MoonshineWilly posted:

Also lol that Lars and James claim that didn’t intend to hide the bass on In Justice For All, they were just deaf as gently caress from touring and kept turning up the sound on all the parts except the bass.

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

I missed them care show some links?

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

1, 3 and 7 were pretty good.

Vampire Panties posted:

I saw these guys live before they were really big (I believe it was pre-White Whale meme) and holy poo poo Brann owned

Bonzo posted:

So many drummers I knew were putting loving blocks of wood on their bass drum heads trying to mimic Lars' sound. It's not wood, it's poor sound engineering.

I admit it works for the record, but it's a terrible sound.

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

On the flip side of this Dave Mustaine is still bitching about getting kicked out 40 loving years ago.

20 Blunts posted:

bands are a pain in the rear end if you can write songs get yourself an MPC

down1nit posted:

I came here to confirm that Newstead is a diva who complained about everything that was set up for his gallery show.

Everything was done professionally and properly to display his art. He disagreed.

big nipples big life posted:

bands have all the drama of high school and relationships combined.

Echoes and Dust to Des Kensel posted:

E&D: You recently left High On Fire after twenty one years in the band and as a founding member. How did it feel leaving the band after all that time?

Des: Parting with the band was difficult considering all of my accomplishments and the time and effort I put into it. Years of hard work and sacrifice go into being in a band like High On Fire and it took years to gain the recognition the band has now. Also, I was the one to do all the extra work that goes into making sure a band stays afloat. Every band needs at least one responsible guy, somehow that ended up being me. Besides writing contributions and performing, I took care of all the merchandise, the finances, booking tours in the beginning, financing the vans, the trailers, everything. But if there is anything I can take away from all of this, it’s that I learned I have the strength and the drive to do it. I was able to see the job through and succeed under difficult circumstances. Most people would break under some of the poo poo we had to endure, even if some of it was self-inflicted, but I had belief. I had belief in the band but more importantly, belief in myself. But in the end, everything happens for a reason right? All things come to an end, and someone, somewhere must have other plans for me.

MettleRamiel posted:

Robert Trujillo is wasted in Metallica, because Metallica has been a bad band since they mixed their bassist out of their best album.

They make a shitload more money than Suicidal Tendencies, though!

H13 posted:

I am an utterly shameless Metallica fanboy.

...

Which I will now gleefully demonstrate with zero shame, and pure fanboy pride.

AJFA is their best album and it's loving perfect in every way.

Hetfield, Hammett and Ulrich had been on the relentless album\touring since they were about 19 years old. By the time Cliff died, they had the emotional maturity of a turnip. Partly because record labels enjoy keeping bands at the same emotional maturity so that they keep churning out the same content.

AJFA is basically James and Lars blasting out their grief over Cliff at a million decibels, and not giving many fucks about whether or not you like it. Not that they realise it at the time, they were doing what sounded\felt right.

ERGO:
Did Metallica sound right without Cliff on bass? gently caress no. Who's this fuckin' wannabe? The album sounds poo poo with that bass, it's not Cliff so turn it down.
Was the album one gigantic riff salad of unbeatably loving awesome Thrash Metal riffs? gently caress yeah it was. James couldn't process emotion through...y'know. Therapy. So he did it with alcohol and loving amazing riffs.
Was Lars

But the end result is a grating, unpleasant, difficult, confronting album to listen to. That's EVERYTHING that a Metal album SHOULD be.

"Excuse me, I want my Metal to sound pleasant and pretty and nice. I would like some bass guitar so that the scary guitar sounds less scary"

Get hosed. You're gonna get an album of pissed off Hetfield, screaming directly into your earholes for the entire duration. Then he'll let Kirk play the best fuckin' solos of his career. Meanwhile Lars will

Albums are meant to be a bit of a time capsulte. It's meant to capture everything that the musicians were feeling at that time. Not only are the songs heavy and ugly, the album sounds heavy and ugly and it is everything about where the band was at that time.

So yeah. AJFA is by far my favourite Metallica album and I argue probably still the greatest metal album of all time.

If AJFA is too scary for you because it doesn't have bass, might I suggest you listen to Load instead? (Note: Load is actually one of their best loving albums fight me you gently caress)

Vampire Panties posted:

AJFA is a good album, but by all of those points Ride the Lightning is a superior album (also including Cliff)

fishing with the fam posted:

St Anger is a very important album to me. Metallica was maybe the first band I truly loved when I was young, and St Anger was the moment I realized that a band I loved could make something truly dogshit and without merit.

Dandywalken posted:

Im madly in anger with you

ultrafilter posted:

St. Anger had an interesting sound and I'd love to hear a band with better songwriting skills do something similar.

big nipples big life posted:

take some of their millions and hire some down and out 20s somethings who are mad at the world to write songs for them.

20 Blunts posted:

i love the black album with all my heart

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

I have tickets to the Boston area show in August. I’m going to watch Metallica and drink some overpriced beers and have a good time.

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

Lmao

Saalkin posted:

I've never seen Opeth live but really want too but also the last like 3 albums have been a snooze fest for me.

Saalkin posted:

This poo poo. I hope I got the timestamp poo poo right on that. Starting at 6:20 if I hosed up

https://youtu.be/orwgEEaJln0?si=DDpuL-4QOBCf9PZS?t=6m20s

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Mister Speaker posted:

It's actually kind of amazing that he hasn't improved as a drummer at all in >30 years of playing in the biggest metal band in the world.

Saalkin posted:

Oh man I totally forgot but one of my nephew's is named after this album lmao