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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
I voted Metallica here. Just a better listen for me personally. People talk about Slayer being so "consistent" but the 90's weren't very kind to them either. I consider myself a fan but Divine Intervention, Undisputed Attitude, and Diabolus in Musica just weren't very good. The nu metal elements found in the late nineties never really seemed to get criticized as much as Metallica's flirtations with hard rock and alt rock. Thankfully Slayer got their **** together on God Hates Us All; just trying to point out a double standard
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Undisputed Attitude is a great covers album and one of the best that I know of. Slayer were originally going to cover metal songs on that album, but according to them the songs just didn`t sound right, which is the reason they switched to punk covers.
In general I think cover albums by metal bands to be a disappointment especially when they cover well known metal songs. In fact, the only good covers metal album that I really like is the "Black Sabbath Tribute Album" where most of the bands on their do some kind of justice to the original songs.
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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
Calling the Black Album irrelevant doesn't quite make sense to me. The fact that it sold millions doesn't change the fact that it sounds pretty damn near what And Justice For All sounded like. 88' was when Metallica changed to me. Anyways, I've always stood by Load and Reload as solid hard rock albums. Not really metal but still good music nonetheless. There's no defending St. Anger, they should have been arrested pending its release.
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I think "...and Justice For All" to be much closer in style and feel to Master of Puppets than to that of the Black Album. I agree with "Load" its a great hard rock album, but I can see why some Metallica fans may not like the bluesy feel of the album.