Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 12794676)

I agree.
For me, it's like this. I played guitar for hours and hours a day for many years, and mostly just played along with Metallica albums. after probably, say 5 years....I sort of grew tired of playing that style, and then developed a interest in Hendrix, SRV, Tedeschi, finger style guitar, and overall more blues / groove type stuff.

So, when people say Metallica sucks, they haven't done anything since "X" album....I'm thinking...dude, I played that style of music exclusively for 5 years and got sick of it/bored. Metallica has been doing it since, what, 1981? By the time Black came out, they were probably a little bored with it too and wanted to branch out a bit and explore new sounds. By Load and Re Load - and after that HUGE Black album tour - they were probably even more bored/tired of it. I just can't imagine playing music like Blackened, Metal Militia, , Dyers Eve, Damage Inc....for 30 + years lol.

So from my POV, although I REALLY liked Kille Em All through Black; I enjoyed everything post black too. Maybe not as much as I did the earlier stuff, but I didn't classify it as "suck". If St. Anger was mixed/produced better, I'd probably like it alot more than I do. I just can't get over the tingy snare drum sound that seems to be at the very forefront of the mix. It's like he changed snare drums for that album (i don't know alot about drums). ...so not sure if it was the drum, or the mix...but that album made my ears hurt from a sonic perspective.

Originally Posted by DC.chief (Post 12794219)

Man I use to love Metallica but I don't care for any of their new stuff. My taste in metal has changed since I first heard them though. I mean... I use to listen to Korn and Limp Bizkit

Then I got older and discovered bands like Opeth, Dream Theater, Between the Buried and Me, Periphery, Burn the Priest/Lamb of God, Scar Symmetry, August Burns Red, Mors Principium Est.. the list goes on

After listening to stuff like this....
(0peth)

I forgot all about Metallica

Originally Posted by DMAC (Post 12794768)

Man I still love the first 3. Always will.

These guys get me pretty fired up like those old albums did:

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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 12794638)

Everyone would benefit from not being able to understand metal lyrics. They're ****ing metal lyrics. Read a song, any song, they're dumb as shit, so who cares if they're legible. I get not liking gutteral vocals, but they're just another sound for effect. No ones trying to articulate some profound point with that style. And Corey Taylor wore a ****ing gay ass mask for christs sake.

Originally Posted by Jiu Jitsu Jon (Post 12794827)

Try listening to the lyrics of just about any AC/DC song.

Legendary riffs but the lyrics are mierda.