[citation][nom]hemi_7382[/nom]This new album is fantastic. It's right up there in quality along side with "Master Of Puppets" and "... And Justice For All". I'm not sure what this whole "loudness" business is all about. The distorted feel is great for a metal album like this one. Don't knock this album until you've heard the whole thing the whole way through. It really forces bands like Slayer and Godsmack to take a good look at themselves, and realize the bar has been raised yet again by Metallcia with their new album. Metallica is not overrated. They are in the top 5 of all time greatest hard rock/metal bands in my opinion. How many bands do you know of that make a song sound good and heavy in the key of 'E'? Not many. Most bands have to resort to screaming and tuning their music to drop 'C' and 'B' to get that sound they want. Not Metallica. They're still rockin it out in 'E' with the occasional drop 'D' tuning, and it sounds terrific and melodic like the glory days of the 80's.Yes, Metallica is my favorite band ... haters.[/citation]
Can you be any more of a blind fanboy? ...And Justice For All having quality? In fact, Lars and James ripped out Jason Newsted's bass track almost entirely from the album, because they were too scared and/or unsure of Jason's playing. This is an undisputed fact, look it up. Justice is an awesome album but any fan can recognize what Hetfield/Ulrich did once they start to think (and listen) outside of the Metallica box. This is the point that Metallica started to betray themselves, after they lost Cliff, who kept them on the right track (James looked up to Cliff). Now what we have is a group of men taking themselves way too seriously, having to resort to overpaid psychologists to help pander to their overbloated egos that are fueled by fanboys who refuse to think Metallica can do any wrong, even when Metallica spit in the face of their fans and everything they once stood for. End of rant.