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| Author: | Seinfeld26 [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hit Or Miss: The Black Album |
Okay, I had to bring this hotly debated topic up eventually. What is the general consensus here about the black album? For me it's a miss. Six or seven good songs (Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam, to a small extent Nothing Else Matters, Of Wolf And Man, God That Failed and Struggle Within). The rest is either filler or garbage. And for the record, I think Load and ReLoad were better albums (I'll bet nobody ever bothered to think of that possibility, did they?). |
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| Author: | Dead Machine [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:12 pm ] |
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Miss. Enter Sandman is overplayed to the point that I have memorized the opening drumbeats, and pretty much the whole rest of the CD is either wimpy 'hard rock' or wimpy ballads. |
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| Author: | Orion [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:14 pm ] |
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Miss. It has some enjoyable songs but overall it's just nothing to get too excited about. |
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| Author: | Ness [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:17 pm ] |
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Definite miss. Like Dead Machine said it is waaaay over played. |
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| Author: | Misha [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:20 pm ] |
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Miss, I even like St. Anger better. |
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| Author: | Caligula_K [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:43 pm ] |
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Miss, what a piece of crap. A few good songs on it though, such as Through the Never. Sad But True= One of the shittiest songs I've ever heard. |
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| Author: | Astaroth [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:46 pm ] |
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Miss, the mood of the album is weird, i think... and i don't like most of the songs and never has. I got introduced to the band when i was 10 years old. Even back then, I liked the older shit a houndred times more ... and for good reasons |
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| Author: | Stefan [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:51 pm ] |
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hit not because it's a good album but because it converted so many mainstream-asses to devoted metalheads... otherwise, I agree it's quite average and certainly worse than Load & Reload... St Anger remaining the übershite by this overall very fine band... killer songs : Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Holier Than Thou, Unforgiven |
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| Author: | Jürgen [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:44 pm ] |
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Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better.
Same here. |
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| Author: | WinterIsComing [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:00 pm ] |
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Hit, it had more variety, quality and quantity than most of their other albums. I take it over MOP and AJFO any time. Sure most songs weren't too fast, but I usually enjoy a good mix of speed not an album of non stop speed. |
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| Author: | Seinfeld26 [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:19 pm ] |
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Another thing: Unforgiven = The Most Overrated Metallica Song Ever. Seriously, I never had any idea why that song became so popular. Irritating solo, annoying forced verses, and an all around feeling that Metallica was trying to be emotional just for the sake of being emotional. At least Nothing Else Matters had some nice accoustic melodies. Then again, it is a ballad. And something I've noticed in the metal community is that, even though metal fans often like their music "hard and aggressive", it's often the ballad(s) on a metal album that get the most praise and fanfare. Talk about irony. |
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| Author: | Misha [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:21 pm ] |
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Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better. Same here. And what is your reason? I personnaly like the fact that at least St. Anger had some pissed off-ness to it. |
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| Author: | Jürgen [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:33 pm ] |
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Gast1 wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better. Same here. And what is your reason? I personnaly like the fact that at least St. Anger had some pissed off-ness to it. Yeah, the black album just lacks the fury of old Metallica. St. Anger, while not really a good album as a whole, has more attitude. |
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| Author: | Stefan [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:35 pm ] |
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Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better. Same here. And what is your reason? I personnaly like the fact that at least St. Anger had some pissed off-ness to it. Yeah, the black album just lacks the fury of old Metallica. St. Anger, while not really a good album as a whole, has more attitude. Attitude ? :? as in Korn's & Slipknot's attitude ? :? NO THANKS ! I'll stick with the Black Album over Shit Anger, any time ! :evil: |
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| Author: | Jürgen [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:22 pm ] |
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T.I.E. wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better. Same here. And what is your reason? I personnaly like the fact that at least St. Anger had some pissed off-ness to it. Yeah, the black album just lacks the fury of old Metallica. St. Anger, while not really a good album as a whole, has more attitude. Attitude ? :? as in Korn's & Slipknot's attitude ? :? NO THANKS ! I'll stick with the Black Album over Shit Anger, any time ! :evil: Drop-tuned riffs = nu-metal??? Whatever... But i can see where you're coming from. I'm by no means a fan of St. Anger. The album sounds like they were desperately trying to update their sound and make it more "current", But it's still a helluva lot more angry and raw than the wimpy black album. |
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| Author: | rio [ Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:11 am ] |
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Definite hit! This album is probably the greatest "mainstream metal" album I've ever heard. There is barely a weak song on it, IMO. Then again, it was the first metal album I ever listened to so perhaps I'm blinded by nostalgia. But Sad but True, Unforgiven, Wherever, Don't tread on me, Through the Never, Nothing else matters, God that failed, My friend of misery.... These are all great songs! |
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| Author: | SnakeShan [ Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:52 am ] |
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T.I.E. wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Jürgen wrote: Gast1 wrote: Miss, I even like St. Anger better. Same here. And what is your reason? I personnaly like the fact that at least St. Anger had some pissed off-ness to it. Yeah, the black album just lacks the fury of old Metallica. St. Anger, while not really a good album as a whole, has more attitude. Attitude ? :? as in Korn's & Slipknot's attitude ? :? NO THANKS ! I'll stick with the Black Album over Shit Anger, any time ! :evil: Agreed... Though Black album is a miss it had some good songs.. St. Anger is SHIT |
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| Author: | Somen [ Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:54 am ] |
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this was the album that got me into metal in the first place, especially enter sandman, but looking back, its mediocre, Master, kill em all,lightning ,justice , wow, st-anger, not wow but i still dont get why ppl say they sold out, everyone hates that album , if they sold out people would like it, selling out is when you play what people wanna hear instead of what you wanna play, they played what they wanted and got flamed senseless, i think they still deserve some respect, specially since they did afterall write 4 solid master peices ironically enough the true sence of selling out would be if they did something like master of puppets 2 ( even if they didnt want to) and everyone would of praised it ka-pish now excuse me while i go put on still life and bitch about how ghost reveries isnt still life 2 |
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| Author: | The_Voice [ Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:35 am ] |
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Miss.this is shit even for mainstream metal,i mean even "Practice what you preach" of Testament was better. |
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| Author: | Radical Cut [ Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:36 am ] |
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Miss. Just like the Scorpions and Priest before them, they sold out for the new decade, and it resulted in their lamest material yet. |
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