Metal Reviews

Obv you've never gone shopping with your woman. It's what you have to do sometimes.

If you had the money, you'd shop there, too.

Armani

James looks like he's in a mid life crisis.

And Cyanide is ok, but nothing special. Very nice soloing though. Master of Puppets 2 this shall not be though.

Hmmm, I'm gonna listen to Battery.

Ha. i'll be on the on my best behaviour from now on.

How old are you? All my metalhead friends that are 30+ look like that. It's just how it goes. You'll all look like that someday. Bet on it.

Ken is right, for once. Don't speak now of how true you'll still look and be in ten years.

i don't even look true now. it's a funny picture. bands dressing up to look metal on stage is dumb and seeing Metallica looking not-metal is ironic

I want to see James guesting on an episode of The Shield.

I think Metallica never overdressed themselves to look kewl on stage... Just your usual pair of jeans & t-shirt...

I dunno. The eyeliner, hair dye, and cheap pimp suits in the Load booklet say otherwise (although those were just faux-candid shots, not actual live shots).

On stage, said I... Cannot you read properly Seinfeld?

Do they carry novelty horror movie shirts?

Are you going to wear horror t-shirts until you're 50?

When I get old, I'm gonna try my hardest to be the most stereotypical old person ever.

Nice soloing, were we listening to the same song? A very useless solo that brought absolutely nothing to the song, just for the sake of having a solo at all. This song was pretty bad, not as bad as St. Anger material, but still pretty bad.

And even if Metallica managed to make another "Ride the Lightening", I'm not sure I could even consider it a legit comeback. As far as I'm concerned their actions for the last 18 or so years makes it impossible for me to view this band in a positive light. Hell, Hammett could start soloing like its 1986, and I still wouldn't be able to bring myself to give this band a penny or a millimeter of respect.

Personally, I wouldn't want Metallica to make Master Of Puppets Part 2 anyway. They did it once. They did it brilliantly. And if albums like Operation: Mindcrime 2 and Abigail Part 2 are any indication, producing deliberately "album sequels" is usually a bad idea.

How can you judge the song if you will not like it, even if it would be as good as RTL or MOP???

So much to the topic: "impartial"

And for all who are not so "objective", here is some good stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgHUI1SXST4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXWBWVkwL8
http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601104

Quite easily, actually. The funny thing is you seem to be implying that I'm closed-minded because of my comments, however, if you'd look beyond "black and white", you'd see they aren't so closed-minded. F.ex., I know many people that I can admit are very intelligent, and yet many aspects of their personality make it very difficult for me to respect them.

Let's put it this way, I would in no way deny Metallica's musicianship were they to accomplish something on par with Ride the Lightening or Kill 'Em 'All. What I stated in my comment was on the issue of respect. It is possible to both fail to respect a band due to their past actions, while still acknowledging talent. However, I am judging this current offering based on the skill level they've exhibited in that one song, and as far as I'm concerned the solo is weak, the song is weak, it is nothing for me to be impressed about. Whether I respect them or not, this song is, musically, quite pathetic. There are a million lesser known bands that are producing music a million times better than this, but will not get a million topics on every metal forum dedicated to their every new album simply because they never produced anything to catch the mainstream's attention, or because they don't have the history.

Anyone calling that song "quiet pathetic" is close-minded. Someone that is open-minded knows when a song is good or not, and will acknowledge this, whether or not it's something he/she enjoys to listen to.

I'm no Britney Spears fan, nor do I enjoy that kind of music, but I know a good dance pop song when I hear one. I'm not gay, I don't want to fuck any man, but I know Brad Pitt is one good-looking muthafucka!

There is good music and bad music, and everyone should be able to acknowledge good music despite their personal tastes. My brother has a learning disability; he's not very bright. He likes blondes. He'll likely die a virgin, but whatever, blondes are "his type." If a woman is not blonde, according to him, she's ugly. I'm sure you'll all see the flawed logic there, right?

So why is that many of you can apply that same sort of thinking to music and act like it somehow makes sense?