Howdy guys, I normally don't start threads but in this case, I wanted to encourage you all to check out what Metallica has done with their newest release, Death Magnetic:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601231

Now you might not be metal fans if you listen to The Pillows, but hopefully you can appreciate this release as a "return to the roots" project that brings back the QUALITY and CRAFTSMANSHIP to their work that was somewhat lacking over years of experimentation with commercial songwriting. Now the story of Metallica is not unlike many other bands that enter the scene with an air of freshness and gleam, only to be criticized years later for their lackluster followup projects. I for one love all generations of Metallica, but what can be seen (and heard )with this newest release is a true sense of care, of focus and determination, an honest attempt to re-achieve what made Metallica a key contributor to the infinite world of music; balls-to-the-wall epic heavy metal. Not that I didn't like the newer albums, but anything less than this Death Magnetic from here on out is a waste of material....if you have the talent, why not use it to create a project as vast as this one?? Evaluating whether or not you like a song on this new record or that old record is arbitrary compared to evaluating the QUALITY of projects, and surely I hope you can all appreciate a band that has gone back to taking the time to FORCE quality back in their work. I also hope that other bands follow suit in the coming ages to reach back and strive to produce the best projects they possibly can. My hat goes off to these performers, for they are the true artists who use blood, sweat, and tears to form music we cherish as ART. Music is and always will be timeless, so why not give music your best shot?? Give back for what you've been given. This is a mentality, its a badge of honor. It's a drive to get up off your ass and do something special that can make a positive difference for not only you, but for others around you. I'm proud of you Metallica. Its time for others to follow in your footsteps. Remember kids, give the world your best shot...it gave you life...now pay it forward bitches!!! If you want to save humanity from itself, its time to make strides towards something special. Good luck!

[quote="ladybirdgirl"]I like Metallica.

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[quote="ladybirdgirl"]Howdy guys, I normally don't start threads but in this case, I wanted to encourage you all to check out what Metallica[/quote]

That's as far as I got.

I've only snuck into metal in the past couple years, and from what little I've heard by Metallica, I haven't been encouraged enough to return to see what I might have missed by passing on them (that I generally don't care for much old music outside of some notable exceptions doesn't help). [i]However[/i], I really appreciate such vibrant, if maybe excessive, enthusiasm, especially when it aspires to more than just a single-word appraisal, and I'm impressed by how quickly and how fluidly this became a rallying cry for forward momentum on a world-saving scale. Because of this, I will check out their newest album and see where it leads. Rock on.

I heard The Day That Never Comes on the radio in August a few times, and every single time I was appalled to see that they practically stole the rhythm guitar of the very first song I ever wrote for their intro, differing only in a few notes on the third and fourth measures of the phrase.

I'm considering a lawsuit.

If you honestly like St. Anger and Load and ReLoad I don't know how you could like anything. Ever. That seems like the most pandering and trollish opinion anyone could ever have. I'm sorry, those albums were trash.

For whatever reason I fall into the ENORMOUS camp of Metallica fans who like these albums and these albums only:

Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
...And Justice For All

Kill 'em All is ok I guess, The Black Album is really overrated in my opinion. Then everything after that from... I don't even know, I'll just say Load - St. Anger was terrible with the exception of some of the covers on Garage, Inc. and most of S&M.

And so I got Death Magnetic, and while I don't think I've listened to it nearly enough to form an opinion on it, I do like it but I think the only reason its getting the press and play its getting is because it's the first real studio Metallica album to not suck in exactly twenty years.

But yeah, That Was Just Your Life, Judas Kiss, and Unforgiven III are good tunes, the rest that I can remember didn't do much for me.

Also metal is metal, it's an acquired taste and since this board has reverted back to the level of trolling we had about three years ago (except less creative and funny), I await the

[img]http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jgeist/omg/shitstorm-flyer.jpg[/img]

like when I asked if anyone liked metal my first few weeks here. Even Elliot trolled me, and we are friends in real life goddammit.

I don't have the "accquired taste" for metal that you are talking about, but that image is pure win.

I bought the album on Saturday and played it for my friends. We were won over. It's not their best album, but it's their best since "The Black Album."

what disco said.

<3 early metallica