I have a 25 year old kid at work who said Metallica was lame, and of course the standard & tired "they haven't done anything good since Master of Puppets" bullshit. I said I disagreed 100%, and he said their sound was dated, so I asked what sound he liked, and he said - I shit you not - Five Finger Death Punch & Volbeat.
Metallica has more talent and rock in their pinky fingers than most bands all together.
For ****s sake, they've been around since, what, 1981?
The only, ONLY, stuff I didn't care for of theirs was St. Anger. and really, that was almost entirely due to how the album was mixed. I absolutely hated the snare drum on that album. But the music itself I didn't mind.
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