First 3 Tourniquet or First 3 Mortification

TZ75 wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:

Pethead wrote:What Metallica fans really want is their classic albums re-rerecorded with Lars’ St. Anger snare.

As bad as most of the material on St. Anger is, it could at least be made listenable. Giving it a decent remix with a better sampled snare - as well as adding some effects or "fixing" Hetfield's dry, strained vocals - would definitely improve it.

It would still be dead last in my Metallica album rankings, though.

St. Anger was the sound of a band that was burnt out and entering a midlife crisis.

Yeah they were almost constantly on the road or in the studio together for 20 years. That would take a toll to say the least.

Their brand suffered/suffers from extreme overexposure and oversaturation. 

If the Black Album had not exploded them into intergalactic popularity, and they had stayed around their 80s level of success, I don't think their later output would be quite so over-scrutinized. 

Lots of underground bands have radically changed their sound over the years, but they're not hated on near as badly.

That said, there are a lot of factors at play with Metallica and the sometimes  decisions they've made over the decades. 

I understand the artistic exploration, but St. Anger and their Lou Reed collaboration were obviously DOA. I have both albums as collection-fillers, but they're basically just decorations for my shelves.

Dustofyears wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Lately I’ve been listening to Mort’s EnVision and Hammer of God albums. I like the thrash and groove metal direction they went on those. Especially EnVision! He still had the growls mixed in and Lincoln Bowen knew how to play some tasty solos. Steve’s bass was crushing too. I like the DD Verni/Overkill style attack!

Envision is where I hopped off the Mort ride. NOah sat down and a coffee... no thanks Steve.

That song has goofy lyrics, but the riffs are great so I love it lol

I said TQT even though the vocals on STB sound like he's getting repeatedly kicked in the balls.