Metallica

Rainard Jalen · 03-08-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Have you heard their earlier works? The black album represents a marked transition to a different type of sound which the band explored.

Master Of Puppets was my favourite. Think that album's tremendous, really. Couldn't ever fault it. Metal landmark.

Mojo · 03-08-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Yeah no one said anything post Black was bad.

And for the record, Garage Days and S&M were pretty great.

A Load v. Reload thread would be worth the time. What do you think makes Load better, Mojo?

S&M Was outstanding I think. Its one of those records though, it rubbed a lot of Metallica and/or metal fans up the wrong way I think but I think it was a fantastic achievement. Some of those tracks sound as though the orchestra was always there and it breathes some life into a few of the Load/Reload tracks that are on it.

As for the Load vs Reload argument. I can honestly say I have never quite been able to make an opinion stick. It's like I'm hearing different albums every time I give them another go. Sometimes I think they are dreadfully under-rated and that some people just need to let go of what Metallica were and give them a chance and sometimes I think the indifference that a lot of people have for them is completely justified.

I think they are both decent enough records but no more than that. A little mediocre and probably average at best. Load for me just shines a tiny little bit brighter. They continued, as you said, the transition from the Black Album and at times I just feel that by the time you've absorbed Load and moved onto Reload that maybe they moved on too far too fast? Its arguable, and as I say I'll probably change my opinion again the next time I listen to them.

It just seemed as though theres a handfull of tracks that, although different, were instantly recognisable as Metallica tracks and would fit into their live sets very well and the majority (not all, the majority) of tracks that best showed the new direction they were going in were on Reload and left it sounding like it was mostly filler and leftovers from the first record.

pahuuuta · 03-09-2009, 11:05 AM

i dont think load was better than reload. . . . i dunno why i dont like it, i own the album and i dont like it, not one of there better ones, in my own opinion anyway

Mojo · 03-09-2009, 12:48 PM

Well I was comparing Load and Reload, but I did say that both albums were mediocre.

pahuuuta · 03-09-2009, 01:08 PM

i know this, what you think is better? ride the lightning or master of puppets?

**Janszoon** · 03-09-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pahuuuta

i know this, what you think is better? ride the lightning or master of puppets?

I like Master of Puppets better myself.

pahuuuta · 03-09-2009, 01:11 PM

favorite song off each album?

**Janszoon** · 03-09-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pahuuuta

favorite song off each album?

That's a tough call but I think I'd probably go with "Damage Inc" from MoP and "Fade to Black" from RtL.

pahuuuta · 03-09-2009, 01:18 PM

same with me from MoP and probably Creeping Death from RtL, i overplayed fade to black ha ha

TheBig3 · 03-09-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pahuuuta

favorite song off each album?

Motorbreath
Trapped Under Ice
Battery
Frayed ends of Sanity
Whereever I may Roam
Outlaw Torn
Fixxxer
St. Anger

Haven't Heard DM yet.

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pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	i dont think load was better than reload. . . . i dunno why i dont like it, i own the album and i dont like it, not one of there better ones, in my own opinion anyway __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Well I was comparing Load and Reload, but I did say that both albums were mediocre. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	i know this, what you think is better? ride the lightning or master of puppets? __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

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pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	favorite song off each album? __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

03-09-2009, 01:18 PM	#119 (permalink)
pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	same with me from MoP and probably Creeping Death from RtL, i overplayed fade to black ha ha __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*