... I really...I can't..
nope. Can't express how AWESOME this album is.
At all.
I love it ?

I've heard that the sound quality is bad, with lots of distortion (probably from the mastering stage).

i've got it but haven't listened to it yet,the new trivium cd is just so amazing i can't listening to anything else ?

listened to it now,it's not that bad

solos are pretty intense and nice guitar work,vocals well classic james ?

I think they're trying too hard with the tempo changes as in AJFA, but it's cool so far. I'll have to listen to it more as was the case with St Anger.

yeah.. i rilly dont like the crunch on the distortion all that much either..bt after listenin
to that album lyk over 50 tyms already, u reali start to feel that, that strange crunch
reali kinda fits the sounds...

its almost like a wierd nu - metal kinda edge to it...

but overall.. im jis glad to see that Metallica r back.. granted i reali kinda liked st anger..
bt dey r somewat on the ryt track..

\m/

so i finally gave it a listen...honestly its cool rite up until james starts singing /wailing,/ schreeching, /choking. his voice barely holds up. i think he mite need 2 get back onto the bottle

hmmm haven't listened to it yet. Lost interest when st. anger came out. i liked their old stuff alot and the st. anger album just seemed to cold/artificial if you know what i mean (although it makes sense considering what they went through at the time). Guess you would have to be an avid metallica fan to understand/appreciate it. Dunno, you guys tell me. know a friend who has the new album so maybe i will borrow it just to see.

Some bands like ACDC and the Stones never die ... others like Metallica & Korn never know when to quit !

lightspeedchili wrote: i think he mite need 2 get back onto the bottle

Funnily enough, that's exactly my thoughts.... ST Anger was to me a little more than farting on a snare although there was a few songs that I liked. The early stuff was cool, the Thrash, the speed etc etc....but for me, their greatest albums are still Load & Re Load....and this is just because they showed that they can have variety...Rock to Hard Rock and Country [ Mama Said ]..

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: I've heard that the sound quality is bad, with lots of distortion (probably from the mastering stage).

Indeed, It appears that mastering has squashed the shit out of it and it clips quite often.

[Rant]Besides that I am physically unable to listen to the album for more than 3 min at a time.

Because of Lars and his F@*#ing snare. It's as loud as the vocals, and him being a very mediocre drummer playing standard 4/4 beats has that snare on almost every 3rd count in every bar (if not more).
People hear the music where all I hear is "TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG" and as soon as I get back into the song because there's a break...in comes that son-of-a-TUNG TUNG TUNG!

CHRIST!
it's a worst case tinnitus problem for me.
I dunno why anyone would buy his signature snare.[/rant]

Rant over ? Apparently it's getting re-mastered for Guitar Hero because they releasing a different version for the game.

It's so hard to listen to that you wish for a Steve Hofmeyer release. It's such a pity that they didn't stop and do something else. Call it something else. I may be stuck in the 80's and 90's but that was when they made their best albums. Everything this decade has been drivel. And I AM a fan.
how can bands like Testament and ACDC bring out albums that annihilate the supposed best in the genre.
as for the mastering distortion, I have picked it up on a couple of albums that have come out recently. Bullet for my Valentine was one as well. seems these guys are crushing every last bit of signal out of the recording to make these bands sound heavy.
Well that's my two cents

I heard a song from the new cd on a radio station in Pretoria that is released as a single and although it wasn't trademark Metallica it was a good song to listen to. Just a shame that there wasn't really a Kirk solo.

Alecsu wrote: as for the mastering distortion, I have picked it up on a couple of albums that have come out recently. Bullet for my Valentine was one as well.

Add The latest Machine Head and Chimaira to that list ?

I know i've given my two cents already, but I gotta say, I'm quite surprised with the replies following mine! I get where all your arguments are coming from (I'm definitely not deaf...well, not yet. That snare's doing the work) But I still love this album. IMO It's absolutely joyous even with its faults! But yeah, I can see how people might step back from the bad mastering.
It's definitely not a bad album I say.. far better than the st.anger fail, but even when not compared to it, I say it holds its own. Remaster it, and it'll be awesome.

deanBailey wrote:
Add The latest Machine Head and Chimaira to that list  ?

+1 dean...i'm also pleased that its a step up from st anger, heck mayb i'll give it another listen just 4 that reason

New album's wicked! I must say, like most people I think, I prefer the older stuff more. Besides that,

Metallica still has it..... 8)

hey dudes - I'm a noob, but I'm also a Metallica fan

have to say, after reading the thread, I'm impressed to find that everyone's absolutely correct (however did you manage that?)

the new album, even with Lars' drum set sounding like old, tin dustbin lids being banged inside a wheelie-bin with polyurethane hammers, I reckon the boys are stepping back into their stride as fan as the overall composition of their music goes.

now lets have a fund-raiser to buy Lars a new drum kit, and to help james back onto Irish whiskey, and wait for the next album ?

I second that notion....Give him Jagermeister