells but whos buying ——— METALLICA.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 15:17

#28

RobbyVDH wrote:

Teethgrinder wrote:

Oh, and I think The Unnnamed Feeling is one of their best songs ever (bold statement, I know).

I’m shocked now :eek: We have the same opinion for once :rolleyes:

Rock on my friend :D

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 18:48

#29

RobbyVDH wrote:

Jello Biafra wrote:

I would love to get 20 mins in a room on my own with that guy.

I don’t think you ever met James Hetfield in person, if you did you would see that he could easily kick your ass :D

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 18:52

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dano wrote:

I wouldn’t want to get in a room with him for 20 minutes for rumbling..that’s just pointless, but I would love to be a fly on the wall and see what really goes on in the metallica rehersal rooms.

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2003 at 18:55

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