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THE REVIEW

1st PART: Previous (my) comments

"Honestly, I only managed to listen to All Within My Hands... but in the live at Bridge School '07. The four were saying to focus on the live, but the live versions of these songs cause diarrhea in the most constipated person in the world! St.Anger (song) which perhaps (I SAID PERHAPS) refers to Linkin Park when they made Hybrid Theory... but in a worsened version. Premised that I haven't listened to the whole album because I couldn't even reach 20 seconds of them before stopping. My friend kept me glued to the chair as a torture (I lost a bet) listening to Frantic (tic-tic-tic-tic...cuckoo!...cuckoo!) and Angry Santa... I almost threw up. Rating 15/100 (and it's even a lot for this crap!) P.S. I won't name other titles of this disaster (album) because of their silliness!"

What I wrote somewhere else when reviewing this thing that some call an album...

2nd PART: Previous Episodes 

1996: the year of discord. The 4 horsemen released an album heavily criticized by fans: Load. The change is evident from the Black Album (I won't go further back in time, this album is enough), both in their dressing and hairstyle (Kirk's hair WTF?) and in the sound: they transition from hard'n'heavy to hard-rock with pop influences. If you judge Load objectively, it's a 6.5 album (for example, Mama Said, a country version song, is emotional).

1997: the year of commercial consecration and musical harakiri of Metallica. They release an album that competes with the one I will review in a few lines: ReLoad. (Note the great creativity in the album's name). This time, hard-rock gives way to commerciality: Fuel (which I somewhat like nonetheless) and The Memory Remains were the two tracks that opened that thing which defining as "hubbub of sounds à la ac-dc [à la f***ing dog]" is a compliment. The need to put the second episode of the unforgiven is equivalent to 0 with the (successful) attempt to destroy that masterpiece of '91.

2000: signs of the sound of the new album with the single I Disappear: the drums begin to be replaced by Mondial Casa cookware with guitars and basses starting to decline in quality.

2001-2002: year of the risk of disbanding: Hetfield has problems with alcohol and goes into rehab... after coming out, they quickly make songs drawn from some demos and in 2003 they release St.Anger

3rd PART: St.Anger Review

Now begins the tough part: reviewing St.Anger.

The 4 lads (with Bob Rock on bass) attempt to return to metal and do it with this album with a cover that calling nauseating is a great understatement.

But they disappoint expectations for several reasons:

- The quality of the tracks is horrible, firstly the drums (!!!!!) by Lar$ Ulrich which seems a mishmash of Dash or Sole barrels, and those combined wails of guitar or bass that seem like wails... boh... I have no words for that crap.

- Tracks are too long with very insignificant lyrics that exhaust the listener (see the previous point about the quality)

- The solos on this album are equal to 0... and the riffs by James Alan Hetfield and Kirk Hammett are heavy, horrible, and insignificant

Can anyone say: but can anything be saved or not? The answer is undoubtedly: NO! The opener is ridiculous: Frantic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic and please pick James up from the fright! Angry Santa? With a stupid chorus, the start is so pathetic it's from Colorado. All the other songs don't need to be reviewed as they are pitiful.

The 4 justified themselves by saying to listen to the songs live... but even live they don't take off!!! In fact, the songs have been taken off the setlist since 2007!!

4th PART: Conclusion (and fortunately!)

Guys, this album is to be flunked instantly, without any ifs or buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly, uglier than ReLoading (ReLoad).


(P.S. This is my first "review", don't slaughter me D: ) -

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The reviewer harshly criticizes Metallica's St. Anger album for its poor production, especially the drums and guitar riffs. The album is described as long, insignificant, and disappointing both in studio and live versions. Earlier periods of the band are referenced to contextualize the decline. Ultimately, the album is deemed a failure unworthy of attention.

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03   Some Kind of Monster (08:25)

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04   Dirty Window (05:24)

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05   Invisible Kid (08:30)

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07   Shoot Me Again (07:10)

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09   The Unnamed Feeling (07:09)

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11   All Within My Hands (08:49)

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in 1981 by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. They rose from the Bay Area thrash scene with early albums like Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning, achieved mainstream success with 1991's Metallica (The Black Album), and have released a long-running and often debated catalog since.
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By cliffburton86

 An album as aggressive as a dog whose bone is taken from its mouth!

 James Hetfield has a fierce voice as if he wants to say to the whole world: 'I'm back, bastards!!! Sad but true!!!'


By Big D

 The first peculiarity that strikes the listener concerns the sound clarity: practically nonexistent, and this could be a point in its favor because it might (very remotely) recall the times of 'Kill'em All'.

 In conclusion, I do not believe that St. Anger is a bad album, but a 'different' album.


By El minchia

 Metallica with St. Anger managed to elevate the role of crap beyond levels that even Elio couldn’t imagine.

 Listening to those drums, you can’t help but realize it’s pans and dishes!


By Brizz89

 "Metallica is not Nu Metal, but they wanted to enter the Olympus of the commercial, and they succeeded, considering the sales."

 "This album is truly the worst in their entire discography, and its complete anonymity speaks volumes about how the future of this band will be."


By pep 92

 The tracks are impressively repetitive, it’s almost as if Hetfield and company enjoyed pressing the LOOP button continuously.

 The only good thing about 'St. Anger' is the cover, that’s it.


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