metallica
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Most musicians improve their musicianship, technique, and creativity as they get older.
The Black Album is the obvious turning point where Metallica stopped doing all of the above. They stopped making music and started listening to their manager (can't remember his name). HE was the one who suggested to James that he put that anoying growl on the end of every phrase (eg. Entersandman: "ennnterrrr night-yahgh") which got progressivly worse with the new albums.
Don't get me wrong, the black album is still great. "My Friend of Misery" is still one of my favorite songs. I have no quips with the ballad ("Unforgiven"), but when a band starts writing sequels to their own songs and sequels to their own albums someone has to pull the plug.
I want the 7-10 minute anthem to come back. Thats what its all about. Granted radio stations won't want to play it as much, but I know around here "Master of Puppets", "One", and "Fade to Black" get more play than the new album. . . . Tool gets plenty of airplay with their long songs.
I own a Flotsam and Jetsam Album and it is about as far from St. Anger as the Everly Bros. Don't blame Jason. Its all Lars and James trying to conform to what their managers said the public wanted.
It is unfortunate that the teenagers of the time don't know good music. I feel like I'm getting old, not being able to listen to today's rock. But everyone I talk to is in agreement that it SUCKS. I'm just waiting for the day that I hear Metallica's early work on Classic rock stations.
The Black Album is the obvious turning point where Metallica stopped doing all of the above. They stopped making music and started listening to their manager (can't remember his name). HE was the one who suggested to James that he put that anoying growl on the end of every phrase (eg. Entersandman: "ennnterrrr night-yahgh") which got progressivly worse with the new albums.
Don't get me wrong, the black album is still great. "My Friend of Misery" is still one of my favorite songs. I have no quips with the ballad ("Unforgiven"), but when a band starts writing sequels to their own songs and sequels to their own albums someone has to pull the plug.
I want the 7-10 minute anthem to come back. Thats what its all about. Granted radio stations won't want to play it as much, but I know around here "Master of Puppets", "One", and "Fade to Black" get more play than the new album. . . . Tool gets plenty of airplay with their long songs.
I own a Flotsam and Jetsam Album and it is about as far from St. Anger as the Everly Bros. Don't blame Jason. Its all Lars and James trying to conform to what their managers said the public wanted.
It is unfortunate that the teenagers of the time don't know good music. I feel like I'm getting old, not being able to listen to today's rock. But everyone I talk to is in agreement that it SUCKS. I'm just waiting for the day that I hear Metallica's early work on Classic rock stations.
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Roywhitep5
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its insane how much of a difference there is between the black album & ....and justice for all
....and justice for all is still my favorite album. gotta love those fast drums back when lars wasnt such a prick
....and justice for all is still my favorite album. gotta love those fast drums back when lars wasnt such a prick
Its all about dynamics and contrast. Any musician will tell you, the louds sound louder if the softs are softer. And creativity with the lyrics helps too...
"fed through the tube that sticks in me
just like a wartime novelty
tied to machines that make me be
cut this life off from me"
or
"My lifestyle determines my deathstyle
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle
Keep searching
Keep on searching
This search goes on
On and on
Keep searching
Keep on searching
This search goes on
On and on"
C'mon, anyone can rhyme two words that end in style..and is deathstyle even a word?
Whatever.
"fed through the tube that sticks in me
just like a wartime novelty
tied to machines that make me be
cut this life off from me"
or
"My lifestyle determines my deathstyle
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle
Keep searching
Keep on searching
This search goes on
On and on
Keep searching
Keep on searching
This search goes on
On and on"
C'mon, anyone can rhyme two words that end in style..and is deathstyle even a word?
Whatever.
Roywhitep5
Member
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- 2007 350z
dosent hetfield say "im in anger with you!!" in st anger?
how thw **** can you be "in anger" with anything??? he totally lost his singing voice and lyrical tallent when stoped drinking
how thw **** can you be "in anger" with anything??? he totally lost his singing voice and lyrical tallent when stoped drinking
mustaine is my personal jesus christ..the king of speed metal..i hope to god some day i'll half is speed..triple on arpegios..phew..so nice..
Yes, Megadeth has not strayed from their path...
its plain and simple, in order to write rock music, you have to live the life of a rock star, there is no faking it. Your inspiration comes from 'partying all night and sleeping all day' as George Thorgood would say.
Metallica should quit the rock start life and start writing nursery rhymes cause they're about as hardcore as Little Miss Muffet.
its plain and simple, in order to write rock music, you have to live the life of a rock star, there is no faking it. Your inspiration comes from 'partying all night and sleeping all day' as George Thorgood would say.
Metallica should quit the rock start life and start writing nursery rhymes cause they're about as hardcore as Little Miss Muffet.
Umm... I love Megadeth and everything, but did you get to listen to "Risk"? Maybe it was the fact that the producer was some country producer, but that definitively strayed some...chuyler1 said:
Got to meet them at Guitar Center in Manchester when they were doing that tour
and then saw them at the Oakdale theatre that week. Dave Mustaine is still a madman (headbang) ...and oh so fast 
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loj68
I did a roadie gig for Megadeth a few years ago....Dave Mustaine is the biggest rock star asshole I've ever met. I hope he loses both hands....it'll serve that dickhead right.....go shoot up some more heroin you Metallica reject hair-metal cockbite! I'd like to see Kerry King and Jamey Jasta pummel his ass till he cried like a b****.
