I bought this album today (while it's still $10), and I'm giving it a good, unbiased first listen. I'm currently at "Suicide and Redemption", almost through with the cd. I'm thrilled that it's a big improvement from St. Anger - but it also has a lot of the same issues said album has. Some of the lyrics are downright embarrassing, production is sh*t, and there's a great deal of aimlessness and lack of flow between the songs. I also don't know why Unforgiven III was necessary. Overall, it's a nice effort and Hetfield's voice improved-ahh!
Highlight tracks: "The Judas Kiss", "All Nightmare Long", and "That Was Just Your Life".
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